A NEW BARLEY VARIETY, 'AYHAN' DEVELOPED IN ŞANLIURFA...
In the city of Şanlıurfa, Southeastern Anatolia Project Agricultural Research Institute (GAPTAEM) engineers are working on the improvement of local seeds. GAPTAEM engineers, who have been working to develop local malt seeds since 2010 within the scope of "Gap Region Barley Breeding Research, have developed a new barley variety that is more resistant to diseases than other varieties after 9 years of efforts. The new variety called "Ayhan" was registered by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Seed Registration Certification Directorate. GAPTAEM Director Ibrahim Halil Çetiner said, "Adapting to the climate conditions of the region, resistant to diseases, efficient, quality local seeds continued to develop the work." Stating that they have improved a new type of domestic barley within the scope of studies Çetiner, "Maltese barley 'Ayhan', yield guarantee and quality will leave behind many seeds as a new variety. We hope that this type of b...