Yield and yield component response of barley in subarctic and temperate environments

1992 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 663-669 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Dofing ◽  
C. W. Knight ◽  
T. G. Berke ◽  
P. S. Baenziger
Keyword(s):  
Hordeum Vulgare ◽  
Yield Components ◽  
Poor Performance ◽  
Kernel Weight ◽  
Yield Component ◽  
Hordeum Vulgare L ◽  
Breeding Programs ◽  
Barley Cultivars ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Superior Genotypes

Plant breeders are continually searching for new sources of genetically diverse germplasm from which superior genotypes might be developed. The objective of this study was to assess the performance of subarctic- and temperate-adapted barley cultivars when grown in reciprocal areas of adaptation to determine their potential for use in breeding programs. Four subarctic-adapted and four temperature-adapted barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) cultivars were grown at two environments each in Alaska (subarctic) and Nebraska (temperate) for 2 yr. Subarctic-adapted cultivars were earlier heading and earlier maturing in both environments, although differences were larger in subarctic environments. Grain yield of the two classes of cultivars was similar in subarctic environments, but temperate-adapted cultivars were far superior when grown intemperate environments. Kernel weight of all cultivars was higher in subarctic environments than in temperate environments. Maturity differences alone did not account for the poor performance of subarctic-adapted cultivars in temperate environments. Yield was positively correlated with all three yield components in temperate environments, but only with spikes per square meter in subarctic environments. Results from this study suggest that greater potential exists for the utilization of temperate-adapted germplasm to favourably increase the genetic diversity of subarctic-adapted germplasm than vice versa.Key words: Barley, Hordeum vulgare L., adaptation, yield components

YIELD COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT IN FOUR ISOGENIC BARLEY LINES DIFFERING IN AWN LENGTH

1974 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 315-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. G. FARIS
Keyword(s):  
Hordeum Vulgare ◽  
Yield Components ◽  
Early Ontogeny ◽  
Yield Component ◽  
High Yield ◽  
Hordeum Vulgare L ◽  
Breeding Programs ◽  
Isogenic Lines ◽  
Component Development ◽  
Northern Alberta

Four backcross-derived isogenic lines of Atlas barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) differing in awn length (Full-, Half-, Quarter-awned and Awnless) were grown in the field for 3 yr in northern Alberta. On the average the highest yielding line was Half-awned outyielding (P < 0.10) Awnless by 5%. Weight per seed was linearly related to awn length with a regression of 0.33 mg/cm of awn. Examination of other components of yield showed that increased awn length was associated with reduced number of spikes and florets per plant. The results suggested that the magnitude of these yield components was partially dependent on competition for nutrients during the early ontogeny of the spike between the awns at the base and the developing florets at the tip of the spike. The long daylength was suggested as a factor which might put Full-awned at a disadvantage at Beaverlodge despite high yield levels there. Application of the findings to barley breeding programs is proposed.

Classification of cultivated barley (Hordeum vulgare). 1. Historical aspects, and phenetic character analysis of some characters by information theory and by spatial autocorrelation

1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (11) ◽  
pp. 2769-2773
Author(s):  
Bernard B. Baum
Keyword(s):  
Information Theory ◽  
Hordeum Vulgare ◽  
Spatial Autocorrelation ◽  
Theory Model ◽  
Kernel Weight ◽  
Hordeum Vulgare L ◽  
Department Of Agriculture ◽  
Character Analysis ◽  
Barley Cultivars

A brief historical sketch of the classification of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) cultivars is presented along with reference to key reviews on this subject. Characters, utilized in the comprehensive study on the barley cultivars of North America by Aberg and Wiebe (U.S. Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 942), were subjected to a series of phenetic character analyses using an information theory model and a spatial autocorrelation model. The ranking of the 48 characters in order of their importance (for classification and identification purposes) from the character analysis by information theory was compared with the previous rating of characters made by Aberg and Wiebe and was found to differ significantly. Numerous trials of character analysis by spatial autocorrelation using various Minkowski distances, setting various values among three parameters, never yielded results comparable with those obtained by Aberg and Wiebe. Among those trials, a few combinations of values for the three parameters (X, Y, and Z) yielded results comparable with those obtained with character analysis by information theory. Those same combinations of values were found by Estabrook and Gates (Taxon, 33: 13–25) in their study of Banisteriopsis in 1984, where they also developed the method of character analysis by spatial autocorrelation. Kernel weight was found to be the most important character.

