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Breeding Better Malting Barleys, Ross Gilmour, Allen Tarr, Stefan Harasymow
Breeding Better Malting Barleys, Ross Gilmour, Allen Tarr, Stefan Harasymow
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Development of new barley cultivars in Western Australia has substantially improved the grain yield and quality of the State's barley crop. This has increased returns to barley growers and enhanced Western Australia's reputation in export markets as a major supplier of barley for malting and feed.
The State exports more than 200, 000 t of malting barley, 60, 000 t of barley malt and 150, 000 t of feed barley each year.
The major challenge for the future is to develop new, high yielding cultivars with improved malting quality.
In this article, the authors discuss the achievements of the past; …