Southern Seed Certification Association Certified Seed Grower's Directory

This directory includes the names, addresses, telephone numbers, crops and varieties of Alabama and Florida Certified Seed Producers.  These growers have met field standards to produce high quality certified seed.

Fields have been inspected and approved for certified seed production.   When all certified seed standards have been met as to purity and germination by laboratory analysis, and these seed have been bagged and tagged in accordance with the standards and regulations of the Southern Seed Certification Association and the Association of Official Seed Certifying Agencies, only then will the seed actually become certified.

Protected Crop Varieties

Crop varieties produced in Alabama and Florida for which plant variety protection certificates have been issued or have been applied for, are indicated in each variety description.  Without the permission of the owner or applicant, it is unlawful to produce or sell any protected varieties of seed.

TOTAL MEMBERS 1999
84

  
FOUNDATION SEED PRODUCTION

The following varieties of Foundation seed were grown by Alabama Crop Improvement Association, P.O. Box 2619, Auburn, AL  36832, Phone 334-821-7400:

The following varieties of Foundation seed were grown by Florida Foundation Seed Producers, P.O. Box 309, Greenwood, FL  32443, Phone 850-594-4721:

SPRING 1999
ACRES APPROVED

 ARROWLEAF CLOVER

YUCHI - Yuchi arrowleaf clover was released by the Auburn University Agricultural Experiment Station in 1964.  Yuchi is a reseeding winter annual clover useful for extending the spring grazing season in certain areas of the southeastern United States.  It has made more winter growth, greater total production, remained leafy later in spring, and yields have equaled or exceeded those of crimson clover.

BERMUDAGRASS

RUSSELL - Russell Bermuda is believed to be a natural hybrid between Callie and a common bermudagrass ecotype, and exhibits an overall appearance similar to a robust common bermudagrass ecotype.  Leaf color is slightly darker, leaves are narrower, and stem size at recommended harvest intervals of 4 to 5 weeks is smaller than "Coastal".  Internodes are shorter than Coastal, but forage growth is more dense, thus allowing excellent forage yields despite a lower height at harvest time.  It produces a few viable seed, but for field scale establishment, only vegetative propagation is deemed feasible.

TIFTON 44 - Tifton 44 is a hybrid bermudagrass released by USDA/ARS and the GA Coastal Plain Experiment Station, Tifton, in 1978.  It is a fine stemmed F-1 hybrid that must be propagated vegetatively.   Tifton 44 is darker green, has finer stems that cure faster when cut for hay, has more rhizomes, is a little shorter, makes a denser sod and is more winter hardy when compared to Coastal.

TIFTON 85 - Tifton 85 is taller, has larger stems, broader leaves and a darker green color than other bermudagrass hybrids.   It has very large rapidly spreading stolons but few rhizomes and corms.  In two 3-year replicated small plot tests conducted beginning in 1985 and 1989, Tifton 85 compared with Coastal bermudagrass produced an average of 26% more dry matter that was 11% more digestible.  Compared with Tifton 78 in duplicate two-acre pastures, Tifton 85 produced 36% more live weight gain per acre in 1989 and 1990 and 69% more in 1991 to make a 3-year average of 47% more LWG/A/Yr.

OATS

COKER 227 - Coker 227 is a crown rust resistant oat released by Coker Pedigreed Seed Company.  Coker 227 is also resistant to culm rot, victoria blight and loose smut.  Moderately resistant to soilborne mosaic and tolerant to barley yellow dwarf virus.  Coker 227 is a high yielder of forage and grain and tillers well.  Has a high test weight, good straw of medium height and resists lodging.

CHAPMAN - (Variety Protection Pending 1994-PVPA) Chapman is a new winter oat variety cooperatively developed by the Florida and Georgia Agricultural Experiment Stations.  The major advantages of this new variety are the high grain yield, improved lodging resistance, better winter hardiness and greater crown rust resistance.  This new variety is adapted throughout the South and should give growers more stable production.

GEORGIA MITCHELL - GA Mitchell has medium maturity, later than Florida 501.  Plant height is tall with excellent straw strength.  It has moderate resistance to crown rust.  Brighter seed coat color than 502, comparable to 501.  Better cold tolerance than Florida 501.  Test weight is poorer than Florida 502.

RYE

WRENS ABRUZZI - Wrens Abruzzi was released to growers in 1953.  Throuigh many years of natural selection, the Wrens strain of abruzzi rye has become well adapted to Southeastern U.S. conditions.  Wrens is an early maturing strain of Abruzzi which produces an abundance of early winter forage.   It is a hardy variety, adapted to all regions of the state.  Earliness and a tolerance to several diseases makes Wrens Abruzzi more desirable than nothern type varieties.  Forage and grain production has been high over a period of many years in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain.

