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AG ICON WHEAT

HARD RED WINTER WHEAT

AG ICON WHEAT
AG Icon is a new AGSECO hard red winter wheat variety released in 2017. This variety was developed by Kansas State University through its double haploid program and licensed to AGSECO by the Kansas Wheat Alliance. It is broadly adapted to Kansas, Oklahoma and northern Texas. AG Icon offers producers exceptional yield performance and excellent straw strength. AG Icon is early in maturity and has good baking and milling quality. It has an exceptional leaf disease package and a very high tillering capacity. AG Icon has excellent acid soil tolerance and good winterhardiness.

CHARACTERISTICS

Plant HeightMedium
MaturityMod. Early
Coleoptile LengthMedium
Seed SizeMedium
Straw StrengthExcellent
Test WeightFair
WinterhardinessVery Good
Milling and Baking QualityGood
Yield PotentialExcellent
Grazing PotentialVery Good

DISEASE & INSECTS

Barley Yellow DwarfTolerant
Hessian FlySusceptible
Powdery MildewMod. Susceptible
Leaf RustResistant
Septoria Leaf BlotchIntermediate
Spindle Streak MosaicResistant
Soil Borne MosaicResistant
Stripe RustIntermediate
Tan SpotN/A
Wheat Streak MosaicN/A
Head ScabMod. Susceptible

2017 KS PERFORMANCE TESTS

BeloitMcPhersonHutchinson Conway Springs
AG Icon 80 bu/a 71 bu/a 105 bu/a 71 bu/a
WB Cedar 76 bu/a 76 bu/a 105 bu/a 60 bu/a
Everest80 bu/a 63 bu/a 95 bu/a 66 bu/a
Zenda70 bu/a 67 bu/a 91 bu/a 81 bu/a

Copyright 2017 Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service. Contents of this publication may be freely reproduced for educational purposes. All other rights reserved. In each case, give credit to the author(s), 2017 Kansas Performance Tests with Winter Wheat Varieties, Kansas State University, August 2017. Contribution no. 18-018-S from the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station.


STRENGTHS

  • Excellent Straw Strength and Yield Potential
  • Resistant to Leaf Rust, Sprindle Streak Mosaic, and Soil Borne Mosaic

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