Somatic Embryogenesis in Barley Suspension Cultures.

Barley is an important crop both for brewing and for animal feed. In addition to conventional breeding, in vitro culture is a useful technology for the improvement of barley quality. For example, a number of methods for barley anther and microspore culture have been published for the production of doubled haploid lines for use in plant breeding and in genetic analysis (1). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]