date:Feb 01, 2019
s, but they also must retain the quality characteristics needed for malting and brewing; making malt barley a complex crop to breed, according to Hanning.
Climate change as it relates to increasing temperature or more erratic rainfall patterns creates additional complexity. Shortening the time required to develop new varieties allows breeders to adjust more quickly to those changing conditions and improved knowledge of genomics will provide a pathway to accomplish those goals.
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