Barley Descriptors 7.1 Vegetative NOT AVAILABLE 7.1.1 Growth class (seasonality) 1-Winter 2-Facultative (intermediate) 3-Spring 7.1.2 Growth habit NOT AVAILABLE 3-Prostrate 5-Intermediate 7-Erect 7.1.3 Plant height At maturity, measured from the ground level to the top of spike excluding awns, [cm] 7.1.4 Stem pigmentation (immature) 1-Green 2-Purple (basal only) 3-Purple 2 (half or more) 7.1.5 Auricle pigmentation (Very subject to environmental factors) 1-Green 2-Pale purple 3-Purple 4-Dark purple 7.2 Inflorescence and fruit NOT AVAILABLE 7.2.1 Photoperiod sensitivity NOT AVAILABLE 2-Very low or no visible sign of sensitivity 3-Low sensitivity 5-Intermediate 7-High sensitivity 7.2.2 Days to flowering From sowing to when 50% of plants have started flowering. However, in dryland areas when planting in dry soils, it is counted from the first day of rainfall or irrigation, which is sufficient for germination. (Highly dependant on temperature-photoperiod interactions) 7.2.3 Row number/iateral florets NOT AVAILABLE 1-Two rowed, large or small sterile lateral florets 2-Two rowed, deficient 3-Irregular, variable lateral florets development 4-Six rowed, awnless or awnleted lateral florets 5-Six rowed, long awns on lateral florets 6-Other (specify in the NOTES descriptor, 7.4) 7.2.4 Spike density NOT AVAILABLE 3-Lax 5- Intermediate 7- Dense 7.2.5 Number of spikelet groups (triplets) per spike An average of five typical spikes selected from a growing accession. (Trait subject to fertility and photoperiod factors) 7.2.6 Lemma awn/hood NOT AVAILABLE 1-Awnless 2-Awnleted 3-Awned 4-Sessile hoods 5-Elevated hoods 6-null 7.2.7 Lemma awn barbs NOT AVAILABLE 3- Smooth (few barbs at tip) 5-Intermediate (small barbs on upper half) 7-Rough 7.2.8 Glume and glume awn (outer glumes) 1-Length of glume and awn shorter than kernel 2-Length of glume and awn as long as kernel 3-Glume plus awn longer than kernel 4-Glume plus awn nearly twice as long as kernel 5-Lemma-like 6-Other (specify in the descriptor NOTES, 7.4) 7.2.9 Glume colour NOT AVAILABLE 1-White 2-Yellow 3-Brown 4-Black 7.2.10 Lemma type NOT AVAILABLE 1-No lemma teeth 2-Lemma teeth (barbs on lateral nerves) 3-Lemma hair 7.2.11 Awn colour NOT AVAILABLE 1-Amber/white 2-Yellow 3-Brown 4-Reddish 5-Black 6-Other (specify in the descriptor NOTES, 7.4) 7.2.12 Length of rachilla hairs NOT AVAILABLE 1-Short 2-Long 7.3 Seed NOT AVAILABLE 7.3.1 Kernel covering Whether or not the lemma and palea adhere to the caryopsis 1-Naked grain 2-Semi-covered grain 3-Covered grain 7.3.2 Kernel plumpness Percentage of kernels remaining on a 2.38 mm slotted screen, [%] 7.3.3 Lemma colour NOT AVAILABLE 1-Amber (=normal) 2-Tan/red 3-Purple 4-Black/grey 5-Other (specify in the NOTES descriptor, 7.4) 7.3.4 Grain (pericarp) colour NOT AVAILABLE 1-White 2-Tan/red 3-Purple 4-Black 5-Other (specify in the NOTES descriptor, 7.4) 7.3.5 Aleurone colour (Although this trait is difficult to observe, it is used for market type classification in several countries) 1-White 2-Blue 7.3.6 1000-kernel weight Tel (Even though this trait is environment dependent, most growouts will occur in favorable environments). Converted from weighing a lot of 250 kernels or more 7.4 Notes Any additional information, especially in the category of other under various descriptors above, may be specified here 9.1 Low temperature Damage caused by cold to aerial parts of plants (not associated with death of plants in the winter) 9.1.1 Reproductive susceptibility Measured as reduction in seed set