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The chapter presents the results of study of barley samples of different ecological and geographic origin from world collection of N.I. Vavilov Research Institute of Plant Industry in the conditions of southern Tyumen region. The evaluation of samples is performed using a set of characters valuable for selection in comparison with approved for cultivation in the Tyumen region varieties (standards). The data on field germination

capacity of seeds, plant probability of survival, plant height variability, ear length, resistance to lodging, grain production are presented.