Evaluation of Hull-less barley varieties
Project director:
Chengci Chen
Cooperators/personnel:
Jamie Sherman
Thomas Gross
Liz Elmore
Ronald Brown
Rebecca Garza
Bill Franck
Calla Kowatch
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the performance of experimental lines and named varieties of hull-less
barley in eastern Montana.
MATERIALS AND METHODS:
Location: EARC dryland and Irrigated farms
Soil type: Williams Clay Loam
Previous crop: fallowed on dryland farm and pulse crop on the irrigated farm
RESULTS:
The hull-less barley had very poor germination on dryland. Therefore, the yields on dryland are not
presented. Agronomic data from the irrigated farm are shown in Table 10. Yield and test weight were
adjusted to 12% moisture content.
Table 10. Hull-less barley variety trial on the EARC irrigated farm in 2018.
Irrigated Hulless Barley - MSU
EARC, Sidney, MT 2018
Variety
Plant
Height
Days to
Heading
Test
Weight †
Protein
Grain Yield
†
(in)
(julian*)
(lb/bu)
(%)
(bu/a)
09WA-265.12
36.6
183
62.7
14.8
85.1
Havener
34.0
184
62.3
14.7
78.6
MT16H09204
34.0
178
59.2
14.6
85.5
MT16H09205
33.2
179
61.6
14.6
65.1
MT16H09206
32.0
183
60.1
14.8
56.2
MT16H09208
32.3
178
60.1
13.5
50.0
MT16H09210
34.0
177
58.2
13.5
88.6
MT16H09302
33.5
177
60.2
13.8
89.0
MT16H09303
31.6
177
60.2
13.8
37.1
MT16H09304
30.3
176
60.2
13.6
58.7
MT16H09306
31.8
177
58.6
14.4
61.0
MT16H09308
31.6
177
62.1
13.5
44.3
MT16H09407
34.6
180
57.6
17.0
66.6
MT16H09409
35.6
177
56.4
17.0
57.3
MT16H21503
28.6
184
62.9
15.7
37.3
MT16H22201
30.8
176
61.4
14.2
82.8
Mean
32.8
178.9
60.2
14.6
65.2
P-value
0.0011
<0.0001
<0.0001
<0.0001
<0.0001
CV (%)
5.7
0.8
2.0
3.4
17.3
LSD
3.1
2.3
2.0
0.8
18.8
Soil test N avail (lb/a): 38.6
Previous crop: Sugarbeet
N added (lb/a): 104.2
Planted: 05/03/18
P2O5 added (lb/ac\): 29.5
Harvested: 8/24/2018
Plot width (ft): 5'
Soil Type: Savage Silty Clay
(julian*) is a continuous count of days since January 1.
†
Test Weight and Grain Yield adjusted to 12.0% moisture basis
