Pasta wheat varieties (Desert Durum ®)

• UC-Desert Gold (PDF description) is a Desert durum ® variety with high-yield potential and excellent pasta quality. It is well adapted for the San Joaquin and Imperial valleys. UC-Desert Gold is very similar to Desert King but has two genes for improved yellow pigment in the pasta and one gene for reduced grain cadmium content (a beneficial human health trait). This is the UC Davis durum wheat recommended variety. RECOMMENDED

• Desert King (PDF description). High-yield potential and high pasta quality. Recommended for the San Joaquin and Imperial valleys.

• Desert King-High Protein  (PDF description). High-yield potential &  high pasta quality. Recommended for the Sacramento, San Joaquin & Imperial valleys.

• Tipai (PDF description). Recommended for the Imperial and Yuma Valleys

• Miwok (PDF description). Low cadmium, excellent yield potential in Imperial San Joaquin Valleys.