Barley varieties developed with Alberta Barley Commission support

Kasota (1994), is an early maturing, high yielding semi-dwarf feed barley.  Its average yields are on par with the top mid-season to late maturing feed barleys, while it matures two and one half to about six days earlier.  It has very good straw strength, and is resistant to scald and the seedling infecting smuts.  Its test weight is high for a six-row.

Tercel (1997), is a hulless Abee with adaptation to those areas where Abee produces well.  It out-yields Condor and has better 1000 kernel weight.  It is, however, 3 days later than Condor with less lodging resistance, lower test weight and no better disease resistance.

Mahigan (1998), has 2 to 5% higher yields and a higher test weight than Kasota.  It has semi-smooth awns.  It is equal to Kasota in scald resistance.  Moderately resistant to moderately susceptible to net blotch.  It is slightly taller than Kasota. The kernel is small and long in relation to its width.

Jaeger (1998), is a 6-row hulless feed barley with higher yielding and better lodging resistance than Falcon.  Good neck-break resistance.  Resistant to scald and septoria.  It is later maturing than Falcon.  Susceptible to surface-borne smuts, loose smut, stem rust and net blotch.  Rough awned.

Peregrine (1999), is a 6-row hulless, semi-dwarf, feed barley with excellent straw strength and good head retention at maturity compared to Falcon.  Good test weight and plumpness.  It is 1 day earlier maturing and is higher yielding than Falcon under severe lodging conditions.  Resistant to stem rust and common root rot; moderately resistant to scald, surface-borne smuts and net blotch.  It is susceptible to loose smut with smaller seed size than Falcon.  Rough awned.

Niska (1999), is a 6-row semi-dwarf feed barley.  This smooth-awned variety has higher yield, better test weight, and larger kernels than Kasota, CDC Earl, and Tukwa.  Resistant to scald and surface-borne smuts with moderate resistance to net blotch.  It is one day later in maturity than CDC Earl.  But is more susceptible to lodging than CDC Earl and Kasota, but similar lodging to Tukwa.  Susceptible to loose smut, common root rot, and septoria.

Trochu (2000), is a 6-row, smooth awn feed barley.  Trochu was higher yielding than all check varieties in the Western Cooperative Registration Trials.  It was tested in the Coop trials as BT 558 and as H87046003 from 1994 to 2000, and was registered in 2000.  Trochu showed good average percent plump seed, and high test weight and kernel weight.  The greatest market for 6-row barley is the cattle feed industry, and the high percent plump and kernel weight of Trochu means that more uniform procesmbe, it has a different source of resistance to scald and will show intermediate reactions in the fiesing can be obtained.  While the disease package of Trochu is no better than AC Lacold to scald and net blotch.  Trochu has better common root rot resistance compared to AC Lacombe.  All trials show Trochu to have better lodging resistance than AC Lacombe, although it is not as good as semi-dwarf varieties.  Trochu has 4.5% higher silage yield than AC Lacombe.  Trochu is a good replacement for AC Lacombe; it has a different scald resistance gene, a higher % plump seed and good straw strength and silage yields.

Vivar (2000), is a semi-dwarf 6-row feed barley.  Vivar was tested in the Western Cooperative Semi-Dwarf Barley trials as SD 516 and as H87020011 between 1994 and 2000.  The pedigree is LEDUC//DL69/DL70///NOBLE/CM67-U.SASK1800xPRO-CM67/DL7.  It received registration in 2000.  Vivar is a 6-row, rough-awned, semi-dwarf feed barley, with a yellow aleurone.  Vivar was higher yielding than all the check varieties in the Co-op test.  It has both larger seed size and higher test weight than the semi-dwarf checks, giving it a higher % plump.  Lodging is equal to the semi-dwarf checks, however, it is holding up more yield.  Its maturity is medium, between CDC Earl and Tukwa, and equal to the standard height check AC Lacombe.  Vivar has a disease resistance package similar to Tukwa, with an intermediate reaction in the field to both scald and net blotch.  Vivar is best adapted to the high yielding areas of Alberta.  It has higher silage yield than AC Lacombe and responds to moisture and fertility.  With the high % plump and seed weight compared to other 6-row varieties, Vivar processes well for the beef cattle industry.

