UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTUR SCIENCE,

DHARWAD

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
BIJAPUR

PRESENTATION ON

VARIETIES AND HYBRIDS OF BARLEY

PRESENTED BY,
Deepa Kalappanavar
ID No. 5885
Varieties released for cultivation under different
agro-climatic conditions, during the
Past two decades,
Recently released barley varieties recommended
for different agro-climatic condition.
 NORTH- WESTERN ZONES
FOR LATE SOWN, IRRIGATED
1. RD 2503 (6-r, hulled)
Recommended area is in the zone Punjab ,Haryana ,Delhi , up, northern
Rajasthan
Ideal for milling

2 . REKHA (2-R hulled)

Recommended areas in the zone Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, UP
It is suitable for malting.

3 . Priti (6-R hulled)

Recommended areas in the zone Is up
Early, tolerant to diseases
5 . BH 393 (6 - R hulled)
Recommended areas in the zone Haryana
Special characteristics is Resistant to yellow &brown rusts,
molya disease.
6 . DWR 28 (2 – R hulled)
Recommended areas in the zone is Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Western up,
Northern Rajasthan.
Special characteristics is Suitable to yellow rust and leaf blights, good
for malting.
8 . NDB 1173 (6-R hulled)
Recommended areas in the zone is Punjab ,Haryana , Delhi , Western up
Special characteristics is Good salty soil, resistant to leaf blight.
9 . SINDHU (NBL 11) (6-R hulled)
Recommended areas in the zone J&K
Special characteristic is good for malting, resistant
to yellow rust.
9 . Nurboo,(6-R hulled )
Recommended areas in the zone is J&K.
Special characteristics is good for malting ,resistant to yellow rust.

11 . RD 2668 (2-R hulled)

Recommended areas in the zone of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, w up , NR
Special characteristics is good for malting, resistant to yellow rust.

FOR LATE SOWN, IRRIGATED

13 . RD 2508 (6-R hulled)

Recommended areas in the zone of Punjab , Haryana , Delhi, W up, N
Rajasthan ,part of J&K ,HP,
Uttaranchal.
Special characteristics of Bold seed ,wide adaptability.
HILLS ZONE
RECOMMENDED VARITES AND SPECIAL CHARACTER

1. BHS 46
Resistant to rust ,smut leaf spot

2.DOLMA
Hull –less, resistant to yellow rust

3.HIMANI
Highly resistant to yellow rust

Growing in HP, parts of Jammu Kashmir

 NORTH –EASTERN PLAINS ZONE

RECOMMENDED VARITES AND SPECIAL CHARACTERS

1. AMBER
Suitable for brewing and malting

2. AZAD
Suitable for alkali and saline soils

3. K 141
Moderately resistant to smut and rust

Grown in Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand.

 CENTRAL ZONE
RECOMMENDED VARIETIES AND SPECIAL CHARACTERS

1. VIJAY
Suitable for saline and alkali soils9
2. RS6
Suitable for malting and brewing

3 .RD715, RD2715

MP, Rajasthan ,Kota ,Bundelkand region of UP these are

growing region
NORTH WESTERN PLAINS
RECOMMENDED VARIETIES AND SPECIAL CHARACTERS

1. CLIPPER
Suitable for malting and brewing

2. BG39
Hi resistant to yellow rust and smut
 PENINSULAR ZONE
RECOMMENDED VARIETIES AND CHARACTERISTICS

1. Rekha, 2- R hulled
Tolerant to yellow rust,

2. DL88,6- R hulled
Resistant to nematodes and yellow rust

Growing areas Maharashtra, Karnataka

Hybrid Barley . The idea
● Inthe 1980’s and 1990’s many large agricultural
companies (Monsanto,DuPont, Shell, Pioneer)
were heavily focused on developing hybrid
cereals ~ wheat.
● In the early 1990’s the NFC breeding team in UK
were part of Ciba Seeds – who were also actively
looking at hybrid wheat.

We asked “why not hybrid barley?”

and the project began….
First steps of Syngenta hybrid barley

● 1992
-A literature search uncovered a PHD thesis from America outlining
a barley CMS hybrid production system.
-System originally discovered by Finnish Professor from wild barley
relative collected from Middle East as a source of mildew
resistance.

● 1993
-Paul Bury and David Thompson visited The University of Arizona to
evaluate system and start conversion to European germplasm
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AGRONOMY OF FIELD CROPS
S .R .REDDY