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Hybrid Barley
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Hybrid Barley by KWS –
Experience the full potential of hybrid varieties
We took a closer look at your needs and created a game changer.
Are you ready to unlock the full potential of barley hybridization? We bring our excellence in breeding, production, and sales to the next level and looking ahead to provide you with more versatile cropping options. Hybrid barley is your way to higher yield, greater resilience, and enhanced weed suppression.
What makes hybrid barley a game changer?
Farming has never stood still, and the pace of change is only increasing. From increasingly unpredictable weather and evolving regulations to rising production costs and tighter margins, today's farming environment demands new ways of thinking.
That's why we've expanded our barley portfolio with hybrid varieties. By crossing two genetically distinct parent lines, we harness hybrid vigour to deliver stronger, more consistent performance. The better the parent lines complement one another, the greater the potential of the hybrid.
The result is a new generation of barley varieties designed to help growers meet the challenges of today while preparing for the demands of tomorrow. Hybrid barley isn't just another variety – it's a step forward in shaping the future of profitable, resilient farming.
The three hybrid barley benefits
„The ability to combine both parent lines as ideally as possible is vital in creating outperforming varieties in hybrid breeding.“
What does the hybrid barley breeding process look like?
The aim of hybrid breeding is to produce high-yielding and agronomically well adapted hybrids. These are created by crossing two inbred lines that combine well with each other. To develop the best-performing hybrids, we need to find the best-performing combinations from pool A and pool B. For that, breeders of hybrid plants use genetically divergent pools. Pool A, for example, contains mother lines that guarantee disease resistance to a specific disease, while pool B contains father lines that have good grain quality. To keep on improving these lines for the desired traits in the hybrids, lines from the respective pool (i.e. A × A and B × B) are constantly crossed with each other.
As your trusted seed partner, we are dedicated to helping you to maximize your farm’s potential, ensuring that you will benefit from our cutting-edge breeding technologies and our longstanding commitment to quality. Together, we are shaping the future of farming and driving farmer’s success.
FAQ
Hybrid barley offers higher yield, greater resilience, and enhanced weed suppression compared to conventional barley, making it valuable for growers facing variable field and environmental conditions.
We offer two hybrid 6 row winter barley varieties, named INYS and IDRYS.
INYS
- Very high-yielding barley, 107% of controls
- Lowest brackling percentage (9%) of all hybrid barleys on the Recommended List
- Lowest lodging percentage of all hybrid barleys on the Recommended List
No, we are experienced in barley breeding since the 1920s. This means, we are combining long-term experience with future orientation for our hybrid barley varieties. The leading position in winter barley in the UK, Germany, and France, provides us the expertise to confidently expand our portfolio to hybrid barley.
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