TABLE OF CONTENTS

Graphic version

I.V. Ivanov

L.R. Joppa

W.E. Kronstad

O.W. Merkle

D.B. Scott

I. MEETINGS

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
• GrainTax - Synonomy Tables Project

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, J. Schabinger
• 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

MONSANTO CORPORATION

• Lafayette, IN, USA and Beijing, China - D. Dunphy, J. Guo, Y. Zhou, P. Johanson

NORTHWEST PLANT BREEDING COMPANY

• Pullman, WA - C.F. Konzak, M.A. Davis, D. Hooks Jr., M.Y. Zheng, W. Liu, E.A. Polle, K. Geisler

PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.

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

TRIGEN SEED SERVICES LLC

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

TRIO RESEARCH INC.

• Wichita, KS - J.A. Wilson, D.A. Wilson

ARGENTINA

• Córdoba National University - R.H. Maich, I. Argüello, R. Rolando, S.P. Gil, M.M. Cerana, M.E. Dubois, Z.A. Gaido, G.A. Maner
• Institute of Climate and Water, INTA, CICN, Castelar - R.C. Moschini, B.A. Pérez

AUSTRALIA

• Leslie Research Centre, Toowoomba - P. Brennan, P.M. Banks, J. Sheppard, P.M. Williamson, M. Michalowitz, P. Horne, S. Weining, M. Osborne, S.J. Kammholz, M.W. Sutherland, I. Haak, N. Seymour, J. Thompson, T. Clewett, G.B. Wildermuth, R.B. McNamara, T. Sparks
• PBI Cobbitty, NSW - F. Afshari, H.S. Bariana, J. Bell, L.W. Burgess, G.N. Brown, K.S. Gosal, M. Hayden, D.R. Marshall, R.A. McIntosh, J.D. Oates, R.F. Park, P.J. Sharp, F.L. Stoddard, C.R. Wellings A. Zakeri, C. Zhao
• The University of Sydney, IA Watson Wheat Research Centre, Narrabri, NSW - L. O'Brien, F.W. Ellison, S.G. Moore, K. Mrva, D.J. Mares

BRAZIL

• Centro Nacianal de Pesquisa de Trigo, EMBRAPA, Passo Fundo - C.N.A. de Sousa, J.C.S. Moreira

CANADA

• Estimate of 1997 wheat production on the prairies
• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada,Winnipeg, Manitoba - J.S. Noll, A. Wesley, O.M. Lukow, N. Ames, M.I.P. Kovacs, D. Brown, R.I.H. McKenzie, J. Suchy, M.E. Ingelin, T.F. Townley-Smith, G. Humphreys
• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada,Crops and Livestock Research Center, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - H.G. Nass

CHINA, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF

• Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou - Z.J. Lin, S.H. Jie, Z.S. Lei, Z.C. Wu
• 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

CZECH REPUBLIC

• Research Institute of Crop Production, Prague­Ruzyne - Z. Stehno, L.M. Manev, L. Dotlacil, J. Hermuth, P. Prasilova, V. Síp, M. Skorpik, J. Chrpová, M. Vlckova, L. Kucera, A. Sasek, S. Bartova, E. Stuchlikova

ETHIOPIA

• Kulumsa Research Center, Arsi - B. Girma, Z. Alemayehu, B. Yaie, T.S. Payne, A. Tarekegn, D. Debelo, B. Geleta, R. Ensermu, G. Taye, M. Hassena, O. Abdalla
• Debre Zeit Agricultural Research Center - Y. Andenow, M. Hulluka, D. Mitiku, E. Bechere, B. Gashawbeza
• Adet Agricultural Research Center, Bahir Dar - T. Dessalegn, L. Wondale, J. Crossa, T.S. Payne

GERMANY

• Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben - A. Börner, O. Unger, A. Meinel

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, A. Juhasz, M. Gal, T. Szederkenyi, Sz. Bencze
• Department of Genetics, Agricultural Research Institute, Martonvásár - J. Sutka, G. Galiba, M. Molnár-Láng, G. Kocsy, B. Köszegi, G. Linc, A. Vágújfalvi, E.D. Nagy
• Department of Plant Cell Biology, Agricultural Research Institute, Martonvásár - B. Barnabás, E. Páldi, G. Kovács, T. Janda, I. Takács, G. Szalai, Z. Pónya, I. Tímár, P. Finy, M. Solymoss

