Registration of ‘Kardia’, a Two-Rowed Spring Food Barley

'Kardia' (Reg. No. CV-360, PI 675999), a two-rowed spring hulled food barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) cultivar developed by the USDA-ARS, Aberdeen, ID, in cooperation with the University of Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station, was released in 2015. Kardia is derived from the cross 03AH3054/98Ab12019' and was advanced through bulk pedigree F-1-F-5. Kardia was tested at the USDA-ARS and all other cooperative trials as line 2Ab09-X06F084-51. Kardia tested across 40 location years and has shown better yield in irrigated condition and similar yield in dryland comparing to the current two-rowed spring hulled food barley cultivar check 'Salute', but it has lower yield than 'Baronesse', a feed barley check. Kardia, however, has shown significantly higher beta-glucan content than Salute. Kardia could be a good hulled cultivar and a better alternative than Salute in the food barley production market.