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Tekoa

Soft White Spring Wheat

Tekoa has top-end yield potential, combined with desirable yield protection traits, and excellent quality. Tekoa is a soft white spring wheat variety released by Washington State University that may be grown in all production zones in the Pacific Northwest. It has later maturity, very good resistance to stripe rust, medium height with very good straw strength, very good test weight, Hessian fly resistance, aluminum tolerance, and excellent yield potential in low, intermediate, high rainfall, and irrigated production areas. As a later maturity variety with high test weight, it may provide a valuable option to mitigate risks and take advantage of years with above average moisture in all production regions.

Agronomics

Yield Potential is Excellent

Test Weight is Very Good

Maturity is Medium–Late

Height is Medium

Quality is Most Desirable

Straw Strength is Excellent

Disease Resistance

Stripe Rust is Very Good to Excellent

Hessian Fly is Resistant

Aluminum Tolerance is Excellent

Bred to Dominate the Field

Two-Year Variety Testing Data from 2015-2016

C.V.%

LSD (0.05)

6

2

10

2

1

0.2

4

0.2

Variety
*club
>20” Yield (BU/A) <12″ Yield (BU/A) Test Weight (LBS/BU) Protein (%) Falling Numbers (SEC)
Tekoa 82 28 61.2 11.6 304
Melba* 80 28 60.1 11.7 315
Diva 79 28 60.5 11.3 358
Ryan 81 25 60.7 11.4 325
Seahawk 81 25 61.2 11.7 323
JD* 76 28 62.0 11.8 324
WB6121 77 25 61.3 12.7 287
Louise 74 27 59.5 11.5 332
Whit 74 25 60.0 11.6 299
WB6341 72 26 59.9 10.8 252
WB-1035CL+ 58 25 59.6 12.8 295

>20″ Precip (Fairfield, Farmington, Palouse, Pullman) 2015-2016, 6 loc/years

<12″ (Bickleton, Horse Heaven, Lind) 2015-2016, 5 loc/years

Falling number based on 9 location average in 2015 (5) and 2016 (4)


Availability

Foundation seed of Tekoa is maintained by the Washington State Crop Improvement Association. For variety inquiries, contact Washington Genetics or (509) 659-4020 U.S. Plant Variety Protection status for this cultivar is pending.

View WSU Variety Tekoa in pdf format (pdf).

Dryland Wheat Areas >12″ Precipitation

Dryland wheat areas with >12" precipitation in the inland Pacific Northwest.


Support for the development of this variety was provided by Washington State University, the USDA-ARS, and the Washington Grain Commission. For more information, please visit smallgrains.wsu.edu.

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