Micheal,

Here is a good example of why cultivar names and pedigrees are dangerous:

Another data source for wheat pedigrees is:
http://genbank.vurv.cz/wheat/pedigree/default.htm

I checked Limpopo and discovered that both Zimbabwe and South Africa have
released cultivars named Limpopo.
Your Limpopo is more likely the ZAF version:
SA-1684/4*BETTA

BETTA is also the recurent parent of BETTA-DN

                           / BETTA*4
BETTA-DN  x
                          \  SA-1684

So for an initial calibration, Limpopo and BETTA-DN should be almost
identical.

Elands and Caledon are not in this database, but Gariep shows as
SA-1684/4*MOLOPO

MOLOPO again has BETTA as a parent.  So if you have coefficients or field
data for BETTA, that would be an excellent starting point.

Best regards,
Jeff White


Jeffrey W. White
USWCL, USDA-ARS
Phoenix, AZ 85040
Tel. 1-602-437-1702 x 268
Fax 1-602-437-5291




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Hi everybody,



Could anyone please let me know if genetic coefficients for wheat
cultivars like (Elands, Caledon,Gariep, Betta DN and Limpopo). This is
for South Africa.

Thanks

Micheal Howard

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