Eve is a hulless winter barley released by Virginia Tech in 2007.  Justification for release of Eve is as a feed grain and potential commodity for the production of ethanol.

Eve is a moderately early heading, long awned , six-row winter hulless barley with very good straw strength, high test weight, and plump seed.   Eve is resistant to barley leaf rust race 8 and moderately resistant to leaf rust and net blotch.  Eve is moderately resistant to powdery mildew.   Average plant height is 34 inches.

PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR

Ozark was developed by Charles M. Taliaferro and William L. Richardson with the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station, Oklahoma State University in cooperation with the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, USDA/Agricultural Research Service, Kansas State University, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the University of Arkansas.  Ozark was released in 2002 by the Department of Agronomy at the University of Missouri.

Ozark is a propagation from a very cold tolerant bermudagrass from Yugoslavia and 'Coastal'.  (Coastal was jointly released by the Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station and Plant Science Research Division of ARS in 1943.)  Observation plots as far north as Elsberry, MO have persisted more than five years.  Based on its cold tolerance and stand persistence, Ozark is adapted to the southern one-third of Missouri and Kansas and statewide in Oklahoma and Arkansas.  It is thought to be best adapted to the northern half of the bermudagrass belt.

Ozark has maintained good stands and production on soils with low pH (~5.0).  It has not been tested on alkaline or saline soils.  While it requires considerable amounts of moisture for production, it is no more sensitive to water stress than other varieties of bermudagrass.  Ozark is propagated by conventional sprigging and produces vigorous underground rhizomes and crown buds that function as vegetative propagules.  The rate of spread is not as rapid as some of the more aggressive "common" bermudagrass varieties like Greenfield.  A planting rate of at least 25 to 30 bushels of sprigs per acre, combined with good weed control and fertility management is recommended to hasten establishment.