D.F. Walker1 and A.O.M.
Smith1
Abstract: Barley yields ranged
from 5.7-3.0, 3.9-2.4 and 5.0-3.1 tonnes per hectare for the Maritime Barley Six-Row
Registration, Maritime Barley Two-Row Registration and the Maritime Barley Six-Row
Screening Trial respectively. Hectoliter weights ranged from 69.1-52.0, 75.8-57.1 and
64.6-56.3 kilograms per hectoliter respectively for the six-row registration, two-row
registration and the six-row screening trials. Harvest lodging was severe with only the
very strongest strawed lines remaining erect at harvest.
1Livestock & Livestock Feed Branch, NBDARD, Fredericton, NB E3B 5H1
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