Annual Progress Report on Malting Barley Research March, 2002

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Table 3. 1992 thru 2001 Overall Summary in Irrigated Environments for Montana
experimental lines with high malting quality scores, recommended malting varieties for
Montana, and feed barley checks.
ID
Pedigree
#
Yrs
Yield
(bu/ac)
#
Yrs
Test Wt
(lb/bu)
#
Yrs
Plump
(%)
#
Yrs
Heading
Date
#
Yrs
Plant Ht.
(in)
PI568246 Baronesse 45 124.2 45 51.8 44 86.8 43 176.9 45 30.8 35 11.4
MT960099 Manley/Baronesse 19 123.8 19 51.2 19 76.5 18 178.1 19 29.9 19 11.3
MT981091 MT851195/MT140523 10 121.7 10 51.9 10 87.9 9 174.8 10 30.4 10 11.8
MT970110 Klages/Baronesse 15 119.7 15 52.0 15 90.5 14 178.0 15 33.3 15 11.5
MT970116 Klages/Baronesse 15 118.0 15 52.6 15 89.0 14 175.1 15 35.5 15 11.6
MT981238 ND112311/Lewis 10 117.3 10 52.6 10 90.2 9 173.7 10 34.7 10 12.4
PI610264 Valier 23 117.3 23 51.9 23 85.0 21 177.3 23 33.4 23 12.0
MT960101 Manley/Baronesse 19 117.1 19 51.0 19 77.6 18 178.7 19 31.5 19 11.4
MT981210 MT910150/Stark 10 116.3 10 51.7 10 92.8 9 176.3 10 32.9 10 11.9
MT970155 MT886610/MT140523 15 115.0 15 51.7 15 88.3 14 178.1 15 31.5 15 11.6
2B914947 Merit 26 113.8 26 49.2 26 86.8 24 177.5 26 32.8 25 11.6
SiteMean 45 112.8 45 51.1 44 84.0 43 174.8 45 32.3 35 11.8
PI491534 Gallatin (Check) 45 112.3 45 52.1 44 81.8 43 174.7 45 33.9 35 11.6
BA 1202 Busch Agr 1202 31 112.1 31 49.9 30 85.3 30 176.7 31 32.9 25 11.8
6B932978 Legacy 10 111.5 10 49.0 10 80.4 9 174.6 10 35.4 10 12.1
MT910189 ND 7293/Bearpaw 31 111.5 31 51.3 31 87.0 29 173.3 31 31.7 30 11.4
CI 15856 Lewis 45 110.2 45 52.0 44 83.1 43 175.2 45 33.9 35 12.3
SK 76333 Harrington 45 108.7 45 50.1 44 81.9 43 176.8 45 33.1 35 11.7
MT981039 H5860219/Baronesse 10 106.4 10 51.5 10 86.7 9 178.5 10 32.1 10 11.2
CI 15773 Morex 31 97.4 31 49.2 31 81.4 30 172.2 31 37.9 26 12.2
Other Research Projects and Future Research Direction
In addition to the research funded by the AMBA, we are working on a number of projects
focusing on barley improvement. We currently have a graduate student developing near
isogenic lines for a low grain protein QTL identified in a Lewis x Karl recombinant
inbred population. Fine mapping of this chromosome region will be an important
contribution to the barley community as we focus on identifing the genes conferring low
grain protein. A phenotypic and marker assisted selection program is also being
innitiated to more fully utilize the grain protein QTL identified in the Lewis x Karl
recombinant inbred population for our breeding program. Research on the use of barley
as a feed source for rangeland cattle is ongoing in our program. We anticipate this study
will lead to a prediction model which can be used for accurately predicting animal
performance based on grain quality parameters. <strong>Progress</strong> in SNP marker development
has also been made over the last year in our lab. We anticipate the focus of our future
research to remain on breeding improved malting varieties with increased agronomic
#
Yrs
Protein
(%)