Diversity in Barley (Hordeum vulgare)
Diversity in Barley (Hordeum vulgare)

Author: R. von Bothmer

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2003-07-03

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 0080530478

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Genetic diversity is one of the main resources sustaining human life. Food security largely depends on the availability and utilization of this diversity, which is of strategic importance for countries and companies. Conservation and utilization of biodiversity is thus currently an urgent area of global debate and concern. Barley is a major crop in the world used for food, feed and malt, and with a wide religious and ethnic importance. The crop was domesticated in Neolithic time in SW Asia and spread rapidly under cultivation to new areas. Nowadays it is one of the most widespread and widely adapted crops grown under contrasting edaphic conditions. Adaptations to new environments, different agricultural practices and selection for different uses have further added to the complex diversity pattern. Is it at all possible to give a complete picture of the diversity in a crop or wild species? Are we, by adding new technologies, only revealing parts of the diversity? Do different sets of data show similar or conflicting pictures of genetic diversity? Will the large genome size reduce the role of barley as a model organism in these current sequencing days? Or, are there still major reasons to continue to work with this beautiful crop? The aim of this book is to cover the complex issue of diversification in time and space in a single crop: barley. Leading scientists from various fields describe the entire variation pattern in different sets of characters and an attempt is made for a synthesis to a holistic picture. The book proposes ways to use the achievements of diversity studies in future research and breeding programmes.

The Barley Genome
The Barley Genome

Author: Nils Stein

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-08-18

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 3319925288

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This book presents an overview of the state-of-the-art in barley genome analysis, covering all aspects of sequencing the genome and translating this important information into new knowledge in basic and applied crop plant biology and new tools for research and crop improvement. Unlimited access to a high-quality reference sequence is removing one of the major constraints in basic and applied research. This book summarizes the advanced knowledge of the composition of the barley genome, its genes and the much larger non-coding part of the genome, and how this information facilitates studying the specific characteristics of barley. One of the oldest domesticated crops, barley is the small grain cereal species that is best adapted to the highest altitudes and latitudes, and it exhibits the greatest tolerance to most abiotic stresses. With comprehensive access to the genome sequence, barley’s importance as a genetic model in comparative studies on crop species like wheat, rye, oats and even rice is likely to increase.

Hulless Barley (Hordeum Vulgare L.) and Pigmented Wheat (Triticum L.)
Hulless Barley (Hordeum Vulgare L.) and Pigmented Wheat (Triticum L.)

Author: Firdissa E. Bokore

Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing

Published: 2011-03

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9783838392561

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Pigimented wheats and barelys could make the major sources of foods promoting human health. Our future world should make use of these food sources as health promotors. They help reduce the risks of cardiovascular diseases and cancer, the most potent diseases of the modern era. The reason for that is that they are the cheapest of phenolic compounds which act as antioxidants. This book gives an insight of onfarm diversity, agronomic performance and chemical contents the world collection of pigimented wheat and barleys.

Biotechnological Approaches to Barley Improvement
Biotechnological Approaches to Barley Improvement

Author: Jochen Kumlehn

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-11-20

Total Pages: 431

ISBN-13: 3662444062

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This volume offers an up-to-date overview of biotechnologically oriented barley research. It is structured into two major sections: the first focusing on current agricultural challenges and approaches to barley improvement, and the second providing insights into recent advances in methodology. Leading scientists highlight topics such as: the global importance of barley; genetic diversity and genebanks; domestication; shoot and inflorescence architecture; reproductive development; mineral nutrition; photosynthesis and leaf senescence; grain development; drought tolerance; viral and fungal pathogens; phytophagous arthropods; molecular farming; sequence resources; induced genetic variation and TILLING; meiotic recombination; Hordeum bulbosum; genome-wide association scans; genomic selection; haploid technology; genetic engineering; and whole plant phenomics. Providing comprehensive information on topics ranging from fundamental aspects to specific applications, this book offers a useful resource for scientists, plant breeders, teachers and advanced students in the fields of molecular and plant cell biology, plant biotechnology, and agronomy.

Unlocking the Secondary Gene Pool of Barley for Breeding and Research
Unlocking the Secondary Gene Pool of Barley for Breeding and Research

Author: Neele Wendler

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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Crop wild relatives have been recognized as a source of beneficial traits to a given crop species and to overcome the erosion of genetic diversity resulting from domestication and breeding programs. Hordeum bulbosum L. is the only representative of the secondary gene pool of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) and it has been found as a valuable source of genetic diversity for barley improvement. Since the 1990s a considerable number of barley/H. bulbosum introgression lines (ILs) have been generated. These ILs harbor a diverse set of desirable traits. So far, the efficient utilization of such ILs for improving elite barley germplasm has been hampered, largely due to the lack of suitable molecular tools for locating introgressed segments. Thus, the focus of the present study was to establish suitable and state-of-the-art molecular tools and resources for the efficient utilization of H. bulbosum traits in barley breeding and research.