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Research

Improving wheat producer productivity and profitability through wheat research is at the heart of the mission of the Kansas Wheat Commission.

Each year, Kansas Wheat provides nearly $2 million in funding for research projects, such as wheat breeding, wheat quality, disease screening, insect research, phenotyping, genotyping and many others.

 

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    K-State releases new wheat variety

    July 30, 2014

    From phonographs to iPods and horse-drawn carriages to four-wheel drives, much has changed dramatically over the last century, the wheat industry included. Kansas State University released its first…

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    High Tech: High Efficiency

    June 5, 2014

    For some, the last three years have progressed slowly. But for researchers working on groundbreaking technology, the progress made in the last three years has made time pass in the blink of an eye.…

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  • WGRC and Kansas Wheat partnership prospers

    April 24, 2014

    The Kansas Wheat Innovation Center continues to expand as Wheat Genetics Resource Center scientists get settled into their new lab space at the center. A little over a year after the center was built…

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  • Life of wheat researcher Norman Borlaug celebrated

    April 2, 2014

    Norman Borlaug’s final words were “take it to the farmer.” His final command reflected his firm belief that farmers could provide abundant food when given the proper tools.

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    Wheat Quality Lab provides breeders with critical information

    February 19, 2014

    Kansas State University researchers met with representatives from the Kansas Wheat Commission, Kansas Association of Wheat Growers, Kansas Wheat Alliance, and Kansas Crop Improvement Association, on…

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  • New addition to Grain Science Complex

    November 6, 2013

    MANHATTAN, Kan- With the official dedication of the O.H. Kruse Feed Technology Innovation Center on Oct. 11, Kansas State University’s Grain Science Complex added another building, and increased…

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  • WGRC moves to the KWIC

    October 30, 2013

    MANHATTAN, Kan.-The Wheat Genetics Resource Center (WGRC) officially relocated to the Kansas Wheat Innovation Center earlier this week, marking the beginning of a cornucopia of partnerships that will…

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  • Another first at the Kansas Wheat Innovation Center

    August 21, 2013

    The farmer-owned Kansas Wheat Innovation Center in Manhattan has already been a success with the establishment of a double haploid business. This week, K-State announced that the Center will soon…

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  • sUAS: The future of precision agriculture

    August 21, 2013

    MANHATTAN, Kan.-When technology and agriculture collide, the outcome is often astonishing. At Kansas State University’s recent Agronomy Field Day, the featured technology; small Unmanned Aircraft…

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  • K-State researchers find gene resistance to UG99

    July 2, 2013

    MANHATTAN – A Kansas State University researcher is part of a team that has identified a gene that gives wheat plants resistance to Ug99, one of the world’s most deadly races of wheat stem rust.

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Kansas Wheat Innovation Center

Wheat in the lab

The Kansas Wheat Innovation Center represents the state’s single-largest, farmer investment in wheat research. The Innovation Center was built by the Kansas Wheat Commission, through the Kansas wheat checkoff, to get improved wheat varieties into the hands of farmers faster. 

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