Barley(Hordeum vulgare Linn)and oats (Avena sativa Linn.)are the minor cereal food crops of conside- rable importance in Northern part of India.Barley occupied an area of 2.43 million hectares with a production of 2.50million tonnes during 1970-71 in the country.Though it was grown in a area of 2.6 thousand hectares with a production of 1.7 thousand tonnes during 1970-71(Anon 1972)in Karnataka State,barley is an introduced crop to the Southern part of India along with oats and several varieties are under trial at the Main Research Station Hebbal.
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