KS Silverado
Seed Quick-Facts
Variety Highlights
This new release variety from Kansas Wheat Alliance is a hard white winter wheat with a pedigree of KS05HW122-5-2, KS05HW15-2-2 andKS06HW46-3. KS Silverado is a medium early and medium-short wheat line with similar heading date and height to T158.
KS Silverado has high yield potential and a broad adaptation across multiple states in the Great Plains. It has very good pre-harvest sprouting tolerance, a good disease package, and strong straw strength. In addition, it has very good test weight and excellent baking qualities. With these features, KS Silverado should be adapted to a broad region including western and central Kansas and other neighboring states for both dry-land and irrigation production. It will adapt to central KS well with its good straw strength and pre-harvest sprouting tolerance.
Strengths:
- High yielding
- Very good disease package
- Strong straw strength
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 Silverado | Moderately susceptible | Resistant | Moderately resistant | Moderately resistant | Moderately susceptible | Moderately susceptible | Moderately 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KS Silverado | Intermediate | Medium | Good | Average | Average | Average | Medium | Medium Early | Average | Very Good | Good | Average | Moderately Tolerant | Excellent | Good | Good | Good | Good |
Where to buy KS Silverado
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.