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Genetical analysis of a barley mutant with reduced height and increased diastatic power

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

R. P. Ellis
Affiliation:
Scottish Crop Research Institute, Mylnefleld, Dundee, Angus, DD2 5DA
W. Powell
Affiliation:
Scottish Crop Research Institute, Mylnefleld, Dundee, Angus, DD2 5DA
J. S. Swanston
Affiliation:
Scottish Crop Research Institute, Mylnefleld, Dundee, Angus, DD2 5DA
C. E. Thomas
Affiliation:
Scottish Crop Research Institute, Mylnefleld, Dundee, Angus, DD2 5DA

Extract

The United Kingdom produces enough barley grain to meet its needs for animal feed and brewing. The Scottish grain whisky trade, however, imports large quantities of high-diastase barley from Canada (Hayter & Allison, 1975). The breeding of highdiastase cultivars which could be grown in Scotland and so replace these imports has been pursued at the Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI).

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Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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