Covered and naked barleys from the Himalaya : 1. Evidence of multivariate differences between the two types

P J Murphy; J R Witcombe

doi:10.1007/BF00263271

Covered and naked barleys from the Himalaya : 1. Evidence of multivariate differences between the two types

Theor Appl Genet. 1986 Feb;71(5):730-5. doi: 10.1007/BF00263271.

Authors

P J Murphy¹, J R Witcombe

Affiliation

¹ School of Plant Biology, University College of North Wales, LL57 2UW, Bangor, Gwynedd, UK.

PMID: 24247609
DOI: 10.1007/BF00263271

Abstract

Both reciprocal averaging and discriminant analysis confirm visual impressions that covered and naked barleys from several areas in the Himalaya differ significantly from each other in a multivariate way. Discriminant analysis also suggests similar differences between the 'occidental' and 'oriental' barleys of Takahashi (1955). Either distinction has implications for our understanding of barley phylogeny and evolution.