Technical Bulletin: Gadsby Barley

Gadsby is a relatively late maturing, tall line with excellent scald resistance proposed for use as a forage barley. Gadsby combines higher grain and biomass yields than Seebe with the same excellent scald resistance. Its higher yields and better overall disease package should make is a good replacement cultivar for Seebe for annual forage production.

End Use

• Gadsby is a relatively late maturing, tall line with excellent scald resistance proposed for use as a forage barley.

• Test weight, kernel weight, and percent plump higher or similar to Xena.
• Starch and digestibility energy (pig) higher than for Xena, while total fiber content is lower.
• Resistant to the surface-borne smuts, scald and loose smut; and moderately resistant to the spot form of net blotch; MR/MS to fusarium head blight.
• Grain yield 113% of Seebe and biomass yields 110% of Seebe (FCDC).

• Grain yields 107% (FCDC) to 110% (Co-op) of AC Metcalfe; but 94% (FCDC) or 95% (Coop) of Xena.
• Biomass yields for silage 98% (FCDC) of Xena.
• Taller than the check cultivars.
• Maturity 1 to 2 d later than the checks, 2.5 d earlier than Seebe.
• Resistance (MR/MS) to common root rot, stem rust, and stripe rust.

• Susceptible (MS) to the net form of net blotch and spot blotch; and (S) to barley yellow dwarf.
• Lodging similar to the malting checks, slightly higher than the check Xena.