KWS·Cereals
KWS Donovan
KWS Donovan — a mid-season winter wheat variety bred by KWS, quality class 2; the maker states efficient use of nitrogen and suitability for all sowing dates, including after a cereal (stubble) preceding crop.
Main advantages
- All sowing dates — also after a cereal (stubble) preceding crop
- Efficient use of nitrogen — maker's data
- Yellow rust 7 — high resistance, maker's score
- Yield 8.1–10.4 t/ha — on farms in 2026
- Eyespot — good resistance
Overview
About this product
A mid-season winter wheat variety of quality class 2, 92 cm tall. Per the maker, the variety uses nitrogen efficiently, is suited to all sowing dates, including after a cereal (stubble) preceding crop, gives a high and stable yield at different sowing dates and has good resistance to eyespot.
In 2026 farms harvested 8.1–10.4 t/ha. The maker scores resistance to yellow rust at 7 (high), to septoria leaf blotch at 6, to powdery mildew at 5 and to brown leaf rust at 4.
Winter hardiness and lodging resistance are 6, protein content 6 (medium to high), test weight 6.
Specifications
Agronomic profile
| Brand | KWS |
|---|---|
| Type | winter wheat |
| Maturity | mid-season (score 5) |
| Registered zones | Steppe, Forest-Steppe, Polissia |
| Winter hardiness | medium to high (score 6) |
| Sowing time | suited to all sowing dates; high and stable yield at different sowing dates (per the maker) |
| Yield | 8.1–10.4 t/ha (farm results in 2026: Ternopil 8.1, Khmelnytskyi 9.1, Poltava 10.4) |
| Protein | medium to high (score 6) |
| Quality class | Class 2 |
| Test weight | medium to high (score 6) |
| Lodging resistance | medium to high (score 6) |
| Plant height | 92 cm |
| Disease resistance | powdery mildew: medium (score 5); brown leaf rust: low to medium (score 4); tan spot: medium (score 5); septoria leaf blotch: medium to high (score 6); yellow rust: high (score 7); fusarium head blight: medium (score 5); eyespot: good resistance (per the maker's description) |
| Preceding crops | suited after a cereal (stubble) preceding crop; flexible rotation planning after stubble crops |
| Nitrogen use | efficient use of nitrogen (per the maker) |
| Other facts | 1000-seed weight: medium (score 5); Ear emergence: medium (score 5); Grains per ear: medium to high (score 6) |
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Questions & answers
What farmers ask most
- 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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