Registration of ‘Avalon’ winter malt barley
Abstract ‘Avalon’ (Reg. no. CV‐383, PI 700308) is the first two‐row, winter malt barley ( Hordeum vulgare L.) cultivar developed by the Virginia Agricultural Experimental Station. Avalon was released in May 2020. Prior to being named, Avalon was tested under the experimental designation VA16M‐81. Avalon was evaluated from 2018 to 2023 in the Eastern Malt Barley Trials (EMBT) at one to three locations in three states and in the Winter Malt Barley Trial (WMBT) from 2020 to 2023 in six to 15 states. In the EMBT in Virginia, mean grain yield (5604 kg ha −1 ) of Avalon was higher to cultivar ‘Violetta’, but lower than those of ‘Flavia’, ‘Calypso’, and ‘Thoroughbred’. Average grain volume weight of Avalon (64.9 kg hL −1 ) was significantly ( P ≤ 0.05) higher than the check cultivars, except Violetta. Head emergence of Avalon was 3 days earlier than Flavia and Calypso and 1 to 2 days later than Violetta and Thoroughbred, respectively. Avalon was developed primarily as a malt barley cultivar. On the basis of malting evaluations, Avalon has acceptable quality profiles with specific quality traits including high extract, low protein content, and low beta‐glucan for the years tested. Avalon provides malt barley producers and end users in the eastern United States with excellent malt quality and a unique and distinct flavor profile having good to moderate resistance to all diseases prevalent in the eastern United States. It is moderately susceptible to Fusarium head blight but has moderately low deoxynivalenol accumulation in the grain.
Authors
- Limei Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2331-9957)
- Niki McMaster
- W. S. Brooks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5562-7818)
- Joseph Oakes
- Joshua Mott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5598-5383)
- M. Fountain
- Wade E. Thomason (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2498-1010)
- Nicholas Santantonio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4351-4023)
- Thomas Hardiman
- Elizabeth Rucker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8430-7170)
- Phillip Browning
- J. T. Custis
- Harmonie M. Bettenhausen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7939-3366)
- Christopher R. Martens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0578-2948)
- Gregory Lillard
- Tan D. Tuong
- M. E. Vaughn
- J. E. Seago
- Carl A. Griffey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4196-7982)
- Jon Light
- Felipe Sabadin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2937-1465)
- Jason G. Walling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7897-6896)
- David G. Schmale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7003-7429)
- Ned Jones
- Michelle Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7847-4471)
- Aaron Macleod
- David Marshall
- Karl Jones
- Brooks Saville
Institutions
- Agricultural Research Service (US)
- Blackstone (United States) (US)
- Virginia Cooperative Extension (US)
- Tidewater (United States) (US)
- Piedmont University (US)
- Cereal Disease Laboratory (US)
- Hartwick College (US)
- Virginia Tech (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Plant Registrations
- Published
- 2024-12-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/plr2.20408
- Primary Topic
- Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Kentucky Small Grain Growers Association
- National Institute of Food and Agriculture
- Agricultural Research Service
- Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University