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View article: Oregon Wolfe barley genetic stocks – Research and teaching tools for next generation scientists
Oregon Wolfe barley genetic stocks – Research and teaching tools for next generation scientists Open
The Oregon Wolfe Barley (OWB) mapping population (Reg. no. MP‐4, NSL 554937 MAP) is a resource for genetics research and instruction. The OWBs are a set of doubled haploid barley ( Hordeum vulgare L.) lines developed at Oregon State Univer…
View article: Vernalization regulatory network identifies potential novel functions for <i>ZCCT</i> genes within <i>HvVRN2</i>
Vernalization regulatory network identifies potential novel functions for <i>ZCCT</i> genes within <i>HvVRN2</i> Open
Summary Flowering is a key yield determinant, controlled by environmental and genetic factors. Vernalization requirement, a prolonged cold period to promote flowering, is determined in barley ( Hordeum vulgare L.) by the allele in HvVRN1 a…
View article: Enhancing drought resilience in durum wheat: effect of root architecture and genotypic performance in semi-arid rainfed regions
Enhancing drought resilience in durum wheat: effect of root architecture and genotypic performance in semi-arid rainfed regions Open
Background Developing drought-adapted genotypes is a primary goal for achieving resilient agriculture in the Mediterranean region. Durum wheat, a widely grown crop in the drylands of the Mediterranean basin, would significantly benefit fro…
View article: Bioactive Potential of a Grape Stem Blend: A Sustainable Approach to Skin Regeneration
Bioactive Potential of a Grape Stem Blend: A Sustainable Approach to Skin Regeneration Open
The European wine industry is embracing sustainability through circular economy principles, particularly by valorizing by-products, such as grape stems. Grape stems are rich in phenolic compounds with recognized health benefits. This study…
View article: Revealing the Bioactivities of Physalia physalis Venom Using Drosophila as a Model
Revealing the Bioactivities of Physalia physalis Venom Using Drosophila as a Model Open
Physalia physalis, commonly known as the Portuguese Man o’ War, is one of the most venomous members of the Cnidaria yet is poorly understood. This article investigates the toxicity of P. physalis venom by assessing its behavioral and toxic…
View article: Calling pangenes from plant genome alignments confirms presence-absence variation
Calling pangenes from plant genome alignments confirms presence-absence variation Open
Consistent gene annotation in crops is becoming harder as genomes for new cultivars are frequently published. Gene sets from recently sequenced accessions have different gene identifiers to those on the reference accession, and might be of…
View article: Multi-environment genome -wide association mapping of culm morphology traits in barley
Multi-environment genome -wide association mapping of culm morphology traits in barley Open
In cereals with hollow internodes, lodging resistance is influenced by morphological characteristics such as internode diameter and culm wall thickness. Despite their relevance, knowledge of the genetic control of these traits and their re…
View article: Multi-environment genome-wide association mapping of culm morphology traits in barley
Multi-environment genome-wide association mapping of culm morphology traits in barley Open
In cereals with hollow internodes, lodging resistance is influenced by morphological characteristics such as internode diameter and culm wall thickness. Despite their relevance, knowledge of the genetic control of these traits and their re…
View article: Light spectra trigger divergent gene expression in barley cultivars
Light spectra trigger divergent gene expression in barley cultivars Open
Light spectra influence barley development, causing a diverse range of responses among cultivars that are poorly understood. Here, we exposed three barley genotypes with different light sensitivities to two light sources: fluorescent bulbs…
View article: Hybrids Provide More Options for Fine-Tuning Flowering Time Responses of Winter Barley
Hybrids Provide More Options for Fine-Tuning Flowering Time Responses of Winter Barley Open
Crop adaptation requires matching resource availability to plant development. Tight coordination of the plant cycle with prevailing environmental conditions is crucial to maximizing yield. It is expected that winters in temperate areas wil…
View article: Genomic Prediction of Grain Yield in a Barley MAGIC Population Modeling Genotype per Environment Interaction
Genomic Prediction of Grain Yield in a Barley MAGIC Population Modeling Genotype per Environment Interaction Open
Multi-parent Advanced Generation Inter-crosses (MAGIC) lines have mosaic genomes that are generated shuffling the genetic material of the founder parents following pre-defined crossing schemes. In cereal crops, these experimental populatio…
View article: Light spectra trigger divergent gene expression in barley cultivars
Light spectra trigger divergent gene expression in barley cultivars Open
Light spectra influence barley development, causing a diverse range of responses among cultivars that are poorly understood. Here, we exposed three barley genotypes with different light sensitivities to two light sources: fluorescent bulbs…
View article: Perspectives on Low Temperature Tolerance and Vernalization Sensitivity in Barley: Prospects for Facultative Growth Habit
Perspectives on Low Temperature Tolerance and Vernalization Sensitivity in Barley: Prospects for Facultative Growth Habit Open
One option to achieving greater resiliency for barley production in the face of climate change is to explore the potential of winter and facultative growth habits: for both types, low temperature tolerance (LTT) and vernalization sensitivi…
View article: TB1: from domestication gene to tool for many trades
TB1: from domestication gene to tool for many trades Open
This article comments on: Dixon LE, Pasquariello M, Boden SA. 2020. TEOSINTE BRANCHED1 regulates height and stem internode length in bread wheat. Journal of Experimental Botany 71, 4742–4750.
