Full title: Barley : production, improvement, and uses / edited by Steven E. Ullrich.

Author/creator: Ullrich, Steven E.

Date: 2011..

Call Numbers: N633.16/3

Record Identifier: 74VvDv4d50BA

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: x, 637 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm., Significance, adaptation, production, and trade of barley -- Barley origin and related species -- Barley genome organization, mapping, and synteny -- Genome analysis: the state of knowledge of barley genes -- Cytogenetics and molecular cytogenetics of barley: a model cereal crop with a large genome -- Application of molecular genetics and transformation to barley improvement -- Barley germplasm conservation and resources -- Barley breeding history, progress, objectives, and technology, Europe, North America, Australia, Near East, North and East Africa, and Latin America -- Cultural practices: focus on major barley-producing regions, Europe, Russian Federation, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan, North America, West Asia and North and East Africa, Australia -- Abiotic stress in barley: problems and solutions -- Biotic stress in barley: disease problems and solutions -- Biotic stress in barley: insect problems and solutions -- The development, structure, and composition of the barley grain -- Biochemistry, physiology, and genetics of endosperm mobilization in germinated barley grain -- Malting and brewing uses of barley -- Barley feed uses and quality improvement -- Food uses of barley -- Adapting cereal plants and human society to a changing climate and economy merged by the concept of self-organization.

Publishers: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.

Notes: World agriculture series. Includes bibliographical references and index.

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DDC: 633.16

MMS ID: 991004882809702626