Barley (H ordeum vulgare ssp. vulgare) is an excellent model for understanding agricultural
responses to climate change. Its initial domestication over 10 millennia ago and subsequent …

In the past 50 years, the application of synthetic nitrogen (N) fertilizer to farmland resulted in
a dramatic increase in crop yields but with considerable negative impacts on the …

High-throughput phenoty** platforms (HTPPs) provide novel opportunities to more
effectively dissect the genetic basis of drought-adaptive traits. This genome-wide association …

New sources of genetic diversity must be incorporated into plant breeding programs if they
are to continue increasing grain yield and quality, and tolerance to abiotic and biotic …

Key message Potential novel and known QTL for race-specific all-stage and adult plant
resistance to stripe rust were identified by genome-wide association map** in the US …

Over the past half century, the use of nitrogen (N) fertilizers has markedly increased crop
yields, but with considerable negative effects on the environment and human health …

Climate change has caused breeders to focus on varieties that are able to grow under
unfavorable conditions, such as drought, high and low temperatures, salinity, and other …

Reactive nitrogen (N) plays a pivotal role in supplying N to plants and soil microbes, but it
has negative environmental impacts through influencing the quality of water and air, which …

Highlights•Genome Wide Association Studies (GWASs) have been conducted in 22 plant
species.•GWASs have uncovered novel mechanisms and genes underlying variation of …

Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) is an important cereal crop with high genome plasticity that is
cultivated in all climatic zones. Traditionally, barley grain is used for animal feed, malting …