Performance Evaluation of Malt Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Varieties for Yield and Quality Traits in Eastern Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia
Table 2
Description the eight malting barley varieties used for the trial.
Variety
Altitude (m.a.s.l)
Maintainer
Year of releasing
Days to heading
Days to maturity
Yield at on station (q ha−1)
Protein % during releasing
Disease reaction
Traveler
2000–2600
HEINKEN/HARC
2013
79–93
130–160
20–40
10–11.1
Resistance to net blotch
Holker
2500–3000
HARC
1979
—
—
—
—
—
IBON174/03
2300–2800
HARC
2012
70
120
—
10
Scald tolerant
Sabini
2300–2800
KARC
2011
46
64–83
25–40
8.5
Susceptible to scald
Fre-Gebs
2300–3000
AARC
2010
62–87
100–127
20–25
9–10.5
Moderately resistant to net blotch
EH1847
2200–2800
HARC
2011
71–90
126–161
35
10.6–11.7
—
Bahati
2300–2800
KARC
2011
72–85
126–158
25–40
8.7
Resistant to net blotch
Bekoji-1
2300–2800
KARC
2010
89–111
121–163
24–28
11.7
Resistant to net blotch and scald
m.a.s.l = meter above sea level, IBON = International Barely Observation Nursery, HARC = Holeta Agricultural Research center, AARC = Adet Agricultural Research Center, KARC = Kulimssa Agricultural Research Center. Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Animal, and Plant Health Regulatory Directorate, crop variety registers from 1979–2013, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
