CD 116: a healthy wheat cultivar with industrial quality.

Cultivar CD 116 was developed by the Cooperativa Central de Pesquisa Agricola (COODETEC) and is suitable for cultivation in the states of Parana, Sao Paulo, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Goias, and Distrito Federal. CD 116 is tolerant to the major diseases, particularly blast, has a high industrial grain quality and mean yield of 3908 kg ha -1 , exceeding the control cultivars by 6%.