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HORDEUM VULGARE CONVAR HEXASTICHON [1 record]

Record 1 2010-08-06

English

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

A barley having the three spikelets of each cluster fertile so that the spike is six-rowed.

OBS

six-rowed barley: Term standardized by ISO.

French

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

H. vulgare hexastichum, l'orge à six rangs [...] elle présente trois épillets fertiles comportant chacun un seul grain par niveau d'insertion ; l'ensemble des grains constitue alors six rangées autour du rachis.

OBS

Le terme «escourgeon» désigne les variétés d'hiver de ce type d'orge.

OBS

Terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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

Cebada [con] seis filas verticales, seis aristas de espiguillas, con torno de espiga hexagonal [...] tres espiguillas fértiles.

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