TABLE OF CONTENTS

Graphic version

J.L. Davidson

E. Nettevich

J. Schmidt

I. PUBLICATIONS

II. SPECIAL REPORTS

• Minutes - Wheat Crop Germplasm Committee Meeting
• Minutes - National Wheat Improvement Committee Meeting
• Members - National Wheat Improvement Committee
• Wheat Workers Code of Ethics

III. CONTRIBUTIONS

PRIVATE COMPANIES

AGRIPRO SEEDS, INC.

• Berthoud, CO, USA - R. Bruns
• Hard Winter Wheat, Berthoud, CO, USA - J. Moffatt, J. Brick, B. Fishburn
  • Hard Red Spring Wheat, Berthoud, CO, USA - J.A. Smith, S. Seifert, L. Sizemore, S. Slough
• Delta Soft Red Winter Wheat, Jonesboro, AR, USA - J.B. Fogleman Jr., M.L. Montgomery
• Northern Soft Red Winter Wheat, Lafayette, IN, USA - C.L. Beazer, C.E. Glover
• United Grain Growers, Rosebank, Manitoba, Canada - K. McCallum

GOERTZEN SEED RESEARCH

• Haven, KS; Ft. Collins, CO, USA - S. Perry, D. Shellberg

HYBRITECH, A MONSANTO COMPANY

• Soft Red Winter Hybrid Wheat Research, Lafayette, IN, USA - K.E. Miskin, K. Hallewell, J. Bobula, R. Machtmes, J. Cooley, K. Martin
• Hard Red Winter Hybrid Wheat Research, Berthoud, CO, USA - G. Cisar, R. Rich, B. Talley
• Soft White Winter Hybrid Wheat Research, Boise, ID, USA - B. Cooper, B. Moreno-Sevilla, S. Scherer
• Hard White Winter Hybrid Wheat Research, Berthoud, CO, USA - B. Johnson
• Breeding Technology Team, Wichita, KS, USA - J. Wilson, L. Simmons

MONSANTO CORPORATION

• Lafayette, IN, USA - D. Dunphy

PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.

• Windfall, IN, USA - G.C. Marshall, W.J. Laskar, K.J. Lively, R.L. Clarkson, G.P. Off
• St. Matthews, SC, USA - B.E. Edge, D.E. Moon, R.E. Williamson
• Frouville, France - G. Dorlencourt, S. Bentley, Q. Guerin, E. Guillard, G. Espinasse
• Blissworth, Northampton, UK - P. Wilson, G. Urquhart, S. Short

PROBSTDORFER SAATZUCHT GES. M.b.H.

• Probstdorfer, Austria - S. Groeger, F. Loeschenberger, H. Hetzendorfer

TRIGEN SEED SERVICES LLC

• Bloomington, MN, and Buenos Aires, Argentina - R.W. Romig, D.R. Romig, and H.E. Lerner

ARGENTINA

• Córdoba National University - R.H. Maich, Z.A. Gaido, M.E. Dubois, G.A. Manera, I. Arguello, R. Rolando, A. Ordoñez, M. Mestrallet, S. DeFilipo, D. Manero de Zumelzú, S.P. Gil, M.M. Cerana, C. Güino
• Biotechnology Institute ­ INTA, CICV, Castelar - M.M. Manifesto, A.R. Schlatter, M. Echaide, H.E. Hopp, J. Dubcovsky
• Institute of Climate and Water, INTA, CICN, Castelar - R.C. Moschini, B.A. Pérez, V. Lopéz, D.E. Barreto, M.A. Carmona, M. Ferrazini, S. Zuccotty, E. Wright
• Institute of Genetics, INTA, CICA, Castelar - A. Acevedo, E. Antonelli, M.L. Federico

