WINTER BREAD WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.): WINTER HARDINESS OF ACCESSIONS IN THE ENVIRONMENTS OF THE NORTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL BLACK EARTH REGIONS OF RUSSIA
This publication presents the results of a field assessment of 225 winter bread wheat accessions from the VIR collection for their winter hardiness in the environments of the Northwestern (Town of Pushkin, 2007/2008, 2008/2009 and 2013/2014) and Central Black Earth (Yekaterinino Settlem., 2007/2008 and 2008/2009) Regions of the Russian Federation. The tested accessions included landraces and old improved varieties, earlier identified as sources of winter hardiness, as well as modern improved cultivars and lines, added to the VIR collection from 1990 through 2006. For reference purposes, along with the wintering data, information on biological and agronomic traits is given for the tested accessions. The presented data will be of interest to plant breeders and other experts working with winter bread wheat.