Publication on the genetic control of barley architecture
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The researchers, including CEPLAS members Maria von Korff Schmising, Götz Hensel and Edgar Demesa-Arevalo (all HHU),have identified a specific peptide and its receptor that regulate the growth of flower spikes in two axes, affecting the number of barley grains produced. This work provides the basis for new, targeted breeding approaches and was published in Nature Communications.