Hatcher is an awned, white-chaffed, medium maturity, semidwarf hard red winter wheat developed at Colorado State University. It has medium maturity and is short in stature. Although Hatcher has performed well in University of Nebraska irrigated variety trials, it has moderate straw strength that may result in lodging problems in irrigated production where yield potential exceeds 100 bushels per acre. In addition, it may produce more straw residue than desired.
- Moderately susceptible to stem rust, moderately susceptible to leaf rust, resistant to stripe rust, and susceptible to both wheat streak mosaic virus and barley yellow dwarf virus.
- Heterogeneous for resistance to the Great Plains biotype of Hessian fly
- Susceptible to greenbug and resistant to the original North American Biotype of Russian wheat aphid.
- Noncomplementary to Yumar.
Contact the following certified seed growers for this variety:
- Ag Operations Group, Big Springs, 308-889-2429