01025naa a2200181 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000170006024500170007726000090009452005700010365000110067365300250068465300190070970000180072870000170074677300800076318345372013-09-23       1987    bl ---       0--  u    #d1 aWOLFE, R. I.  aOtal barley.  c1987  aOtal is a six-rowed spring feed barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) developed and released in Alaska by the United States Department of Agriculture and the state Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station at Palmer. Otal was developed from a cross of the Finnish cultivar Otra, and a breeding line from the Weibullsholm Plant Breeding Institute, Sweden. It was identified at the Agriculture Canada Research Station at Beaver-lodge in Alberta as having promise in the Peace River region for its combination of earliness and high yield, and was licensed for sale in Canada.  aCevada  aCultivar description  aEarly-maturity1 aTAYLOR, R. L.1 aFARIS, D. G.  tCanadian Journal of Plant Science, Ottawagv. 67, n. 4, p. 1097-1099, 1987.