INFLUENCE OF SOIL MOISTURE LEVELS AND PLANTING DATES ON YIELD AND CHEMICAL FRACTIONS IN TWO BARLEY CULTIVARS

1977 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 261-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
GEORGE FEDAK ◽  
A. R. MACK
Keyword(s):  
Protein Content ◽  
Grain Protein Content ◽  
Ash Content ◽  
Protein Yield ◽  
Cultivar Differences ◽  
Ether Extract ◽  
Planting Dates ◽  
Straw Yield ◽  
Barley Cultivars ◽  
Gross Energy

Two barley (H. vulgare L. emend Lam.) cultivars, Brock and Fergus, were seeded at four planting dates into plots maintained at three moisture levels at Ottawa in 1971. Increasing moisture levels resulted in increased grain and protein yield, increased ash content of the grain, and decreased grain protein content. Similarly, straw yields were increased as straw protein content decreased. Delayed seeding resulted in increased protein content, K, β-glucan and fibre but decreased yield, protein yield and ash content. The same treatments produced lower straw yield but higher protein and K content. Cultivar differences were observed for grain and protein yield, K, β-glucan, fibre and ash content. The treatments showed no significant effects on the P, ether extract or gross energy of the grain of either cultivar.

RESPONSE OF AGRONOMIC AND BARLEY QUALITY TRAITS TO NITROGEN FERTILIZER

1979 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 831-837 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHARLES F. McGUIRE ◽  
E. A. HOCKETT ◽  
D. M. WESENBERG
Keyword(s):  
Protein Content ◽  
Heading Date ◽  
Grain Protein Content ◽  
Grain Protein ◽  
Agronomic Performance ◽  
Barley Cultivars ◽  
Percent Protein ◽  
Nitrogen Treatments ◽  
Barley Protein ◽  
Nitrogen Rates

Malting and non-malting barleys fertilized with nitrogen were evaluated for qualitative kernel properties, agronomic performance, cultivar-treatment interactions, and the relationship between malt quality and agronomic performance. Sixty-seven kilograms per hectare of N increased the mean yield of five barley cultivars by 38 and 44% over the checks at Ft. Ellis in 1971 (environment 3) and 1973 (environment 4), respectively; 50 kg/ha of N increased yields over the checks at Aberdeen by 8% in both 1971 (environment 1) and 1973 (environment 2). Doubling the rates at either location did not increase yields further. Nitrogen treatments delayed heading dates at Ft. Ellis in 1971 and height of plants increased at Ft. Ellis but not at Aberdeen. Nitrogen increased barley diastatic power (DP), but decreased barley extracts. Barley protein percent increased significantly with each increment of applied N. A differential response of cultivars to applied N resulted in interactions for barley DP and percent protein. Cultivars × environments interacted for grain yield, heading date, barley DP, barley extract, and grain protein content. Nitrogen rates interacted with environment for plant height, barley extract, and grain protein content. Forty-six of 65 simple correlations between malting and agronomic or kernel traits were significant.

Predicting potential field seedling vigour of Canadian six-row barley cultivars

1999 ◽  
Vol 79 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. G. Briggs ◽  
G. J. Dunn
Keyword(s):  
Potential Field ◽  
Seedling Emergence ◽  
Cultivar Differences ◽  
Hordeum Vulgare L ◽  
Planting Dates ◽  
Seedling Vigour ◽  
Tetrazolium Chloride ◽  
Barley Cultivars ◽  
Seed Testing ◽  
Seed Sources

Rapid techniques for predicting the field vigour potential of barley seed samples would be very useful for seed-testing laboratories and barley breeders. The objective of this study was to compare two faster laboratory seed-testing methods, tetrazolium chloride reduction (TZ) and carbon dioxide evolution rate (CDE), with the standard, but slow and costly germination resistance (GR) test, for ability to identify cultivar differences in vigour and their relationship to vigour potential in the field. Fifteen six-row barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) cultivars were used in the study, from two seed sources grown in different years, and four replicate assays of all three tests were conducted in controlled conditions at 5, 10, 15 and 20 °C. Field emergence rate (FDE = days to 75% seedling emergence) was also assessed in replicated plot trials grown at Edmonton and Ellerslie, Alberta in 1997, using the same seed sources. Three seeding dates were used at each site to obtain a range of soil temperatures at planting depth from 4 to 18 °C. Significant differences between cultivars were found for TZ, CDE and GR, but not between seed sources, and little or no interaction of cultivar with assay temperature was found. Cultivar performance was relatively similar when assessed by TZ or CDE, at all temperatures. CDE, TZ and GR results from all temperatures and both seed sources were compared by correlation to FDE results for all six planting events (two field sites × three planting dates). High and significant correlations (r > 0.51; sig., P < 0.05) were found for nearly all comparisons of each of CDE, TZ and GR with FDE. For all comparisons with FDE the average correlation for TZ was 0.68, 0.66 for CDE, and 0.69 for GR, with 10% of all possible correlations exceeding 0.80 (all sig., P < 0.05). These results indicate that all three laboratory tests at any temperature were generally effective predictors of the potential field seedling vigour of different barley cultivars. TZ and CDE appear to be useful alternatives to GR for assessing potential field seedling vigour of barley cultivars, and lend themselves to development of automated laboratory assay procedures, not possible for GR. Key words: Germination prediction tests, barley, field correlation

Grain protein and grain yield of durum wheats from south-eastern Anatolia, Turkey