View article: Rapid On-Site Phenotyping via Field Fluorimeter Detects Differences in Photosynthetic Performance in a Hybrid—Parent Barley Germplasm Set
Rapid On-Site Phenotyping via Field Fluorimeter Detects Differences in Photosynthetic Performance in a Hybrid—Parent Barley Germplasm Set Open
Crop productivity can be expressed as the product of the amount of radiation intercepted, radiation use efficiency and harvest index. Genetic variation for components of radiation use efficiency has rarely been explored due to the lack of …
View article: Genetic association with high‐resolution climate data reveals selection footprints in the genomes of barley landraces across the Iberian Peninsula
Genetic association with high‐resolution climate data reveals selection footprints in the genomes of barley landraces across the Iberian Peninsula Open
Landraces are local populations of crop plants adapted to a particular environment. Extant landraces are surviving genetic archives, keeping signatures of the selection processes experienced by them until settling in their current niches. …
View article: Additional file 4: of Fine-tuning of the flowering time control in winter barley: the importance of HvOS2 and HvVRN2 in non-inductive conditions
Additional file 4: of Fine-tuning of the flowering time control in winter barley: the importance of HvOS2 and HvVRN2 in non-inductive conditions Open
Table S8. HvOS2 polymorphisms. A) Information of the sequences obtained for the gene HvOS2 var. ‘Barberousse’ and var. ‘Hispanic’. B) Polymorphisms found for HvOS2 CDS sequences. C-F) Alignments of HvOS2 sequences - exon 1 (C), exons 2–5 (…
View article: Additional file 2: of Fine-tuning of the flowering time control in winter barley: the importance of HvOS2 and HvVRN2 in non-inductive conditions
Additional file 2: of Fine-tuning of the flowering time control in winter barley: the importance of HvOS2 and HvVRN2 in non-inductive conditions Open
Table S6. HvCO2 polymorphisms. A) Information of the sequences obtained for the gene HvCO2 var. ‘Barberousse’ and var. ‘Hispanic’. B) Polymorphisms found for HvCO2 sequences. C) Alignments of HvCO2 gene sequences. D) Alignments of HvCO2 pr…
View article: Additional file 3: of Fine-tuning of the flowering time control in winter barley: the importance of HvOS2 and HvVRN2 in non-inductive conditions
Additional file 3: of Fine-tuning of the flowering time control in winter barley: the importance of HvOS2 and HvVRN2 in non-inductive conditions Open
Table S7. HvCO9 polymorphisms. A) Information of the sequences obtained for the gene HvCO9 var. ‘Barberousse’ and var. ‘Hispanic’. B) Polymorphisms found for HvCO9 sequences. C) Alignments of HvCO9 gene sequences. D) Alignments of HvCO9 pr…
View article: Assessing different barley growth habits under Egyptian conditions for enhancing resilience to climate change
Assessing different barley growth habits under Egyptian conditions for enhancing resilience to climate change Open
View article: Long-day increase of <i>HvVRN2</i> expression marks the deadline to fulfill the vernalization requirement in winter barley
Long-day increase of <i>HvVRN2</i> expression marks the deadline to fulfill the vernalization requirement in winter barley Open
Vernalization and photoperiod cues are integrated in winter barley plants to flower in the right conditions. We hypothesize that there is a timeframe to satisfy the vernalization needs in order to flower in the optimum moment. Growth and e…
View article: Analysis of Plant Pan-Genomes and Transcriptomes with GET_HOMOLOGUES-EST, a Clustering Solution for Sequences of the Same Species
Analysis of Plant Pan-Genomes and Transcriptomes with GET_HOMOLOGUES-EST, a Clustering Solution for Sequences of the Same Species Open
The pan-genome of a species is defined as the union of all the genes and non-coding sequences found in all its individuals. However, constructing a pan-genome for plants with large genomes is daunting both in sequencing cost and the scale …
View article: Identification of quantitative trait loci for agronomic traits contributed by a barley (Hordeum vulgare) Mediterranean landrace
Identification of quantitative trait loci for agronomic traits contributed by a barley (Hordeum vulgare) Mediterranean landrace Open
Some Spanish barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) landraces perform better than modern cultivars at low-production sites. The objective of this study was to identify favourable quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for interesting agronomic traits contrib…
View article: Anchoring of the genetic markers developed from Morex contigs to the physical map of barley via FP contigs (AC1 strategy) or Morex contigs (AC2 strategy) [25].
Anchoring of the genetic markers developed from Morex contigs to the physical map of barley via FP contigs (AC1 strategy) or Morex contigs (AC2 strategy) [25]. Open
1cM position according to IBSC [25], 2 Bp position according to IBSC [25].
View article: Morex contigs identified from the selected barley loci on chromosomes 7HS, 7HL and 6HL in Genome Zipper, and number of Betzes reads employed for the alignment to contigs and the detection of <i>in silico</i> SNPs.
Morex contigs identified from the selected barley loci on chromosomes 7HS, 7HL and 6HL in Genome Zipper, and number of Betzes reads employed for the alignment to contigs and the detection of <i>in silico</i> SNPs. Open
Morex contigs identified from the selected barley loci on chromosomes 7HS, 7HL and 6HL in Genome Zipper, and number of Betzes reads employed for the alignment to contigs and the detection of in silico SNPs.