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Title: Registration of ‘Atlantic’ winter barley

Author
item BROOKS, W - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item VAUGHN, M - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item BERGER, G - University Of Arkansas
item GRIFFEY, C - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item THOMASON, W - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item PITMAN, R - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item MALLA, S - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item SEAGO, J - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item DUNAWAY, D - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item HOKANSON, E - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item BEHL, H - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item BEAHM, B - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item SCHMALE, D - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item MCMASTER, N - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item HARDIMAN, T - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item CUSTIS, J - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item STARNER, D - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item GULICK, S - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item ASHBURN, S - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item JONES, E - Virginia Polytechnic Institution & State University
item Marshall, David
item Fountain, Myron
item Tuong, Tan
item Kurantz, Michael
item Moreau, Robert
item Hicks, Kevin

Submitted to: Journal of Plant Registrations
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 10/20/2014
Publication Date: 12/18/2014
Citation: Brooks, W.S., Vaughn, M.E., Berger, G.L., Griffey, C.A., Thomason, W.E., Pitman, R.M., Malla, S., Seago, J.E., Dunaway, D.W., Hokanson, E.G., Behl, H.D., Beahm, B.R., Schmale, D.G., Mcmaster, N., Hardiman, T., Custis, J.T., Starner, D.E., Gulick, S.A., Ashburn, S.R., Jones, E.H., Marshall, D.S., Fountain, M.O., Tuong, T.D., Kurantz, M.J., Moreau, R.A., Hicks, K.B. 2014. Registration of ‘Atlantic’ winter barley. Journal of Plant Registrations. 8:231-236.

Interpretive Summary: A new winter barley variety, named ‘Atlantic’ was developed for barley producution in the eastern U.S. It is a high-yielding variety, with wide adaptation.

Technical Abstract: ‘Atlantic’ (Reg. No. CV-354, PI 665041), a six-row, hulled winter barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) tested as VA06B-19 by the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, was released in March 2011. Atlantic was derived from the cross VA97B-176/VA92-44-279 using a modified bulk-breeding method. It was evaluated in the Virginia Official Variety Trials from 2008 to 2013 in replicated tests at five to six locations. Atlantic’s average grain yield (5349 kg ha-1) was higher than the check cultivars Wysor, Callao, and Price and similar to Thoroughbred. Average grain volume weight of Atlantic (60.8 kg hL-1) was similar to the check cultivar Price and higher than Thoroughbred, Callao, and Wysor. Head emergence of Atlantic is 7 d earlier than Thoroughbred (the predominant barley cultivar grown in Virginia and the eastern United States) and similar to that of Callao. Earlier maturity is a primary factor determining whether barley or wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is used in double-cropping systems with soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]. Grain of Atlantic had an average starch concentration (56.5%) that was higher than Callao, similar to Price, but lower than Thoroughbred. Atlantic provides barley producers and end users in the eastern United States with a widely adapted, early-maturing winter barley cultivar that has good grain quality and is highly resistant to powdery mildew [caused by Blumeria graminis (DC.) E.O. Speer f. sp. hordei Em. Marchal] based on its performance in state and uniform winter barley yield trials.