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Awned vs. Awnless Isogenic Winter Barley Grown at Three Environments 1
Author(s) -
Shan J. G.,
Reid D. A.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
crop science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.76
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1435-0653
pISSN - 0011-183X
DOI - 10.2135/cropsci1976.0011183x001600030008x
Subject(s) - hordeum vulgare , biology , poaceae , yield (engineering) , photosynthesis , agronomy , grain yield , zea mays , horticulture , botany , physics , thermodynamics
Four pairs of homozygous winter barley ( Hordeum vulgare L.) lines, isogenic for full‐awned and near‐awnless, and their respective recurrent parents were grown at Quantico, Md.; Hagerstown, Md.; and Tucson, Ariz. in 1973. The awned isogenic line showed a more consistent and significant yield advantage over the awnless isoline in each of the four genetic backgrounds under the irrigated, Arizona conditions than under Maryland conditions. At Hagerstown, where lodging was severe, and at Quantico where scald [ Rhynochosporium secalis (Oud.) J. J. Davis] was present, the awned isogenic lines yielded more than their awnless counterparts in six of eight instances suggesting the importance of awns where photosynthesis is reduced due to lodging or disease. The advantage of the awned vs. awnless isogenic pairs was more consistently expressed in test wt/hl and kernel wt than in yield. The greatest advantage of awns for test wt and kernel wt was shown under the irrigated (Arizona) environment. In general the isogenic pairs did not differ in heads/unit area or kernels/spike.