Barley Origin and Related Species

Keywords

Barley genus, Hordeum - nonhomogeneous group, unrelated, but morphologically similar entities; Barley origin and related species; Barley, one of economically - important plant groups in the world, the Triticeae, a tribus (tribe) in grass family; Cultivated and wild barley - primarily inbreeders, wild form more open flowering; Gene pools and potential - for gene transfer to cultivated barley; Potential for practical utilization; Potential for subsp. Spontaneum - in barley breeding programs, explored; South American, Hordeum chilense - target for creation of entirely new crops; Two South American species, diploids, H. comosum and H. pubiflorum - and the others polyploids; Vernalization, plant exposure - to low temperatures, inducing transition from a vegetative to a reproductive state

Published in

Title: Barley
Publisher: Wiley

SLU Authors

• von Bothmer, Roland

  • Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Genetics
Biological Systematics

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470958636.ch2
• ISBN: 9780813801230
• eISBN: 9780470958636

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/132346