Technical Bulletin: Manny

Manny is a 6-row, rough awned, hulled feed barley developed by the Field Crop Development Centre in Lacombe and registered in 2003. Manny is a strong-strawed variety with good lodging resistance for a normal height variety, and has high silage yields in central Alberta. It was tested in the Western Cooperative Trials as BT 562 and H90013004Z; the pedigree is BT 538/BT 626. Manny has a yellow aleurone, with a mid long rachilla with short hair.

As indicated by water use efficiency data (yield per unit of applied water), Manny has as good as, or better, drought tolerance than AC Lacombe.

Manny has multiple gene resistance to scald, as shown in combined data from the Co-operative Tests, Alberta yield trials, and CIMMYT (Mexico). Manny is resistant to the covered smuts and has intermediate resistance to true loose smut.

Manny is well suited to the high-yielding scald prone areas of Alberta. Its earlier maturity is also a bonus for central Alberta.

WESTERN COOPERATIVE BARLEY TRIALS Summary of Yield and Agronomic Data for all Stations Averages for 2001 and 2002 Co-ops
	Yield kg/ha	Days to Head	Days to Maturity	Height cm	Lodging Score	Test Weight kg/hl	Kernel Weight g	% Plump >6/64" Screen	Protein %
	34 sites	27 sites	27 sites	31 sites	4 sites	26 sites	26 sites	17 sites	3 sites
AC Lacombe	4538.0	57.2	91.6	71.8	2.6	59.3	42.5	73.5	12.0
AC Rosser	4854.9	57.5	93.6	68.5	2.8	61.0	42.3	83.9	12.0
MANNY	4467.1	56.7	90.3	72.2	2.3	60.1	38.0	80.3	11.8

WESTERN COOPERATIVE BARLEY TRIALS - Yield (kg/ha) Data by Soil Zone 2001-2002
	Eastern Black Soil	Brown Soil	Western Black Soil	Grey Wooded Soil	Irrigation
	Mean (15 sites)	Mean (7 sites)	Mean (5 sites)	Mean (5 sites)	Mean (2 sites)
AC Lacombe	4480.8	3133.2	5239.0	4242.2	6699.0
AC Rosser	4933.3	3226.4	5810.4	4162.8	7368.5
MANNY	4106.6	3066.7	5799.8	4040.0	6750.5