On the cover: To achieve malt grade and receive full price, barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) crops must meet standards for certain quality traits including percent plump and protein. Terminal drought stress reduces quality and is projected to worsen in barley cultivation areas, underscoring the need for varieties that maintain good malt production with unreliable precipitation. Jessica Williams and coauthors performed correlation and quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis on grain fill duration, grain quality, and seminal root traits using a recombinant inbred line (RIL) population and found QTLs that lay the groundwork for further investigation into root phenotypes associated with stay-green and deployment of these traits in breeding for drought adaptation. See Williams et al. (https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.21253). Photo credit: Emma Van Sant on Unsplash.

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封面：为了达到麦芽等级并获得全价，大麦 (Hordeum vulgare L.) 作物必须满足某些质量性状的标准，包括丰满度和蛋白质。终末干旱胁迫会降低大麦种植区的质量，并且预计情况会恶化，这凸显了对在降雨不稳定的情况下保持良好麦芽产量的品种的需求。 Jessica Williams 和合著者使用重组自交系 (RIL) 群体对籽粒灌浆持续时间、籽粒质量和种子根性状进行了相关性和数量性状位点 (QTL) 分析，并发现了 QTL，为进一步研究与籽粒相关的根表型奠定了基础。保持绿色并在适应干旱的育种中利用这些性状。参见威廉姆斯等人。 （https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.21253）。照片来源：Unsplash 上的艾玛·范·桑特 (Emma Van Sant)。