extension recommendations. Sorghum yields were corrected to 12%

moisture.

 Results and Discussion

 Wheat in North Florida in the past was used as a winter

grazing crop, but as cattle numbers dwindled in the 70's, wheat

acreage also dwindled to 17,000 acres in 1978. In 1979, the

Florida reporting service ceased reporting wheat acreage planted

or wheat yields for the state of Florida. With the release of

Florida 301 in 1980, wheat acreages increased to a high of

160,000 acres in 1985 and has averaged about 100,000 each year

since. By 1984, Florida 301 was grown on more than 1 million

acres, making it the most popular soft red wheat winter wheat in

the South. Florida 302 was released in 1984 and has become the

most popular wheat grown from East Texas To Virginia and Pennsyl-

vania. In 1988, nearly 3 million acres of Florida 302 were

grown. As successful as Florida 302 is, it has a problem in the

double-crop system, since it matures about 1 June or 10 days

to 1 week later than Florida 301. At present Florida 302 is the

predominant wheat cultivar grown in the southeast in double-crop

systems. However a new cultivar, Florida 303 was selected and

released in 1988 for its desirable trait of high yield coupled

with early maturity (reaching maturity about 12 to 16 May) and

resistance to leaf rust and powdery mildew (Barnett, et al.,

1988). This makes it a more ideal wheat cultivar for use in a

double-cropping system because earlier maturity provides a wider

window for the early planting of soybean, tropical corn, or

sorghum (using 15 June as the cut-off date, after which the fall

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