Year: 2024
Type: article
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.
Source: Journal of Plant Registrations
DOI: 10.1002/plr2.20408
Authors: Wynse Brooks, Carl Griffey, Felipe Sabadin, Mark Vaughn, Limei Liu, John Seago, Wade Thomason, Jon Light, Elizabeth Rucker, Phillip Browning, Niki McMaster, David Schmale, Brooks Saville, Thomas Hardiman, J. Tommy Custis, Karl Jones, Ned Jones, Gregory Lillard, David Marshall, Myron Fountain, Tan Tuong, Michelle Lee, Joseph Oakes, Joshua Mott, Christopher Martens, Jason Walling, Harmonie Bettenhausen, Aaron Macleod, Nicholas Santantonio
Language: English
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $1,550
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
Awards: G1798174254, G2438882724, G4796040538
OpenAlex ID: W4405800310