KWS·Cereals
KWS Imperium
KWS Imperium — a mid-season winter wheat variety bred by KWS, quality class 2, which the maker says is suited to sowing after late-harvested preceding crops and resistant to fusarium head blight.
Main advantages
- Late sowing dates — reliable productivity, per KWS
- Powdery mildew, yellow rust 8 — maker's score
- Winter hardiness 7 — high, maker's score
- Yield 9.7–10.2 t/ha — on farms in 2026
- Falling number high and stable — maker's data
Overview
About this product
A mid-season winter wheat variety of quality class 2, with a plant height of 95 cm. The maker cites fast autumn development, a high and stable falling number and reliable productivity even when sown late; the variety is suited to sowing after late-harvested preceding crops.
In 2026 farms in four oblasts harvested 9.7–10.2 t/ha. By the maker's score, resistance to powdery mildew and yellow rust is 8, and to fusarium head blight, brown leaf rust and septoria leaf blotch 6.
Winter hardiness is 7 (high), lodging resistance 4 (low to medium). Test weight is 7 (high), protein content 5 (medium).
Specifications
Agronomic profile
| Brand | KWS |
|---|---|
| Type | winter wheat |
| Maturity | mid-season (score 5) |
| Registered zones | Steppe, Forest-Steppe, Polissia |
| Winter hardiness | high (score 7) |
| Sowing time | reliable productivity even when sown late (per the maker) |
| Yield | 9.7–10.2 t/ha (farm results in 2026: Khmelnytskyi 10.2, Vinnytsia 10.2, Zhytomyr 9.7, Kharkiv 10.0) |
| Protein | medium (score 5) |
| Quality class | Class 2 |
| Test weight | high (score 7) |
| Lodging resistance | low to medium (score 4) |
| Plant height | 95 cm |
| Disease resistance | powdery mildew: high to very high (score 8); brown leaf rust: medium to high (score 6); tan spot: medium (score 5); septoria leaf blotch: medium to high (score 6); yellow rust: high to very high (score 8); fusarium head blight: medium to high (score 6) |
| Preceding crops | suited to sowing after late-harvested preceding crops |
| Other facts | 1000-seed weight: medium to high (score 6); Ear emergence: medium (score 5); Grains per ear: medium (score 5); Falling number: high and stable (per the maker); Autumn development: fast (per the maker) |
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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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