Wheat cultivar EMBRAPA 41 recommended to Minas Gerais, Goias and Distrito Federal, Brazil

The wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivar EMBRAPA 41 was developed by Embra pa-Centro de Pesquisa Agropecuaria dos Cerrados (CPAC), in Planaltina, DF, Brazil. This cultivar is the result of a cross between PF 813 and Polo 1 an d it was evaluated in variety trials as CPAC 88118. The new cultivar was re commended by the National Commission for Wheat Research for use under irrig ation during the dry season, in the states of Minas Gerais and Goias and th e Federal District. It has intermediate height, early maturity, high grain yield potential and superior industrial quality. It showed resistance to th e stem rust, Puccinia graminis tritici.