A study of barley genetics has revealed a gene mutation called PPD-H1 that causes the grain to flower later in regions with long spring days, potentially boosting yields for the fourth-largest cereal ...

For their study, the research team examined a collection of more than 2,000 barley plants, comprising 940 wild varieties and 1,110 domesticated varieties of Hordeum vulgare. The scientists focused ...

In a research discovery that has practical implications for improving wheat varieties, a team of scientists at the University of California, Davis, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have cloned a ...

To ensure that plants flower at the right time of year, they possess an internal clock, which enables them to measure the amount of daylight during a day. Biologists now describe that the mutation of ...

Scientists at the UK's leading plant science centre have uncovered a gene that could help to develop new varieties of crop that will be able to cope with the changing world climate. Researchers have ...