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 it's 14th season.
Trial Data
From the 13 complete seasons, this collaboration has WMBT trial data from:
- 242 Overall locations
- 33 Collaborating institutions
- 57 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:
- 341 Total entries
- 171 Unique entries
- 15 Submitting institutions
Information Sharing
Summary tables for the WMBT can be downloaded to the right.
All reported data for the WMBT is uploaded to The Triticeae Toolbox (T3) for open use. Data on T3 is in being updated at this time. Please see the summary tables on this page or email Karen Beaubien at [email protected] for data summaries.
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]