Influence of genotype and environment of winter and spring barley on starting amylase activity during seed germination

The influence of genotype and environment on factorial structure of traits “starting activity of α-amylase” in germinating seeds and “starting activity of β-amylase” in dry seeds of winter and spring barley were studied. It was shown, that starting activity of α- and β-amylases in spring barley seeds depends upon the influence of environment (34 и 25%), in winter barley - upon the influence of genotype (32 и 41%), and in both spring and winter barley - upon the influence of genotype-environment interaction.