# WB4632 BRAND - **Vendor:** Bayer - **Brand:** Westbred - **Crop:** Wheat - **Maturity:** Medium-Late - **Release year:** 2023 - **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/wheat/westbred/westbred-wb4632-wheat - **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best) --- ## Positioning WB4632 is a Hard Red Winter Wheat variety that gives growers excellent yield potential and grazing potential. This medium-tall plant height, medium-maturing variety also offers excellent low pH tolerance, very good test weight and Bacterial Leaf Streak tolerance. ## Strengths & management - Excellent Yield Potential with Very Good Test Weight - Good Protein Content with Very Good Milling and Baking Quality - Intermediate Fusarium Head Blight (Scab) Tolerance - Manage for Yellow (Stripe) and Leaf Rust ## Key Characteristics | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | TEST WEIGHT | 3 | | STANDABILITY | 4 | | YELLOW (STRIPE) RUST | 8 | ## Management | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | HERBICIDE TOLERANCE | - | | MATURITY GROUP | Medium-Late | | PLANTING RATE | Medium | | HEAD TYPE | Awned | | YIELD POTENTIAL | 2 | | PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION | Pending | | LIMITED USE LICENSE AGREEMENT REQUIRED | Yes | | CROP SYSTEM | DR | | PATENT PROTECTION | Pending | | NEW PRODUCT | Yes | ## Production | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | PLANT HEIGHT | Medium | | TILLERING POTENTIAL | 2 | | TEST WEIGHT | 3 | | STANDABILITY | 4 | ## Quality | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | PROTEIN CONTENT | 4 | | MILLING/BAKING QUALITY | 5 | ## Pest And Disease Resistance | Characteristic | Value | |---|---| | BACTERIAL LEAF STREAK | 4 | | FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT (SCAB) | 5 | | HESSIAN FLY | 6 | | LEAF RUST | 5 | | POWDERY MILDEW | 6 | | SOIL-BORNE MOSAIC | 3 | | STEM RUST | 7 | | WHEAT STEM SAWFLY | 7 | | WHEAT STREAK MOSAIC | 8 | | YELLOW (STRIPE) RUST | 8 |