This collection reviews advances in research on improving barley cultivation across the value chain. Part 1 reviews advances in understanding barley physiology in such areas as plant growth, grain development and plant response to abiotic stress.

Chapters also review current developments in exploiting genetic diversity and mapping the barley genome. Building on this foundation, the second part of the book summarises advances in breeding with chapters on breeding trial design as well as advances in molecular breeding techniques such as genome wide association studies (GWAS) and targeted induced lesions in genomes (TILLING). Part 3 looks further along the value chain at ways of optimising cultivation practices. There are chapters on post-harvest storage as well as fungal diseases, weeds and integrated methods for their management. The final part of the book assesses current developments in optimising barley for particular end uses such as malting, brewing and animal feed as well as current research on the nutraceutical properties of barley.

Contributions by: Andrea Visioni, Alessandro Tondelli, Cristina Crosatti, Stefano Delbono, Luigi Cattivelli, Ljudmilla Borisjuk, Hardy Rolletschek, Volodymyr Radchuk, Tefera Tolera Angessa, Kefei Chen, David Farleigh, Jenifer Bussanich, Lee-Anne McFawn, Kevin Whitfield, Brendon Weir, Steve Cosh, Achalu Chimdi, Gudeta Nepir Gurmu, Tadesse Kenea Amentae, Hélène Pidon, Nils Stein, Alison Kelly, Clayton Forknall, W. T. B. Thomas, Serena Rosignoli, Silvio Salvi, Zhao Jin, Paul Schwarz, Robert Brueggeman, Shyam Solanki, Gazala Ameen, Karl Effertz, Roshan Sharma Poudel, Aziz Karakaya, Adrian C. Newton, Henry E. Creissen, Neil D. Havis, Fiona J. Burnett, Michael Widderick, Reg Lance, Søren Knudsen, Finn Lok, Ilka Braumann, David M. E. Poulsen, Nancy Ames, Joanne Storsley, Lovemore Malunga, Sijo Joseph Thandapilly