Browsing Journal of Postgraduate Research by Subject "Barley"

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  • A fitful fungus from a hot, arid climate increases grain yield in cool-cultivated barley 

    Murphy, Brian R.; Doohan, Fiona M.; Hodkinson, Trevor R (Graduate Students’ Union of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2014)
    Purpose The fungus Piriformospora indica was first isolated from plants growing in arid, hot desert conditions and has been shown to have significant potential as a biocontrol and biofertilising organism in barley under ...

  • Native fungal microorganisms enhance important agronomic traits in barley by 

    Hodkinson, Trevor R.; Murphy, Brian R. (Graduate Students’ Union of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2015)
    Successfully addressing the challenge of providing future food security will require both improvements in crop yield as well as the cultivation of additional farmland. This may result in the steady increase of farming ...