Mineral Contents of Some Domestic and Foreign Barley (Hordeumvulgare L.) Cultivars

Abstract

Because of 50% of the foods produced worldwide are made up of cereal grains, cereal-based foods have great importance in the compensation of element deficiency. Doing rich in elements contained. barley has great significance for human and animals. In (ho study. the element contents of thirteen different barley cultivars grown in Yozgat conditions worn determined. the experiment was carried out as a randomized complete block design with three replications over two (2013-2010) growing seasons. In this study, potassium (K), phosphorus (P), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), sodium (Na), boron (B), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), zinc (Zn) and copper (Cu)contents of the cultivars wore determined. Element contents showed statistically significant differences between years and among cultivars. The average K, P, Ca, Mg, Na, B, Fe, Mn, Zn and Cu contents of the cultivars wore determined as 4169.6, 3334.3. 605.0 1219.1, 547.8, 5.45, 42.22, 19.07, 24.16 and 9.64mg kg(-1), respectively. According to the Biplot graph, the Erginol-90 sustained values above average in terms of all elements (except for Ca content) and was considered the most stable cull war.