TRICAL® Forage Triticale: Introduction to Varieties for California and Arizona
TRICAL® triticale varieties adapted for the Southwest are the result of over twenty five years of plant breeding and testing in the region. The rigorous TRICAL® screening and selection program in the Central Valley of California has produced the following TRICAL® varieties that are ideally suited to the needs and growing conditions of the region.

Beware of Unidentified or Untested Triticale. Worldwide there are hundreds of triticale varieties. They differ widely in important traits such as winter hardiness, growth habit, maturity, and yield. Some varieties are for grazing, some for silage, others for grain. Major problems and losses can occur when a variety is sold for the wrong use or brought into an area for which it is not adapted. Lack of knowledge about the identity or characteristics of a triticale variety can lead to crop failure and costly losses. Choosing the right variety is the key to successful, profitable use of triticale.

Consult your seed suppliers concerning specific recommendations for your growing conditions and objectives.
Variety Name Variety Highlights
TRICAL® 98 Trical 98 is the earliest maturing variety in the current lineup of Trical varieties for the San Joaquin Valley. Trical 98 is wheat-like in appearance, short-statured, high-tillering and has a soft dough harvest date that is similar to wheat. Trical 98 goes beyond wheat in performance characteristics that growers count on like yield and the ability to produce on a wide variety of soil types. This variety has excellent tolerance to stripe rust and leaf rust It is a tried and proven top producing variety for the San Joaquin Valley. Trical 98’s ability to produce large grain yields on a short statured plant makes this variety a great candidate for high quality forage.
TRICAL® 105 Trical 105’s seedling vigor gives this variety a great start. Then Trical 105 goes on to finish with solid yields even under “tough” soil conditions. Trical 105 has been the variety of choice for many years because of its vigorous tall dark green plants that are free of stripe rust and leaf rust. Soft dough harvest is about ten to twelve days later than wheat for soft dough silage.
TRICAL® 116 Rich green leaves and excellent grain production best describes this variety. Trical 116 has been bred to withstand tough alkaline soil conditions and produce high quality grain-filled forage when harvested in the soft dough stage. This high grain-to-stem ratio variety has excellent standability while maintaining high feed quality and digestibility.
TRICAL® 118 Fine stems, leafy, and high grain production has made Trical 118 the preferred forage for many Central California growers and dairymen. When harvested in the soft dough, Trical 118 silage can replace corn silage in a milk cow ration. Trical 118 can produce significantly more grain per acre than common wheat. For two years running 118 has been the top grain producing variety in the University of California regional cereal trials. Trical 118 is a medium height variety with great leaf disease resistance.
TRICAL® Camelot New to the 2007 lineup, Camelot is an extremely versatile crop. Camelot can be used for a silage crop or awnless grain hay. Great straw strength makes this variety one of the best standing varieties on the market. Superior grain production and soft dough maturity allow growers the opportunity to make high quality silage early in the season. The awnless gene and soft dough maturity gives growers the ability to make a grain-rich hay earlier than other varieties on the market. This variety is medium tall and very leafy with resistance to current races of stripe rust and Septoria tritici leaf diseases. The variety has been bred and selected in California for the California Central Valley forage market.
TRICAL® Merlin Another awnless variety, Merlin combines durability, production, and disease resistance of other TRICAL® triticales and with the added versatility of being awnless. Ideally Merlin is ideally suited for harvest in the boot stage to achieve the highest feed quality combined with exceptional production. Merlin is usually in boot stage the second week of April, when weather is becoming favorable for harvest of boot stage small grains. High yields Merlin at boot stage allow the planting of early corn while still obtaining high yields of winter cereal forage.
TRICAL® Merlin+Lance Blend Lance is a later maturing variety that has very high tillering that results in exceptionally high forage yield. Combining the advantages of both varieties, Lance mixed with Merlin gives the grower a high producing blend that canopies over early, offering better weed competition and a heavy late tillering variety that has great production, standability, and nutritional characteristics. This blend has the versatility to be planted early in the fall and harvested early in the spring. The awnless feature also gives a grower the ability to harvest late and make a high yielding hay crop.
Round Table™ Forage Blend With excellent research and superior genetics, RSI has taken winter cereal production to a whole new level. Round Table is a blend of three awnless varieties of different maturities. All three of these varieties are top producers and have excellent nutritional characteristics. When a grower needs a winter cereal crop having a wide harvest window, superior standability, and vigorous early growth, Round Table is the best option. Not only will Round Table have the ability to make high quality silage, it also can be harvested for hay starting in the middle of April and extending well into late May. Quality, production and versatility make this blend an excellent option for all Central California growers.
TRICAL® Brand triticale varieties are protected under the U.S. Plant Variety protection (PVP) Act and/or the U.S. Patent Act. Unauthorized seed multiplication and sale are prohibited. Violators deprive plant breeders of revenue needed to support the development of new, improved varieties, and risk prosecution and substantial penalties. RSI grants to the seed buyer of patented varieties a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use the purchased seed for the sole purpose of producing grain and/or forage for processing or feeding.