Breeding strategies for barley quality improvement and wide adaptation

Abstract

Barley is one of the five major crop species of the world which widely use for stock feed, human food, malting, brewing and distilling. Barley provided familiar source of animal feed and food as well bear which is popular and traditional drink. This plant species represents low protein crop and it is very important for malt quality and brewing development. The region with low rainfall and low soil fertility combined with local crop rotational requirements provides conditions to produce optimum malting quality in different barley cultivars. A wide range of variables, including abiotic and biotic stresses can affect quality components. While each users of barley require consistent raw material, economic price and specific quality, the barley breeders need to create new barley cultivars. Initial breeding and selection objectives were focused on agronomic trait as grain morphology yield and disease resistance. Crop management play important role in barley spreading and yield improvement. Breeders need to develop cultivars for markets which demand clean bright grain with low moisture, better disease resistance, and high quality parameters. Significant consideration when breeding must be given barley cultivar ability to achieve quality in different environmental conditions.