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thoroughbred barley

Thoroughbred (winter) - Ohio Certified
  • A high yielding, full season, bearded, 6-row hulled winter feed barley
  • good straw length
  • high test weight and bright plump seed
  • resistant to powdery mildew and yellow dwarf virus
  • moderately susceptible to leaf rust and net blotch​​
  • US Protected Variety. Title V - May be sold only as a class of Certified Seed

​THOROUGHBRED is a high yielding, full season, awned, six-row hulled winter feed barley having very good straw strength, high test weight and bright plump seed. On average, head emergence of Thoroughbred is 2 days later than Wysor, 4 days later than Nomini and Price, and 6 days later than Callao. Average plant height is 3-4 inches taller than Callao and Price, and 3-4 inches shorter than Wysor and Nomini. Straw strength is similar to those of Price and Nomini, and better than those of Wysor and Callao. As a feed grain and rotational crop, Thoroughbred is superior to Nomini and Callao. Thoroughbred is resistant to powdery mildew and barley yellow dwarf virus. It is moderately susceptible to leaf rust and net blotch.

Rasmusson (spring)  - Ohio Certified
  • Short six-rowed spring barley with good lodging resistance and very high grain yields
  • Developed at Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station
  • medium maturity
  • excellent disease package
  • U.S. Protected Variety, PVPA 1994

RASMUSSON is a high yielding spring malting variety with improved malting quality characteristics released by Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station in 2008. It is a six-rowed, semi-smooth awn, white aleurone variety with good kernel plumpness. Rasmusson is shorter than most current six-rowed malting varieties in the Midwest with very good lodging resistance. It is similar to Robust for scab reaction and is resistant to spot blotch. Rasmusson is a U.S. Plant Protected Variety (PVPA 1994). Seed of Rasmusson can legally be produced and labeled for sale only as a class of certified seed. A license is required for seed production.

​Malting barley in Ohio (OARDC - Dr. Eric Stockinger Laboratory, 2012)
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