Wild plants can contribute valuable genes to their domesticated relatives. Fertility barriers and a lack of genomic resources ...

An international team of scientists from Australia and China has unveiled the first chromosome-scale genome of a wild barley species. Their findings offer the potential for more sustainable ...

Although H. bulbosum is barley’s closest wild relative, with an estimated divergence time of 4.5 million years, the species has evolved quite differently genetically.

An international team of scientists from Australia and China has unveiled the first chromosome-scale genome of a wild barley species, with their findings offering direct implications for more ...

Home News Wild Barley Genomics Advance Paves Way for Climate-Resilient ... An international research team from Australia and China unveiled the first chromosome-scale genome of a wild barley species.

Dormancy allows wild barley grains to survive dry summers in the Near East. After domestication, barley was selected for shorter dormancy periods. Here we isolate the major seed dormancy gene qsd1 ...

Barley is the second most important cereal crop grown in the UK – used as animal fodder, in human foods such as health foods, soups and stews, and also in the drinks production industry. High quality ...

The team grew the wheat and barley precursors under varying conditions. One set was exposed to levels of CO 2 seen during the last ice age and one to the elevated levels seen when farming first arose.

Barley crops affected by disease found on common wild grass Date: October 16, 2013 Source: University of Hertfordshire Summary: A major fungal pathogen which affects barley crops is also present ...