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STUDIES IN BARLEY AND MALT: VIII. SURVEY OF THE DORMANCY OF BARLEYS HARVESTED IN BRITAIN IN 1955
Author(s) -
Pollock J. R. A.
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
journal of the institute of brewing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.523
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 2050-0416
pISSN - 0046-9750
DOI - 10.1002/j.2050-0416.1956.tb02870.x
Subject(s) - dormancy , germination , biology , agronomy
A study of the germination characteristics of the barleys of 1955 has shown that, although a number of them either were water‐sensitive or had low germinative energies, a high proportion of these barleys were free from any dormancy. The incidence of dormancy in different varieties of barley is discussed; most samples of Herta, Rika and Provost were water‐sensitive, but samples of Ymer and Plumage‐Archer—although showing low germinative energies—in many cases showed little tendency to water‐sensitivity.