INDIA

• Bharathiar University, Coimbatore - V.R.K. Reddy, S. Arumugam, A. Subhashini, P. Viswanathan
• Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut - P.K. Gupta, H.S. Balyan, P.C. Sharma, B. Ramesh, R.K. Varshney, J.K. Roy, M. Prasad, R.S. Lohia, T. Singh
• Indian Agriculture Research Institute, Wellington - M. Sivasamy, R.N. Brahma, S.M.S. Tomar, M.K. Menon, A. Saikia, R. Asir
• Marathwada Agricultural University, Parbhani - K.A. Nayeem, S. Muzaffar, S.T. Shirale, N.S. Karad, P.M. Swami, S.G. Bhagwa
• Regional Agricultural Research Station, Jammu - J.S. Bijral, K. Singh, and T.R. Sharma

ITALY

• Institute of Phytopathology, Bologna - C. Rubies-Autonell, V. Vallega, M. Turina, C. Ratti, S. Contoli, L. Concari

JAPAN

• Gifu University - N. Watanabe
• Tohodu National Agricultural Experiment Station, Morioka - H. Nakamura

KAZAKHSTAN

• Institute of Plant Physiology, Genetics, and Bioengineering, Alma Aty - A. Kokhmetova

KENYA

• Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Njoro - P.F. Arama, J.E. Parlevliet, C.H. Van Silfhout, M.G. Kinyua, H. Wanga, O. Abdalla, J.K. Wanjama, M. Macharia, P.M. Muthangya, F. Kiriswa, D.L. Daniel, F.M. Kirigwi, P.F. Arama, R. Wanyera

LESOTHO

• Agricultural Research Division, Maseru - L. Moremoholo

MEXICO

• CIMMYT - J. Dubin, R.L. Villareal, O. Bañuelos, D. de Leon, A. Mujeeb-Kazi, K.D. Sayre, M. Van-Ginkel, J. Lopez-Cesati, J.C. Miranda, G. Fuentes-Davila, L.L. Gilchrist, C. Velazquez, R. Delgado, S. Cano, V. Rosas

PAKISTAN

• Regional Agricultural Research Institute, Bahawalpur - M.S. Cheema, M. Hussain

ROMANIA

• Research Institute for Cereals and Industrial Crops, Fundulea - N.N. Sãulescu, P. Mustãtea, G. Ittu, M. Ittu
• S.C.A. Agricultural Research Station, Turda - V. Moldovan, M. Moldovan, R. Kadar

RUSSIA

• Agricultural Research Institute for South-East Regions, Saratov - N.S. Vassiltchouk, V.M. Popova, Yu.V. Italianskaya, S.V. Tuchin, T.I. Djatchouk, O.V. Tkachenko, Yu.V. Lobachev, A.D. Zavorotina, N.A. Emelianov, E.N. Maslovskaya, G.V. Piskunova, A.I. Pryanishnikov, S.V. Lyasccheva, A.I. Kusmenko, R.G. Saifulin, K.F. Gurjanova, V.A. Danilova, T.K. Sotova, G.A. Becetova, I.I. Grigorjeva, S.D. Davidov, O.V. Subkova, O.A. Yevdocimova, N.A. Zacharchenko, V.A. Kumakov, K.N. Sher, I.A. Semyackhkin, N.A. Aleshina, V.A. Kylikova
• Agricultural Research Institute for South-East Regions, Laboratory of Genetics and Cytology, Saratov - V.A. Krupnov, S.A. Voronina, S.N. Sibikeev, V.A. Elesin, I.N. Cherneva, Yu.E. Sibikeeva, V.B. Lebedev, V.M. Panin, A.E. Alexandrov, A.E. Druzhin
• Pryanishnikov Research Institute of Fertilizers and Agricultural Soil Science, Moscow - N.V. Pukhal'skaya
• Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Far Eastern Research Institute of Agriculture, Khabarovsk - I. Shindin, O.V. Lokteva
• Russian Academy of Agricultural Science, Institute of Agricultural Employment of Reclaimed Land, Tver - S.P. Martynov, T.V. Dobrotvorskaya
• Saratov Vavilov State Agricultural Academy - Yu.V. Lobachev
• N.I. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Moscow - V.A. Pukhalskiy, E.N. Bilinskaya
• N.I. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics and Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Moscow - T.I. Odintsova, T.I. Egorov, A.K. Musolyamov

