Have you ever wondered how beer is made and what ingredients are used in this most refreshing beverage? One key element is hops — a cone-shaped flower of the plant (Humulus lupulus) in the ...

DURING investigations on the rate of colonization of wilt-sensitive and wilt-tolerant hop varieties by mild and virulent hop isolates of Verticillium albo-atrum Reinke and Berthold, conidia were found ...

HOP breeding is complicated by the fact that the flowers of male plants are useless for breeding, so that their genotype in this respect cannot be indicated pheriotypically. Hence male parents for ...