Performance Evaluation of Malt Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Varieties for Yield and Quality Traits in Eastern Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia

Table 3

Mean values of agronomic, yield, and quality traits of malting barley varieties tested at four environments (two locations in two years).

Varieties	DH	DM	PH	SL	SS	BM	TKW	KPC	KSC	GY
Traveler	63	94	69.10	6.94	20.93	843	38.63	10.33	64	2332
Holker	62	94	78.95	6.82	21.05	874	40.67	10.30	63	1853
IBON174/03	57	90	75.38	6.67	21.93	890	41.92	10.30	64	3351
Sabini	55	88	78.42	7.58	22.42	964	40.96	10.48	65	2642
Fre-Gebs	58	88	92.47	6.86	21.20	1022	45.13	10.33	63	3045
EH1847	59	91	88.97	7.14	22.45	1052	42.83	11.11	64	3340
Bahati	59	93	83.78	7.30	23.05	1067	43.21	10.33	64	3220
Bekoji-1	62	94	98.32	7.21	22.58	1181	43.42	9.85	65	2765
Mean	59	91	83	7	22	10	42	10	64	2868
C.V (%)	4	3	11	9	9	25	6	0.5	0.76	17.0
LSD (5%)	2.12	2.85	7.69	0.52	1.64	2.02	2.04	0.04	0.39	3.41

DH = days to heading, DM = days to maturity, PH = plant height (cm), SL = spike length (cm), SS = seed per spike (No.), TKW = 1000 kernel weight (g), BM = above-ground biomass (kg/ha), KPc = kernel protein content (%), KSc = kernel starch content (%), and Gy = gain yield (kg ha⁻¹).