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.