at low temperatures or after frost 9.2 High temperature NOT AVAILABLE 9.3 Drought NOT AVAILABLE 9.4 High soil moisture NOT AVAILABLE 9.5 Winter kill Susceptibility to cold stress measured as a loss of plants in spring (as related to check) 9.6 Salinity NOT AVAILABLE 9.7 Acidity/Aluminium toxicity NOT AVAILABLE 9.8 Lodging NOT AVAILABLE 9.9 Awn retention NOT AVAILABLE 9.10 Shattering prior to harvest NOT AVAILABLE 9.11 sprouting Tendency of grains to sprout in the ear before harvest as a result of late rainfall 10.1 Insects NOT AVAILABLE 10.1.1 Hessian fly Mayetiola destructor 10.1.2 Cereal leaf beetle Oulema melanopus 10.1.3 Greenbug Schizaphis graminum 10.1.4 Russian wheat aphid Diuraphis noxia 10.1.5 English grain aphid Macrosiphum avenae 10.1.6 Nematodes [parasitic] NOT AVAILABLE 10.2 Fungi NOT AVAILABLE 10.2.1 Yellow rust Puccinia striiformis f. sp. Hordei 10.2.2 Black rust Puccinia eraminis f. sp. Tritici 10.2.3 Brown rust, Dwarf leaf rust Puccinia hordei 10.2.4 Powdery mildew Erysiphe eraminis f. sp. Hordei 10.2.5 Scald Rynchosporium secalis 10.2.6 Barley stripe Pyrenophora graminea 10.2.7 Net blotch Pyrenophora teres 10.2.8 Spot blotch Cochliobolus sativus 10.2.9 Loose smut Ustilago nuda 10.2.10 Covered smut Ustilago hordei 10.2.11 Common root rot Helminthosporium sativum Fusarium spp. 10.2.12 Scab or head blight Fusarium graminearum 10.2.13 Septoria leaf blotch Septoria passerinii 10.2.14 Speckled leaf blotch Septoria avenae f. sp. Triticea 10.2.15 Glume blotch Septoria nodorum 10.3 Bacteria NOT AVAILABLE 10.3.1 Bacterial leaf streak Xanthomonas campestris pv. Translucens 10.3.2 Bacterial kernel blight Pseudomonas syringae pv. Syringae 10.4 Virus NOT AVAILABLE 10.4.1 Barley yellow dwarf virus [BYDV] NOT AVAILABLE 10.4.2 Barley yellow mosaic virus [BaYMV] NOT AVAILABLE 10.4.3 Barley stripe mosaic virus [BSMV] NOT AVAILABLE 10.4.4 Barley mild mosaic virus [BaMMV] NOT AVAILABLE 10.5 Notes Specify here any additional information or response to other biotic stresses 11.1 Biochemical markers NOT AVAILABLE 11.1.1 Isozyme Gene symbols based on nomenclature recommended by the International Barley Genetic Symposium 11.1.2 Others (specify) 11.2 Molecular Markers NOT AVAILABLE 11.2.1 Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) 11.2.2 Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) 11.2.3 Specific amplicon polymorphism (SAP) 11.2.4 Others (specify) 12.1 Genetic stock NOT AVAILABLE 12.1.1 Marker allele Specific gene present following the system of nomenclature used in the Barley Genetic Newsletter 12.1.2 Mutant stock Specific trait present based on nomenclature used in the Barley Genetic Newsletter 12.1.3 Near-isogenic line NOT AVAILABLE 12.1.4 Others (specific cytogenetic stocks in descriptor 12.4) 12.2 Other genes present Gene symbols of other morphological markers present 12.3 Aneuploid or polyploid stock NOT AVAILABLE 12.4 Structural rearrangement NOT AVAILABLE 12.4.1 Translocation NOT AVAILABLE 12.4.2 Inversion NOT AVAILABLE 12.4.3 Duplication NOT AVAILABLE 12.4.4 Deletion NOT AVAILABLE 12.4.5 Others (specify) 12.5 composite cross NOT AVAILABLE 8.1 Seed NOT AVAILABLE 8.1.1 Protein content Measured as percentage dry weight (seed moisture equal to or less than 12%). Indicating the conversion factors used as either N x 6.25 or N x 5.6, [%] 8.1.2 Lysine/protein ratio Percentage lysine per unit of protein (absolute), [%] 8.1.3 Specific gravity Mass of harvested grain of a known volume, (Test Weight) [kg m3] 1-Light (<-lo) 2-Medium (+lo) 3-Heavy (>lo)