Predicting Malt Barley Yields and Water use in Two Contrasting Rainfall Years to Improve Supplemental Irrigation Schedules Under Water Scarcity Conditions

Barley is usually cropped during the Winter-Spring season and may require supplemental irrigation in dry years. When malt barley is cropped for the industry, irrigation is used to achieve high commercial yields taking into consideration that irrigation should be ceased about one month prior to harvesting in order to achieve high malt quality. Data from two crop seasons of  Hordeum vulgare null L. cv. Publican, one dry and the second wet, cropped...