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Altering root system architecture in barley without impacting above-ground traits

Roots are important for acquiring water and nutrients from the soil; however root system architecture is poorly understood in cereal crops. Here Aldiss et al. used CRISPR/Cas9 to generate barley mutants in the auxin transporter PIN-FORMED2 (PIN2). Seedlings were grown in chambers and after four days…

SWEET11b transports sugar and cytokinins in barley grains

Radchuk et al. explore the physiological role of SWEETs in barley grain development. By Volodymyr Radchuk and Ljudmilla Borisjuk Leibniz-Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany Background: Sugars Will Eventually be Exported Transporter (SWEET) is a large…

Faster and easier access to genetic information with long-read sequencing

Mascher et al. use long-read sequencing to explore the complex genome of barley. Plant Cell. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab077 Martin Mascher, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research Gatersleben, Germany Mona Schreiber, University of Marburg, Germany Background: The…