KS Bill Snyder
Seed Quick-Facts
Variety Highlights
KS Bill Snyder is a new, 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 high yield potential. KS Bill Snyder also has good drought tolerance, high tillering capacity, great grazing potential, 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
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KS Bill Snyder | Intermediate | Very Susceptible | Resistant | Moderately resistant | Moderately resistant | Moderately susceptible | Resistant | Data not available | Moderately resistant |
Agronomic 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KS Bill Snyder | Intermediate | Medium Long | Good | Very Good | Medium Short | Medium | Good | More Desireable | Average | Very Good | Good | Intermediate |
Unauthorized Propagation Prohibited – to Be Sold by Variety name Only As a Class of Certified Seed – U.S. Protected Variety – 1994 PVPA.