I.  Information about the Barley Newsletter

II.  Reports from Individual Contributors

1. NORTH AMERICA

            UNITED STATES

            Oklahoma (OKBNL49)

            Enhancement for RWA Resistance

            D.W. Mornhinweg and D.R. Porter

            USDA-ARS Wheat, Peanut and Other Field Crops Research Unit,

            Stillwater, Oklahoma

            Virginia (VABNL49 )

            Winter Barley Production and Research in 2005

            J.J. Paling, W.S. Brooks, M.E. Vaughn,C.A. Griffey,W.E. Thomason, T.H. Pridgen, and E.G. Rucker

            Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

            CANADA

            Alberta (AlbertaBNL49 )

            2005 Synopsis of Alberta Barley Production, Research and Development 

            J.M.Nyachiro¹, K. Turkington², K. Xi¹, J. H. Helm¹, P. E. Juskiw¹, D.F. Salmon¹, J.L. Zantinge¹, M. Oro¹  

            ¹ Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Field, Crop Development Centre, Lacombe, Alberta

            ²Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lacombe Research Centre, Lamombe, Alberta

            Manitoba (ManitobaBNL49)

            Barley Production and Development in Manitoba. 

            Mario C. Therrien

            Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Brandon Research Centre, Brandon, Manitoba

2. EUROPE AND ASIA

          Spain (SpainBNL49 )

          Search for Resistance Against Blumeria graminis f.sp. hordei in Barley Landraces from Fertile Crescent.

          M.J.Y. Shtaya¹,  J.C. Sillero², and D. Rubiales¹

          ¹ Institute of Sustainable Agriculture, CSIC, Cordoba, Spain

          ² CIFA, Alameda del Obispo, IFAPA, Cordoba, Spain

          Russia (RussiaBNL49 )

          Intravarietal Polymorphisms of Barley Varieties on Resistance Against Edaphic Stresses.

          E. Lisitsyn, , L. Tiunova, and I. Lisitsyna

          North-East Agricultural Research Institute, Kirov, Russia

          Influence of Intravarietal Selection on Drought Resistance on Photosynthetic Activity of Barley. (Russia2BNL49 )

          L. Tiunova, , E. Lisitsyn, and I. Lisitsyna

          North-East Agricultural Research Institute, Kirov, Russia

III American Barley Researchers Guidelines for Germplasm Exchange- January 1981