Barley is an earliest domesticated crop which has demonstrated extraordinary resilience and adaptability to wide climatic regimes. Being nutritional rich crop, it finds important place in human diet due to dietary fibers, vitamins and minerals. Besides, it is also rich in Beta-glucan which reduces cholesterol and enhances heart health. Barley has multifarious uses from the brewing and distilling industries, which greatly boost the rural economy, to the manufacture of staple foods.