WHEAT

COKER 9134 - (Protected Variety) maturity is slightly earlier than Coker 9835.  It has resistance to biotype E Hessian fly with moderate resistance to powdery mildew, stem rust and septoria.  Plant height is medium to tall.  It has heavier test weight grain and stronger straw strength than Coker 9766 and is a likely candidate to replace Coker 9766.  Milling and baking qualities are good.

COKER 9543 - (Protected Variety) Coker 9543 is medium to medium late in maturity.  Plant height is short to medium with straw strength medium.  Heads are mid-dense and awnletted.  Resistance to leaf rust, powdery mildew and the soilborne virus complex.  Moderately susceptible to stem rust and Septoria leaf blotch.  Vernalization requirements similar to Coker 747 (5-6 weeks).  Should not be planted late.  Resistant to biotype E Hessian fly.  Plant color blue green.  Variants taller/later and rarely awned (5/10,000).

COKER 9663  - (Protected Variety) Coker 9663 is tall but has good straw strength, early to medium in maturity, and a short/medium vernalization requirement.  The test weight average 58 lb/bu.   Disease reactions are moderate resistance to stem rust, septoria, and powdery mildew.  Coker 9663 is resistant to biotype E of Hessian fly and susceptible to soilborne virus complex.  It is resistant to leaf rust in the mid-south but susceptible to leaf rust in the southeast.

COKER 9704 - (Protected Variety) Coker 9704 is an awnleted variety with medium plant height.  Maturity is early to medium season being two days earlier than Wakefield.  It is resistant to prevalent races of leaf rust in the Mid-South.  Resistance has also been expressed to prevalent races of powdery mildew in the Southeast.  Moderate resistance has been expressed to septoria, soil borne mosaic, virus and stem rust.  Coker 9704 is susceptible to Hessian fly.  Described variants are taller, awned, bronze or later type which may be expressed up to 1%.

COKER 9803 - (Protected Variety) Coker 9803 is an awn tipped medium maturing variety with good winter hardiness and straw strength.  It is resistant to leaf rust, stem rust, powdery mildew, septoria nodorum and soil borne mosaic.  It is moderately susceptible to septoria tritici.  Coker 9803 is moderately resistant to the Hessian fly and appears to have a low level of tolerance to Sencor.

COKER 9835 - (Protected Variety) Coker 9835 has an outstanding grain yield.  The soft red winter wheat has exceptional straw strength.  It is resistant to Hessian fly (type E) and leaf rust, stripe rust and powdery mildew.  It is widely adapted throughout the Southeast.

GA GORE - GA Gore is a high yielding soft red winter cultivar released by the University of Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station.   GA Gore is a late maturing, medium height, medium strength-strawed, with high yield potential and good milling and baking quality.  GA Gore is 1-3 days earlier in maturity, 2 inches shorter and had better lodging resistance than Florida 302.  It possesses excellent resistance to the locally predominant races of Hessian fly, good resistance to current races of leaf rust, stem rust, and septoria glume blotch and moderate resistance to powdery mildew.

JACKSON - (Protected Variety) Jackson is a high-yielding, awnletted, mid-season variety.  It is three days later than Madison in maturity.  Jackson is moderately resistant to powdery mildew and has resistance to some races of rust.  It is moderately susceptible to Wheat Spindle Streak Mosaic Virus, susceptible to SR stem rust, LR leaf rust, and is moderately tolerant to Septoria.  Jackson was released as a limited generation variety; there will be no Registered class of seed.

SALUDA - (Protected Variety) Saluda is awnletted with very short tip awns, is white chaffed, medium short in height and midseasoned in maturity.  Spikes are short and compact and tend generally to have three seed per spikelet.  Saluda tends to tiller profusely and is inclined to lodge under conditions of high fertility.  Milling quality is good and baking quality is fair.  Saluda is susceptible to powdery mildew and tolerant to some races of leaf rust.  It is moderately susceptible to spindle streak virus, and is susceptible to stem rust.  It is resistant to prevalent races of Hessian fly.

WAKEFIELD - (Protected Variety) Wakefield is an awnletted, red seeded variety released by Virginia Tech University.   It is approximately 6 days later and 4 inches taller than Coker 916.  It is resistant to stem rust and is susceptible to powdery mildew and leaf rust.  It is also susceptible to the Hessian fly.  Wakefield was released as a limited generation variety, meaning there will be no Registered class.