Winter barley SELENA STAR, Kharkiv region.

Winter barley SELENA STAR
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Listed in the State Register of Plant Varieties of Ukraine since 2006 for all zones. Well adapted to the arid conditions of southern Ukraine. Ongrain.

The variety is typically winter. Winter and frost resistance is quite high (7 points), at the level of the Manas variety. The grain yield in the competitive variety test is 75-111 t/ha. Uniquely drought-resistant, moderately resistant to lodging (6-7 points), tall (100-110 cm). Resistance to black and stone soot is quite high (7-8 points), transferred from the Jau Kabutak variety, to leaf-stem diseases - 5-6 points. Bushes well and grows well in spring when the leaf apparatus is damaged by frost. Early ripening, even earlier by 1-2 days than the Manas variety. Testimonials: A variety of pallidum. The ear is six-rowed, of medium length (6-8 cm), loose (13 joints per 4 cm of the spike shaft), unbreakable, rectangular with a transition in the upper part to a rhombic one, light yellow. The spines are long, weakly jagged, slightly spreading, thin, elastic, yellow, during the pouring of grain, the tips are anthocyanin colored. Spikelet scales are long, narrow, without pubescence. The flower scale is wrinkled, the nervation is well-defined, the nerves are weakly serrated, the transition to the spine is gradual. The main bristle of the grain is felt. The bush is semi-spreading. The leaf is pubescent, intermediate, green, with a weak wax coating during tillering.The grain is large, as forwinter barley, yellow, elongated. The weight of 1000 grains is 45.5-47.6 g. Among the winter barley varieties, the grain is the largest. Agricultural machinery: common for the growing zone.