Barley cultivar BG-161

A method of introducing a desired trait into barley cultivar BG-161 wherein the method comprises:

• (a) crossing a BG-161 plant, wherein a representative sample of seed was deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-121758, with a plant of another barley cultivar that comprises a desired trait to produce progeny plants wherein the desired trait is selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide resistance, insect resistance, modified fatty acid metabolism, modified carbohydrate metabolism, modified phytic acid metabolism, modified waxy starch content, modified protein content, increased stress to water tolerance and resistance to bacterial disease, fungal disease or viral disease;
• (b) selecting one or more progeny plants that have the desired trait to produce selected progeny plants;
• (c) crossing the selected progeny plants with the BG-161 plants to produce backcross progeny plants;
• (d) selecting for backcross progeny plants that have the desired trait and essentially all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of barley cultivar BG-161 listed in Table 1 to produce selected backcross progeny plants;
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• (e) repeating the crossing the selected progeny step and selecting for backcross progeny step two or more times in succession to produce selected third or higher backcross progeny plants that comprise the desired trait and essentially all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of barley cultivar BG-161 listed in Table 1.