AUSTRALIA

• Quality Wheat Cooperative Research Centre, North Ryde - W.G. Rathmell
• PBI Cobbitty, NSW - F. Afshari, H.S. Bariana, J. Bell, L.W. Burgess, G.N. Brown, M. Fordyce, K.S. Gosal, M. Hayden, D.R. Marshall, R.A. McIntosh, S. Meldrum, J.D. Oates, R.F. Park, P.J. Sharp, D. Singh, G.E. Standen, F.L. Stoddard, C.R. Wellings A. Zakeri, C. Zhao
• The University of Sydney, IA Watson Wheat Research Centre, Narrabri, NSW - L. O'Brien, D. Bonnett, F.W. Ellison, D.J. Mares, S.G. Moore, K. Mrva, S. Shah

BRAZIL

• Centro Nacianal de Pesquisa de Trigo, EMBRAPA, Passo Fundo - C.N.A. de Sousa, E.P. Gomes, J.C.S. Moreira, L.J.A. Del Duca, P.L. Scheeren, E.M. Guarienti, I. Sandini, C. Wobeto, F. Franco, R. Molin, S.R. Dotto

BULGARIA

• Institute for Plant Genetic Resources, Sadovo-Plovdiv - Z. Dachev, Ch. Fylipov, V.I. Vassilev, S. Stoyanova

CANADA

• Estimate of 1997 wheat production on the prairies
• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada,Winnipeg, Manitoba - J.S. Noll, J.A. Kolmer, M.I.P. Kovacs, C. Wang, B.D. Fowler, B.X. Fu, G. Dahlke, P. Chen, A. Sarkar, J. Fortin, J. Clarke, K. Preston, G. Humphreys, M.E. Ingelin, O.M. Lukow, A. Wesley, N. Ames, R.I.H. McKenzie, D. Brown, J. Suchy, T.F. Townley-Smith, C.E. Perron, S. Haber, E. Czarnecki, D. Prokopowich, S.M. Woods, R. DePauw
• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada,Crops and Livestock Research Center, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - H.G. Nass

CHINA, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF

• China Agricultural University, Beijing - Q. Sun, R. Xu, X. Chen, S. Zhang, Z. Ni, Z. Liu, J. Gao, T. Huang
• Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou - Z.J. Lin, S.H. Jie, Z.S. Lei, Q.R. Lai
• Nanjing Agricultural University - G-L. Jiang, S-R. Yu, X-Z. Wei, Y-J. Shen, Y. Xu, Z-X. Chen, S-J. Liu

CROATIA

• Bc Institute­Zagreb - S. Tomasovic, P. Javor, R. Mlinar, B. Sesar

CZECH REPUBLIC

• European Wheat Database, Prague - I. Faberova, A. Le Blanc
• Research Institute of Crop Production, Prague­Ruzyne - Z. Stehno, M. Vlasák, L.M. Manev, P. Bartós, R. Hanusová, V. Síp, M. Skorpik, P. Amler, L. Bobková, J. Chrpová

ESTONIA

• Institute of Experimental Biology, Harku - O. Priilinn, H. Peuska, T. Enno

FRANCE

• Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - INRA - G. Doussinault, D. Barloy, N. Chantret, F. Dedryver, J. Jahier, B. Rolland, M. Trottet

GERMANY

• Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben - A. Börner, C.-E. Specht, K. Hammer, T. Bardoux, M. Grau

GUATEMALA

• Instituto de Ciencia y Technología Agrícolas - ICTA - F. Aldana, V. Azanon, L. Molina, E. Ramire, J. de Leon, J. Poroj, C. Poroj, F. Herrera

HUNGARY

• Department of Wheat Breeding, Agricultural Research Institute, Martonvásár - Z. Bedö, L. Szunics, L. Láng, Lu. Szunics, O. Veisz, I. Karsai, Gy. Vida, P. Szücs
• Department of Genetics, Agricultural Research Institute, Martonvásár - J. Sutka, G. Galiba, M. Molnár-Láng, G. Kocsy, B. Köszegi, G. Linc, A. Vágújfalvi
• Department of Physiology, Agricultural Research Institute, Martonvásár - E. Páldi, T. Janda, G. Szalai
• Department of Plant Cell Biology, Agricultural Research Institute, Martonvásár - B. Barnabás, E. Paldi, G. Kovács, T. Janda, I. Takács, G. Szalai, Z. Pónya, I. Tímár, G.I. Paluska, M. Vértényi, P. Finy
• Cereal Research Institute, Szeged - J. Matuz, Z. Kertész, L. Bóna, B. Beke, J. Pauk, M. Csosz, L. Cseuz, A. Mesterházy, I. Petroczy, L. Purnhauser, Cs. Kertész, M. Papp, T. Bartok, J. Falusi

