Phenotyping

The WBDC has been extensively phenotyped for many traits of importance for barley improvement by the University of Minnesota and other cooperators. This includes >20 agro-morphological traits such as flag leaf area, heading date, plant height, kernel size and yield; 11 different disease resistance traits with from 1 to 40 different isolates per pathogen; one insect resistance trait (greenbug); 15 micro-element traits, and nine nutritional traits.

Disease Reactions Tested

Morphological Traits Assessed

Micro-Elements and Nutrition Assayed

Image shows two rows in a field. The row on the left is a wild barley variety that has been killed due to the winter cold. The row on the right is a cultivated spring barley which survived.
Image shows 8 flag leaves arranged from smallest (4 centimeters) to largest (20 centimeters)
Image shows 8 wild barley spikes arranged from smallest to largest, the smallest being 5.5 centimeters and the largest being 9 centimeters excluding awns
Image shows six seeds against a blue background, none of which appear the same in size or color
Image shows two immature wild barley spikes, the one on the left has purple seeds and the one on the right has green seeds
Image shows 4 leaves against a black background. From left to right the leaves show gradually worse disease symptoms