Utilization of Genetic Resources Through Molecular and Genomic Approaches for Forage Barley Improvement
摘要
A large number of genetic and genomic resources have been generated in several crop plants, which lead toward the genetic enhancement of plants for the betterment of mankind. Barley is a hardy crop that can withstand against climatic extremities. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology is very much useful in generated huge amount of genomic, transcriptomics, metabolomics, and proteomics data. The integration of omics-based techniques with the available genetic resources is the basis of genomics-assisted breeding (GAB) technique. The application of GAB-based approaches will be very much useful in genetic enhancement of barley for the development of high-yielding varieties that have forage quality for feeding ruminant animals. This present chapter provides comprehensive information regarding barley improvement using both genetic and genomic resources.