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Western Crop Genetics Alliance: raise a glass to improved barley breeding breakthrough

New high performance barley varieties are on the horizon.

Staff Writer
Western Crop Genetics Alliance director, Professor Chengdao Li and DPIRD research scientist Sharon Westcott contributed to an international consortium that recently updated the barley pan genome to help breed new high performance varieties.

Western Crop Genetics Alliance director, Professor Chengdao Li and DPIRD research scientist Sharon Westcott contributed to an international consortium that recently updated the barley pan genome to help breed new high performance varieties. | Credits: DPIRD.

NEW high performance, robust barley varieties are on the horizon as a result of another leap in genetic research by an international consortium that includes Australian scientists. The Western Crop...

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A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the farming sector, brought to you by the Kondinin team.

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the farming sector, brought to you by the Kondinin team.

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