Kansas Wheat Alliance (KWA)

KWA Joe

The White Wheat Champion

This variety from Kansas Wheat Alliance is a hard white wheat with a pedigree consisting of KSU experimental lines related to Trego, Arline, and Jagger. Joe is medium-late maturity, medium tall, with a well-stocked disease package indicating resistance to stripe rust. leaf rust, and wheat streak mosaic virus. It also shows good milling and baking qualities. Joe is a strong variety and high yielder for western Kansas as a white wheat.

Strengths:

Resistant to WSMV
Resistance to leaf, stripe, and stem rusts

Weaknesses:

Moderately susceptible to head sprouting, somewhat moreso than Danby
Susceptible to acidic soils

Joe Characteristics

KWA Larry

Hard Red Winter Wheat

This variety from the Kansas Wheat Alliance tillers high and has good potential for top-end yield under increased management such as a fungicide application in high stress conditions.
It has also excelled under moderate to fairly intense drought.

Strengths

Good tolerance to acidic soils
Resistant to soilborne mosiac

Weaknesses

Susceptible to leaf rust

Our experience with KWA Larry

Very good disease package.

Acidic soil tolerant.

Drought tolerant.

High yielding.

Larry Characteristics