AAC Dutton Canada Western Red Spring wheat

AAC Dutton (BW1094) is a hollow-stemmed, awned, and high yielding Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat cultivar suited to the growing conditions of Western Canada. AAC Dutton was 1% higher yielding than AAC Viewfield, the highest yielding check in the Central Bread Wheat Cooperative registration trials (2019–2021). Within the same test, AAC Dutton was 10% higher yielding than Carberry. AAC Dutton matured 1 day earlier than Glenn, Carberry, and AAC Viewfield and less than a day later than Unity: Unity being the earliest maturing check in the registration trial. AAC Dutton was 10 cm shorter than Unity with lodging score lower than the mean of the checks. The test weight of AAC Dutton was similar to Unity while the 1000-kernel weight was higher than AAC Viewfield. The grain protein content of AAC Dutton was lower than all the checks. AAC Dutton had a moderately resistant reaction to Fusarium head blight ( Fusarium graminearum Schwabe) and stripe rust ( Puccinia striiformis Westend). AAC Dutton had optimal resistance to leaf rust ( Puccinia triticina Erikss.), stem rust ( Puccinia graminis Pers. f. sp. tritici Eriks. & E. Henn), common bunt ( Tilletia caries [DC] Tul. & C. Tul.), and to orange blossom wheat midge ( Sitodiplosis mosellana Géhin). AAC Dutton was registered under the CWRS class.