scholarly journals Yield and Yield Components of Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) in Relation to Sowing Times

1970 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 139-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
MZ Alam ◽  
SA Haider ◽  
NK Paul
Keyword(s):  
Hordeum Vulgare ◽  
Field Experiment ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Yield Components ◽  
Harvest Index ◽  
Hordeum Vulgare L ◽  
Sowing Time ◽  
Barley Cultivars ◽  
Key Words Barley ◽  
Yield And Yield Components

A field experiment was carried out to study the influence of sowing times on yield and yield components of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). Seeds of four barley cultivars (BB 1, Karan 19, Karan 163 and Karan 351) were sown with four sowing times (5 November, 17 November, 29 November and 11 December). Most of the yield and yield components were significantly highest in 17 November sowing. Among the cultivars most of the characters showed their highest values in BB 1 and the lowest in Karan 19. Harvest index was found highest in Karan 351 and lowest in BB 1. Key words: Barley, Sowing time, Yield.   doi: 10.3329/jbs.v15i0.2154   J. bio-sci. 15: 139-145, 2007

Genetic variation and adaptation of 76 Canadian barley cultivars

1994 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
pp. 737-744 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Kong ◽  
T. M. Choo ◽  
P. Narasimhalu ◽  
P. Jui ◽  
T. Ferguson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Variation ◽  
Hordeum Vulgare ◽  
Kernel Weight ◽  
Test Weight ◽  
Lower Yield ◽  
Hordeum Vulgare L ◽  
Eastern Canada ◽  
Barley Cultivars ◽  
Key Words Barley ◽  
Yield Test

A study was initiated in 1990 to determine the genetic variation and adaptation of all registered Canadian barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) cultivars. Seventy-six cultivars were tested at four locations across Canada (Charlottetown, Ottawa, Brandon, and Bentley) in 1991 and 1992. These cultivars were grouped into 10 classes and classes were compared in five categories: eastern vs. western, doubled-haploid (DH) vs. conventional, feed vs. malting, two-row vs. six-row, and hulless vs. covered. These 76 cultivars showed remarkable variation in yield, test weight, kernel weight, plant height, and maturity and responded differently to the environments. Among them, Albany and Chapais had the highest yield and they also yielded well in both Eastern and Western Canada. Thus, some barley cultivars were widely adapted across the whole country. Two-row cultivars had higher test weight and higher kernel weight than six-row and appeared to be more stable in yield over the environments. Eastern two-row cultivars were superior in yield, test weight, and kernel weight than western two-row. Eastern two-row, in general, performed well across Canada. Several western six-row cultivars performed well in both Western and Eastern Canada. Therefore, greater exchanges of breeding materials between the two regions are recommended in order to fully exploit the genetic potentials of new cultivars. DH cultivars yielded as well as conventional cultivars and responded similarly to the environments. This substantiates that complete homozygosity and homogeneity have very little effect on the performance of DH cultivars. Among the western two-row, feed cultivars yielded either higher than or the same as malting cultivars in the eight environments. Hulless cultivars had lower yield, higher test weight and lower kernel weight than covered cultivars. Key words: Barley, Hordeum vulgare, cultivar, yield, adaptation

Yield Potential of Heterozygous Seedling Lethal Mutants of Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)

1981 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
pp. 183-187
Author(s):  
M. M. Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Hordeum Vulgare ◽  
Yield Components ◽  
Yield Component ◽  
Single Locus ◽  
Yield Potential ◽  
Hordeum Vulgare L ◽  
Yield And Yield Components ◽  
Number Of Seeds

SUMMARYThe effects of homozygous and heterozygous loci of 20 seedling lethal mutants on yield and yield components of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) were studied. Nine of the 20 populations studied exhibited one locus heterosis (positive or negative advantages of Aa genotype compared with AA genotype) for yield per plant or one or more components of yield. In five instances of significance all showed positive single locus (Aa) heterosis for number of seeds per spike. Seedling lethal mutants, Ac ac and Alb,, p alb,, p showed three yield-component-heterosis. These two mutants might be suitable for hybrid barley production.

