Registration of ‘Castella’ soft white winter club wheat

Soft white winter club wheat (Triticum aestivum L. ssp. compactum) is a specialty class of soft prized for its end-use quality. Our goal was to develop broadly adapted cultivar targeted the U.S. Pacific Northwest (PNW) with competitive agronomic and quality characteristics. ‘Castella’ (Reg no. CV-1185, PI 695319), tall semi-dwarf awnless white-kernel wheat, selected using bulk-pedigree breeding method, from cross NY89-66-7131//B980696//‘Chukar’. In seedling stage, Castella resistant PSTv-51 PSTv-40 but susceptible races PSTv-4, PSTv-14, PSTv-37 stripe rust pathogen. exhibited excellent adult-plant resistance pathogen in multiyear trials. toxic levels aluminum biotype Hessian fly (Mayetiola destructor Say) that prevalent PNW. Across 72 environments, grain yields compared existing cultivars higher volume weight than check ‘Bruehl’. has maintained falling number above 300 s more frequently Bruehl ‘Pritchett’ multiple testing years. milling baking properties including superior sponge cake will increase crop