One hundred sixty crossbred steers (538 ± 36 kg BW) were used in an 84-d experiment with a randomized block design to study the effects of wheat or barley grain processed to 2 different indices on growth performance, feeding behavior, carcass characteristics, stress, and temperament of finishing beef cattle. Treatments were a wheat-based diet (88.4% of diet DM; WH) and a barley-based diet (89% ...

This study identified single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers associated with 15 complex traits in a breeding population of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) consisting of 137 recombinant chromosome substitution lines (RCSL), evaluated under contrasting water availability conditions in the Mediterranean climatic region of central Chile. Given that markers showed a very strong segregation distort...

an experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of different levels of germinated barley (gb) on live performance and carcass traits in broiler chickens. the experiment lasted for 5 weeks starting from 7 days of age and ending at 42 days of age. chicks (ross 308) were fed six dietary treatments including a corn–soy diet (corn diet), a barley–soy diet (barley diet), a barley diet plus enzymes...

The Russian wheat aphid (RWA), Diuraphis noxia Kurdjumov, is a major global pest of wheat and barley production that causes enormous economic damage. Few studies have been conducted to explore and decipher the molecular basis of RWA strategies to evade plant defense mechanisms. Gene expression studies of RWA in response to wheat genotypes carrying different RWA resistance genes have been initia...

the effect of barley grain processing and source of supplemental fat on performance of lactating dairy cows were studied in a replicated 4 × 4 latin square design with 21-d periods and a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement. eight holstein cows with mean body weight (bw) of 572 ± 71 kg and 45 ± 10 days in milk were allocated to 4 dietary treatments including 1) ground barley with cottonseed 2) pelleted ...

In 2 experiments, dose response efficacy of a xylanase and β-glucanase blend (XB) on growth performance and ileal nutrient digestibility was investigated in nursery pigs fed pelleted wheat (Triticum aestivum)- and barley (Hordeum vulgare)-based diets. A basal diet (meeting NRC [1998] specifications for 6 to 30 kg BW, except for 5% lower DE) was supplemented with XB to give 4 diets (0, 50, 100, ...

The present study assessed the effect of seed inoculation with single or multiple plant growth-promoting rhizobacterial (PGPR) strains on yield in spring wheat (Triticum aestivum spp. vulgare var. Kırık) and barley (Hordeum vulgare cv. Tokak) plants in both greenhouse and field conditions during the years 2007 and 2008. The treatments of wheat and barley plants during the first year include...

Barley (Hordeum vulgare) has a much higher content of bioactive substances than wheat (Triticum aestivum). In order to investigate additive and/or synergistic effect(s) on the phytosterol content of barley chromosomes, we used a series of barley chromosome addition lines of common wheat that were produced by normal crossing. In determining the plant sterol levels in 2-week-old seedlings and dry...

a greenhouse study was conducted to investigate the effects of nitrogen (n) on wild barley (hordeum spontaneum koch) interference with winter wheat (triticum aestivum var. pishtaz) by an additive series experiment. the experiment was conducted in a split plot design with 3 replications. wheat plant height losses were on average 30, 10, and 10% in a wild barley density of 16 plants per pot with ...