Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology (Jan 2007)

Barley cultivar BRS Marciana

  • Euclydes Minella,
  • Gerardo Arias,
  • Marcio Só e Silva,
  • Luiz Eichelberger

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 3
pp. 327 – 328

Abstract

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BRS Marciana barley bred by Embrapa Trigo (Wheat) is an early maturing, two-rowed spring barley registeredin 2005 for commercial production in Southern Brazil. It combines good biomass and grain yield potential and diseaseresistance (to net blotch, powdery mildew, leaf rust). It is well-adapted to all major barley production regions of southernBrazil.