R. P. Ellis

TL;DR: The current understanding of physiological and biochemical mechanisms influencing starch formation in higher plants is described and the need to know the physical/chemical specification for each individual starch is understood to understand the genetic control of these characteristics in order to identify target genes for manipulation.

TL;DR: The results of a range of assays designed to explore abiotic stress tolerance in barley are reported, which include sodium chloride uptake in wild barley and a mapping population, effects for delta 13C and plant dry weight in wheat aneuploids and measurements of root length given drought and nitrogen starvation treatments in hydroponic culture.

TL;DR: Among the potentially most productive genotypes, the most stress-tolerant had the most negative whole-plant δ 15 N, whether the stress was drought or N-starvation, which may reflect the extent to which N can be retained within plants when stressed.

TL;DR: Quantitative trait loci (QTLs) have been revealed for characters in a segregating population from a spring barley cross between genotypes adapted to North-West Europe, revealing the diversity between the two gene pools.

TL;DR: This article represents some current thinking and objectives in the use of molecular markers to abiotic stress tolerance of barley as an important crop species, as well as a model for genetic and physiological studies.