An improved high-quality genome assembly and annotation of Tibetan hulless barley

Hulless barley ( Hordeum vulgare L. var. nudum ) is a barley variety that has loose husk cover of the caryopses. Because of the ease in processing and edibility, hulless barley has been locally cultivated and used as human food. For example, in Tibetan Plateau, hulless barley is the staple food for human and essential livestock feed. Although the draft genome of hulless barley has been sequenced, the assembly remains fragmented. Here, we...