AC Remington winter rye

AC Remington, a cultivar of winter rye (Secale cereale L.), was developed a t the Semiarid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre, Research Branch, Agric ulture and Agri-Food Canada, Swift Current, Saskatchewan. AC Remington is a semidwarf with 20 to 25% shorter straw and improved lodging resistance com pared with tall cultivars. AC Remington has good winter survival and is wel l adapted to the Canadian Prairies. AC Remington has improved grain yield, test weight, kernel weight and Hagberg Falling Number compared with those o f the semidwarf cultivar AC Rifle. Plant height, heading, maturity and ergo t infection of AC Remington are similar to those of AC Rifle.