Track 4-1-2: Breeding Cultivated Forage Species for Biomass, Quality and Stress Tolerance
Description
Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) is a widely adapted small-grain annual cereal and is a key feed and fodder in India (Kharub et al., 2013). Barley can provide nutrition to the animals through its green fodder at vegetative stage and grains after harvest from the regenerated plants. The vegetative portion of the crop is valuable as a source of pasture, cut green forage, and straw. Their relative importance is determined at different ontogenetic stages of plant. An area of barley breeding receiving increasing attention is the development of dual-purpose (green forage and grain) varieties for plains as well as hills. Up to certain yield level grain yield and vegetative yield are correlated, difficulty may arrive when attempts will be made to combine maximum grain yield with maximum forage yield. Objectives of this study was to compare yield and yield development component in barley cut 55-60 days after sowing (DAS) and harvested after regeneration at maturity.
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Yield and Yield Component Development in Dual-Purpose Barley
Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) is a widely adapted small-grain annual cereal and is a key feed and fodder in India (Kharub et al., 2013). Barley can provide nutrition to the animals through its green fodder at vegetative stage and grains after harvest from the regenerated plants. The vegetative portion of the crop is valuable as a source of pasture, cut green forage, and straw. Their relative importance is determined at different ontogenetic stages of plant. An area of barley breeding receiving increasing attention is the development of dual-purpose (green forage and grain) varieties for plains as well as hills. Up to certain yield level grain yield and vegetative yield are correlated, difficulty may arrive when attempts will be made to combine maximum grain yield with maximum forage yield. Objectives of this study was to compare yield and yield development component in barley cut 55-60 days after sowing (DAS) and harvested after regeneration at maturity.
