EMBRAPA 22: A new wheat cultivar recommended to the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais, Goias, and Federal District

In a joint research program the Embrapa-Centro de Pesquisa Agropecuaria dos Cerrados (CPAC), the Embrapa-Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Trigo (CNPT), the Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuaria de Minas Gerais (Epamig), the Empresa Goiana de Pesquisa Agropecuaria (Emgopa, todays Emater-GO), and the Coopera tiva Agropecuaria Mista do Programa de Assentamento Dirigido do Alto Parana iba (Coopadap-MG), released a new cultivar - EMERAPA 22 - indicated for are as with splinkler irrigation in the States of Goias and Minas Gerais, and F ederal District. Recently this cultivar was recomended for Bahia and Mate G rosso States. EMBRAPA 22 is originated from crossings carried out in the In ternational Center for Corn arid Wheat Breeding (CIMMYT), Mexico. It was in troduced in Brazil through line colections and was identified in the trials of the Central Brazil research network as line CPAC 841153. The cultivar h as higher qualities for the bread industry; has low grain shattering, it is resistant to stem rust and leaf rust under field conditions, and shows med ium tolerance to lodging. In several trials, in different places and years, the yield of EMBRAPA 22 was 6% higher than the cultivar control Anahuac in Goias and Federal District and 4% higher in Minas Gerais State.