This study was conducted to determine morphological as well as biochemical traits in barley using 4 two-rowed and 4 six-rowed Japanese and Iranian barley selected from
the Cereal Collection, Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, University of
Tehran. These cultivars were planted in research farm of Faculty of Agriculture, Karaj in 1997 in 3 dates for studying morphology and biochemical traits and in 1998 in a randomized complete block design for studying yield. For grain, stubble and biological yields, as well as harvest index, Valfajr and Zarjo had the best yield and Japanica No.1 and collection No. 17 exhibited the poorest. In biochemical study, the above eight genotypes were similar in regard to glutamate oxalate transaminase, whereas banding pattern for esterase genotype in collection No.17 and Japonica No.1 was peculiar. As for horde in protein, collection No.17 showed a discrete banding pattern as compared to other cultivars.
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