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Beef production is very important for Scotland's economy (economic output of £851 million in 2017) and for providing the high quality and iconic, ‘Scotch Beef’ brand. Feed for livestock represents 70-80% of the variable costs of beef production and an improvement of feed conversion efficiency is needed to keep the beef industry economically viable. Furthermore, a reduction in carbon footprint has to be achieved in order to minimize environmental impact. This prize-winning research showed that both improvement in feed conversion efficiency and mitigation of methane emissions is achievable
"We believe our new genotyping array will underpin global barley breeding for several years to come" On Burns Night, let’s raise a dram to better barley: scientists based at the International Barley Hub in Dundee have developed a genotyping array that allows the detailed genetic characterisation of any individual barley variety. The array reveals diagnostic variation at almost 50,000 unique positions across the barley genome in a single test, almost ten times more than current technology. Related content International Barley Hub Robbie Waugh More information from: Bernardo Rodriguez-Salcedo