Registration of 'KS Venada' hard white winter wheat

'KS Venada' (Reg. no. CV-1159, PI 690467) hard white winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) was developed at the Agricultural Research Center-Hays, Kansas State University, and released by the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station in 2018. KS Venada was selected from a single cross HV9W05-415W/Fred-2-18-2 made in 2007 at Hays, KS. The objective of this cross was to develop a hard white winter wheat cultivar with adaptation to dryland production in Kansas. KS Venada was developed using a modified bulk breeding method. KS Venada is an F-5-derived line with experimental number KS13HW92-3, and it was tested in the Kansas Infra-state Nursery for 4 yr. KS Venada is medium late and medium tall, with high grain volume weight. KS Venada was released because of its competitive grain yield in central and western Kansas, good end-use quality and disease resistance, and improved preharvest sprouting tolerance and straw strength.