Biological and economic qualities of winter feed barley Siela - new variety with high productiv ability

Darina Dimova, Dragomir Valchev

Abstract: Siela variety is a new high-performance barley feed. It is created at the the Institute of Agriculture – Karnobat by the method of combination selection. The biological and economic qualities of the variety have been tested in the Institute’s Variety Tests for several years, and in the Executive Agency of Variety Testing, Field Inspection and Seed Control trials during the years 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 years. At the points of the ecological network it shows high productivity. The average yield obtained from 5 points of the country of the new variety is proven to be higher than the average standard (Veslets and Aheloy 2) by 13.6%. During the test period, the variety yields up to 810 kg/da. It has a high protein content of 11.82%, which makes it perfectly suited for feed purposes. The variety has high winter resistance and high resistance to logging. On a natural infectious background under field conditions, Siela exhibits an average to very good resistance to barley leaf diseases. Siela has been recognized as an original variety by order No. RD 12-1/ 8.03.2019 of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry and has been approved for entry in list A of the Official Variety List of the Republic of Bulgaria. The variety has high productive potential and is suitable for cultivation in all regions of the country.

Keywords: characteristic; new variety; productivity; winter feed barley

Date published: 2019-12-06