Uncovering the 150-year history of Japanese beer barley breeding

Researchers use DNA technology to pinpoint traces of breeding efforts inscribed in the genomes of modern elite Japanese barley cultivars

21-Dec-2023 - Barley is a staple crop with several applications, acting as a source offood, livestock feed, and an ingredient for malt brewing. Originally disseminated from China and the Korean Peninsula about 2,000 years ago, all Japanese barley cultivars were six-row for humanfooduntil the 1880s. After ...