Tyto (2002), is a 6-row hulless barley.  Tyto is taller, higher yielding and slightly later than Falcon with 7% higher silage yield.  In Alberta, Tyto has higher grain yield than Falcon.  It has good seed weight, test weight, and high silage production.  Tyto was tested in the Western Cooperative Hulless Barley Trials and Field Crop Development Centre yield trials as HB513 and T89047103NX from 1996 to 2001 and received registration in 2002.  It is a 6-row, smooth-awned, hulless feed barley.  Tyto is semi-dwarf in height, with semi-compact medium-sized nodding spikes.  This variety has intermediate scald resistance, good resistance to surface-borne smuts, and resistance to stem rust and septoria.  Similar to the check varieties, Tyto is susceptible to common root rot.  The Field Crop Development Centre data show Tyto tends to yield 2% to 12% more grain than Falcon in the 6.0 t/ha to 8.0 t/ha or greater production areas.  Tyto also showed 7% higher silage yield than Falcon.

Niobe (2002), is 2-row feed barley with good yield, early maturity, and a good disease and lodging resistance package.  In the Western Cooperative 2-Row Barley Trials, Niobe showed grain yield comparable to CDC Dolly and consistently showed higher grain yield than Harrington in all soil zones.  Niobe was tested in the Coop Trials for 2 years as TR 651 and in advanced yield trials for 5 years (Field Crop Development Centre trial data).  Niobe is a 2-row, rough-awned barley with purple -colored auricles.  The spikes are semi-compact, medium length, horizontal attitude, with a mid-long short-haired rachilla.  The pedigree/parentage is AC Oxbow/CDC Guardian.  Niobe has mid-maturity (similar to Harrington and slightly earlier than CDC Dolly), and improved lodging resistance compared to Harrington and CDC Dolly.  Niobe has a test weight equal to CDC Dolly, while kernel weight and % plump kernels are comparable to Harrington.  Niobe has good disease resistance, with an intermediate level of resistance to net blotch and resistance to both covered and false loose smuts.  Niobe has seedling resistance to scald and intermediate adult plant resistance.  Similar to the check varieties, Harrington and CDC Dolly, Niobe has low resistance to septoria and spot blotch.  Niobe is not resistant to loose smut or common root rot.  Niobe has higher grain yields than CDC Dolly in the 6 t/ha or greater yield class.  The Field Crop Development Centre yield data show that Niobe tends to yield 11% to 15% more grain than Harrington in the 4.0 t/ha to 8.0 t/ha grain yield class.  Niobe is comparable to CDC Dolly in terms of grain yield, test weight and silage yield.

Manny (2003), is a 6-row, rough awned, hulled feed barley.  Manny is a strong-strawed variety with good lodging resistance for a normal height variety, and has high silage yields in central Alberta.  It was tested in the Western Cooperative Trials as BT 562 and H90013004Z; the pedigree is BT 538/BT 626.  Manny has a yellow aleurone, with a mid long rachilla with short hair.  As indicated by water use efficiency data (yield per unit of applied water), Manny has as good as, or better, drought tolerance than AC Lacombe.  Manny has multiple gene resistance to scald, as shown in combined data from the Co-operative Tests, Alberta yield trials, and CIMMYT.  Manny is resistant to the covered smuts and has intermediate resistance to true loose smut.  Manny is well suited to the high-yielding scald prone areas of Alberta.  Its earlier maturity is also a bonus for central Alberta.

Ponoka (2003), is a 2-row, rough-awned, hulled feed barley registered by the Field Crop Development Centre (FCDC) at Lacombe in 2003.  Ponoka has high grain and biomass yield potential and excellent disease resistance for the western Prairies.  Ponoka was tested in the Western Cooperative Registration Trials as TR 01656 and in FCDC trials as H93003006Z.  Its pedigree is H92001F1/TR229 (H92001F1=(Harrington/Camelot)F1).  The Field Crop Development Centre yield data show that Ponoka yields 15% higher than the feed check CDC Dolly under high yielding conditions (>8.0 t/ha) with an average yield advantage of 6%.  Silage yields are 7% higher than those for AC Lacombe (the most common silage variety in Alberta) and 11% higher than CDC Dolly.  While Ponoka yields well in the brown soil zone, its percent plump is low probably due to late season drought.  Ponoka has the following disease reaction: Resistant (R) to the surface-borne smuts and true loose smut.  Moderately resistant (MR) to the net form of net blotch; moderately susceptible (MS) to the spot form.  Its reaction to scald ranges from R to MS depending on the race of scald, giving it an overall rating of MR. Its reaction to fusarium head blight and common root rot is MR/MS; to spot blotch MS, and to stem rust, septoria and barley yellow dwarf is susceptible.

