Barley varieties registered in the Slovak Republic after the harvest of 2024

Vratislav Psota; Lucia Fabianová; Markéta Garčárová; Marián Svorad; Rastislav Boško

doi:10.18832/kp2025.71.1025

Authors

Vratislav Psota Research Institute of Brewing and Malting, Mostecká 971/7, 614 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Lucia Fabianová Central Control and Testing Institute in Agriculture, Department of Variety Testing, Kúpeľná 64, 05901 Spišská Belá, Slovak Republic
Markéta Garčárová Research Institute of Brewing and Malting, Mostecká 971/7, 614 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Marián Svorad Central Control and Testing Institute in Agriculture, Department of Variety Testing, Kúpeľná 64, 05901 Spišská Belá, Slovak Republic
Rastislav Boško Research Institute of Brewing and Malting, Mostecká 971/7, 614 00 Brno, Czech Republic

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18832/kp2025.71.1025

Keywords:

barley, variety, malting quality

Abstract

After the 2024 harvest, six barley varieties were registered in the Slovak Republic, including three spring barley varieties with malting quality. After two years of testing, the spring malting barley varieties Buzzer, LG Allegro, and LG Baryton were registered. The grain volume weight was above 65 kg/hl for all three varieties. The varieties showed excellent malting quality. They provided sweet wort with an extract content in dry malt matter ranging from 82.7–83.4%. The intensity of proteolytic modification was high to very high (Kolbach index 51.1–53.4%). Cytolytic modification was at an optimum level (friability 93–98%, β-glucan content in sweet wort 60–74 mg/l). The sweet wort had a satisfactory composition (apparent final attenuation of 80.9–81.3%). The varieties tested gave clear sweet wort.

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