Manava Barley Seed

Manava is an early, two-row feed barley. It was bred by Agri Obtentions and registered in Türkiye in 2014 in the name of Granar Tarım. Granar Tarım is the sole authorised producer of Manava in Türkiye and Azerbaijan. In the two-year TTSM registration trials run between 2011 and 2013 it came first among two-row varieties with 771.7 kg per decare.

Two-row or six-row

There is no single right answer; the water status of the field decides. Six-row varieties carry more grains per ear, and on bottomland with enough water that count turns into an advantage. Two-row varieties have larger, more uniform grain, and that is where the gap opens when water is short. Manava is on the two-row side, and its performance on dryland comes from exactly that.

How it behaves in the field

Cold and drought tolerance are both good. It can be grown on bottomland, semi-bottomland and dryland; on dry fields whose soil holds water the yield potential is particularly high. That makes Manava a practical option for ground with no irrigation but with soil that keeps what the winter brings.

Heading runs from very early to early. Earliness means grain filling finishes before the hot, dry days arrive in a dry spring — the crop escapes the drought rather than enduring it. The ears are long and fully nodding at ripening; there is no shattering and bird damage does not appear.

The plant stands 90-100 cm on sound straw, so lodging resistance is high. Tillering capacity is good.

Grain and quality

The grain is large, pale yellow and uniform. That uniformity shows directly in the screenings: the fraction above 2.5 and 2.8 mm is high. In feed barley the screening percentage is the most practical measure of how even a lot is for grain size.

Thousand-grain weight 47-52 g and test weight 67-73 kg/hl put it ahead of its competitors. Protein 10.5-15%.

Fish take to this barley readily, so it is also recommended for fish farming.

Disease

Tolerant to powdery mildew and the rusts, and highly tolerant to barley leaf stripe and barley leaf spot. Those two can shrink leaf area fast in a cool, wet spring and cut grain filling short; tolerance takes the pressure off spraying.

Sowing and yield

We recommend 25-30 kg per decare under rainfed conditions and 22-25 kg under irrigation. Yield runs 350-400 kg/da rainfed and 600-800 kg/da irrigated.

A winter variety: sown in autumn when the seedbed is in condition, it goes into winter well rooted and completes tillering in spring.

Seed is supplied as Basic/Pre-basic class in 50 kg bags. If you want a six-row alternative with a higher ceiling under irrigation, look at Ramata. Talk to our agronomist about sowing date, seed rate and whether the variety suits your ground. Call us for prices, terms and availability.