Drought stress severely threatens the stability of production of cereals worldwide. Improving genetic tolerance to drought stress requires detailed characterization of global germplasm collections and...

Key message Multi-population GWAS lead to identification of common and population-specific QTLs for leaf rust resistance in barley. Abstract Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are a powerful tool ...

Background and aims Mineral fertilisers are essential for global crop productivity. However, their use is unsustainable due to high energy costs from sourcing and processing, and nitrous oxide emissio...

The barley yellow mosaic virus disease is one of the most important threats of barley production in Europe and Asia. Transmitted by the soil-borne plasmodiophorid Polymyxa graminis , there are no dire...

Developing barley grains must balance the use of imported sucrose between soluble sugars and storage starch, but how this balance is controlled remains unclear. Here we show that loss of the plastidi....

IntroductionWild Hordeum species are crucial genetic resources for climate‑resilient crop breeding. Clarifying their responses to climate change is essential...

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Key message Haplotype-based nested association mapping conducted in Australian barley identified 30 haploblocks for resistance/susceptibility to net form of net blotch. Stacking multiple resistance ha...

Engineering the barley NLR RGH2 enhances recognition of blast pathogen effectors from rice and wheat, leading to improved disease resistance.

Barley (Hordeum vulgare) is a key cereal crop with exceptional adaptation to diverse environments. With a large, highly repetitive diploid genome, barley presents challenges for pangenome representati...

Protein is an important quality parameter for both barley grain and malt. Barley is often rejected when grain protein is too high because of negative impacts on the malting process.  Here Glenn…

Heavy metals act as essential metalloprotein cofactors in numerous physiological processes but can become toxic when non-essential metals accumulate or when essential metals are in excess. As plants c...

A 4-dimensional spatial gene expression transcriptome atlas of Hordeum vulgare (barley) grain development and germination revealed tissue-, cell-, cluster-

Scientific Reports - Cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD) underlies the orange lemma trait and lignin reduction in barley

iTAG is designed to help students understand the relationship between an organism's genotype and its observable traits, or phenotype.

Research from The James Hutton Institute and The University of Dundee reveals how barley protects itself