Barley grown under limiting water conditions

Abstract

Three barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) cultivars were grown with a preplanting irrigation plus rainfall at the University of Arizona Marana Agricultural Center to study the relationship of growth and physiological characteristics to yield under limiting moisture conditions. Grain yield of barley cultivars were ranked in the order Bold = 4-21-13 > 309-1. The cultivar that had the highest ear growth rates at late stages of growth, had the highest yield, but they did not have earlier maturity dates under dryland conditions.