KS Bill Snyder

Seed Quick-Facts

Pedigree
KS11HW15/KS060476-M-6
Variety Protection Status
Applied For, SSU
Year of Release
2023 (for seed growers only) Available to farmers fall 2024
Developer
Kansas State University
Optimal Economic Use
Grain Only

Variety Highlights

Very High Yield Potential
WSMV and TRIMV Resistance
High Tillering Capacity

Coming Fall 2024

KS Bill Snyder is a very high yielding line out of the K-State Hays breeding program. It is a medium maturity and medium-short height variety that was #1 in the SRPN in 2022. KS Bill Snyder has a solid disease package with good to intermediate resistance of stripe, leaf and stem rust along with moderate resistance to wheat streak mosaic virus (Wsm2 gene) and intermediate resistance to Triticum mosaic virus. It is also resistant to soilborne mosaic virus allowing it to move into central KS where it has shown decent yield potential. KS Bill Snyder also has good drought tolerance, high tillering capacity, excellent straw strength and good quality. 

KS Bill Snyder Video

Learn more about KS Bill Snyder in this short video from K-State Extension Wheat Specialist Romulo Lollato:

Where To Grow

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Where to buy KS Bill Snyder

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Unauthorized Propagation Prohibited – to Be Sold by Variety name Only As a Class of Certified Seed – U.S. Protected Variety – 1994 PVPA.