Major agronomic and morphological traits of Korean land races of cultivated barley were analyzed. Three hundred sixty-three Korean land races, 69 hull-less and 295 hulled barely, were cultivated at the field of National Honam Agricultural Research Institute at Iksan, Korea. Olbori and Saessalbori were used as control varieties for hulled and hull-less barley, respectively. Traits such as heading date, maturity, plant height and flag leaf length and width were analyzed. Heading date and maturity were variable 22 and 22 days, respectively, among the land races tested. Plant height of land races corresponded to 74 to 174% of that of the control varieties. Flag leaf length and width varied from 87% to 314% and from 57 to 233%, respectively, of that of the control varieties. This result indicates that genetic diversity for agronomic and morphological traits are significantly broad among Korean land races and they could provide valuable genes to improve current elite lines.

• Hyo-Jeong Lee(Chonbuk National University)
• Chong Ae Lee(Chonbuk National University)
• Tae-Il Park(Honam Agricultural Research Institute)
• Jung Hoon Kang(National Institute of Crop Science)
• Song Joong Yun Corresponding Author