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TWO-ROW BARLEY [1 record]

Record 1 2010-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Grain Growing
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A barley having only the central spikelet of each cluster fertile so that the spike appears to have two rows.

OBS

Annual and perennial grass in temperate regions of both hemispheres, with flat leaves and spikelets in terminal and cylindric dense spikes, awned; valuable for grain or forage.

Key term(s)
  • two-row barley

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Culture des céréales
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Plante fourragère caractérisée par ses feuilles planes, ses fleurs réunies en épis simples, à axe denté.

CONT

H. vulgare distichum, l'orge à deux rangs : sur chaque article du rachis sont insérés trois épillets dont un seul est fertile et ne comporte qu'une fleur.

OBS

On distingue deux sous-espèces selon que l'épi porte deux ou six rangées de grains.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Cultivo de cereales
Entrada(s) universal(es)
CONT

En la cebada de seis hileras (hexística), dos de los tres granos que constituyen la espiguilla son asimétricos y se desarrollan a los costados del grano central, el cual tiene forma simétrica; y en la cebada de dos hileras (dística) se desarrollan sólo granos anchos y simétricos.

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