Registration of ‘Protection’ Wheat

The wheat germplasm line FS2 was developed by BASF Corporation (formerly American Cyanamid) using sodium azide-induced mutagenesis of the French wheat cultivar Fidel to obtain tolerance to the imidazolinone class of herbicides (Newhouse et al., 1992). For baking-related variables, Protection (134 g kg^sup -1^) had higher grain protein content than Above (123 g kg^sup -1^); higher (637 g kg^sup -1^) mixograph water absorption than Above (618 g kg^sup -1^); higher (2.5 score; 0 = unacceptable to 6 = excellent scale) mixograph tolerance score than Above (1.0 score); similar (2.6 min) mixograph mixing time as Above (2.7 min); higher (619 g kg^sup -1^) bake water absorption than Above (605 g kg^sup -1^); similar (3.1 min) bake mixing time as Above (3.0 min); smaller (0.895 L) pup loaf volume than Above (0.930 L); and lower (2.3 score; 0 = unacceptable to 6 = excellent scale) pup loaf crumb grain score than Above (2.8 score).