INDIA

• Indian Agriculture Research Institute, New Delhi - R.N. Sawhney
• Marathwada Agricultural University, Parbhani - S.T. Shirale, K.A. Nayeem, A.B. Jani, N.S. Reddy, A.R. Tat, H.H. Bhadarge, S. Muzaffar
• Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana - S.S. Bains, H.S. Dhaliwal, Sukhchain, H. Singh

ITALY

• Experimental Institute for Cereal Research, Rome - N.E. Ponga, V. Vallega, J.M. Clarke, A. Niglio, A. Gallelli, L. Gazza, A.M. Monari, M. DeVincenzi, M. Pasquini, F. Casulli, L. Sereni, F. Casini, P. Cacciatori
• Institute of Phytopathology, Bologna - C. Rubies-Autonell, V. Vallega, M. Turina, C. Ratti, S. Contoli, L. Concari

JAPAN

• Gifu University - N. Watanabe

MEXICO

• CIMMYT - J. Dubin, R.L. Villareal, O. Bañuelos, A. Miranda, A. Mujeeb-Kazi, S. Rajaram, J. Borja, M. Mergoum, R. Delgado, G. Fuentes-Davila, L.I. Gilchrist,V. Rosas, S. Cano, A. Cortés, M.D.H.M. William, M. Inagaki, M. Van-Ginkel, R. Trethowan

NEPAL

• Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Bhairahawa - M.R. Bhatta, D.R. Pokharel, A. Mudwari, B.R. Thapa

ROMANIA

• Research Institute for Cereals and Industrial Crops, Fundulea - N.N. Sãulescu, G. Ittu, M. Ittu, P. Mustãtea

RUSSIA

• Agricultural Research Institute for South-East Regions, Saratov - N.S. Vassiltchouk, A.Yu. Kozlova, S.V. Tuchin, V.V. Kireeva, Yu.V. Italianskaya, N.V. Anikeeva, M.L. Vedeneeva, T.I. Djatchouk, S.W. Stoljarova, N.N. Nosova, O.N. Nosova, N.F. Safronova, O.V. Tkachenko, Yu.V. Lobachev, A.I. Pryanishnikov, E.N. Maslovskaya, L.N. Romanova, T.W. Kulagina
• Agricultural Research Institute for South-East Regions, Laboratory of Genetics and Cytology, Saratov - V.A. Krupnov, V.B. Lebedev, Yu.E. Sibikeeva, D.A. Yusupov, L.M. Kudimova, S.N. Sibikeev, S.A. Voronina, A.I. Pryanishnikov, V.A. Elesin, A.E. Druzhin, O.V. Zubkova
• Agricultural Research Institute for South-East Regions, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Saratov - L.O. Mozayskaya, O.A. Yevdokimova, K.N. Sher, V.A. Kumakov, A.I. Pozdeev, A.P. Igoshin, N.A. Zakcharchenko
• Prymorskey University of Agriculture, Khabarovsk - I. Shindin
• The Russian People's Friendship University, Moscow - A.K. Federov
• Russian Academy of Agricultural Science, Tver - S.P. Martynov, T.V. Dobrotvorskaya
• Saratov Vavilov State Agricultural Academy - Yu.V. Lobachev, A.I. Zavarzin, E.A. Vertikova, R.G. Sayfullin, Yu.V. Titova, O.A. Zheludkova
• N.I. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Moscow - V.A. Pukhalskiy, E.N. Bilinskaya

