KWS·Cereals
KWS Talant
KWS Talant — a mid-season winter bread-making wheat variety bred by KWS, quality class 3; the maker states high winter hardiness, resistance to fusarium head blight and suitability for all sowing dates.
Main advantages
- Winter hardiness 7 — high, maker's score
- All sowing dates — also after a cereal (stubble) preceding crop
- Yellow rust 8 — high to very high resistance
- Yield 5.3–11.3 t/ha — 2024 trials
Overview
About this product
A mid-season winter wheat variety of quality class 3, with a plant height of 86 cm. The maker states high winter hardiness (7) and resistance to abiotic stress, high ear productivity and suitability for all sowing dates, including after a cereal (stubble) preceding crop.
- By the maker's score, resistance to yellow rust is 8, to powdery mildew 7, to fusarium head blight 6 and to lodging
- 5
- protein content is 5 (medium), test weight
- 6
In the 2024 season trials, yield on farms ranged from 5.3 to 11.3 t/ha.
Specifications
Agronomic profile
| Brand | KWS |
|---|---|
| Type | winter wheat |
| Maturity | mid-season (score 5) |
| Registered zones | Polissia |
| Winter hardiness | high (score 7) |
| Sowing time | suited to all sowing dates |
| Yield | from 5.3 to 11.3 t/ha across farms (trials, 2024 season) |
| Protein | medium (score 5) |
| Quality class | quality class 3 (bread-making wheat) |
| Test weight | medium to high (score 6) |
| Lodging resistance | medium (score 5) |
| Plant height | 86 cm |
| Disease resistance | powdery mildew: high (score 7); brown leaf rust: medium to high (score 6); tan spot: medium to high (score 6); 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 after a cereal (stubble) preceding crop |
| Other facts | 1000-seed weight: medium (score 5); Ear emergence: early to medium (score 4); Grains per ear: medium to high (score 6); Abiotic stress: high resistance (per the maker) |
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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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