KWS·Cereals
KWS Peplum
KWS Peplum — a mid-early awned winter bread-making wheat variety bred by KWS, quality class 2; the maker states test weight 8 and a high 1000-seed weight, and the variety is sensitive to chlortoluron.
Main advantages
- Test weight 8 — high to very high, per KWS
- 1000-seed weight 8 — high to very high
- Sensitive to chlortoluron — allow for it in crop protection
- Yellow rust 7 — high resistance, per KWS
- Yield 10.3 t/ha — on one farm in 2026
Overview
About this product
A mid-early awned winter wheat variety of quality class 2, 80 cm tall; in the profile maturity is scored 5 (mid-season). The maker notes a large ear and well-filled grain with high marketable quality: test weight 8 (high to very high), 1000-seed weight 8.
The maker states high tolerance of leaf rust; resistance to yellow rust is scored 7, to brown leaf rust 6 and to powdery mildew 4. The variety is sensitive to chlortoluron.
Lodging resistance is 5, winter hardiness 5, protein content 5 (medium). Per the maker, the variety is well adapted to the central and southern regions.
Specifications
Agronomic profile
| Brand | KWS |
|---|---|
| Type | winter wheat |
| Maturity | mid-early (per the maker's description); in the profile maturity is 5, mid-season |
| Registered zones | Steppe, Forest-Steppe, Polissia |
| Growing zones | central and southern regions (good adaptation, per the maker) |
| Winter hardiness | medium (score 5) |
| Yield | Khmelnytskyi 10.3 t/ha (farm result, 2026) |
| Protein | medium (score 5) |
| Quality class | quality class 2 (bread-making wheat) |
| Test weight | high to very high (score 8) |
| Lodging resistance | medium (score 5) |
| Plant height | 80 cm |
| Disease resistance | powdery mildew: low to medium (score 4); brown leaf rust: medium to high (score 6); tan spot: medium (score 5); septoria leaf blotch: medium (score 5); yellow rust: high (score 7); fusarium head blight: medium to high (score 6) |
| Other facts | 1000-seed weight: high to very high (score 8); Ear emergence: early to medium (score 4); Grains per ear: medium (score 5); Herbicides: sensitive to chlortoluron |
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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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