Trego, Arlin, and Jagger (KS11HW39-5-4)
PVP with Title V
2015
Kansas State University
Grain or Grain plus limited grazing
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 moderate resistance to stripe rust and resistance to leaf rust and WSMV. It also shows good milling and baking qualities. Joe is a strong variety and high yielding for western Kansas as a white wheat.
It tested well again in Kansas, Colorado and Oklahoma yielding in the top tier. It carries the WSM2 gene, offering effective resistance to WSMV available. Intermediate pre-harvest sprouting tolerance.
| Joe | Antero | LCS Yeti | Aspen | |
| Barley Yellow Dwarf | Intermediate | Moderately susceptible | Intermediate | |
| Hessian Fly | Susceptible | Intermediate | Intermediate | |
| Leaf Rust | Moderately resistant | Moderately susceptible | Intermediate | |
| Stem Rust | Moderately resistant | Moderately resistant | Moderately resistant | |
| Stripe Rust | Moderately resistant | Intermediate | Moderately resistant | |
| Powdery Mildew | Moderately resistant | |||
| Scab | Intermediate | Intermediate | Intermediate | |
| Septoria Leaf Blotch | Moderately resistant | Intermediate | ||
| Soilborne Mosaic | Moderately susceptible | Intermediate | Resistant | |
| Tan Spot | Moderately resistant | Intermediate | Intermediate | |
| Wheat Streak Mosaic | Moderately resistant | Moderately susceptible | Moderately susceptible |
| Joe | Antero | LCS Yeti | Aspen | |
| Acid soil tolerance | Moderately susceptible | Data not available | Tolerant | Data not available |
| Coleoptile length | Medium Short | Medium | Medium Long | Medium Long |
| Drought tolerance | Very Good | Good | Very Good | Good |
| Early Spring greenup | Intermediate | Data not available | Data not available | Earlier than most |
| Fall ground cover capability | Average | Good | Good | Data not available |
| Grazing potential in Fall | Data not available | Data not available | Data not available | Data not available |
| Height | Medium Tall | Medium | Medium | Short |
| Maturity (heading date) | Medium Late | Medium | Early | Early |
| Protein | Average | Data not available | Higher than most | Somewhat higher than most |
| Baking Quality | Acceptable | Acceptable | More Desirable | Acceptable |
| Milling Quality | Acceptable | Acceptable | More Desirable | Acceptable |
| Seed Size | Medium | Data not available | Very Large | Large |
| Shattering reputation | Very Good | Data not available | Good | Very Good |
| Straw strength | Good | Good | Good | Excellent |
| Test weight | Good | Good | Good | Average |
| Tillering | Intermediate | Very high | Intermediate | High |
| Winterhardiness | Good | Good | Average | Good |
| Overall yield record where adapted | Average | Average | Good | Average |
Unauthorized Propagation Prohibited – to Be Sold by Variety name Only As a Class of Certified Seed – U.S. Protected Variety – 1994 PVPA.