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VARIETY DESCRIPTIONS
Barsoy Barley Variety
Description
Barsoy
is a six-rowed, rough-awned, winter barley. Plants
are early maturing and stiff strawed, with short semi-prostrate early growth.
The short, narrow, upright leaves have glabrous leaf sheaths and white
auricles. Barsoy has high weight per bushel. In addition to normal use, this
barley can be used in a double cropping program with soybeans. This is the
reason the name “Barsoy” was selected. Standability is excellent threshing
quality is good. It has some resistance to mildew and is susceptible to loose
smut. Earliness enables Barsoy to escape other disease or to have less damage.
Dan Hulless Barley Variety
Description
Dan
is a short stature, full season, long awned, six-row
winter hulless barley having good winter hardiness, straw strength, and very
high test weight and grain starch concentration. It is named in recognition of
Dr. Daniel E. Brann, Professor Emeritus and former Grains Extension Specialist
at Virginia Tech. It is a potential commodity for fuel ethanol, food, and feed
production. It is highly resistant to both barley leaf rust race 8 and race
30. Dan has moderate resistance to powdery mildew and net blotch, and expressed
resistance to Fusarium Head Blight. Dan has performed well in tests conducted in
Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Delaware, Virginia, Maryland,
Nebraska, and southeastern Texas.
Nomini Barley Variety
Description
U. S.
Protected Variety
Can be sold
only as a class of Certified seed
Nomini
is an early maturing, medium tall, six-row, awnletted, winter feed barley with
compact spikes. Head emergence is approximately five days earlier than Boone
and two days earlier than Wysor. Plant height is similar to Boone and Wysor,
and stand ability is equal to or better than that of those cultivars. Nomini
has good winter hardiness but is not as hardy as Wysor. Field resistance to
mildew, scald, net blotch, spot blotch, and barley yellow dwarf is good and is
similar to that of Wysor. Nomini is moderately susceptible to the prevalent
leaf rust races.
Price Barley Variety
Description
U. S.
Protected Variety
Can be sold
only as a class of Certified seed
Price
is a high yielding, moderately early maturing, short awned, six-row winter feed
barley with very good straw strength and test weight. Head emergence of Price
is 1-2 days later than Nomini and 2-3 days later than Callao. Average plant
height of Price (34 inches) is 1.5 inches taller than Callao and 5.5 inches
shorter than Nomini. Price has expressed good winter hardiness. It is resistant
to powdery mildew and barley yellow dwarf. It is moderately resistant to leaf
rust. As a feed grain and rotational crop, Price barley is superior to Nomini,
Starling, and Callao.
Starling Barley Variety
Description
U. S.
Protected Variety
Can be sold
only as a class of Certified seed
Starling
is a six-row, awnless, winter feed barley with compact spikes. In certain
environments, the spikes may have short awns on central rows and awnless lateral
rows. Head emergence is one day later than Wysor and one day earlier than
Boone. Plant height is similar to Wysor and Boone, and straw strength is
slightly less than Wysor but significantly better than Boone. Winter hardiness
is good and similar to or slightly less than that of Wysor. Bushel test weight
is similar to Nomini. Resistance to powdery mildew, scald, net blotch, and
barley yellow dwarf is good.
Thoroughbred Barley Variety
Description
U. S.
Protected Variety
Can be sold
only as a class of Certified seed
Thoroughbred
is a high yielding, full season, awned, six-row
hulled winter feed barley having very good straw strength, high test weight and
bright plump seed. On average, head emergence of Thoroughbred is 2 days later
than Wysor, 4 days later than Nomini and Price, and 6 days later than Callao.
Average plant height is 3 - 4 inches taller than Callao and Price, and 3 - 4
inches shorter than Wysor and Nomini. Straw strength is similar to those of
Price and Nomini, and better than those of Wysor and Callao. As a feed grain
and rotational crop, Thoroughbred is superior to Nomini and Callao.
Thoroughbred is highly susceptible to powdery mildew and needs scouting for
possible fungicide application. It is moderately susceptible to leaf rust and
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