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Registration of ‘Muir’ Spring Feed Barley
Author(s) -
Murphy Kevin M.,
Ullrich Steven E.,
Wood Max B.,
Matanguihan Janet B.,
Jitkov Vadim A.,
Guy Stephen O.,
Chen Xianming,
Brouwer Brook O.,
Lyon Steven R.,
Jones Stephen S.
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/jpr2015.01.0001crc
Subject(s) - cultivar , rust (programming language) , biology , grain yield , hordeum vulgare , stripe rust , agronomy , horticulture , plant disease resistance , poaceae , biochemistry , computer science , gene , programming language
‘Muir’ (Reg. No. CV‐357, PI 674172) is a two‐row, spring, hulled feed barley ( Hordeum vulgare L.) cultivar developed and evaluated as 07WA‐601.6, and released in 2013 by Washington State University (WSU). Muir was derived from the cross ‘Baronesse’/‘Bob’ and selected through single‐seed descent from F 2 to F 4 and pedigree breeding methods from F 5 to F 6. Muir was tested in multi‐environment trials at 8 to 10 locations per year by the WSU Variety Testing Program from 2011 to 2014. In the low rainfall (<400 mm annual precipitation) testing locations, Muir had a mean grain yield (4787.0 kg ha −1 ) that was higher than those of check cultivars Baronesse, Bob, and Lyon. Muir showed head emergence significantly earlier than Baronesse, Bob, and ‘Lenetah’ and was 3.3 cm taller than Baronesse and 5.5 cm shorter than ‘Champion’ across low rainfall zone locations. Muir is resistant to currently prevalent races of the stripe rust pathogen ( Puccinia striiformis Westend. f. sp. hordei Erikss.); by comparison, commonly grown cultivars Baronesse, Bob, and Champion are rated as moderately resistant, ‘Harrington’, Lenetah, and Lyon are rated as moderately susceptible, and ‘CDC Copeland’ and ‘CDC Meredith’ are rated as susceptible. Muir was released on the basis of its excellent stripe rust resistance, high grain yield, and agronomic qualities suitable for a feed barley cultivar in low rainfall zones of Washington.