Cultivation

Barley seeding rate

Hordeum vulgare L.

The barley seeding rate is adapted to varietal tillering capacity, soil fertility, and sowing dates to ensure optimal stand density. For spring barley, the range is typically 4.0–5.0 million, and for winter barley 2.0–4.5 million viable seeds per hectare.

In the reference 51 varieties crop Barley, where this is mentioned in the description.

Malting barley varieties, due to their high productive tillering, require reduced seeding rates (3.5–4.0 million seeds/ha), whereas low-tillering varieties require increased rates of up to 6.0 million seeds/ha. With high soil fertility, the optimal rate can be reduced to 3.0 million seeds/ha, and in the case of late sowing, it must be increased by 10–15% to compensate for the reduced tillering intensity.

Due to differences in 1000-kernel weight, especially in two-row varieties, it is recommended to calculate the rate in millions of viable seeds per hectare rather than in kilograms. Exceeding the threshold of 5.5 million seeds/ha on high-yield backgrounds is impractical, as this intensifies intraspecific competition, promotes lodging, and reduces grain quality parameters such as protein content and husk content.

General information about the subject — on the page Seeding rate.

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Varieties of Barley mentioned in the description

Selection based on the description text, not on official evaluation: these data are absent from registers. For specific variety details, please refer to its profile.

Nagrad

Terminated

Hordeum vulgare L. · Barley

Poznanska Hodowla Roslin Sp. z o.o

3 records

CIB 333

Terminated

Hordeum vulgare L. · Barley

SEMILLAS BATLLE, S.A.

3 records

Baliner

Active

Hordeum vulgare L. · Barley

AGROMONEGROS, S.A.

3 records

Annapurna

Active

Hordeum vulgare L. · Barley

CSIC/SEMILLAS BATLLE

3 records

Cib777

Active

Hordeum vulgare L. · Barley

SEMILLAS BATLLE, S.A.

2 records

KH Tarna

Active

Hordeum vulgare L. · Barley

3 records

Druvis

Active

Hordeum vulgare L. · Barley

4 records

Rodnik

Terminated

Hordeum vulgare L. · Barley

Poljoprivredni Institut Osijek, HR

2 records

KAMALAMAI

Active

Hordeum vulgare L. · Barley

CSIC/SEMILLAS BATLLE

2 records

Sontsedar

Terminated

Hordeum vulgare L. · Barley

Vasyl`kivs`kyi Stanislav Petrovych, Lohvynenko Valentyna Fedorivna, Vasylenko Nadiia Vasylivna, Morhun Volodymyr Vasylovych, Shubenko Nadiia Petrivna, Shubenko Ivan Andriiovych,

2 records