Narrative
NW13493 is an awned, tan-glumed, white seeded cultivar. Its field appearance is most similar to Wesley, but can be easily separated from Wesley because Wesley has bronze chaff and red seed. After heading, the canopy is moderately closed and erect to inclined. The flag leaf is erect and twisted at the boot stage. The foliage is green with a waxy bloom on the leaf sheath, spike at anthesis, and on the leaves. The leaves are glaborous. The spike is tapering, narrow, and lax. The glume is medium and wide, and the glume shoulder is wanting and narrow. The beak is obtuse. The spike is predominantly inclined at maturity with some recurved spikes. Kernels are white colored, hard textured, and mainly ovate in shape. The kernel has no collar, a brush of short length, rounded cheeks, midsize germ, and a narrow and deep crease. NW13493 is resistant to Soilborne wheat mosaic virus in field nurseries in Nebraska It is moderately resistant to stem rust (caused by Puccinia graminis Pers.: Pers. f. sp. tritici Eriks & E. Henn.) in field nursery tests at St. Paul, MN and moderately resistant to moderate susceptible to stripe rust (caused by P. striiformis Westendorp f. sp. tritici) in field nurseries in Nebraska. In greenhouse seedling tests, it is resistant or segregating for resistance to stem rust races QFCSC, QTHJC, MCCFC, RCRSC, RKQQC, and TMPKC, but susceptible to race TTTTF (Table 3). It is moderately resistant to leaf rust (caused by P. triticina Eriks,) data obtained from field observations in the Great Plains). By molecular markers, it is believed to carry the Lr37/Sr38/Yr17 translocation. NW13493 is moderately resistant to Fusarium head blight (caused by Fusarium graminearum, data from greenhouse and field observations in Nebraska and Kansas) and moderately susceptible to DON accumulation. NW13493 is susceptible to Hessian fly (Mayetiola destructor Say,). It is moderately susceptible to Barley yellow dwarf virus, and susceptible to Wheat streak mosaic virus (data obtained from the USDA-ARS Northern Regional Performance Nursery and field observations in NE).