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Cultivar Stories Landraces & Heirloom Cultivars Plant BreedingMay 23, 2024May 23, 2024

Barley ‘Mesa’ – Russian Wheat Aphid Resistance

Barley ‘Mesa’ – Russian Wheat Aphid Resistance

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Patrick Byrne, Dolores Mornhinweg This success story describes how a barley landrace with resistance to the devastating Russian wheat aphid was used to develop a RWA resistant, commercially viable cultivar of winter barley called ‘Mesa’.

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