The wheat cultivar BR 18-Terena, created by Cimmyt and Embrapa, was released in 1986 for cropping at Mato Grosso do Sul and Paraná States, Brazil. It is today the most spread cultivar in the Country, because it is also recommended in São Paulo (since 1994) and Rio Grande do Sul States (since 1998). It presents the following good traits: wide adaptation, high yield potential, durable leaf rust resistance, blast resistance, early cycle, low height, and excellent flour. The main flaw is its susceptibility to the leaf and gluma spots fungi, to bacterioses, to germination in the spike and to natural trashing.