SOUTH AFRICA

• Small Grain Institute, Bethlehem - H.A. van Niekerk, N. Edwards, M. Brunkhorst, U. Bornman, D. Exley, O. Müller, M. Ncala, R. Pretorius, F.P. Koekemoer, A.D. Barnard, T.G. Paxton, M.S.S. Jordaan, R. Brits, F.J. Groenewald, E.Vermeulen, H. Botha, F.P. Koekemoer, L. van Rooyen, H. Nel, K.B. Majola, M.L.T. Moloi, M.M. Radebe, N.E.M. Mtjale, C.N. Matla, M.M. Mofokeng, M.L. Dhlamini, H. Smit, B.D. van Niekerk, W.H.P. Boshoff, S.O. Meintjes, V.L. Tolmay, G.P. Prinsloo, J.H. Hatting, R. Marè, J. Purchase, A. Barnard, W. Kilian, T. Steyn, W. Otto, K. van Zyl, J. Visser, L. Visser, V. Wessels, W. Du Toit, J. Tolmay, L. Serage, J.P.C. Tomay, K.S. Serage, T. Steyn
• University of the Orange Free State, Bloemfontein - F.J. Kloppers, W.H.P. Boshoff, B.D. van Niekerk, J-M Lottering, C. Troskie, A-M Botha, Z.A. Pretorius, C.M. Bender
• University of Stellenbosch - G.F. Marais, R. Prins, F.L. Middleton, H.S. Roux, A.S. Marais, D. Liebenberg

SPAIN

• University of Lleida and Institute for Food and Agricultural Research and Technology - J. Lloveras, A. López-Querol, J.A. Martín-Sánchez, A. Michelena, C. Royo, J. Zarco, A. Abad, E. Triboi
• Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, University of Lleida, and Institute for Food and Agricultural Research and Technology - A. Delibes, I. López-Braña, D. Romero, M.F. Andres, J.A. Martín-Sánchez, E. Sin, C. Martínez, A. Michelena
• Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Junta de Extremadura, University of Lleida, and Institute for Food and Agricultural Research and Technology - A. Delibes, I. López-Braña, J.A. Martín-Sánchez, E. Sin, C. Martínez, A. Michelena, J. del Moral, A. Mejías

SYRIA

• International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDA, Aleppo - H. Ketata, H. Braun, A. Morgounov, O. Mamluk, S.K. Yau, K. Makkouk, M. El Bouhssini, F.J. El Haramein, M. Tahir, H. Ekiz, M. Keser, L. Cetin, S. Beniwal, A. Amiri

TURKEY

• Central Research Institute for Field Crops CRIFC, Ankara - L. Çetin, F. Düpünceli, S. Albustan, S.P.S. Beniwal
• International Winter Wheat Improvement Program, IWWIP, Ankara - H.-J. Braun, A.I. Morgounov, H. Ketata, S.P.S. Beniwal, L. Cetin, H. Ekiz, V. Eser, M. Keser, M. Kanbertay, N. Zencirci
• Thrace Agricultural Research Institute, Edirne - M. Babaoglu

UKRAINE

• Yurjev Plant Production Institute, Kharkiv - S.V. Rabinovich, O.Y. Leonov, N.N. Chetvertakova, N. Ryabchoun, Yu.G. Krasilovets, A.E. Litvinov, V.V. Sotnikov, V.K. Ryabchoun, V.V. Sotnikov, O.Yu. Leonov, E.Yu. Afonskaya, E.M. Dolhova, I.N. Chernyaeva, N.K. Il'chenko, I.A. Panchenko, R.G. Parchomenko, V.N. Bondarenko

UNITED KINGDOM

• John Innes Centre, Norwich, Norfolk - T.E. Miller, J.W. Snape, M. Roberts, S.M. Reader, L.J. Fish, T.N. Foote, G. Moore, L. Aragón-Alcaide, A.F. Beven, P.J. Shaw, E. Uslu, N.H. Rezanoor, P. Nicholson, A.J. Worland, V. Korzun, C.N. Law, E. Suarez, R.N. Sarma, A. Semikhodskii, L.J.Fish, G. Galiba, J. Sutka, B.S. Gill, T. Sasaki, D.A. Laurie, J.E. Flintham, R.E. Adlam, P.C. Bailey, M.D. Gale, R.M.D. Koebner, J.R. Law, P. Donini, J.C. Reeves, R.J. Cooke, T. Schwarzacher, S. Wu, T. Garkoucha, M.L. Wang, A. R. Leitch, N. Miller, J.S. Heslop-Harrison, A. Cuadrado, D. Bardsley, G.E. Harrison

