Keith Briggs, with co-author Ron DePauw, describes his 1960’s University of Manitoba research that led to the Canada Western Extra Strong (CWES) spring wheat crop for Western Canada, and the registration and production of the variety Glenlea.

• All about Keith Briggs University of Manitoba 1960’s PhD project and the release of Glenlea spring wheat, and its related influences on subsequent spring wheat breeding methods and Canada Western Extra Strong spring wheat production in W. Canada

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Briggs, K. G., and DePauw, R. M.

• TALES OF ALES #7: Keith Briggs (with Ron DePauw as co-author) describes the mid 1960’s spring wheat research and
  related R&D of his University of Manitoba PhD program that developed the 25% higher yielding spring wheat variety
  Glenlea. A new Canada Western Extra Strong (CWES) wheat market class was created to market this new Glenlea quality
  type which possessed increased flour gluten strength better suited for use as a blending wheat in many novel markets.
  Subsequent changes to the Western Canadian wheat breeding and variety selection methods are also described, that were
  supported by many of the research findings in this project where Glenlea was selected. Glenlea itself was produced
  commercially on from 0.25 to 0.65 million hectares per year for its remarkable 32 year production run in the W. Canadian
  Prairies, with an estimated farm gate value for the entire period of perhaps $2 billion Canadian.

• Date created

  2023-08-04

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Canada Extra Strong Spring Wheat Breeding University Manitoba Glenlea Variety New Wheat Classes Gluten Strength High Yields $2billion Farmgate Value

• Type of Item

  Research Material

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-ym99-tr64

• License

  Public Domain Mark 1.0