The University of Minnesota Barley Breeding program has had the privilege of organizing the Winter Malting Barley Trial (WMBT) since 2010. The WMBT is a collaboration spanning the entire United States. The two goals of this project are identifying winter barley lines that meet malt industry standards and expanding winter barley acreage.
The WMBT began in fall 2010 and is currently in its 15th season.
Trial Data
From the 13 complete seasons, this collaboration has WMBT trial data from:
- 317 Overall trials
- 33 Collaborating institutions
- 59 Different environments
- 27 Different states
Line Entries
There are also a wide variety of collaborators who have submitted breeding lines for evaluation in the WMBT. Over the 13 years our collaborators have evaluated:
- 363 Total entries
- 183 Unique entries
- 15 Submitting institutions
Information Sharing
Summary tables
Summary tables for the WMBT can be downloaded to the right. These summary tables are an overview of the reported data for each growing season. We hope they will be useful for researchers, stakeholder groups, and potential growers.
Raw data
All reported data for the WMBT is uploaded to The Triticeae Toolbox (T3) for open use. Please email Karen Beaubien at [email protected] for any questions about accessing the raw data.
Collaboration
If you would like to become a collaborator in the WMBT, either by submitting line entries or planting a new location, please email Karen Beaubien at [email protected] or fill out the following survey: WMBT new collaborator request