Contributors. Preface. I. Introduction. 1. Barley diver sity - an introduction (R. von Bothmer, K. Sato et al.). II. Origin of Barley Diversity. 2. The domestication of culti vated barley (R. von Bothmer, K. Sato et al.). 3. Diversificati on through breeding (G. Fischbeck). III. Current Barley Diversit y. 4. Ecogeographical diversity a Vavilovian approach (H. Kn& uuml;pffer, I. Terentyeva et al.). 5. Diversity of barley mutan ts (U. Lundqvist, J.D. Franckowiak). 6. Cytogenetic diversity (S. Taketa , I. Linde-Laursen, G. Kunzel). 7. Molecular diversity of the barle y genome (A. Graner, A. Bjornstad et al.). 8. Dive rsity in resistance to biotic stresses (J. Weibull, U. Walther et al .). 9. Diversity in abiotic stress tolerances (A.M. Stanca, I. Roma gosa et al.). 10. Genetic diversity for quantitatively inherite d agronomic and malting
quality traits (P. Hayes, A. Castro < EM>et al.). IV. Conservation and Future Utilization of Barl ey. 11. Detecting diversity - a new holistic, exploratory appro