Barley Production

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Across
  1. 1. The plant changes colour during ripening
  2. 3. A soil of equal parts sand, silt and clay
  3. 4. Grain can be treated with this during storage to prevent spoilage
  4. 5. A fungal disease, usually caused by wet conditions at flowering
  5. 8. A fungal disease causes diamond shaped patches
  6. 12. A disease that must be reported to DAFM
  7. 13. This should be low for malting barley but high for feeding barley
  8. 15. This piece of machinery sows barley and applies fertiliser at the same time
  9. 17. A recommended spring variety of barley
  10. 19. The plant family Barley belongs to
  11. 20. This should be done to determine fertiliser requirements
  12. 21. Planting seeds
Down
  1. 1. A recommended winter variety of barley
  2. 2. Leaf sheaths begin to develop, within which the ear of the plant develops
  3. 6. This pest is the larvae for the crane fly
  4. 7. Barley grown for distilling
  5. 9. The collapse of cereal when the stem no longer supports the crop
  6. 10. Helps to prevent the build up of weeds, pests and diseases
  7. 11. Side shoots grow from the main stem
  8. 14. Sprayed to reduce weeds
  9. 16. The amount of a crop that is harvested
  10. 18. These pests are also vectors of viruses