Location: Cereal Crops Research
2023 Annual Report
Accomplishments
1. Novel method for identifying barley lines resistant to pre-harvest sprouting. ARS researchers in Madison, Wisconson, identified a specific combination of genes by DNA sequencing allowing for identification of barley lines resistant to Pre-Harvest Sprouting. Production of high-quality malt targeted to the craft malting/beer industry from barley that germinates well as well as being resistant to PHS is now possible using these markers.
Review Publications
Abendroth, J.A., Sallam, A.H., Steffenson, B.J., Vinje, M.A., Mahalingam, R., Walling, J.G. 2022. Identification of genomic loci controlling grain macro and micronutrients variation in a Wild Barley (H. vulgare spp spontaneum) Diversity Panel. Agronomy Journal. 12(11). Article 2839. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12112839.
Rooney, T.E., Sweeney, D.W., Kunze, K.H., Sorrells, M.E., Walling, J.G. 2023. Malting quality and preharvest sprouting traits are genetically correlated in spring malting barley. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 136. Article 59. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-023-04257-6.
