Hordeum vulgare L. (barley) is an important cereal crop and is also an excellent model organism for biochemists, physiologists, geneticists and molecular biologists. H. vulgare cvs. have been used as a model system for almost 30 years at the Biology Department of Istanbul University, Istanbul-Turkey. | Pioneering biotechnological works on Hordeum vulgare L. cvs performed in collaboration with the ‹stanbul university biology department and the Tübitak research institute for genetic engineering and biotechnology
