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27 Jun

Posted at 09:35h in Crop Cultivation by
A.S. KHARUB, R.P.S. VERMA, DINESH KUMAR,  B. SRKAR, R. SELVAKUMAR and VISHNU KUMAR 10,348 views

In last couple of years, it was observed that dual purpose barley can be utilized as an alternative source of green forage in the arid and semi arid regions as parts of states like Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, M.P. and U.P due to increasing scarcity of green forage availability (Fig. 1). The marginal farmers would prefer to grow barley varieties giving high forage yield for their live stock and food-grain for human consumption, as it is an outstanding source of proteins, vitamins and minerals. Also in case of hills, most of the farmers are growing barley in apple orchards mainly for utilization as green forage. During the late seventies a few varieties like Azad, K141 and Ratna were recommended for single cut for green forage. The Barley Network took a new initiative during last few years to look at the possibility of utilizing barley as a dual purpose crop to meet the requirements in association with AICRP-FC, Jhansi. It was found that barley crop can be given one cut (at 50-55 days after sowing in plains and 70-75 days after sowing in hills) for green forage and the regenerated crop can be utilized for grain purposes. A new series of yield trials was initiated from 2003-04 crop season for dual-purpose barleys in plains...

23 Jun

Posted at 10:10h in Postharvest by
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Barley is one of the world’s most important cereal crops after wheat, maize, and rice. It occupies fourth rank in the world. Barley was mainly cultivated and used for human food supply in ancient times but now-a-days it is significantly grown for animal feed and malt products. Barley is predominantly consumed as food crop in the semi-arid regions of Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Libya and Tunisia), Middle East (Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq and Syria), highlands of Nepal, Ethiopia and Tibet, Andean countries of South America (Peru and Chile) and in some Asian counties (China, North Korea and Himalaya). In India, it is staple food of the northern hills people and also used for food and feed purposes in other plain parts of the country as Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh. Among cereals, barley is most preferred for malt, as its husk protecting the coleoptiles (acrospire) during germination process and provides aid in filtration, firm texture of grains and its amylases activity makes it unique for malt recovery. In context of the nutritional values barley grains have higher soluble dietary fibre and lower low density lipoprotein (LDL) content than that of wheat. Soluble fibre has a cholesterol lowering property and LDL cholesterol is the fraction associated with increased risk...

12 Jun

Posted at 09:23h in Crop Cultivation by
A S Kharub, RPS Verma, Dinesh Kumar, B Sarkar, R Selvakumar And Vishnu Kumar 14,836 views

बेहतर ग्रामीण आजीविका के लिए माल्ट जौ की कास्‍त कैसे करें  Barley is the world’s fourth most important cereal crop.  In India, it is staple food of the hill people and barley is cultivated for food and feed purposes in plain parts of the country as Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. Barley is also used for malt production, which is principally used in brewing industry and proving itself as a good source of better rural livelihood. In Malt Barley, production factors like cultivar  choice,  planting  date,  planting  density, fertilization, irrigation, weed management and quality seed are the most important and reflected in the yield and the malting quality of the crop. Cultivation of malt barley crop has specific crop production requirements which are as follows: Adaptation Barley is a rabi (winter season) cereal crop having short growing season. The ideal condition for growing barley is moderately dry period for sowing, occasional showers during the growing season and good weather for harvesting. The growing period in the plains lasts for about 5 months. It is grown mainly in the northern plains for malting purpose. It is a hardy crop and is quite suitable for rainfed drought prone areas and sodic condition.  In areas of good irrigation and medium fertility soils, malt barley of good quality can...

08 Jun

Posted at 08:40h in Crop Varietes by
VISHNU KUMAR, RPS VERMA, AS KHARUB, DINESH KUMAR, B SRKAR AND R SELVAKUMAR 3,757 views

भारत के विभिन्न राज्यों के लिए जौ की किस्में Barley is a staple food of the northern hills people in India and also used for malting, food and feed purposes in other plain parts of the country. A good crop of barley could be obtained only by adapting of high yielding and disease resistant varieties. Varieties are different for different regions, soil conditions, sowing conditions and for specific purpose like feed, malt, green forage etc. State wise list of barley varieties Agroclimatic Condition Barley Varieties Punjab& Haryana Timely sown, irrigated RD 2552, RD 2035, PL 426, BH 902, BH 393 Late sown, irrigated RD 2508 Timely sown, rainfed RD 2508, RD 2624, RD 2660, PL 419 Salt affected soils RD 2552, NDB 1173 Malt Barley (Timely sown, irrigated) DWR 28, DWRUB 52, RD 2668 Malt Barley (Late sown, irrigated) DWRB 73, DWRUB 64 Dual Purpose Barley (Feed & Forage) RD 2035, RD 2552 Rajasthan Timely sown, irrigated RD 2552, RD 2035, RD 2592, BH 902 Late sown, irrigated RD 2508 Timely sown, rainfed RD 2508, RD 2624, RD 2660, PL 419 Salt affected soils RD 2552, NDB 1173 Nematode (Molya) affected soils RD 2035, RD 2052 Malt Barley (Timely sown, irrigated) DWR 28, DWRUB 52, RD 2668 Malt Barley (Late sown, irrigated) DWRB 73, DWRUB 64 Dual Purpose Barley (Feed & Forage) RD 2035, RD 2552, RD 2715 Himachal Pradesh& Jammu & Kashmir Timely sown, rainfed HBL 276, BHS 352, BHS 380, UPB 1008 Dual Purpose Barley (Feed & Forage) BHS...