Nader, a New Barley Cultivar for Rainfed Moderate and Moderate Cold Region Kermanshah Province

New barley cultivar"Nader" was derived from a cross between cultivar Gorgan4 and Xmuse and a complementary back crossing to Gorgan4 in 1994 and 1995. This line has been evaluated and selected through segregating populations during 1996- 2001 and advanced, on-farm and demonstration field yield trials during 2002-09. The results of 8 years yield trials experiments indicated that the average yield of Nader, Sararood1 (check1) and Mahalli (check2), were 3240, 3072 and 2160, respectively. Also average of 1000 kernel weight of Nader was 43 grams, while Sararood1 and Mahalli were 39 and 41 grams, respectively. In 2007-08, Nader in demonstration fields in Dalahoo, Safirozabad and Ravansar regions yielded 25, 10 and 8 percents more than Sararood1, respectively, while the Mahalli was not harvestable. The main agronomic characteristics of this line are high yielding, cold tolerance, and more adaptability to moderate fertile soils, low susceptibility to date and deep planting, more tolerance to diseases such as smuts, scald and powdery mildew. Its plant height and grain size was more than Sararood1 and Mahalli cultivars. Based on its superiority and good performance compared to the check cultivars in Sararood Research Station and farmer's field, Nader cultivar was released in 2013 and recommended for cultivation at rainfed condition in moderate and cold regions of Kermanshah province.