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

COLORADO

• Colorado State University, Ft. Collins - J.S. Quick, J. Stromberger, B. Clifford, S. Clayschulte, Y. Zhang, S. Liu, Q.A. Khan, T. Mulat, A. Ibrahim, B. Erker

GEORGIA / FLORIDA

• University of Georgia Experiment Station and the USDA-ARS, Griffin - J.W. Johnson, R.D. Barnett, B.M. Cunfer, J.J. Roberts, and G.D. Buntin

IDAHO

• University of Idaho, Moscow, and the Agricultural Experiment Station, Aberdeen - R. Zemetra, E. Souza, S. Guy, P. Berger, M. Lauver, J. Windes, M. Moore, J. Hansen, P. Shiel, K. OBrien, P. McCarthy, T. Linscott, J. Udall

INDIANA

• USDA-ARS and Purdue University, West Lafayette - H.W. Ohm, J.M. Anderson, W.A. Berzonsky, I.M. Dweikat, D. McFatridge, F.L. Patterson, H.C. Sharma, G. Buechley, S. Goodwin, D. Huber, K. Perry, G. Shaner, R.H. Ratcliffe, C.E. Williams, S.E. Cambron, F. Maas, M. Jones, C. Collier, C. Liang, D. Fasoula

KANSAS

• Kansas Agricultural Statistics, Topeka - E.J. Theissen
• Departments of Agronomy and Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan - Q.L. Mi, R. Velazhahan, S. Muthukrishnan, G.H. Liang
• Evapotranspiration Laboratory, Kansas State Unviersity, Manhattan - M.B. Kirkham
• Departments of Plant Pathology and Agronomy and the Wheat Genetics Resource Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan - W.J. Raupp, B.S. Gill, G.L. Brown-Guedira, T.S. Cox, S. Leath, R.G. Sears, R.K. Bequette, R.L. Bowden, J.D. Faris, J.A. Anderson, L.J. Francl, J.G. Jordahl, T. Hussein, D.S. Marshall, L.L. Qi, S.L. Wang, P.D. Chen, D.J. Liu, B. Friebe
• U.S. Grain Marketing and Production Center, USDA-ARS, Manhattan - O.K. Chung, G.L. Lookhart, J.L. Steele, S.R. Bean, F.E. Dowell, J.B. Ohm, H.S. Park, I.Y. Zayas, D.W. Hagstrum, P.W. Flinn, D.B. Bechtel, C.R. Martin, L.M. Seitz, S.H. Park, B.W. Seabourn, D. Wang, C.S. Chang, M.S. Ram, J.D. Wilson, M.D. Shogren, R.E. Dempster, M.S. Caley, D.B. Sauer, J.D. Hubbard, J.M. Downing, J.E. Throne, J.E. Baker, R. K. Lyne, S.K. Akkina, R. Rengarajan, X. Liu, Z.L. Haden, D.L. Brabec, K.T. Fay, Z.S. Xiao, D.E. Koeltzow

MINNESOTA

• USDA-ARS Cereal Rust Laboratory, St. Paul - D.L. Long, K.J. Leonard, D.V. McVey, M.E. Hughes, D.H. Casper

MISSOURI

• University of Missouri, Columbia - J.P. Gustafson, K.D. Kephart, A.L. McKendry, K. Ross, D.N. Tague, M.K. Kroening, R. Wright, B. Rauh, M. Christophers, B. Kim, X. Ma, S. Madsen, A. Mahmoud, Z. Wang, M. Xie

NEBRASKA

• University of Nebraska, USDA-ARS, Lincoln - P.S. Baenziger, C.J. Peterson (USDA-ARS), R.A. Graybosch (USDA-ARS), D.R. Shelton, L.A. Nelson, D.D. Baltensperger, D.J. Lyons, G.L. Hein, R.C. French (USDA-ARS), D.C. Stenger (USDA-ARS), T. Weeks (USDA-ARS), J.E. Watkins

