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[R] Hordeum vulgare L. (Poaceae).
Fr: Orge; Ge: Gerste; Sp: Cebada; It: Orzo; Pt: Cevada.
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- Annual cereal with an inflorescence that is a barbate, 2-, 4- or 6-rowed spike (*) .
- It is cultivated for its grain (caryopsis), used in brewing or animal feed. It may also be cultivated as green forage, for pasture, or silage.
- Spring barley, sown in February and harvested after maturity, when the stem supporting the spike starts to bend, is differentiated from winter barley (winter six-row barley), sown at the beginning of October and harvested at maturity.
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- Diseases: those of straw cereals.
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- Principal European pests: those of straw cereals.

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