THE 1948 BARLEY CROP

Barley genetic variation: implications for crop improvement.

Genetic variation is crucial for successful barley improvement. Genomic technologies are improving dramatically and are providing access to the genetic diversity within this important crop species. Diverse collections of barley germplasm are being assembled and mined via genome-wide association studies and the identified variation can be linked to the barley sequence assembly. Introgression of ...

The Virtual Crop-modelling System ‘vica’ Specified for Barley

The paper presents an improved version of the Virtual Canopy model VICA (Wernecke et al. 2000), which is developed to establish a generic functional-structural plant model (FSPM; cf. Vos et al. this volume) specified for barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). The model core is formulated as a set of hierarchically structured objects. These objects are related to morphological and functional ‘plant units’...

Winter Barley Seeding Rate , Cover Crop and Variety Trial

Barley: emergence as a new research material of crop science.

The completion of genome sequencing, advances in a wide range of analytic technologies, greater research platforms and the emergence of bioinformatics procedures, as well as the development of related resources, have contributed to improvements in the quality of research not only in model species but also in crop plants and livestock. Sustainable agricultural production is an urgent issue in th...

Influence of catch crop on soil properties and yield of spring barley

Biomass of legumes grown as catch crops improves soil properties and thus soil conditions for following crops. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of field pea (Pisum sativum L.) grown as a catch crop and used for green manure on soil properties and yielding of spring barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). Field experiments were conducted in 2008-2011 in the randomized block design with ...