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Registration of ‘Alba’ Barley
Author(s) -
Graebner Ryan C.,
Cuesta-Marcos Alfonso,
Fisk Scott,
Brouwer Brook O.,
Jones Stephen S.,
Hayes Patrick M.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of plant registrations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1940-3496
pISSN - 1936-5209
DOI - 10.3198/jpr2014.04.0027crc
Subject(s) - biology , rust (programming language) , cultivar , puccinia striiformis , hordeum vulgare , horticulture , test weight , crop , agronomy , brewing , yield (engineering) , food science , poaceae , computer science , materials science , metallurgy , programming language , fermentation
‘Alba’ (Reg. No. CV‐355, PI 672535) is a winter, six‐row barley ( Hordeum vulgare L.) released by the Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station in 2012. The name Alba was chosen due to the bright and attractive appearance of the crop at maturity. In high rainfall environments, it has a notable yield advantage over check cultivars and maintains excellent test weight and kernel plumpness. These advantages are attributable in part to resistance to barley stripe rust (incited by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. hordei ) and scald (incited by Rhynchosporium commune ). The principal end‐use of Alba grain is as feed, but it could also be used for food (after pearling). Preliminary tests show that it can also be successfully malted and used in craft brewing.