SOUTH AFRICA

• Small Grain Institute, Bethlehem - H.A. van Niekerk, J.C. Aucamp, D.J. Exley, O. Müller, F.P. Koekemoer, A.D. Barnard, T.G. Paxton, M.S.S. Jordaan, R. Brits, F.J. Groenewald, E. Vermeulen, C.W. Miles, K.B. Majola, M.L.T. Moloi, B.L. de Villiers, R.C. Lindeque, J.J. Smit, H.A. Smit, J. Tolmay, L. Serage, L. Lesufi, J.T. Steyn, W.H. Kilian, V.L. Tolmay, G.P. Prinsloo, J.H. Hatting, R. Maré, R. Prins, M.O. Julius, W.H.P. Boshoff
• University of Stellenbosch - G.F. Marais, F.L. Middleton, H.S. Roux, A.S. Marais

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

TANZANIA

• Selian Agricultural Research Institute, Arusha - C.A. Kuwite
• Rotian Seed Company, Ltd, Arusha - M.A. Shelembi, J.S. Noll, B.B. Chubey, E.J. Maeda

TURKEY

• Thrace Agricultural Research Institute, Edirne - M. Babaoglu

UKRAINE

• Kharkov Institute for Plant Breeding - R. Boguslavsky, O. Golik, V.V. Sotnikov, V.P. Gritsai, N.P. Novoseltseva
• Kharkov State University - V.V. Zhmurko, Yu.A. Sadovnichenko, O.A. Avksent'eva, L.A. Krasilnikova
• Yurjev Plant Production Institute, Kharkov - S.V. Rabinovich, O.Yu. Leonov, V.N. Bondarenko, N.K. Il'chenko, T.V. Dobrotvorskaya, S.P. Martynov, T.T. Tkachenko

UNITED KINGDOM

• John Innes Centre, Norwich, Norfolk - T.E. Miller, H.S. Hasani, P.D.S. Caligari, S.M. Reader, N. Iqbal, R.M.D. Koebner, J. Hadfield, A.J. Worland, E. Sayers, V. Korzun, R.N. Sarma, L.J. Fish, B.S. Gill, J.W. Snape

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CALIFORNIA

• USDA­ARS­WRRC, Albany - M. Gill

COLORADO

• Colorado State University, Ft. Collins - N.L.V. Lapitan, C. Miller, G. Anderson, Z.Q. Ma, B. Erker, J.S. Quick

GEORGIA / FLORIDA

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

IDAHO

• University of Idaho, Moscow, and the Agricultural Experiment Station, Aberdeen - R. Zemetra, E. Souza, S. Guy, P. Berger, N. Bosqu, J. Perez, M. Lauver, J. Hansen, P. Shiel, K. O'Brien, M. Guttieri, P. McCarthy, T. Linscott, Z. Wang

INDIANA

• USDA-ARS and Purdue University, West Lafayette - J.M. Anderson (USDA-ARS), I.M. Dweikat, T. Kisha, H.W. Ohm, F.L. Patterson, H.C. Sharma, G. Buechley, S. Goodwin (USDA-ARS), D. Huber, D.B. Shulze, I. Thompson, K. Perry, G. Shaner, R.H. Ratcliffe, R. Shukle, C.E. Williams, C. Collier (USDA-ARS), S.E. Cambron, L.M. Gumaelius, C. Liang, L. Zantoro, J.J. Stewart

KANSAS

• Kansas Agricultural Statistics, Topeka - E.J. Theissen, S. Hand, R. Sitzman
• Departments of Agronomy and Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan - Q.L. Mi, S. Muthukrishnan, R. Velazhahan, 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, R.G. Sears, R.L. Bowden, J.D. Faris, 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.B. Ohm, S.R. Bean, L.M. Seitz, F.E. Dowell, D.W. Hagstrum, B.W. Seabourn, D.B. Sauer, J.L. Steele, D.B. Bechtel, P.W. Flinn, M.S. Ram, R. Rengarajan, J.E. Baker, J.D. Hubbard, J.E. Throne, J.D. Wilson, I.Y. Zayas, W.J. Jun, M.S. Caley, J.M. Downing, C.R. Martin, S.H. Park, R. K. Lyne, M. Tilley

