A better barley genome for beer and whiskey lovers

[siff]

https://www.wired.com/2017/04/want-better-beer-good-heres-better-barley-genome/

 

[Pete Sampras]

Chances that it will one day give you cancer? 100%

 

[Shooshmoo]

https://www.wired.com/2017/04/want-better-beer-good-heres-better-barley-genome/

International Barley Genome Sequencing Consortium is an excellent band name.



It is a terrible band name, but better than Car Set Headrest.

 

[Louis Gossett Jr]

Editing plant genomes is super easy, if you are worried about GMOs you should be happy it's not much much worse.

 

[WakeandBake]

International Barley Genome Sequencing Consortium is an excellent band name.



It is a terrible band name, but better than Car Set Headrest.

Lol

 

[EatLeadCommie]

In 2012, when that initial barley genome paper came out, three-quarters of the worldwide barley crop went to animal feed. Today, 65 percent of the US barley crop is for malting—for eventual purchase by brewers.

That's an extraordinary statistic.