Cereal crops, including triticeae species (barley, wheat, rye), as well as edible cereals
(wheat, corn, rice, oat, rye, sorghum), are significant suppliers for human consumption …

Monocotyledonous plants were believed to be not transformable by the soil bacterium
Agrobacterium tumefaciens until two decades ago, although convenient protocols for …

Powdery mildew fungi are obligate biotrophic pathogens that only grow on living hosts and
cause damage in thousands of plant species. Despite their agronomical importance, little …

Abstract The Natural Resistance Associated Macrophage Protein (Nramp) represents a
transporter family for metal ions in all organisms. Here, we functionally characterized a …

The wheat Lr34res allele, coding for an ATP‐binding cassette transporter, confers durable
resistance against multiple fungal pathogens. The Lr34sus allele, differing from Lr34res by …

Dormancy allows wild barley grains to survive dry summers in the Near East. After
domestication, barley was selected for shorter dormancy periods. Here we isolate the major …

Background Plant transformation is an invaluable tool for basic plant research, as well as a
useful technique for the direct improvement of commercial crops. Barley (Hordeum vulgare) …

Barley (Hordeum vulgare) is one of the most important crops worldwide and is also
considered a research model for the large-genome small grain temperate cereals. Despite …

Genome editing strategies in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) typically rely on Agrobacterium-
mediated genetic transformation for the delivery of required genetic reagents involving …

Genetic transformation of crop plants offers the possibility of testing hypotheses about the
function of individual genes as well as the exploitation of transgenes for targeted trait …