The EEC Barley and Malt Committee Index for the Evaluation of Malting Quality in Barley and its Use in Breeding

摘要

AbstractA new statistical quality index, Q, is defined in order to facilitate the interpretation of the overall quality of malting barley varieties. Q ranges from O (feeding barley) to 9 (top quality malting barley), and is related to the Normal distribution. The varieties tested within the network of the European Brewery Convention are assessed for malting quality as an example of tire reliability of Q. In addition, the new index is used to study the genotype X environmental interaction for malting quality.