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.

• 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

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