Malting Barley

“It’s not the best choice before a small grain crop such as wheat or barley unless you can kill rye reliably and completely, as volunteer rye seed would lower the value of other grains.”

“The disease affects small grains including wheat, barley,oats,triticale,and rye.”

“They can infect over 80 species of annual and perennial grasses including barley, corn, oats, rye, and wheat, but yield impacts are restricted to wheat, barley, and oats.”

“Of these cereal crops, wheat is the preferred host, followed by rye and barley, and is the most suitable for successful population growth”

“D, barley should not be grown after corn due to possibility of scab (119).”

“Rotate small grains and corn with legumes, and leave at least one year between cereals, grass or corn before planting small grains.”

“Although the fungus­is found mainly on wheat, corn, and barley,it can also occur on other annual and perennial hosts.”

“They can infect over 80 species of annual and perennial grasses including barley, corn, oats, rye, and wheat, but yield impacts are restricted to wheat, barley, and oats.”

“The study also revealed more misshapen carrots and a higher population of Pythium when barley preceded carrots, but the barley residue may not have decomposed sufficiently before the carrots were planted.”

“Wireworms (Melanotus communis, Limonius spp.) Highly wireworm- susceptible crops (e.g., root crops, corn, melons) following grassy sod or small grain crops Larvae in soil in the field Wireworms can continue to be damaging in a particular field for many years, since some species remain in the larval stage for 3–6 years.”

“Plant clean, firm seed and rotate out of alliums for at least 4 years after an infestation. Avoid planting allium crops directly after brassicas, corn, grain, or grass cover crops.”

“The disease affects small grains including wheat, barley,oats,triticale,and rye.”

“They can infect over 80 species of annual and perennial grasses including barley, corn, oats, rye, and wheat, but yield impacts are restricted to wheat, barley, and oats.”

“Plant clean seed and rotate out of alliums for at least 4 years after an infestation. Avoid planting alliums directly after brassicas, corn, grain, or grass cover crops.”

“Wireworm problems occur most often in fields that were recently in hay, pasture, or sod (within the past 3 years), had grassy weeds in previous years, or were in sorghum-sudangrass or grass cover crops or cereal grains. Forest soils may also harbor wireworms; thus recently cleared land can be infested. The most important method of wireworm control is to avoid planting potatoes or other susceptible crops in infested fields.”

“Fusarium head blight (FHB) or head scab, caused by the fungus Fusarium graminearum and related species, is one of the most important diseases of wheat, oats, barley, spelt and other small grain crops.”

“Hosts Spring wheat, winter wheat and durum wheat are the main cereal crops attacked by wheat stem sawfly, although infestation in other small grains such as barley, triticale and spelt has been observed. Barley suffers very little damage, and cultivated oats does not support wheat stem sawfly, although females do lay eggs in oats.”

“Wireworms (Melanotus communis, Limonius spp.) Highly wireworm- susceptible crops (e.g., root crops, corn, melons) following grassy sod or small grain crops Larvae in soil in the field Wireworms can continue to be damaging in a particular field for many years, since some species remain in the larval stage for 3–6 years.”

“Although the fungus­is found mainly on wheat, corn, and barley,it can also occur on other annual and perennial hosts.”

“They can infect over 80 species of annual and perennial grasses including barley, corn, oats, rye, and wheat, but yield impacts are restricted to wheat, barley, and oats.”

“Barley can be a host for a nematode species (Meloidogyne javanica) that adversely affects Thompson seedless grapes.”

“The disease affects small grains including wheat, barley,oats,triticale,and rye.”

“Hosts Spring wheat, winter wheat and durum wheat are the main cereal crops attacked by wheat stem sawfly, although infestation in other small grains such as barley, triticale and spelt has been observed. Barley suffers very little damage, and cultivated oats does not support wheat stem sawfly, although females do lay eggs in oats.”

“Wireworms (Melanotus communis, Limonius spp.) Highly wireworm- susceptible crops (e.g., root crops, corn, melons) following grassy sod or small grain crops Larvae in soil in the field Wireworms can continue to be damaging in a particular field for many years, since some species remain in the larval stage for 3–6 years.”

“D, barley is a good host for take-all, even though it is less affected by the disease than wheat (52); foot rot is highest when following barley (20).”

“When possible, plant wheat following a legume crop (soybean) and maintain a rotation with 2 to 3 years between wheat crops. Although soybean is also affected by F. graminearum it is still better to plant wheat after soybean than after another small grain crop or corn.”

“The disease affects small grains including wheat, barley,oats,triticale,and rye.”

“They can infect over 80 species of annual and perennial grasses including barley, corn, oats, rye, and wheat, but yield impacts are restricted to wheat, barley, and oats.”