Sundre (2005), is a 6-rowed, smooth-awned, hulled feed barley developed by the Field Crop Development Centre (FCDC) in Lacombe and registered in 2005.  It has high grain and silage yields in central Alberta, with good kernel weight and seed plumpness.  Sundre was tested as BT 566 in the Western Cooperative Barley Trials from 2003 to 2004 and in FCDC trials as H92068001 from 2000 to 2004.  Its pedigree is BT636/Tukwa.  Morphological distinguishability: yellow aleurone, and a long rachilla with long hairs.  In FCDC silage trials, Sundre out-yielded the high yielding six-rowed varieties Vivar and AC Lacombe.  Sundre has multiple gene resistance to scald, as shown in multi-station, multiyear trials.  It has resistance to covered smut and false loose smut.

Bentley (2008), is a two-rowed, rough awned, malting barley, well-adapted to the Brown,

Black and Grey Soil Zones of western Canada.  Bentley has high grain and forage yields, which combined with its malting quality, should make it an excellent multipurpose barley for the non-scald areas of western Canada.  Bentley was tested in the Western Cooperative Registration Trials as TR05669 and FB414, and in FCDC trials as H93103004.  Its pedigree is I92125/TR229 where I92125=ND10419/ND11231.  The FCDC yield data show that Bentley yielded 9% higher than AC Metcalfe, while the Coop yield data show an 11% yield advantage.  Silage yields for this variety were 8% higher than AC Virden in Coop trials and 12% higher than Seebe in FCDC trials.  It has similar maturity to AC Metcalfe.  Bentley has high percent plump and kernel weights.  It has good malting quality with low protein, high extract, good protein modification, and friability.  Bentley has lower diastatic power and alpha amylase than AC Metcalfe, and is similar to CDC Copeland and Harrington for these traits.  Bentley is resistant to the spot form of net blotch and has moderate resistance to spot blotch and the surface borne smuts.  It has shown a MR/MS type of reaction to common root rot, stem rust, fusarium head blight, and moderate susceptibility to the net form of net blotch and loose smut.  It is susceptible to scald.

Chigwell (2008), is a six-rowed, smooth-awned, hulled feed barley, developed by the Field Crop Development Centre, Lacombe.  It is well-adapted to the Black, Brown, Black and Grey Wooded and Irrigated Soil Zones of western Canada.  Chigwell combines both desirable traits of relatively high grain and forage yields similar or near to Vivar.  These traits could make Chigwell a good grain and forage feed barley in western Canada.  Chigwell was tested as BT577 in the Western Cooperative Barley Trials from 2006 to 2007; it was also tested as FB418 in the Western Forage Barley Cooperative Trials from 2006 to 2007.  The parentage of BT577 is Mahigan/H87020005.

TR05671 (2008), is a two rowed, rough awned, malting barley, well-adapted to the Brown, Black and Grey Soil Zones of western Canada.  TR05671 has good grain and forage yields that combined with its malting quality and disease resistance should make it an excellent malting barley for the scald areas of western Canada.  TR05671 was tested in the Western Cooperative Registration Trials as TR05671 and in FCDC trials as H93174006.  Its pedigree is H92076(F1)/TR238 where H92076= Harrington/Leo.  The Field Crop Development Centre yield data show that TR05671 had similar yields to AC Metcalfe, while the Coop yield data show a 4% yield advantage.  It has good lodging resistance.  It has maturity similar to AC Metcalfe.  This line has high percent plump and kernel weight with extract and protein modification levels similar to the malting checks.  This line has shown consistently low diastatic power that makes it a desirable line for the craft brewery market.  It does have lower alpha amylase and higher beta-glucan levels than AC Metcalfe.  While this line does not have the Scald resistance of Seebe, it has shown moderate field resistance (MR/MS) reactions.  It has moderate resistance to common root rot, fusarium head blight and the spot form of net blotch; and it has good resistance to the surface borne smuts.  It is susceptible to the net form of net blotch, stem rust, spot blotch, barley yellow dwarf, and loose smut.