KWS·Cereals
KWS Carusum
KWS Carusum — a mid-season spring bread-making wheat variety bred by KWS, quality class 1; the maker states a high falling number, high protein content and resistance to powdery mildew and yellow rust.
Main advantages
- Falling number 9 — very high, maker's score
- Protein 8 — high to very high, per KWS
- Yellow rust, powdery mildew 8 — high to very high
- Seeding rate 350–500 germinable seeds/m2 — by date and zone
- Yield 5.6–8.7 t/ha — on farms, 2024–2025
Overview
About this product
A spring bread-making wheat of quality class 1, a mid-season variety 95 cm tall. By the maker's score, the falling number is 9 (very high), protein content 8 (high to very high), grain size and test weight 8.
Resistance to powdery mildew and yellow rust is scored 8, to brown leaf rust 7, to fusarium head blight 6 and to lodging 5 (medium). The seeding rate is 350–500 germinable seeds/m2 depending on sowing date and zone, and the sowing depth is 3–4 cm.
On farms in 2024–2025 the variety gave 5.6–8.7 t/ha.
Specifications
Agronomic profile
| Brand | KWS |
|---|---|
| Type | spring wheat |
| Maturity | mid-season (score 5) |
| Registered zones | Steppe, Forest-Steppe, Polissia |
| Yield | 5.6–8.7 t/ha (farm results in 2024 and 2025: 2024 Khmelnytskyi 6.3; 2025 Cherkasy 8.7, Kharkiv 5.6) |
| Protein | high to very high (score 8) |
| Quality class | quality class 1 (bread-making wheat) |
| Test weight | high to very high (score 8) |
| Lodging resistance | medium (score 5) |
| Plant height | 95 cm |
| Disease resistance | powdery mildew: high to very high (score 8); brown leaf rust: high (score 7); septoria leaf blotch: medium to high (score 6); yellow rust: high to very high (score 8); fusarium head blight: medium to high (score 6) |
| Seeding rate | early: Polissia 370, Forest-Steppe 370, Steppe 350; optimal: 400, 400, 400; late: 450, 450, 470; very late: 500, 500, 500 germinable seeds/m2 |
| Sowing depth | 3–4 cm |
| Other facts | Spikelets/m2: Polissia 550–650, Forest-Steppe 550–600, Steppe 500–550; 1000-seed weight: high to very high (score 8); Ear emergence: early to medium (score 4); Grains per ear: medium (score 5); Stand density (stems): low to medium (score 4); Falling number: very high (score 9); Grain size: large to very large (score 8) |
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Questions & answers
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- Optimal sowing depends on crop, zone, and seasonal weather. Winter wheat in the Forest-Steppe: Sep 10–25. Corn: when soil is stable at +10°C at 10 cm depth. See the 12-month sowing calendar on the adam.ua blog.
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