AC RIFLE WINTER RYE

AC Rifle, a cultivar of winter rye (Secale cereale L.), was developed at the Semiarid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre, Research Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Swift Current, Saskatchewan. It is the first semi-dwarf cultivar registered for production in the Prairie Provinces of Western Canada. AC Rifle represents a 30% reduction in p lant height compared to conventional height cultivars. Grain yield pot ential and winter hardiness of AC Rifle is equal to the check cultivar s It has improved lodging resistance over all other adapted cultivars of winter rye.