Description:
Castella was selected using the bulk-pedigree breeding method, from the diverse cross: NY89-66-7131//B980696//‘Chukar’.NY89-66-7131 is a soft white winter wheat breeding line from the breeding program at Cornell University. B980696 is a breeding line from the Syngenta soft red wheat breeding program with the pedigree L880421/Baranjka, later released as ‘Forage Max’ (PI 643139). Chukar is a club wheat with the pedigree WA7665/‘Rulo’ (Campbell et al., 2005). The final cross was made in 2006.