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We're thrilled to announce our new PhD position in the AGILE Doctoral Network on nuclear lamina's role in the maintenance of Rabl configuration in barley!🔬🌾🧬 #PhD More info on the position : olomouc.ueb.cas.cz/en/lamina-in-r…

Targeted expansion of a barley genebank core collection facilitates the discovery of disease resistance loci link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Exploring standing genetic variation for barley leaf rust resistance in Australian breeding panel link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Biodegradable composite films of barley fibers for food packaging applications: A review sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Imputation integrates single-cell and spatial gene expression data to resolve transcriptional networks in barley shoot meristem development nature.com/articles/s4147… ♻️

In domesticated barley, grains with low levels of dormancy can sprout before harvest in the field after exposure to dew, mist, or rain. Preharvest sprouting in barley and other cereals reduces the quality of mature grain and jeopardizes its end-use value. Learn more in our first issue of 2026: scim.ag/49dkjCR

BarbNet: A new deep learning tool for automated detection of awn barbs in crops. It achieves 90% accuracy in detecting barbs and >85% in categorizing 4 awn phenotypes. A game-changer for barley awn sorting and plant analysis! #DeepLearning Details: doi.org/10.34133/plant…

♻️Marker-trait association analysis for root and shoot traits at the seedling stage of wild barley (Hordeum vulgare subsp. spontaneum) under water stress and normal conditions by Hooman Shirvani and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobpla… #PlantScience

Just a reminder that the closing date for applying for the Non-Executive Director (Agriculture) is noon on the 13th January 2026. For more details on the role, please visit the job page hutton.ac.uk/non-executive-… #job #opportunity

MicroRNA164d suppresses the HvNAC92-HvHKT1;5 module to enhance salinity tolerance in barley pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Novel resistance loci against Pyrenophora teres f. teres map to chromosomes 3H and 6H of barley link.springer.com/article/10.100…

A pendant awn phenotype linked to the EMBRYONIC FLOWER 1 LIKE (EMF1L) gene in barley link.springer.com/article/10.100…

A new GrainGenes article is published. Please don't forget to cite us in your work: Yao et al., Genetics, 2025  doi.org/10.1093/geneti… @WheatInitiative @AMBA_Barley @OatNewsletter @IntBarleyHub

✨ 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐏 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦! ✨ Thank you for being part of our journey throughout 2025, supporting our work toward more #sustainable and #innovative agri-food systems.🌱 Wishing you a peaceful end of the year and a successful, sustainable 2026! 🥂

We've had a great year here at the Hutton, filled with inspiring projects and amazing science. 🔬 To celebrate it all, we've put together a video highlighting some of this incredible work. 🤩 Here's to another successful year in 2026! 🎉 ▶️youtu.be/fL5nouPNpH4?si…

Tim was elected President of EPSO (European Plant Science Organisation). Join us to help the plant science voice be heard in Europe. 🌾🌿 epsoweb.org @EPSOEurope @JamesHuttonInst @IntBarleyHub

Open positions: Technician and Postdoc positions at the USDA Malt Quality Lab in Madison, WI graingenes.org/GG3/content/te… @AMBA_Barley @IntBarleyHub

Winter barley and winter wheat plots looking well @JamesHuttonInst Balruddery farm.

Leaf variegation in a barley EMS mutant is controlled by two epistatic mutations biorxiv.org/content/10.648… #biorxiv_plants