Hordeum vulgare (barley)

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Hordeum vulgare (barley)

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Pest
Host Plant

Preferred Scientific Name
Hordeum vulgare

Preferred Common Name
barley

Taxonomic Tree
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Spermatophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Monocotyledonae

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H. vulgare: 1, habit; 2, 6-rowed spike; 3, triad of spikelets of 6-rowed spike. Reproduced from the series 'Plant Resources of South-East Asia', by kind permission of the PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia.

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Identity

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Preferred Scientific Name

Hordeum vulgare L. (1753)

Preferred Common Name

barley

Other Scientific Names

Hordeum distichon L. (1753)
Hordeum hexastichon L. (1753)
Hordeum sativum Jessen (1863)

International Common Names

English: four-rowed (= six-rowed) barley; Spring barley; Winter barley
Spanish: cebada; cebada comun; cebada de invierno; cebada de verano
French: escourgeon; orge; orge commune; orge d'ete
Portuguese: cevada-comum

Local Common Names

Germany: Mehrzeilige Gerste; Sommer- Gerste; Winter- Gerste
Indonesia: ta mé; tai mak
Italy: orzo comune; orzo invernale; orzo primaverile
Malaysia: barli
Netherlands: gewone gerst; Wintergerst; Zomergerst
Sweden: hoestkorn; odlat Korn; vaarkorn
Thailand: khao-ba-le
Vietnam: daji majch; lusa majch nha

EPPO code

HORVX (Hordeum vulgare)

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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Spermatophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Monocotyledonae
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Hordeum
Species: Hordeum vulgare

Distribution Table

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The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

