Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Brenner's Encyclopedia of Genetics |
Subtitle of host publication | Second Edition |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Pages | 527-529 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Edition | 2 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780080961569 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780123749840 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Abstract
The genus Hordeum, the barleys, with a basic chromosome number of 2. n=. 14, comprises about 30 grass species, with cultivated barley, Hordeum vulgare, being the world's fourth most important cereal. The grain of cultivated barley has two major uses: first, for malting to produce beer and spirits and, second, for animal feed and, occasionally, human feed.
Keywords
- Barley
- Barley breeding
- Barley cytogenetics
- Barley morphology
- Barley mutants
- Barley pests and diseases
- Barley quality
- Barley sequencing
- Genetic engineering
- Hordeum
- Molecular markers
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
- General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology
- General Medicine