Six-rowed barley originated from a mutation in a homeodomain-leucine zipper I-class homeobox gene

Increased seed production has been a common goal during the domestication of cereal crops, and early cultivators of barley ( Hordeum vulgare ssp. vulgare ) selected a phenotype with a six-rowed spike that stably produced three times the usual grain number. This improved yield established barley as a... View More