Abstract
Barley is widely recognized as one of the four major crops, along with wheat, maize, and rice. Nowadays, these characteristics are as desirable as ever under the sustainable crop production wing. As such, research regarding alternatives for increasing yield and quality production has led to different trends where Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO), variety breeding, and the mapping of desirable genetic trends are probably among the main goals within cereal research. Considering the aforementioned, this research aimed to study the main agricultural characteristics of 105 different varieties of barley growing under field conditions following a sustainable agricultural practice protocol, including their resistance against some of the most common threats to this crop (yellow rust, leaf rust, and barley yellow dwarf virus). This included varieties from different regions, and the most commonly used ones by local producers. Results from this study showed that 10.9% of the tested varieties were able to fully grow. More importantly, these included 2 out of 4 locally grown varieties. Regarding plants’ resistance to diseases, all germinated varieties showed similar traits. However, when looking at the seed proximate analysis, five of these varieties were shown to be unsuitable for malting purposes. Overall results showed that a small percentage of varieties (7.61%) meet both disease resistance and malting standards under a sustainable agricultural practice. These results allow for the identification of the strengths of locally produced crops under commonly used agricultural practices as a viable alternative to the use of agrochemicals.
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Claim · model-written summary
Only 10.9% of the 105 tested barley varieties were able to fully grow under field conditions.
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- varieties were able to fully growe0
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- 10.9%e0
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Claim · model-written summary
Among the barley varieties that fully grew, 2 out of 4 locally grown varieties were included.
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- barleyHordeum vulgaret0
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- locally grown varietiese0
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- 2 out of 4e0
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Claim · model-written summary
All germinated barley varieties showed similar resistance to diseases (yellow rust, leaf rust, barley yellow dwarf virus).
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- barleyHordeum vulgaret0
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- resistance to diseasese0
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t0“varieties of barley”
e0“Regarding plants’ resistance to diseases, all germinated varieties showed similar traits”
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Five of the germinated barley varieties were unsuitable for malting purposes based on seed proximate analysis.
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- barleyHordeum vulgaret0
- Outcome
- unsuitable for malting purposese0
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- fivee0
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t0“varieties of barley”
e0“five of these varieties were shown to be unsuitable for malting purposes”
Claim · model-written summary
Only a small percentage of barley varieties (7.61%) met both disease resistance and malting standards under sustainable agricultural practice.
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- barleyHordeum vulgaret0
- Outcome
- meet both disease resistance and malting standardse0
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- 7.61%e0
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t0“varieties of barley”
e0“a small percentage of varieties (7.61%) meet both disease resistance and malting standards”