Last updated: 22 Jul 2022

Continent/Country/Region	Distribution	Origin	First Reported	Reference	Notes
Africa
Algeria	Present			FAO (2009) Boungab et al. (2012)	Barley production (2008) 1,200,000 MT (F)
Egypt	Present			FAO (2009) Ibrahim et al. (2010) Gadallah et al. (2017) Seebens et al. (2017)	Barley production (2008) 149,238 MT
Eritrea	Present			FAO (2009) Yahyaoui et al. (2004)	Barley production (2008) 15,000 MT (F)
Ethiopia	Present			FAO (2009) Nigussie Seboka Tadesse et al. (2017)	Barley production (2008) 1,352,148 MT
Kenya	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 44,597 MT
Lesotho	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 240 MT (F)
Mauritania	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 1,000 MT (F)
Morocco	Present			FAO (2009) Mokrini et al. (2009) Rehman et al. (2020)	Barley production (2008) 1,353,240 MT
Réunion	Present	Introduced	1984	Seebens et al. (2017)
Rwanda	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 0 MT (M)
South Africa	Present			FAO (2009) Boshoff et al. (2002) Boutigny et al. (2011) Beukes et al. (2016)	Barley production (2008) 215,000 MT (F)
Sudan	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 0 MT (M)
Tunisia	Present			FAO (2009) Najar et al. (2000) Najar et al. (2000a) Makkouk et al. (2001a) Djébali et al. (2009) Namouchi-Kachouri et al. (2009) Bouallegue et al. (2014)	Barley production (2008) 254,000 MT
Western Sahara	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 2,000 MT (F)
Zambia	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 2,350 MT (F)
Zimbabwe	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 48,000 MT (F)
Asia
Afghanistan	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 333,000 MT
Armenia	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 149,091 MT
Azerbaijan	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 605,525 MT
Bangladesh	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 536 MT
Bhutan	Present			FAO (2009) Seebens et al. (2017)	Barley production (2008) 4,835 MT (F)
China	Present			FAO (2009) Yang et al. (2008) Zeng Jing et al. (2009) Shen RuiQing et al. (2012) Xu et al. (2017) Zhang et al. (2018)	Barley production (2008) 3,550,000 MT (*)
-Anhui	Present			Yang et al. (2008)
-Chongqing	Present			Yang et al. (2008)
-Fujian	Present			Zeng Jing et al. (2009) Yang et al. (2008)
-Guangdong	Present			Zeng Jing et al. (2009)
-Guizhou	Present			Zeng Jing et al. (2009)
-Henan	Present			Zhang et al. (2018) Xu et al. (2017)
-Hubei	Present			Yang et al. (2008)
-Jiangsu	Present			Zeng Jing et al. (2009) Yang et al. (2008)
-Ningxia	Present			Shen RuiQing et al. (2012)
-Shanghai	Present			Yang et al. (2008)
-Sichuan	Present			Yang et al. (2008)
-Yunnan	Present			Zeng Jing et al. (2009) Yang et al. (2008)
-Zhejiang	Present			Yang et al. (2008)
India	Present			FAO (2009) Prashar et al. (2014) Rashtra Vardhana (2017)	Barley production (2008) 1,196,100 MT
-Haryana	Present			Prashar et al. (2014)
-Himachal Pradesh	Present			Prashar et al. (2014)
-Punjab	Present			Prashar et al. (2014)
-Rajasthan	Present			Prashar et al. (2014)
-Uttar Pradesh	Present			Rashtra Vardhana (2017) Prashar et al. (2014)
-Uttarakhand	Present			Prashar et al. (2014)
Iran	Present			Safavi et al. (2017) Alavi et al. (2007) Ahmadi and Maafi (2009) Hajihassani et al. (2011) Vafaee et al. (2011) Hassannejad and Ghisvandi (2013) Hassannejad et al. (2014) Abkhoo (2015) Forghani and Marouf (2015)
Iraq	Present			FAO (2009) El-Muadhidi et al. (2001) Khudhair et al. (2014) Kareem et al. (2017)	Barley production (2008) 748,000 MT (F)
Israel	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 10,500 MT
Japan	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 194,600 MT (F)
Jordan	Present			FAO (2009) Anfoka et al. (2011)	Barley production (2008) 10,328 MT
Kazakhstan	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 2,058,550 MT
Kuwait	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 2,150 MT (F)
Kyrgyzstan	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 210,600 MT
Lebanon	Present			FAO (2009) Makkouk et al. (2001)	Barley production (2008) 33,100 MT (F)
Mongolia	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 1,394 MT
Myanmar	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 0 MT (M)
Nepal	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 28,082 MT
Oman	Present			FAO (2009) Al-Sadi and Deadman (2010)	Barley production (2008) 3,417 MT (F)
Pakistan	Present			FAO (2009) Shamim Iftikhar et al. (2006)	Barley production (2008) 87,400 MT
Qatar	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 5,000 MT (F)
Saudi Arabia	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 31,000 MT (F)
South Korea	Present			FAO (2009) Lim HyoJin et al. (2016) Hong et al. (2019)	Barley production (2008) 170,053 MT
Syria	Present			FAO (2009) Arabi and Jawhar (2003) Abidou et al. (2005)	Barley production (2008) 784,479 MT (F)
Tajikistan	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 57,601 MT
Thailand	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 18,000 MT (F)
Turkey	Present			FAO (2009) Ilbagİ et al. (2003) Kavak (2003) Kavak (2004) Abidou et al. (2005) İmren et al. (2009) Tunç et al. (2012) Çepnİ et al. (2013) Karakaya et al. (2016) Kareem et al. (2017) Imren et al. (2019) Pala (2020)	Barley production (2008) 5,923,000 MT
Turkmenistan	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 58,700 MT (F)
Uzbekistan	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 157,000 MT (*)
Yemen	Present			FAO (2009) Kumari et al. (2006)	Barley production (2008) 26,704 MT
Europe
Albania	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 3,500 MT
Austria	Present			FAO (2009) Seebens et al. (2017)	Barley production (2008) 967,921 MT
Belarus	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 2,212,480 MT
