1998 Barley Newsletter
Table of Contents

1. Information about the Barley Newsletter
2. Announcements
   8^th IBGS, Adelaide, Australia, 2000
3. Retirements
   • R.S. Bhatty
   • K.G. Briggs
   • L. Duczek
   • D. Harder
   • K. Kasha
4. Necrology
   • K.C. Duecker
   • G.A. Lacey
5. Minutes:
   • National Barley Improvement Committee Meeting, Arlington, Virginia and Washington, D.C., 8-11 March 1998.
6. Reports from Individual Contributors

   NORTH AMERICA

   UNITED STATES

   California

   California Report
   L.F. Jackson and L.W. Gallagher
   Department of Agronomy and Range Science
   University of California, Davis

   Idaho

   National Small Grains Collection Activities
   H.E. Bockelman
   USDA-ARS, Aberdeen, Idaho
   

   National Small Grains Collection Barley Germplasm Evalutions
   D.M. Wesenberg and H.E. Bockelman*
   Agricultural Research Service - USDA
   National Small Grains Germplasm Research Facility, Aberdeen, Idaho
   Cooperation University of Idaho

   Minnesota

   Barley Rusts in the United States in 1998
   D.L. Long¹, B.J. Steffenson², T.G. Fetch, Jr. ², K.J. Leonard¹, M.E. Hughes¹ and D.H. Casper^{1
   1}Cereal Disease Laboratory, USDA-ARS and ²Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University

   North Dakota

   North Dakota Report
   R.D. Horsley and J.D. Franckowiak
   Department of Plant Sciences
   North Dakota State University Oklahoma

   Germplasm Enhancement for RWA Resistance
   D.W. Mornhinweg, D.R. Porter, J.A. Webster
   USDA-ARS Plant Science and Water Conservation Research Laboratory, Stillwater, Oklahoma

   Utah

   Utah Report
   R.S. Albrechtsen
   Department of Plants, Soils, and Biometeorology
   Utah State University

   Virginia

   Winter Barley Production and Research in 1998
   W.L. Rohrer, T.H. Pridgen, C.A. Griffey, and D.E. Brann
   Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

   Genetic Characterization of New Sources of Resistance to Barley Leaf Rust
   W.S. Brooks and C.A. Griffey
   Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

   Development of Hulless Barley Varieties as an Improved Feed Crop
   R.L. Paris, M.E. Vaughn, and C.A. Griffey
   Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
   J.M. Harter-Dennis
   University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

   Washington

   Barley Production and Improvement in Washington State
   S. E. Ullrich
   Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
   Washington State University
   Pullman, WA 99164-6420

   CANADA

   Alberta
   1998 Report of the Barley Development Group, Lacombe
   Manuel J. Cortez, James H. Helm, R. I. Wolfe, Patricia E. Juskiw, Don Salmon, George Clayton, Kequan Xi, Kelly Turkington, and William M. Stewart
   Alberta /Canada Barley Development Group. Lacombe, Alberta, Canada

   Saskatchewan
   CDC Bold 2-row Hulled Semi-dwarf Feed Barley
   B.G. Rossnagel and B.L. Harvey
   Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan

   CDC McGwire 2-row Hulless Barley
   B.G. Rossnagel, R.S. Bhatty and B.L. Harvey
   Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan

   EUROPE AND ASIA

   Czech Republic - United States

   Powdery mildew resistance in the second part of the USDA wild barley collection
   A. Dreiseitl and Harold E. Bockelman
   Agricultural Research Institute, Kromeriz, Czech Republic and USDA-ARS, National Small Grains Collection, Aberdeen, Idaho, USA

   Lebanon

   Vernalization Requirement of Lebanese Barley Landraces
   S.K. Yau
   Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
   American University of Beirut, Beirut

   Syria

   Cold tolerant hulless winter barleys
   V. Shevtsov, S. Ceccarelli and M. Tahir
   ICARDA, Germplasm Program

   New sources of cold tolerance in barley
   Shevtsov V., S. Ceccarelli S., S. Grando, M. Tahir, H. Tosun, R. Premacumar*

   United Kingdom

   Is Resistance to Barley Yellow Dwarf Virsus in Spring Barley Related to Aphid Feeding Behaviour?
   O.O. Banwo* and R. Harrington
   Affiliated Institute of Arable Crops Research, Rothamsted, Harpenden, Herts, AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom

7. 16^th American Barley Researchers Workshop
   Oral Presentation Abstracts
8. 16^th American Barley Researchers Workshop
   Poster Abstracts
9. American Barley Researchers Guidelines for Germplasm Exchange - January 1981
10. Barley Worker's Address List