# WB4650 BRAND

- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Westbred
- **Crop:** Wheat
- **Maturity:** Medium-Late
- **Release year:** 2025
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/wheat/westbred/westbred-wb4650-wheat
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)

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## Positioning

WB4650 is a Hard Red Winter variety adapted for the Central and Southern Plains. This awnless variety has excellent early-season grazing potential, excellent late-season forage production and very good grain yield potential. It also features excellent Soil-Borne Mosaic Virus tolerance and very good Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus tolerance.

## Strengths & management

- Excellent Forage/Grazing Potential
- Very Good Drought Tolerance
- Very Good Wheat Streak Mosaic Tolerance
- Very Good Yellow (Stripe) Rust Tolerance
- Single-Use License Variety

## Key Characteristics

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| TEST WEIGHT | 4 |
| STANDABILITY | 3 |
| YELLOW (STRIPE) RUST | 4 |

## Management

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| HERBICIDE TOLERANCE | - |
| MATURITY GROUP | Medium-Late |
| PLANTING RATE | High |
| HEAD TYPE | Smooth |
| YIELD POTENTIAL | 3 |
| PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION | Pending |
| LIMITED USE LICENSE AGREEMENT REQUIRED | Yes |
| CROP SYSTEM | DR,IR |
| PATENT PROTECTION | Pending |
| VARIETY CODE | 01109057 |

## Production

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| PLANT HEIGHT | Medium |
| TILLERING POTENTIAL | 4 |
| TEST WEIGHT | 4 |
| STANDABILITY | 3 |

## Quality

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| PROTEIN CONTENT | 4 |
| MILLING/BAKING QUALITY | 3 |

## Pest And Disease Resistance

| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| BACTERIAL LEAF STREAK | 7 |
| FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT (SCAB) | 6 |
| HESSIAN FLY | 8 |
| LEAF RUST | 6 |
| POWDERY MILDEW | 8 |
| SOIL-BORNE MOSAIC | 1 |
| STEM RUST | 1 |
| WHEAT STREAK MOSAIC | 4 |
| YELLOW (STRIPE) RUST | 4 |