Experiments were conducted in 2005 in two locations in North Dakota to evaluate the relationship between the results of the accelerated aging test and emergence and yield of small grains. Treatments consisted of a factorial combination of four genotypes and four seed lots with differing levels of germination after accelerated aging. Two genotypes of hard red spring wheat and two of durum were included. Seed lots with a range of differences (between 11 and 49%) in germination before and after accelerated aging were included. Emergence across seed lots tended to be higher with hard red spring wheat genotypes than with durum genotypes. Emergence three weeks after planting was not significantly lower in seed lots with poor germination after accelerated aging. There was a consistent negative correlation, however, between germination after accelerated aging and missing plants in the field during grain-filling. Data on yield will also be presented at the ASA meeting.