春小麦新品种会宁18号是甘肃省农业科学院粮作所经属间远缘杂交选育的F4代抗旱型材料，提供给会宁县农科所在旱地进一步选育而成的。该品种春性，适宜本省中部及宁夏西吉县等旱地或不保灌地推广种植，幼苗半匍匐，叶色较深，穗纺锺型，白穗长芒，红粒，千粒重30.5~46.3g，蛋白质含量18.74%，成株期对目前条锈菌主要流行小种条中31、32号等均表现免疫，抗旱性强。

Huining-18, a spring-wheat cultivar, is bred in Huining County Agriculture Institute by selection from drought-tolerant F4 materials provided by Crop Research Institute, Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences who uses inter-genus crossbreeding method. The cultivar, as a spring-wheat variety, is suitable for rainfed or deficiently irrigated farms in central Gansu and Xiji county of Ningxia. Huining-18 grows semi-stolon seedlings and deep-colored leaves; it has spindly white ear, long awns and red grains. the mass of 1000 grains ranges from 30.5 to 46.3g, protein content is 18.74%. Its adult plant is immune to prevalent stripe rust such as Tiaozhong 31 and Tiaozhong 32. The cultivar also shows good drought tolerance.