Crops that feed the world 4. Barley: a resilient crop?: Strengths and weaknesses in the context of food security

Adrian Clive Newton; Andrew J. Flavell; Timothy S. George; Philip Leat; Barry Mullholland; Luke Ramsay; Cesar Revoredo-Giha; Joanne Russell; Brian J. Steffenson; J. Stuart Swanston; William T. B. Thomas; Robbie Waugh; Philip J. White; Ian J. Bingham

doi:10.1007/s12571-011-0126-3

Crops that feed the world 4. Barley: a resilient crop? Strengths and weaknesses in the context of food security

Adrian Clive Newton
, Andrew J. Flavell
, Timothy S. George
, Philip Leat
, Barry Mullholland
, Luke Ramsay
, Cesar Revoredo-Giha
, Joanne Russell
, Brian J. Steffenson
, J. Stuart Swanston
, William T. B. Thomas
, Robbie Waugh
, Philip J. White
, Ian J. Bingham

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Abstract

Barley is cultivated both in highly productive agricultural systems and also in marginal and subsistence environments. Its distribution is worldwide and is of considerable economic importance for animal feed and alcohol production. The overall importance of barley as a human food is minor but there is much potential for new uses exploiting the health benefits of whole grain and beta-glucans. The barley supply chains are complex and show added value at many stages. Germplasm resources for barley are considerable, with much potential for exploitation of its biodiversity available through the use of recently developed genomic and breeding tools. Consequently, substantial gains in crucial sustainability characteristics should be achievable in the future, together with increased understanding of the physiological basis of many agronomic traits, particularly water and nutrient use efficiency. Barley's ability to adapt to multiple biotic and abiotic stresses will be crucial to its future exploitation and increased emphasis on these traits in elite germplasm is needed to equip the crop for environmental change. Similarly, resource use efficiency should become a higher priority to ensure the crop's sustainability in the long-term. Clearly barley is a resilient crop with much potential which can be realised in the future.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	141-178
Number of pages	38
Journal	Food Security
Volume	3
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-011-0126-3
Publication status	Published - Jun 2011

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Keywords

Barley
Hordeum vulgare
Quality
Yield
Supply chain
Sustainability
Resilience
Biotic stress
Abiotic stress
Food security
Physiology
Agronomy
Cultivation
Nutrient use efficiency
Water use efficiency
Germplasm
Biodiversity
Genomics
HORDEUM-VULGARE L.
RAMULARIA-COLLO-CYGNI
WATER-USE EFFICIENCY
CARBON-ISOTOPE DISCRIMINATION
GENE CONFERRING RESISTANCE
IMPROVE DROUGHT TOLERANCE
MARKER-ASSISTED SELECTION
RADIATION-USE EFFICIENCY
BETA-D-GLUCAN
GRAMINIS F-SP

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Newton, A. C., Flavell, A. J., George, T. S., Leat, P., Mullholland, B., Ramsay, L., Revoredo-Giha, C., Russell, J., Steffenson, B. J., Swanston, J. S., Thomas, W. T. B., Waugh, R., White, P. J., & Bingham, I. J. (2011). Crops that feed the world 4. Barley: a resilient crop? Strengths and weaknesses in the context of food security. Food Security, 3(2), 141-178. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-011-0126-3

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