Historical data of some descriptors in a barley collection during the 1957-2022 period

Liliana Vasilescu¹, Eugen Petcu¹, Meryem Zaim², Cătălin Lazăr¹, Gabriela Şerban¹, Cristina-Mihaela Marinciu¹,
Indira Galit¹, Vasile Mandea¹, Silviu Vasilescu ¹, Lidia Cană ¹, Matilda Ciucă¹, Daniel Cristina¹

¹NARDI Fundulea
²International Center for Agricultural Research In Dry Areas, Biodiversity and Integrated
Gene Management, Rabat Institut, Morocco

Keywords: historical data, collection, traits, winter and spring barley.

 Abstract: The historical data records for winter and spring barley collections from the National Agricultural Research and Development Institute Fundulea, including various geographic regions, covering the period from 1957 to 2022 (with the winter barley record period from 1957-2021 and the spring barley record period from 1958-2022), were documented across multiple regeneration cycles and experimental barley breeding fields.
Data from notebooks spanning 1957-2022, alongside the digital curation of several agronomical descriptors—such as yield, specific weight, lodging resistance, and protein and starch content from different seasonal cycles were utilised (83 experiments for spring barley and 92 experiments for winter barley).
The phenotyping process under varying climatic conditions, followed by digitalisation of passport data of winter and spring barley genetic resources, enabled breeders to select suitable accessions for barley crop improvement.