TABLE OF CONTENTS Numbers in brackets indicate page numbers in printed volume.

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Rulon S. Albrechtsen [1]

Robert H. Busch [2]

Jesse Dubin [3]

George Varughese [4]

Hugo Vivar [5]

Warren E. Kronstad [6]

Norman D. Williams [6]

I. MEETINGS [7]

II. SPECIAL REPORTS [9]

• Minutes - Wheat Crop Germplasm Committee Meeting [9]
• Minutes - National Wheat Improvement Committee Meeting [11]
• Members - National Wheat Improvement Committee [16]
• Wheat Workers Code of Ethics [18]
• GrainTax - Synonomy Tables Project [19]

III. CONTRIBUTIONS [20]

PRIVATE COMPANIES [20]

NOVARTIS SEEDS, INC. [20]

• Bay, AR - J. Hancock, C. Allen, D. Hill, R. Gray.

OR SEED BREEDING COMPANY [20]

• Passo Fundo, Brazil - O. S. Rosa, O. Rosa-Filho.

ZENECA WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTRE [21]

• Norwich, UK - W. Schuch.
  

ARGENTINA

• Córdoba National University - R.H. Maich, M.M. Cerana, S.P. Gil, M.E. Dubois, G.A. Manera. [21]
• Instituto de Recursos Biológicos, CNIA, INTA, Castelar - S. Lewis, L. