Hard Red Spring Wheat (MT2049)
Montana State University seeks a partner to license and commercialize a new hard spring winter wheat.
Description:
Montana State University (MSU) seeks a partner to license and commercialize MT2049, a hard red spring wheat derived from the “Lanning”/MT1415. Lanning was derived from the cross “Vida” (MT 0909), which is currently the most widely grown spring wheat variety in Montana. MT2049 exhibits good yield potential in all environments, but particularly in rainfed environments. Across all environments, MT2049 is placed in the top yielding group at 64.3 bu/ac, with similar yield to Vida. Additionally, it shows a good grain protein content which is higher than Vida. It also exhibits an earlier heading date and maturity than Vida.
Benefits:
- High yielding, hollow stem, drought tolerant line for MT rainfed environments
- Early maturity
- High tillering
- Short stature
- Good protein content
Opportunity:
- US plant variety protection (PVP) rights available for license and commercialization in all states and international plant breeder’s rights available for license and commercialization outside the United States.
- Additional agronomic information available at: https://plantsciences.montana.edu/foundationseed/varietyrelease/Cook%20MT2049VarietyReleaseMemorandum.pdf
- Licensee(s) will purchase ~13bu clean untreated Breeder Seed from MSU at a rate of $42/bu.
- Proposals are due June 1, 2024. Please use the MT2049 term sheet template.