2000 ◽  
Vol 51 (6) ◽  
pp. 665 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Koç ◽  
C. Barutçular ◽  
N. Zencirci
Keyword(s):  
Grain Yield ◽  
Protein Content ◽  
Environmental Effect ◽  
Triticum Turgidum ◽  
Grain Protein Content ◽  
Protein Yield ◽  
Grain Protein ◽  
Eastern Anatolia ◽  
Breeding Programs ◽  
Crop Varieties

High grain protein in durum wheat [Triticum turgidum ssp. turgidum L. conv. Durum (Desf.)] is one of the main goals of breeding programs. Landraces may be very useful germplasm for achieving this goal. To examine their potential as a source of high grain protein content, 11 genotypes, including 7 landraces, were evaluated in 8 environments. Environment, genotype, and the interaction of the two (G E) significantly influenced the variation in grain yield, grain protein content, and grain protein yield. The environmental effect was the strongest, mostly due to differences in water supply. Grain yields of the modern genotypes were higher than those of landraces. Yields of the modern genotypes tended to respond more strongly to the higher yielding environments, but they varied more than the yields of landraces. With the exception of VK.85.18, the grain protein content of the high-yielding genotypes was almost as high as that of the best landraces. Moreover, grain protein content of these bred genotypes tended to respond more strongly to the higher protein environments. Differences in grain protein yield were closely related to the differences in grain yield. The results indicate that it is possible to improve grain protein content without grain yield being adversely affected. The results also indicate that potential gene sources should be compared over a number of environments before they can be used as breeding material or as crop varieties producing high grain protein yields.

scholarly journals Nitrogen Metabolism at Tillering Stage Differently Affects the Grain Yield and Grain Protein Content in Two Durum Wheat Cultivars

Diversity ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 186
Author(s):  
Fortunato ◽  
Nigro ◽  
Paradiso ◽  
Cucci ◽  
Lacolla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Grain Yield ◽  
Durum Wheat ◽  
Protein Content ◽  
Grain Protein Content ◽  
Cultivar Differences ◽  
Grain Protein ◽  
Wheat Cultivars ◽  
Nitrogen Use ◽  
Nitrogen Abundance

Soil nitrogen abundance, as well as nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), significantly affect the crop yield and grain protein content (GPC). Depending on the genotype, a negative correlation between the yield and GPC can occur. The aim of the study was to assess the agronomic performance, and to explore physiological pathways for the efficient use of N fertilizer for two durum wheat cultivars, “Aureo” and “Vespucci”. After fertilization, the nitrogen content and values of some of the agronomic parameters and yield-related traits increased in both cultivars; nevertheless, a simultaneous rise in both the yield and GPC occurred only in Aureo. The biochemical parameters, analyzed at tillering, confirm the genotypic specificity of nitrogen use. In Vespucci’s roots, the nitrogen supply did not affect the nitrate reductase (NR), but greatly increased the amino acids and proteins, suggesting that ammonium is preferentially assimilated. In Aureo, nitrate is in part assimilated by the roots, as suggested by the ammonium increase and NR enhancement. In the leaves of both cultivars, organic nitrogen significantly increased after fertilization; however, the rise in amino acids, as well as in NR activity, was higher in Aureo than in Vespucci. These results indicate that the different nitrogen use, and in particular the diverse NR behavior, at tillering, are in part responsible of the cultivar differences in grain yield and GPC.

scholarly journals RELATIONSHIPS OF VARIOUS PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERS TO DIGESTIBLE ENERGY IN WHEAT AND BARLEY CULTIVARS

1974 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 419-427 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. S. BHATTY ◽  
G. I. CHRISTISON ◽  
F. W. SOSULSKI ◽  
B. L. HARVEY ◽  
G. R. HUGHES ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Triticum Aestivum L ◽  
Kernel Weight ◽  
Ether Extract ◽  
Digestible Energy ◽  
Barley Cultivars ◽  
Bulk Weight ◽  
Gross Energy ◽  
Chemical Characters ◽  
Physical And Chemical

Seventeen cultivars of hard and soft spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), and 29 cultivars of two-row and six-row barley (Hordeum distichum and H. vulgare) were examined for bulk weight (BW), 1,000-kernel weight (KW) and plumpness, and analyzed for gross composition, amylose, gross energy (GE), β-glucan (barley only), and for sedimentation (wheat only). Digestion coefficients and digestible energy (DE) values of the cultivars were determined by mouse-feeding. The ranges in protein, starch, amylose, and GE varied from 5 to 15%, whereas ether extract, fiber, ash and β-glucan contents varied from 1 to 3%. Except for sedimentation in wheat, and plumpness in barley there were no major differences in physical or chemical characters between hard and soft wheats or between two- and six-row barley. In wheat, DE was significantly correlated with BW (−0.59, P < 0.05), KW (−0.53, P < 0.05), plumpness (−0.55, P < 0.05), fiber (+0.72, P < 0.01), ash (−0.52, P < 0.05), sedimentation (−0.57, P < 0.05) and GE (+0.97, P < 0.01). Digestion coefficient was significantly correlated with protein (−0.58, P < 0.05), ash (−0.56, P < 0.05), and sedimentation (−0.57, P < 0.05). In barley, DE was significantly correlated with protein (+0.41, P < 0.05) and GE (+0.82, P < 0.01), and digestion coefficient was significantly correlated with BW (+0.55, P < 0.01), plumpness (+0.45, P < 0.05), ether extract (+0.50, P < 0.01), and fiber (−0.52, P < 0.01). For use as selection criteria the most significant correlations were between DE and GE and sedimentation in wheat, and between DE and GE in barley.

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