Genetic diversity and population structure in a legacy collection of spring barley landraces adapted to a wide range of climates.

Global environmental change and increasing human population emphasize the urgent need for higher yielding and better adapted crop plants. One strategy to achieve this aim is to exploit the wealth of so called landraces of crop species, representing diverse traditional domesticated populations of loc...

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Main Authors: Raj K Pasam, Rajiv Sharma, Alexander Walther, Hakan Özkan, Andreas Graner, Benjamin Kilian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4277474?pdf=render