date:Oct 18, 2012
ronmental conditions, or even provide grain better suited for beer and brewing.
Barley which has been malted is a key ingredient in brewing beer along with hops and yeast.
The research, published in the journal Nature, could also be a boon for the whisky industry while barley is also a major component of animal feed for meat and dairy industries.
Barley is the world's fourth most important cereal crop, trailing only maize, rice and wheat, and its genome is almost twice the size of that of hum