ABSTRACT
Alteza - INIA, first naked grain facultative barley created in Chile

Edmundo Beratto M.1 y Rudy Rivas P.
 

Alteza-INIA is the first naked grain facultative barley obtained from a cross between Laufén-INIA (spring) and Kold (winter) barley varieties carried out in 1985 at Carillanca Regional Research Centre, National Agricultural Research Institute, located in Temuco, Chile. Alteza-INIA has been inc1uded in yield trials since 1993. This cultivar is a six-row barley, resistant to lodging, scald (Rhynchosporium secalis (Oud) J.J. Davis) and net blotch (Helminthosporium teres Sacc.). It is recommended for animal feeding as a substitute for corn in Southern Chile.

Keywords: facultative barley, naked grain, scald resistant, quality, animal feeding, yield.
1 Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, Centro Regional de Investigación Carillanca, Casilla 58–D, Temuco, Chile. e-mail: eberatto@inia.cl.