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than Morex. Yield of Legacy is equal to Colter in northern
Idaho and is two bushels higher than Morex. Legacy is
two inches taller than Steptoe, similar in heading date,
but it has weaker straw.
Morex is a smooth-awned, white-kerneled variety, released
by the University of Minnesota in 1978. Morex
has been the most popular six-rowed malting variety for
several years. Morex is tall and has relatively weak straw,
but has desirable malting and brewing characteristics.
Morex is three inches taller than Steptoe and has similar
lodging resistance. Under irrigation, average test weights
for Morex are about 1.5 pounds per bushel higher than
Steptoe and it heads about one day later. Morex yields
are about 20 percent less than Steptoe in southern Idaho.
Two-Rowed Feed Varieties
Bancroft is a white-kerneled, rough-awned feed variety,
released by Idaho and USDA-ARS in 1999. Bancroft
has a high level of resistance to barley stripe rust. Bancroft
is better adapted to dryland conditions than to high yielding
environments due to its relatively tall height and tendency
to lodge under high yielding conditions. Under irrigated
conditions, yield for Bancroft is similar to Harrington
but under dryland conditions, it exceeds Harrington by 15
IDAHO SPRING BARLEY PRODUCTION GUIDE
Table 4. Agronomic data for selected barley varieties grown on dryland, northern Idaho, 1 1999-2002.
Variety Feed or Malt Yield Test Weight Height Heading Date Lodging Plump Barley
No. of locations 14 14 14 14 11 14
(bu/A) (lb/bu) (inches) (from Jan. 1) % (%)
Two-rowed varieties
AC Metcalfe M 90.2 52.8 31 179 21 88
Bancroft F 90.1 52.7 31 179 21 86
Baronesse F 94.7 52.7 27 178 18 87
Bob F 91.1 53.8 29 176 18 93
Camas F 92.7 54.2 29 177 18 87
Criton F 91.1 52.2 30 177 18 94
Garnet M 83.4 51.8 30 180 19 91
Harrington M 87.2 52.5 31 179 22 77
Merit M 94.9 51.3 30 182 14 82
Xena
Six-rowed varieties
F 94.3 52.9 29 178 18 89
Colter F 81.4 49.3 30 174 17 70
Creel (93Ab688) F 89.3 50.1 30 175 21 72
Legacy M 81.3 50.4 32 177 24 80
Morex M 72.8 50.5 35 175 36 77
Steptoe F 90.9 48.4 31 175 26 87
1 Trials planted at Craigmont, Tammany, Potlatch and Bonners Ferry.
12
percent. Test weight, height, and heading date are similar
to Harrington.
Baronesse is a white-kerneled feed variety distributed
by Western Plant Breeders and currently is the most
widely grown feed variety in the state. It is popular in all
areas of the state and is adapted to both dryland and irrigated
conditions. Yield of Baronesse is similar to Sunbar
560 but Baronesse is earlier, shorter, and has stronger
straw. In all areas of the state, Baronesse has good yield,
high test weight, and moderately strong straw.
Bob is a white-kerneled, rough-awned feed variety, released
by Washington State University, Oregon State
University, and University of Idaho and the USDA Agricultural
Research Service (ARS). Bob has malting potential
and evaluations are currently in progress. Bob is a medium
maturity variety with medium height. In three years
of testing under irrigated conditions in southern Idaho (nine
trial sites), Bob was equal in yield to Xena and higher than
any other variety. Bob produces yields similar to Xena under
dryland conditions and exceeds Xena in northern Idaho
by 10 percent. Test weight is similar to Baronesse under
irrigation and higher rainfall dryland areas but less under
more severely stressed dryland conditions. Bob is tall,
similar to Harrington, and about equal in straw strength.