“…the wild progenitor of cultivated barley is found in large populations in the wild (Figure a). Traits that have been identified in or sourced from wild barley ( H. spontaneum ) include Fusarium (crown rot) resistance (Chen et al ., ), selenium concentration (Jun et al ., ), grain hardness (Li et al ., ), sodium accumulation (Shavrukov et al ., ), leaf stripe resistance gene (Biselli et al ., ), stress environments (Ceccarelli, ; Lakew et al ., , ), resistance to powdery mildew and leaf rust (Schmalenbach et al ., ), agronomic traits under postanthesis drought (Kalladan et al ., ), resistance to leaf scald (Friedt et al ., ), salt tolerance (Pakniyat and Namayandeh, ), accumulation of hordatines (Batchu et al ., ) andexotic QTL alleles (Korff et al ., ). Another wild barley species ( Hordeum bulbosum ) has also been used for leaf rust and powdery mildew resistance (Pickering et al ., ), resistance to scald (Pickering et al ., ) and abiotic stress tolerances (Morrell and Clegg, ).…”