<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Spring barley breeding has been carried out for almost a century in all three Baltic countries. The efforts of breeders have resulted in many new improved varieties released. The goal of our project was to survey the effect of these efforts throughout the century on this crop. The material included in this study consisted of 64 accessions originating from Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania, representing landraces, varieties released from 1927 to 2001, and breeding lines. Six agronomic traits (days to heading, days to maturing, plant height, harvest index, volumetric weight and thousand kernel weight) were recorded during two years (2002 and 2003) at three locations - Priekuïi (Latvia), Landskrona (Sweden) and Bjørke (Norway). The differences between spring barley materials of different origin and from different breeding periods were assessed, and variation of their performance in different environments was discussed</p></abstract>

Spring barley breeding has been carried out for almost a century in all three Baltic countries. The efforts of breeders have resulted in many new improved varieties released. The goal of our project was to survey the effect of these efforts throughout the century on this crop. The material included in this study consisted of 64 accessions originating from Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania, representing landraces, varieties released from 1927 to 2001, and breeding lines. Six agronomic traits (days to heading, days to maturing, plant height, harvest index, volumetric weight and thousand kernel weight) were recorded during two years (2002 and 2003) at three locations - Priekuïi (Latvia), Landskrona (Sweden) and Bjørke (Norway). The differences between spring barley materials of different origin and from different breeding periods were assessed, and variation of their performance in different environments was discussed

Characterisation of Agronomic Performance of Baltic Spring Barley Material/ Baltijas Vasaras Mieþu Agronomisko Îpaðîbu Raksturojums

Institute of Biology, University of Latvia, Miera iela 3, Salaspils, LV-2169, LATVIA

State Priekuïi Plant Breeding Institute, Zinâtnes iela 1a, Priekuïi, LATVIA

Lantmännen AB, Onnsjögatan 13, Svalöv, SE-26881, SWEDEN

Swedish Board of Agriculture, Vallgatan 8, Jönköping, SE-55182, SWEDEN

Nordic Genetic Resource Centre, Smedjevägen 3, Alnarp, SE-23053. SWEDEN

N. I. Vavilov Institute on Plant Industry, 42–44, B. Morskaya Street, 190000, St. Petersburg, RUSSIA

Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences.

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Spring barley breeding has been carried out for almost a century in all three Baltic countries. The efforts of breeders have resulted in many new improved...

Characterisation of Agronomic Performance of Baltic Spring Barley Material/ Baltijas Vasaras Mieþu Agronomisko Îpaðîbu Raksturojums

Published Online: Dec 30, 2014

Page range: 119 - 132

Received: Sep 30, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/prolas-2014-0014

© by Agnese Kolodinska Brantestam

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