AGROBIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF COMMON BARLEY OMSKIY 99
Public register of plant varieties endorsed in Russia in 2016 includes 44 varieties of winter barley and 283 varieties of spring barley. The list of spring barley contains only 8.1% of common varieties. The researchers of Siberian Research Institute of Agriculture selected 22 varieties during many years of experiments. These varieties have been selected since 1977 and were endorsed for industry in the 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th regions of Russia and Kazakhstan. The paper characterizes new common variety of spring barley, i.e. Omskiy 99 which was selected in Siberian Research Institute of Agriculture. Variety record is: Omskiy 89 х Pallidum 4466. Pallidum is variety. The mass of 1000 grains of Omskiy 99 averaged 38.06 g for last three years and protein concentration was 12.68% that was equal to cultivated Omskiy 89. The highest crop yield was observed in 2015 in Siberian Research Institute of Agriculture (6.3 t/ha) when the gain was 1.6 t/ha. Omskiy 99 variety is referred to the group of forest-steppe ecological varieties; it is resistant to draught and lodging, false loose smut, dust-brand and almost resistant to head smut. The analysis on adaptivity has shown that Omskiy 99 is referred to intensive varieties. The researchers explored stability of variety and found out that this variety combines such features as high crop yield - high quality of grain, resistance to draught - resistance to lodging. Omskiy 99 is included into Public register in West-Siberian region (10) and recommended for cultivating in 4 areas of Omsk region.