2015 Kansas Performance Tests with Winter Wheat Varieties

Abstract

The Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station annually compares both new and currently grown varieties in the state’s major crop-producing areas. These performance tests generate unbiased performance information designed to help Kansas growers select wheat varieties suited for their area and conditions. Contributors: Main Station, Manhattan; Jane Lingenfelser, Assistant Agronomist (Senior Author); Bill Bockus, Plant Pathologist; Erick DeWolf, Plant Pathologist; Allan Fritz, Wheat Breeder; Mary Knapp, Weather Data Librarian; Rebecca Miller, Grain Science and Industry; Jim Shroyer, Agronomist; Jeff Whitworth, Entomologist; Experiment Fields: Eric Adee, Ottawa; Gary Cramer, Hutchinson; Andrew Esser, Scandia; James Kimball, Ottawa; Michael Larson, Scandia; Research Centers: Patrick Evans, Colby; Kelly Kusel, Parsons; Lonnie Mengarelli, Parsons; Alan Schlegel, Tribune; Clayton Seaman, Hays; Monty Spangler, Garden City; Guorong Zhang, Hays; Others: Ming Chen, Richard Chen, and Laura McLaughlin, USDA; Justin Knopf, Gypsum; Calvin Bohnert, Mankato.