The renewed focus on cereal landraces is a response to some negative consequences of
modern agriculture and conventional breeding which led to a reduction of genetic diversity …

Sustainable Intensification (SI) is a term that has been advanced to capture a concept that
some consider as the 'third paradigm'for global agricultural development. However, the term …

After domestication, during a process of widespread range extension, barley adapted to a
broad spectrum of agricultural environments. To explore how the barley genome responded …

Abstract Even though Sugars Will Eventually be Exported Transporters (SWEETs) have
been found in every sequenced plant genome, a comprehensive understanding of their …

Barley (Hordeum vulgare) is one of the oldest domesticated crops used for both human and
animal feed. Over the years however, its role in human diet has been very limited and …

There is a need to accelerate crop improvement by introducing alleles conferring host plant
resistance, abiotic stress adaptation, and high yield potential. Elite cultivars, landraces and …

Future crops need to be sustainable in the face of climate change. Modern barley varieties
have been bred for high productivity and quality; however, they have suffered considerable …

Micronutrient malnutrition, especially deficiency of two mineral elements, iron [Fe] and zinc
[Zn] in the developing world needs urgent attention. Pearl millet is one of the best crops with …

Water availability is undoubtedly one of the most important environmental factors affecting
crop production. Drought causes a gradual deprivation of water in the soil from top to deep …

Local agrobiodiversity in remote areas such as the Moroccan High Atlas is poorly studied,
despite being of great importance for the sustainability and resilience of mountainous …