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2012 Research Projects Funded by the Kansas Wheat Commission

Annually, the Kansas Wheat Commission invests in numerous research projects that improve the productivity and profitability of Kansas wheat producers. The research and technical assistance serves as a valuable tool for enhancing the competitiveness of Kansas wheat in domestic and global markets.

A committee of wheat producer board members of the Kansas Wheat Commission and the Kansas Association of Wheat Growers reviews each proposal in depth. Recommendations for funding are then made to the KWC board of directors.

Following is a list of fiscal year 2012 research projects:

Development of New Tools for Wheat Disease Management in Kansas:
Decision Models for Fungicide Application
Using Sequencing Technologies for Discovery of Agronomically Important Gene
Improvement of Hard Red Winter Wheat for Kansas
Disease Phenotyping: Determining the Reaction of Wheat Lines to
Important Diseases
Implementation of Advanced Breeding Technologies
Development of New Hard Red and Hard White Winter Wheat Varieties with Improved Levels of Disease Resistance for Western Kansas
Wheat Genetic & Genomic Resources Center and Its Contributions to the Kansas Wheat Industry
Induction of Wheat Antioxidants to Consistent, Commercial Levels
Enhancing Nutrient Use Efficiency and Reducing the Cost of Wheat Production
in Kansas
Preferred Hard Winter Wheat Varieities for Kansas: Milling & Bread Baking Quality Rankings
Wheat Production in Kansas: Extension and Applied Research
Identification of Wheat Curl Mite and Virus- Resistant Wheat Germplasm
Evaluation of wheat planted on 15-inch row spacing
Applied Wheat Research to Improve Cropping Efficiency
Kansas Wheat Quality Lab: KAES Wheat Breeding Quality Evaluation Program
Development of Farm Management Data Systems for Kansas Farmers
Wheat improvement through Genetic Engineering
Assessment of Heat Tolerance in Genetically Engineered Wheat