Agronomic response to seeding rate of two- and six-rowed barley cultivars in central Alberta

1995 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 315-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. E. Jedel ◽  
J. H. Helm
Keyword(s):  
Hordeum Vulgare ◽  
Yield Components ◽  
The Other ◽  
Seeding Rate ◽  
Kernel Number ◽  
Hordeum Vulgare L ◽  
Grain Yields ◽  
Barley Cultivars ◽  
Kernel Weights ◽  
Yield Responses

Little information is available on the response of two-rowed barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) cultivars to seeding rate in central Alberta. The objective of this research was to compare the effects of seeding rates of 129–344 seeds m−2 (50–140 kg ha−1) on the agronomic response of two- and six-rowed barley grown in central Alberta. Grain yields of 5.8–6.1 t ha−1 were not affected by seeding rates in 1990 and 1991 at Lacombe. As seeding rates increased in 1992, grain yields at Lacombe increased from 6.4 to 7.8 t ha−1; at Olds, from 3.5 to 4.0 t ha−1; and at Botha for the 129 seeds m−2 treatment, yields were only 5.5 t ha−1, compared with 5.8 to 6.0 t ha−1 for the other treatments. Effects of seeding rate on test and kernel weights varied between location–years. Tiller numbers m−2 were found to increase at higher seeding rates for the two-rowed cultivars, Abee and Harrington, while for the six-rowed cultivars, Noble and Virden, these numbers remained constant. Node numbers spike−1 decreased with higher seeding rates for both two- and six-rowed cultivars. There was little effect of seeding rate on kernel number spike−1 for the two-rowed cultivars, while for the six-rowed cultivars this number decreased. Although the two- and six-rowed cultivars differed in their partitioning of yield and the effects of seeding rates on these components, their yield responses to seeding rate did not differ. Recommended seeding rates for barley in central Alberta should be above 129 seeds m−2 (50 kg ha−1). To maintain high kernel and test weights, seeding rates for barley grown in central Alberta for malt quality should range from 172 to 258 seeds m−2. When conditions warrant accelerated development, seeding rates of 300 or more seeds m−2 should be used. Key words:Hordeum vulgare, management, yield components

scholarly journals Influence of nitrogen fertilizer on grain yield of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) under irrigated conditions

2003 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 91 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Moreno ◽  
M.M. Moreno ◽  
F. Ribas ◽  
M.J. Cabello
Keyword(s):  
Hordeum Vulgare ◽  
Grain Yield ◽  
Nitrogen Fertilizer ◽  
Yield Components ◽  
Quadratic Function ◽  
Barley Grain ◽  
Kernel Weight ◽  
N Fertilizer ◽  
Hordeum Vulgare L ◽  
Sowing Time

A field study was conducted from 1998 to 2000 in Ciudad Real (Spain) to analyze the productive response of thebarley (Hordeum vulgare L.) crop to different nitrogen-fertilizer strategies. The effect of N dose and its partitioningbetween sowing-time and top-dressing at tillering state on grain yield and yield components was evaluated, as well asthe contribution of each one of these parameters to the final yield by means of a correlation and regression study, andpath coefficient analysis. The specific climatic conditions of each growing season had a very marked effect on barleycrops, and grain yields and yield components significantly differed every year. No significant differences in yieldwere found between 100 and 150 kg N ha-1 doses, but yield was significantly reduced by applying 200 kg N ha-1. Theevolution of grain yield according to N fertilizer was properly fitted to a quadratic function, with the maximum valuecorresponding to about 120 kg N ha-1. It is not advisable to exceed this dose because this is of no benefit to the plantand implies a risk of environmental contamination. The highest yield was obtained by applying two thirds of the totalN fertilizer at seeding time, whereas a single application of N fertilizer as a top-dressing resulted in a significantreduction in barley grain yield. In these field conditions, grain yield mainly depended on the number of ears per squaremeter, being the 1000-kernel weight the most stable yield component.

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