Diversity in Barley (Hordeum vulgare)

by R. von Bothmer (Editor), T. van Hintum (Editor), H. Knüpffer (Editor), K. Sato (Editor)

Overview

Genetic diversity is one of the main resources sustaining human life. Food security largely depends on the availability and utilization of this diversity, which is of strategic importance for countries and companies. Conservation and utilization of biodiversity is thus currently an urgent area of global debate and concern. Barley is a major crop in the world used for food, feed and malt, and with a wide religious and ethnic importance. The crop was domesticated in Neolithic time in SW Asia and spread rapidly under cultivation to new areas. Nowadays it is one of the most widespread and widely adapted crops grown under contrasting edaphic conditions. Adaptations to new environments, different agricultural practices and selection for different uses have further added to the complex diversity pattern. Is it at all possible to give a complete picture of the diversity in a crop or wild species? Are we, by adding new technologies, only revealing parts of the diversity? Do different sets of data show similar or conflicting pictures of genetic diversity? Will the large genome size reduce the role of barley as a model organism in these current sequencing days? Or, are there still major reasons to continue to work with this beautiful crop? The aim of this book is to cover the complex issue of diversification in time and space in a single crop: barley. Leading scientists from various fields describe the entire variation pattern in different sets of characters and an attempt is made for a synthesis to a holistic picture. The book proposes ways to use the achievements of diversity studies in future research and breeding programmes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780080530475
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	07/03/2003
Series:	Developments in Plant Genetics and Breeding , #7
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	300
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Kiyotaka Sato, Hiroshima University, Japan.

Table of Contents

I. Introduction1. Barley diversity - an introductionR. von Bothmer, K. Sato et al. II. Origin of Barley Diversity2. The domestication of cultivated barleyR. von Bothmer, K. Sato et al.3. Diversification through breedingG. Fischbeck III. Current Barley Diversity4. Ecogeographical diversity - a Vavilovian approachH. Knüpffer, I. Terentyeva et al.5. Diversity of barley mutantsU. Lundqvist, J.D. Franckowiak6. Cytogenetic diversityS. Taketa, I. Linde-Laursen, G. Künzel7. Molecular diversity of the barley genomeA. Graner, Å. Bjørnstad et al.8. Diversity in resistance to biotic stressesJ. Weibull, U. Walther et al.9. Diversity in abiotic stress tolerancesA.M. Stanca, I. Romagosa et al.10. Genetic diversity for quantitatively inherited agronomic and maltingquality traitsP. Hayes, A. Castro et al. IV. Conservation and Future Utilization of Barley11. Detecting diversity - a new holistic, exploratory approach bridgingphenotype and genotypeL. Munck12. Diversity in ex situ genebank collections of barleyT. van Hintum, F. Menting13. Summarised diversity - the Barley Core CollectionH. Knüpffer, T. van Hintum14. Barley diversity, an outlookK. Sato, R. von Bothmer et al.