The spring barley selection on the resistance to the main diseases in Primorskiy Krai

The main directions of the selection work on the spring barley in Primorskiy Krai are presented in the article. 326 variety samples of VIR (All-Russia Scientific Research Institute of Plant Growing) collection are studied, 14 varieties sources with high productivity and the resistance to the barley leaf stripe disease and helminthosporiosis (Pyrenophorateres Drechs and Pyrenophoragraminea Drechlera) are singled out. As a result of the selection process, 13 spring barley new lines with high productivity and resistant to unfavorable environmental abiotic and biotic factors are created.