Uncovering the genetic mechanism that causes barley crops to sprout early

Every year, billions of dollars' worth of crops worldwide perish due to pre-harvest sprouting (PHS), a phenomenon in which ...

Foxtail barley can serve as a host for fungal pathogens attacking barley

Barley is a widely grown cereal crop that is used chiefly for livestock feed, food, and malting to produce alcoholic ...

Bruichladdich Just Made the First-Ever Islay Rye Whisky

For hundreds of years, Scotch whisky has been made almost entirely from malted barley. But Bruichladdich, one of Islay’s most boundary-pushing distilleries, is trying something new with rye grown ...
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Surprise Enhertu rejection follows NICE process change

NICE has rejected the use of AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s Enhertu as an NHS treatment for advanced HER2-low breast cancer, a decision that the companies have described as “devastating”. The ...