About common barley - Hordeum vulgare

摘要

Barley is a wonderful plant. Not only is it good for animal feed, brewing, bread, and soup, it is the most adaptable of all cereal grains. It can grow in diverse climates: the subarctic, the tropics, temperate zones, and such near-desert areas as North Africa. Among cereal crops, it ranked fourth worldwide in quantity produced and in area of cultivation in 2005, when it was grown in about one hundred countries. A member of the grass family, barley is more tolerant of soil salinity than wheat and canthrive in conditions that are too cold for rye. It has moderate moisture and fertility requirements, and it can grow and can grow in fine-to-medium textured soils with a pH range of 6.5 to 8.5.