Barley - Wikipedia
WEBBarley has been grown in the Korean Peninsula since the Early Mumun Pottery Period (circa 1500–850 BC). Barley (Yava in Sanskrit) is mentioned many times in the Rigveda and other Indian scriptures as a principal grain in ancient India.
On the Origin and Domestication History of Barley
WEBApr 1, 2000 · Figure 4A closes the long-lasting debate on the origin of barley: landraces from Ethiopia, Mediterranean regions, and the Himalayas form a single taxonomic entity with other cultivated lines. This entity branches off at a precise and unique point from a phylogenetic tree of 317 wild lines.
Barley | Description, Nutrition, Uses, & Facts | Britannica
WEBMar 31, 2024 · One of the first cultivated grains of the Fertile Crescent, barley was domesticated about 8000 bce from its wild progenitor Hordeum spontaneum. Archaeological evidence dates barley cultivation to 5000 bce in Egypt, 2350 bce in Mesopotamia, 3000 bce in northwestern Europe, and 1500 bce in China.
Barley (Hordeum vulgare) - The History of Domestication
WEBSep 15, 2019 · Currently, archaeological and genetic evidence indicates barley is a mosaic crop, developed from several populations in at least five regions: Mesopotamia, the northern and southern Levant, the Syrian desert and, 900–1,800 miles (1,500–3,000 kilometers) to the east, in the vast Tibetan Plateau.
Barley: Origins and Development | SpringerLink
WEBOct 26, 2020 · Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Poaceae derives from the Old English baere related in origin to the Latin farina or flour (Ayto 1990) and is known variously as da mai (China), orge (French), gerste (German), orzo (Italian), and cebada (Spanish) (van Wyk 2005). Barley is a major crop in global agriculture.
Origin of worldwide cultivated barley revealed by
WEBSep 30, 2015 · Our results showed Tibetan wild barley distinctly diverged from Near Eastern barley, and confirmed that Tibet is one of the origin and domestication centers for cultivated barley, and in turn supported a polyphyletic origin of domesticated barley.
Evolution of Crop Farming III: Barley – EcoFoodDev | Emma J …
WEBApr 4, 2021 · Barley cultivation has been detected in the Nile River Valley of Egypt from at least 17,000 years ago. The emergence of naked barley (a post-domestication mutation) is thought to have occurred ~8000 years ago in the Middle East, subsequently spreading.
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WEBSep 29, 2015 · Origin of worldwide cultivated barley revealed by NAM-1 gene and grain protein content. The origin, evolution, and distribution of cultivated barley provides powerful insights into the historic origin and early spread of agrarian culture.
WEBRemains of barley (Hordeum vulgare) grains found at archaeological sites in the Fertile Crescent indicate that about 10,000 years ago the crop was domesticated there from its wild relative Hordeum spontaneum. The domestication history of barley is revisited based on the assumptions that DNA markers effectively measure genetic distances and
Genetic evidence for a second domestication of barley - PNAS
WEBFeb 27, 2007 · Barley has been continuously cultivated for >8,000 years in southern Central Asia, east of the Fertile Crescent, but it has never been clear whether barley was domesticated locally or imported along with other founder …
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