Abstract:Field experiments were conducted to compare 2-row with 6-row barley cultivars for the characters associated with yield, and to carry out path-coefficient analysis of yield components in these two types respectively in 1985. The results showed that the direct effect of number of grains per spike to yield was strongly positive (P=0.7974) in 2-row cultivars, and of 1000-grain weight (P=0.6483) in 6-row cultivars, It was thus concluded that numbes of grains per spike and 1000-grain weight might be valuable breeding objectives for yield improvement in 2-and 6-row barley cultivars respectively.