Called “barleys” in GBIF
Hordeum is a genus of annual and perennial plants in the grass family. The species are native throughout the temperate regions of Africa, Eurasia, and the Americas.
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Hordeum vulgare
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Hordeum murinum
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Hordeum jubatum
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Hordeum spontaneum
1 articleIf you've ever watched a drought-stressed plant in your garden wilt faster than its neighbors, th...
The malt in your favorite craft beer and the barley in that hearty soup both depend on this exact...
If you've ever seen a patch of yellowing, stunted barley or wheat in a field, that's likely Barle...
The way a plant closes its leaf pores and turns stored starch into sugar during dry spells is the...
The barley in your beer or morning cereal owes some of its grain count to a hidden light-sensing ...
If you've ever grown barley or wheat and watched a storm flatten your patch right before harvest,...
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Scientists created a collection of barley plants with disabled strigolactone hormone genes and found that losing this hormone makes plants bushier but much worse at handling drought, with weaker growth, less water retention, and stress hormone overload.
The malt in your favorite craft beer and the barley in that hearty soup both depend on this exact starch-breakdown switch...
The rice on your plate and the barley in your garden beds could soon come from varieties bred faster and cheaper, since this...
If you've ever seen a patch of yellowing, stunted barley or wheat in a field, that's likely Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus at work,...
The bread wheat or cornmeal in your pantry depends on root partnerships with fungi and bacteria that are now being engineered...
The way a plant closes its leaf pores and turns stored starch into sugar during dry spells is the same survival kit your own...
The wheat, barley, and rye that end up in your bread all owe some of their root toughness to ancient viral-like DNA fragments...
The barley in your beer or morning cereal owes some of its grain count to a hidden light-sensing step happening inside the...
The corn and wheat fields you drive past could someday need far less irrigation and fertilizer, cutting runoff into local...
If you've ever grown barley or wheat and watched a storm flatten your patch right before harvest, this is the same weak point...
If a late frost hits your garden this spring, the seeds you save from tougher survivors may actually pass on real cold...
If you've ever waited a full year for a garden variety to produce enough seed to share, this shows how growers can compress...
The wheat and rice on your plate could one day resist devastating viral infections without farmers needing to spray more...
The charcoal-like filters that scrub factory fumes usually end up in landfills, but this research shows they can be rinsed...
The wheat and corn fields feeding your community rely on root hairs you'll never see, and breeding crops that grow better ones...
If you've ever watched a heat wave wilt your vegetable beds, this points to a plant-based spray, made from leaf extract and...
If you grow oats or barley in your garden or care about whole-grain nutrition, the mycorrhizal fungi you'd normally want in...
The husk on the popcorn kernels you save for next season or the sorghum in your pantry isn't just packaging, it's a physical...
If your garden soil is acidic and stunting your plants, this shows how cheap, common materials like wood ash and charcoal can...
If you garden near old industrial sites, roadways, or tannery runoff where heavy metals linger in the soil, a cheap...
The wheat, rice, and barley fields that make up most of the world's calories could become more drought-tolerant if breeders...
The tomatoes and rice on your plate could soon come from plants engineered to survive the salty, drought-prone soils that...
Cheaper, faster defect detection in grain harvests means fewer moldy or damaged kernels slipping into the food supply, which...
Barley grown under drought stress typically forces farmers to choose between yield and grain quality, but this research points...
Barley straw piled behind a farm or brewed into compost breaks down faster when its lignin is low, and this discovery hands...
Soggy weather before harvest can cause wheat grains to sprout right on the stalk, ruining entire fields before they're ever...
The wheat, corn, and rice feeding most of the world rely on invisible microbial communities in the soil to survive dry spells,...
The olive groves and wheat fields that have shaped Mediterranean landscapes for millennia are now targets for precision...
Wall barley—that scratchy grass that gets its seeds stuck in your dog's fur every summer—is quietly telling us which climates...
Every kernel of wheat, grain of rice, and ear of corn that survives a dry summer does so partly because of an invisible waxy...
If you brew beer or distill whiskey at home, the barley malt in your grain bill quietly carries compounds that can become...
Foxtail Barley's silky, fox-tail seed heads look stunning in late summer but can work their way into a dog's paws, ears, and...
Hulless barley has quietly sustained Tibetan plateau communities for millennia at altitudes where almost nothing else...
The wild grasses growing along roadsides and field edges aren't just weeds — they harbor a dynamic microbial arms race that...
Every green leaf on every plant in your garden depends on a tightly choreographed chain of molecular steps to make chlorophyll...
The bacteria clinging to barley and clover roots right now are being choreographed by the same ancient genes that let plants...
Every barley field — and every pint of beer or bowl of porridge that comes from it — depends on tiny pores called stomata...
The oats or barley you grow for breakfast feed gut bacteria that, in turn, release chemical signals telling your body to...
The wheat and barley fields that feed Australia are being squeezed by heat and drought striking at the same time, and the...
If you grow vegetables in raised beds amended with recycled materials, this research points toward a future where the waste...
Barley grown for craft brewing, heritage grain projects, or cool-climate farming could be adapted for drought tolerance or...
The bacteria clinging to the barley used in your beer, whisky, or sourdough are already shifting before fermentation even...
Rising seas and climate-driven flooding are turning farmland salty and waterlogged worldwide, and the barley in your beer or...
Faster barley research means the drought-tolerant, disease-resistant varieties destined for farmers' fields — and eventually...
Barley in your bread and beer is increasingly threatened by the spreading salinization of farmland worldwide, and this...
The wheat in your bread and the vegetables in your garden depend on precise temperature cues to know when to flower and set...
Crops most vulnerable to drought — maize and sorghum — are staple foods for millions of people, and understanding which plants...
Barley yellow dwarf virus quietly devastates wheat and oat crops across millions of acres every year, and the tiny aphids that...
Bread, rice, and corn on your plate could soon come from crops engineered to survive the hotter, drier growing seasons that...
It means that what you grew in your garden or farm field last season could be quietly sabotaging what you're trying to grow...