BARLEY VARIETY DESCRIPTIONS
          Resistance To3   Quality Factors
Variety Origin1 Use2 Height Maturity Lodging Stem

Rust

Loose

Smut

Net

Blotch

Spot

Blotch

  Test

Weight

Grain

Protein

TWO-ROW
Baronesse WPB F m short medium R S S MR MR   m high medium
Bowman ND F medium early MS S S S MS   high m high
Chinook MT F/M medium m late S S S MS MS   medium m high
Conlon ND F m short early MR S S MR MS   m high m low
Gallatin MT F medium m late MR MS S MS MS   m high medium
Harrington Canada F/M m short late S MS S MR S   medium medium
Hector Canada F m tall medium S S S S S   medium m high
Lewis MT F medium medium MS S S MS MR   m high high
Logan ND F medium medium MR S S MR MS   m high m low
Stark ND F medium m early MS S S MS S   high m low
Targhee ID/WA F short medium R NA NA NA NA   medium m high
SIX-ROW
Azure ND F/M medium m early R S S MS MR   medium medium
Excel MN F/M medium m early R S S MS MR   low m low
Foster ND F/M m short early MR S S MS MR   m low medium
Morex MN F/M tall m early S S S S MR   m low high
MN Brite MN F tall early M S S MS MR   medium m high
Nebula WPB F short m late R S S NA NA   low medium
Robust MN F/M tall medium MS S S MS MR   medium m high
Stander MN F/M m short medium MR S S MS MR   medium medium
SPECIALTY
Haybet MT H tall medium S NA NA NA NA      
Shonkin MT WH Tall late S NA NA NA NA   high high
Wanubet MT WH medium late S S S S S   high high
Waxbar WPB WH medium medium S NA NA NA NA   high high
Westford WPB H tall medium S NA NA NA NA      

1 Refers to developer: WPB = Western Plant Breeders.

2 F = feed, M = malt, H = hay, W H= waxy hulless

3 R = resistant, MR = moderately resistant, M = intermediate, MS = moderately susceptible, S = susceptible, VS = very susceptible, NA = data not available.

Dryland Recrop Barley Sidney, MT

  Yield TW Protein
Cultivar 1998 3 yr 1998 1998 3 yr
  - bus/a - lb/b -- % --
Gallatin 59.3 40.5 50.2 10.3 12.6
Baronesse 49.7 38.8 48.7 11.0 12.9
Hector 58.4 40.4 49.7 11.3 12.8
Bowman 53.5 38.6 50.5 11.3 12.2
Stark 55.8 37.8 51.8 10.4 12.0
Lewis 58.1 38.9 50.8 11.1 13.0
Harrington 52.6 37.8 46.2 10.8 12.8
Chinook 62.8 40.0 48.5 11.3 13.1
Logan 55.8 35.7 48.8 11.0 12.5
LSD 5% 6.7 ------ 1.5 0.7 ------
Plant: April 21 Harvest: July 27

Dryland Recrop Barley Williston, ND

  Yield TW Protein
Cultivar 1998 3 yr 1998 1998 3 yr
  - bus/a - lb/b -- % --
           
Stark 90.8 55.8 50.6 11.4 12.3
Excel 94.0 55.4 47.9 11.4 12.4
Logan 81.0 54.1 48.2 12.1 12.1
Bowman 89.1 54.1 49.7 12.3 12.5
Stander 88.3 52.9 48.8 11.2 12.1
Robust 87.7 51.4 49.9 11.7 12.5
Foster 91.7 51.1 47.5 11.3 11.9
Conlon 82.6 50.5 50.7 11.0 11.5
           
LSD 5% 6.9 ------ ------ ------ ------
Plant: April 17 Harvest: August 27
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Last modified: August 04, 2003