“Of these cereal crops, wheat is the preferred host, followed by rye and barley, and is the most suitable for successful population growth”

“Hosts Spring wheat, winter wheat and durum wheat are the main cereal crops attacked by wheat stem sawfly, although infestation in other small grains such as barley, triticale and spelt has been observed. Barley suffers very little damage, and cultivated oats does not support wheat stem sawfly, although females do lay eggs in oats.”

“Rotate small grains and corn with legumes, and leave at least one year between cereals, grass or corn before planting small grains.”

“D, To avoid leaf diseases, avoid planting barley after wheat (107); barley should not be planted after wheat due to leaf diseases and root rot (119).”

“Also avoid planting barley after wheat.”

“Annual crops that mature in early-spring, like winter wheat and barley, pair well with black walnut as an alley crop because their sunlight requirements can be met ahead of black walnut’s growing season.”

“In northern California, Phil LaRocca (LaRocca Vineyards, Forest Ranch, Calif.) lightly disks his upper vineyard’s soil before broadcasting a mix of barley, fescue, brome, LANA vetch, and crimson, red and subterranean clovers, usually during October.”

“White Mold (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum) Fluffy white mycelium and black sclerotia distinguish this disease from other crown and root rots of carrots. The sclerotia can survive for many years on the soil. Rotate with small grains.”

“Barley drastically reduced root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne hapla M. Chitwood) populations and increased marketable carrot yields by at least seventeen-fold in a Quebec study comparing three-year rotations (242).”

“Rotate crops with a cereal or pasture crop; avoid beets, beans, brassicas, and potatoes, all of which increase inoculum.”

“Rotation with non-host crops such as sugar beets, corn, alfalfa, or small grains will reduce number of sclerotia in fields. Avoid planting beans in fields with a white mold history for at least 3 years.”

“Barley seems to reduce the incidence of grape leafhoppers in vineyards and increase levels of beneficial spiders, one California grower observed (211).”

“Conversely, lentil and pea yields were greater following wheat or barley than following pulse crops (i.e., lentil and pea) across 2019 through 2022, while differences where not detected across previous crop treatment for barley or canola (Figure 1).”

“Root-knot nematode is extremely damaging to carrots and parsnips, even at low population densities. Stunted, unthrifty foliage is often the first symptom of nematode damage on carrots and parsnips. Taproots often produce multiple forks and abundant fine feeder roots with small galls. Monitor soils for nematode populations. Rotate with non-hosts such as cereals.”

“D-, use of 2 years of grass or 1 year of cereal in rotation with potato helps reduce rhizoctonia canker (67).”

“In New York, growing cover crops overseeded within three weeks of potato planting provided good weed suppression, using 70 percent less herbicide. Yield was the same as, or moderately reduced from, the standard herbicide control plots in the two-year study. Hairy vetch, woollypod vetch, oats, barley, and an oats/ hairy vetch mix were suppressed as needed with fluazifop and metribuzin (341).”

“Rotate crops with a cereal or pasture crop; avoid beets, beans, brassicas, and potatoes, all of which increase inoculum.”

“Rotating host crops with non-host crops (corn, small grains, and alfalfa) is the most effective method of controlling SCN. Under average Ohio conditions, SCN populations may decline by 50 percent per year under non-host crops. In fields where SCN populations are high, it may take three years or more of non-host crops between soybean crops to reduce SCN populations significantly.”

“Care should be taken when selecting crops to rotate with soybeans. Most broad-leaf crops such as alfalfa, sunflower, dry beans, are also hosts of white mold. Small grains and corn are good nonhost crops for white mold.”

“Rotate crops with a cereal or pasture crop (avoid beets, beans, brassicas, and potatoes, which can increase inoculum).”

“Conversely, lentil and pea yields were greater following wheat or barley than following pulse crops (i.e., lentil and pea) across 2019 through 2022, while differences where not detected across previous crop treatment for barley or canola (Figure 1).”

“Barley seems to reduce the incidence of grape leafhoppers in vineyards and increase levels of beneficial spiders, one California grower observed (211).”

“Rotate tomatoes with non-host crops such as corn or small grains for at least 4 years.”

“Killed mulch of a cover crop mix of rye, hairy vetch, crimson clover and barley kept processing tomatoes nearly weed-free for six weeks in an Ohio test.”

“Rotate small grains and corn with legumes, and leave at least one year between cereals, grass or corn before planting small grains.”

“In northern California, Phil LaRocca (LaRocca Vineyards, Forest Ranch, Calif.) lightly disks his upper vineyard’s soil before broadcasting a mix of barley, fescue, brome, LANA vetch, and crimson, red and subterranean clovers, usually during October.”