Byrd/KS05HW121-2
Pending
2019
Kansas State University - Agricultural Research Center - Hays
Grain Only
This new release variety from Kansas Wheat Alliance is a hard red winter wheat with a pedigree of Byrd and KS05HW121-2. KS Western Star is a medium maturity and medium-tall statured variety. It had greater yields than any hard red wheat varieties in the KIN tests in 2017 and 2018, including Tatanka, WB-Grainfield, SY Monument, T158, Langin, and Larry. On average over the two years, it yielded more than any common check varieties, including Joe.
KS Western Star has resistances to stripe rust, leaf rust and soilborne mosaic virus.
It has very good straw strength and grain shattering resistance along with good milling and baking qualities.
| KS Western Star | Langin | SY Wolverine | |
| Barley Yellow Dwarf | Intermediate | ||
| Hessian Fly | Susceptible | ||
| Leaf Rust | Moderately resistant | ||
| Stem Rust | Intermediate | ||
| Stripe Rust | Moderately resistant | ||
| Powdery Mildew | |||
| Scab | Intermediate | ||
| Septoria Leaf Blotch | |||
| Soilborne Mosaic | Resistant | ||
| Tan Spot | |||
| Wheat Streak Mosaic | Susceptible |
| KS Western Star | Langin | SY Wolverine | |
| Acid soil tolerance | N/A | Data not available | Data not available |
| Coleoptile length | Medium | Data not available | Data not available |
| Drought tolerance | Very Good | Data not available | Data not available |
| Early Spring greenup | N/A | Data not available | Data not available |
| Fall ground cover capability | N/A | Data not available | Data not available |
| Grazing potential in Fall | N/A | Data not available | Data not available |
| Height | Medium | Data not available | Data not available |
| Maturity (heading date) | Medium | Data not available | Data not available |
| Protein | Average | Data not available | Data not available |
| Baking Quality | Good | Data not available | Data not available |
| Milling Quality | Good | Data not available | Data not available |
| Seed Size | N/A | Data not available | Data not available |
| Shattering reputation | Good | Data not available | Data not available |
| Straw strength | Strong | Data not available | Data not available |
| Test weight | Very Good | Data not available | Data not available |
| Tillering | N/A | Data not available | Data not available |
| Winterhardiness | N/A | Data not available | Data not available |
| Overall yield record where adapted | N/A | Data not available | Data not available |
| KS Western Star | Langin | SY Wolverine | |
| 2020 Pawnee County | 87.3 | 85.0 | 84.4 |
| 2020 Reno County | 83.4 | 73.4 | 76.8 |
| 2020 Ellis County | 100.2 | 97.6 | 108.2 |
Unauthorized Propagation Prohibited – U.S. Variety protection Applied For Specifying That Seed Of This Variety Is To Be Sold by Variety Name Only As A class Of Certified Seed.