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+#Plant material and growth conditions
+
+##plant material:
+species: Hordeum vulgare
+
+genotypes: 
+| genotype name | description | reference |
+| BW | Bowman | spring cultivar | |
+| BW(Ppd-H1) | Ppd-H1 introgression line BW281 in BW background | Druka et al. (2011) |
+| BW(eam7) | eam7 introgression line BW281 in BW background | Druka et al. (2011) |
+| BW(Ppd-H1, eam7) | cross of the two introgression lines | |
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