NEW YORK

• Cornell University, Ithaca - M.E. Sorrells

OHIO

• The Ohio State University, Wooster - K.G. Campbell, P.E. Lipps, R. Gooding, L. Herald, A. Johnston, P.L. Finney, W.A. Berzonsky, H.N. Lafever, C.J. Bergman, D.G. Gualberto, J. Anderson, G. Hareland, M.E. Sorrells, C. Gains, A. Bugaj, S. Croskey, J. Kinney, G. Kirchhofer, R. Martin, B. Renne

OKLAHOMA

• Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater - E.G. Krenzer, E.L. Smith, M.P. Anderson, B.F. Carver, T.F. Peeper, J.P. Kelley, K.T. Heap, A.E. Solie, J.B. Solie, M.L. Franetovich, J. Roberts, S.B. Phillips, J. Chen, W.R. Raun, G.V. Johnson, D.A. Cossey, D.S. Murray, R.B. Westerman
• Departments of Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Staticstics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater - R.M. Hunger, L.J. Littlefield, L.L. Singleton, J.L. Sherwood, M.E. Payton
• USDA-ARS, Stillwater - C.A. Baker, J.D. Burd, N.C. Elliott, M.H. Greenstone, D.B. Hays, S.D. Kindler, D.W. Mornhinweg, D.R. Porter, K.A. Shufran, J.A. Webster, Y.C. Zhu

OREGON

• Oregon State University, Corvallis - W.E. Kronstad

SOUTH DAKOTA

• South Dakota State University, Brookings - S.D. Haley, S.A. Kalsbeck, R.S. Little, F. Hakizimana, Z. Zhang, A. Bagci, H.J. Woodard, A. Bly, D. Winther, L.S. Hesler, W.E. Riedell, J.C. Rudd, B.G. Farber, Y. Jin, R. Rudd, R. Devkota

TEXAS

• Texas A&M University, Amarillo - M.D. Lazar, G.J. Michels Jr., C.D. Salisbury, W.C. Wang, K.B. Porter, G.L. Peterson
• Texas A&M University,College Station and Vernon - A. Fritz, W.D. Worrall, S. Caldwell, N. Tuleen, R. Herrington
• Texas A&M University, Dallas - D.M. Marshall
• Texas A&M University, Overton - L.R. Nelson, S. Ward, J. Crowder

UTAH

• Utah State University, Logan - R.S. Albrechtsen, J.D. Hole

WASHINGTON

• University of Washington and USDA-ARS, Pullman - M.K. Walker-Simmons, L.D. Holappa, E.W. Storlie, S.D. Verhey, R. Wagner, R.E. Allan, R.F. Line, X. Chen, R.L. Warner, D.A. Kudrna, S.C. Spaeth, S.S. Jones, K. Kidwell, B. Barrett, V. DeMacon, and G. Shelton

YUGOSLAVIA

• ARI 'Serbia' Center for Small Grains, Kragujevac - D. Knezevic, M. Pavlovic, M. Kuburovic, V. Zecevic

IV. CULTIVARS AND GERMPLASM

• National Small Grains Germplasm Research Facility, Aberdeen, ID, USA.
• Wheat germplasm evaluations - H.E. Bockelman, D.M. Wesenberg, C.A. Erickson, B.J. Goates, S. Nieto, A. Hang -
• PI assignments in 1997
  • Triticum
  • Aegilops
  • X Triticosecale

V. WHEAT CULTIVAR ABBREVIATIONS: 1997 ADDITIONS.

VI. CATALOGUE OF GENE SYMBOLS FOR WHEAT, 1998 SUPPLEMENT

VII. ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS VOLUME

VIII. ADDRESSES OF CONTRIBUTORS

IX. E-MAIL ADDRESSES OF SMALL GRAINS WORKERS

X. ANNUAL WHEAT NEWSLETTER FUND

XI. VOLUME 45 MANUSCRIPT GUIDELINES