“…Other than malting and brewing industries, the importance, effects, and advantages of β-glucan in food processing industries have been investigated and documented in several studies. [45][46][47][48] These results confirmed the findings of earlier studies of β-glucan; barleys with low β-glucan content are used in the malting and brewing industries, whereas, barleys with high levels of β-glucan content are used in applications for human health and nutrition. [13] It was suggested that wild barley accessions with high β-glucan content (AFG_IG38660, TJK_IG131790, TUR_IG116112, TUR_IG39839, JOR_ISH_2, PSE_IG39630, and ISR_MHL_2) can be used for breeding and genetic improvements programs, as donors of health beneficial high β-glucan content genes to improve barley varieties particularly in human food industry, as well as potential raw material for preparation of functional foods, while wild barley accessions with low β-glucan content (JOR_KFH_2, JOR_KMH_2, ISR_TBS_1, ISR_TBS_2, and JOR_KFH_1) can be used for breeding and genetic improvement programs of low β-glucan content varieties used in livestock feed, malting, and brewing industries.…”