Milling Energy Polymorphism in Hordeum spontaneum Koch in Israel and its Potential Utilization in Breeding for Malting Quality

R. P. Ellis, E. Nevo, A. Beiles

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Abstract

Variation for grain milling energy in Hordeum vulgare is associated with differences in grain size, shape and composition. Genetic polymorphisms within and between populations were found across the ecogeographical range of Hordeum spontaneum in Israel. Low milling energy estimates were positively correlated with and predictable by the aridity index. Milling energy in H. spontaneum, collected in Israel, ranged from the lowest values seen in making barley to twice the highest values seen in feed cultivars. It is concluded that H. spontaneum elite genotypes could be effectively identified by milling energy for use in the breeding of new cultivars.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)78-81
Number of pages4
JournalPlant Breeding
Volume111
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1993

Keywords

  • Hordeum spontaneum
  • malting quality
  • milling energy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Genetics
  • Plant Science

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