MINNESOTA

• USDA-ARS Cereal Rust Laboratory, St. Paul - D.L. Long, K.J. Leonard, D.V. McVey, M.E. Hughes, D.H. Casper
• University of Minnesota, St. Paul - R. Busch, J.A. Anderson, G. Linkert, L. Mattiesen, A. Procopiuk, H. Mickelson

MISSOURI

• University of Missouri, Columbia - J.P. Gustafson, A.L. McKendry, L. Sweets, K. Ross, D.N. Tague, R. Wright, B. Rauh, T. Chikmawati, M. Christophers, B. Kim, X. Ma, S. Madsen, A. Mahmoud, Miftahuddin, M. Rodriguez

 

MONTANA

• Montana State University, Bozeman - L.E. Talbert, P.L. Bruckner, W.L. Morrill, S. Lanning, N. Blake, J. Sherman, C. Brey, G. Sharp, A. Vanichanon, D. Weaver, J. Runyon, J. Berg, R. Ramsfield, J. Baley

NEBRASKA

• University of Nebraska, USDA-ARS, Lincoln - P.S. Baenziger, R.A. Graybosch (USDA-ARS), D.R. Shelton, K.S. Gill, T. Clemente, K. Arumuganathan, T. Weeks (USDA­ARS), R.C. French (USDA-ARS), D.C. Stenger (USDA-ARS), A. Mitra, S. Sato, G. Guo

NORTH DAKOTA

• North Dakota State University, Fargo -W.A. Berzonsky, G.D. Leach

OKLAHOMA

• Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater - E.G. Krenzer, B.F. Carver
• Entomology & Plant Pathology Department, Oklahoma State Universty, Stillwater - R.M. Hunger, K.L Giles, L.J. Littlefield, T.A. Royer, L.L. Singleton, J. Verchot, M.E. Payton
• USDA-ARS, Stillwater - C.A. Baker, J.D. Burd, M.H. Greenstone, S.D. Kindler, D.R. Porter, K.A. Shufran, J.A. Webster

OREGON

• Oregon State University, Corvallis - A.C. Rosa, W.E. Kronstad

SOUTH DAKOTA

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

TEXAS

• Texas A&M University, Amarillo - M.D. Lazar, G.J. Michels Jr., G.L. Peterson, K.B. Porter, C.D. Salisbury, J.E. Simmons, W.C. Wang, Y. Weng, S.Rl. Winter
• Texas A&M University, Overton - L.R. Nelson, S. Ward, J. Crowder

UTAH

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

 

VIRGINIA

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg - C.A. Griffey, D.E. Brann, W.L. Rohrer, J. Chen, M. Chappell, T.H. Pridgen, E.L. Stromberg

WASHINGTON

• University of Washington and USDA-ARS, Pullman - C.M. Steber, M.K. Walker-Simmons, L.D. Holappa, B. Rangel, J. Ray, E.W. Storlie, R. Wagner, R.E. Allan, R.F. Line, X. Chen, R. Cu, Z. Shi, J.A. Anderson, B.L. Waldron, A.D. Fjeld
• USDA-ARS Western Wheat Quality Laboratory - C.F. Morris, A.D. Bettge, H.C. Jeffers, G.E. King, B. Patterson, D.A. Engle, M. Baldridge, B. Davis, R. Ader
• Washington State University, Pullman - K. Kidwell, B. Barnett, V. DeMacon, G. Shelton, C. Morris, C. Konzak, D. Engle, D.B. Cooper, J. Smith, S. Jones, T. Murray, R. Smiley, T. Lonscott, M Bayram, R. Zemetra

YUGOSLAVIA

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

ZIMBABWE

University of Zimbabwe, Harare - P. Tongoona

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 1998
  • Triticum
  • Aegilops
  • X Triticosecale

V. CATALOGUE OF GENE SYMBOLS FOR WHEAT, 1999 SUPPLEMENT

VI. ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS VOLUME

VII. ADDRESSES OF CONTRIBUTORS

VIII. E-MAIL ADDRESSES OF SMALL GRAINS WORKERS

IX. ANNUAL WHEAT NEWSLETTER FUND

X. VOLUME 46 MANUSCRIPT GUIDELINES