Joe
Seed Quick-Facts
Variety Highlights
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.
Strengths:
- Resistant to WSMV
- Rust Resistance
- Yield Potential
Where To Grow
Insect & Disease Tolerance
| Barley Yellow Dwarf | Hessian Fly | Leaf Rust | Stem Rust | Stripe Rust | Powdery Mildew | Scab | Septoria Leaf Branch | Soilborne Mosaic | Tan Spot | Wheat Streak Mosaic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe | Intermediate | Susceptible | Resistant | Resistant | Moderately resistant | Moderately resistant | Susceptible | Moderately resistant | Susceptible | Moderately resistant | Moderately resistant |
Argonomic Characteristics
| Acid Soil Tolerance | Coleoptile Length | Drought Tolerance | Early Spring Greenup | Fall Ground Cover Capability | Grazing Potential in Fall | Height | Maturity | Protein | Baking Quality | Milling Quality | Seed Size | Shattering Reputation | Straw Strength | Test Weight | Tillering | Winterhardiness | Overall Yield | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe | Moderately Susceptible | Medium | Good | Intermediate | Average | Data not available | Medium Tall | Medium Late | Average | Large | Less Desirable | Less Desirable | Very Good | Good | Good | Intermediate | Good | Very Good |
Where to buy Joe
Select your growing region
Unauthorized Propagation Prohibited – to Be Sold by Variety name Only As a Class of Certified Seed – U.S. Protected Variety – 1994 PVPA.