Table 7. Characteristics of Barley Cultivars Grown in California.

 

DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITIES3
Cultivar Type Growth
Habit		 Maturity Plant
Height1		 Straw Strength Planting Date:
Growing Areas2		 Scald Net
Blotch		 Barley Yellow Dwarf Stripe
Rust		 Leaf
Rust		 Powdery
Mildew

Arivat

6-row feed

Spring

Early

T

Poor

Late Fall: 1, 2, 3

S

MS

S

S

MS

-

B1202

2-row malt

Spring

Medium late

M-T

Fair

Spring: 5

-

-

MR

S

-

-

Baronesse

2-row feed

Spring

Medium late

M

Poor

Spring: 5

-

-

MR

S

-

-

Belford

Hooded

Spring

Medium

T

Poor

Late Fall: 1, 2, 3

-

-

-

S

-

-

Boyer

6-row feed

Winter

Medium

M

Good

Fall: 5

MS

-

MS

S

-

-

Colter

6-row feed

Spring

Medium early

M-T

Fair

Spring: 5

-

-

S

S

-

-

Eight-Twelve

6-row feed

Winter

Medium

M-S

Fair

Fall: 5

S

-

MS

S

-

-

Galena

2-row malt

Spring

Late

S

Fair

Spring: 5

S

-

S

MS

-

-

Gustoe

6-row feed

Spring

Late

S

Fair

Late Fall: 1, 2, 3, 4; Spring: 5

S

MR

MR

S

S

MS

Kold

6-row feed

Winter

Medium

M-S

Fair

Fall: 5

MR

MR

MS

R

-

-

Max

6-row feed

Spring

Late

S

Fair

Late Fall: 1, 2, 3, 4

S

S

R

S

MS

-

Meltan

2-row feed

Spring

Medium late

M-T

Excellent

Late Fall: 1

S

R

S

-

R

-

Merit

2-row malt

Spring

Medium late

M-T

Poor

Spring: 5

S

R

MR

S

R

-

Morex

6-row malt

Spring

Medium early

T

Poor

Spring: 5

-

-

-

S

-

-

Nebula

6-row feed

Spring

Medium late

M

Good

Late Fall: 1, 2, 3, 4

MR

MS

MS

S

MS

-

Orca

2-row feed

Spring

Early

M-T

Good

Spring: 5

-

-

R

R

S

-

Patti

6-row feed

Spring

Medium early

S

Good

Late Fall: 1, 2, 3, 4

S

MR

MR

MS

S

-

Steptoe

6-row feed

Spring

Early

M-T

Fair

Fall: 5; Spring: 5

MS

S

S

S

MS

MR

Statehood

6-row feed

Spring

Early

M-T

Good

Spring: 5

-

-

-

S

-

-

Strider

6-row feed

Winter

Medium early

M-S

Fair

Fall: 5

MS

MS

MS

R

-

-

Tango

6-row feed

Spring

Early

M-T

Fair

Spring: 5

-

-

S

R

-

-

UC 337

6-row feed

Spring

Medium early

M-T

Fair

Late Fall: 1, 2, 3, 4

MS

MR

R

S

MS

MS

UC 476

6-row feed

Spring

Medium

M-T

Good

Late Fall: 1, 2, 3, 4

S

MS

R

MS

MS

R

UC 603

6-row feed

Spring

Early

M-S

Excellent

Late Fall: 1, 2, 3, 4

MR

S

MS

MR

MS

R

UC 828

6-row feed

Spring

Medium

S

Good

Late Fall: 1, 2, 3, 4

MS

MS

MS

S

MR

MR

UC 937

6-row feed

Spring

Medium

M

Fair

Late Fall: 1, 2, 3, 4

R

R

MR

R

MS

-

UC 960

6-row feed

Spring

Early

S

Excellent

Spring: 5

-

-

MR

R

-

-

Westbred Sprinter

6-row feed

Facultative

Late

M-S

Excellent

Fall: 5; Spring: 5

MR

-

MS

MR

-

-
  1. T = Tall; M = Medium; S = Short.
  2. 1 = Sacramento Valley and Delta, 2 = San Joaquin Valley, 3 = Coastal, 4 = Southern desert valleys, 5 = Intermountain region.
  3. R = Resistant, MR = Moderately resistant, MS = Moderately susceptible, S = Susceptible, - = No information
    (Revised 7/99)