M.B. Alhussein1, S.H. Suliman2, A.A. Mohammed3   1Maize research program, Agricultural Research Corporation, Wad Medani, Sudan 2Crop sciences section, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Gezira, Wad Medani, Sudan 3Maize research program, Agricultural Research Corporat

B. Dyulgerova*, N. Dyulgerov, M. Dimitrova-Doneva Institute of Agriculture, 8400 Karnobat, Bulgaria Abstract. A total of 23 varieties of 2-rowed spring barley were grown in two successive seasons of 2011 and 2012 to study variability, heritability and genetic advance for 5 characters