PULLMAN, Wash. – Traditional thought holds that a disease-causing organism has to penetrate a plant to initiate resistance. Now, two Washington State University scientists have established that a ...

The 200-year-old malting barley variety 'Chevalier' was for a long time world-leading in beer brewing and is thought to have originated from a single plant. In a new study, Swedish researchers from ...

Which country is the largest producer of barley in the world? Discover the top barley-producing countries, the largest barley ...

A recent federal report describing the effects of climate change on the United States shows agriculture is particularly vulnerable. The fifth National Climate Assessment cites how increasing ...

Biological functions, resource availability, and evolutionary processes often play a key role in determining the expression of genetic traits and their correlations. In fact, several plant traits are ...