Belgium	Present			FAO (2009) Seebens et al. (2017)	Barley production (2008) 423,800 MT
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Present	Introduced	1903	Seebens et al. (2017)
Bulgaria	Present			FAO (2009) Milanova et al. (2007)	Barley production (2008) 878,000 MT
Croatia	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 272,100 MT
Cyprus	Present			FAO (2009) Seebens et al. (2017) Özarslandan et al. (2020)	Barley production (2008) 46,806 MT
Czechia	Present			FAO (2009) Honěk and Martinková (2002) Kundu (2008) Kundu (2009) Kolářová et al. (2013) Grimová et al. (2017)	Barley production (2008) 2,243,865 MT
Denmark	Present			FAO (2009) Sigsgaard (2002)	Barley production (2008) 3,396,000 MT
Estonia	Present			FAO (2009) Sooväli et al. (2014) Seebens et al. (2017)	Barley production (2008) 349,100 MT
Finland	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 2,128,600 MT
France	Present			FAO (2009) Hariri et al. (2003) Hariri and Meyer (2007)	Barley production (2008) 1,217,1300 MT
-Corsica	Present	Introduced	1906	Seebens et al. (2017)
Germany	Present			FAO (2009) Goerke et al. (2007)	Barley production (2008) 1,196,7100 MT
Greece	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 380,000 MT
Hungary	Present			FAO (2009) Ficsor et al. (2010) Ficsor et al. (2014)	Barley production (2008) 1,478,200 MT
Iceland	Present	Introduced	1889	Seebens et al. (2017) Stefansson and Hallsson (2011)
Ireland	Present			FAO (2009) Seebens et al. (2017)	Barley production (2008) 1,249,700 MT
Italy	Present			FAO (2009) Lombardo et al. (2009)	Barley production (2008) 1,236,697 MT
-Sicily	Present			Lombardo et al. (2009)
Latvia	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 307,100 MT
Lithuania	Present			FAO (2009) Urbanaviciene et al. (2005) Seebens et al. (2017)	Barley production (2008) 970,400 MT
Luxembourg	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 52,816 MT
Malta	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 1,600 MT (F)
Moldova	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 353,124 MT
Netherlands	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 310,200 MT
Norway	Present			FAO (2009) Seebens et al. (2017)	Barley production (2008) 530,000 MT
Poland	Present			FAO (2009) Jeżewska and Trzmiel (2009)	Barley production (2008) 3,619,460 MT
Portugal	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 99,800 MT
Romania	Present			FAO (2009) Tabuc et al. (2011) Groza et al. (2014)	Barley production (2008) 1,209,410 MT
Russia	Present			FAO (2009) Gagkaeva et al. (2019)	Barley production (2008) 2,314,8450 MT
-Siberia	Present			Gagkaeva et al. (2019)
Serbia	Present			FAO (2009) Nikolić et al. (2020)	Barley production (2008) 344,141 MT
Slovakia	Present			FAO (2009) Renčo (2005)	Barley production (2008) 891,317 MT
Slovenia	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 76,788 MT
Spain	Present			FAO (2009) Achon et al. (2003) Achon et al. (2006) Shtaya et al. (2006)	Barley production (2008) 1,126,1100 MT
Svalbard and Jan Mayen	Present	Introduced	1897	Seebens et al. (2017)
Sweden	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 1,801,000 MT
Switzerland	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 202,700 MT
Ukraine	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 1,261,1500 MT
United Kingdom	Present			FAO (2009) Havis et al. (2012) Seebens et al. (2017)	Barley production (2008) 6,144,000 MT
-Scotland	Present			Havis et al. (2012)
North America
Canada	Present			FAO (2009) Xi et al. (2003) Bourdages et al. (2006) Fetch (2008) Fetch (2009) Fetch et al. (2011)	Barley production (2008) 1,178,1400 MT
-Alberta	Present			Xi et al. (2003)
-British Columbia	Present			Fetch (2008)
-Manitoba	Present			Fetch et al. (2011) Fetch (2008)
-Ontario	Present			Fetch et al. (2011) Fetch (2008)
-Quebec	Present			Bourdages et al. (2006)
-Saskatchewan	Present			Fetch (2008)
Guatemala	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 1,000 MT (F)
Mexico	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 811,358 MT
United States	Present			FAO (2009) Robertson (2003) Strausbaugh et al. (2004) Jin (2005) Smiley et al. (2008) Liu and Friesen (2010) Ito et al. (2012) Rouse et al. (2013) Marshall et al. (2015) Cummings et al. (2017)	Barley production (2008) 5,214,394 MT
-Alaska	Present			Robertson (2003)
-Hawaii	Present	Introduced	1935	Seebens et al. (2017)
-Idaho	Present			Marshall et al. (2015) Strausbaugh et al. (2004)
-Montana	Present			Ito et al. (2012)
-New York	Present			Cummings et al. (2017)
-North Dakota	Present			Liu and Friesen (2010)
-Oregon	Present			Smiley et al. (2008)
-Virginia	Present			Rouse et al. (2013)
Oceania
Australia	Present			FAO (2009) Sanjiv Gupta and Loughman (2001) Jayasena et al. (2004) Hollaway et al. (2008) Sheedy et al. (2010) Owen and Powles (2016) Seebens et al. (2017)	Barley production (2008) 6,820,000 MT
-Queensland	Present			Sheedy et al. (2010)
-Victoria	Present			Hollaway et al. (2008)
-Western Australia	Present			Jayasena et al. (2004) Sanjiv Gupta and Loughman (2001)
New Zealand	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 408,730 MT
South America
Argentina	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 1,690,085 MT
Bolivia	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 72,589 MT (F)
Brazil	Present			FAO (2009) Bellé et al. (2019) Agostinetto et al. (2020)	Barley production (2008) 236,911 MT
-Rio Grande do Sul	Present			Bellé et al. (2019)
Chile	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 95,869 MT
Colombia	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 11,042 MT
Ecuador	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 17,954 MT
Peru	Present			FAO (2009)	Barley production (2008) 177,479 MT (F)
Uruguay	Present			FAO (2009) Pereyra and Germán (2004)	Barley production (2008) 405,500 MT

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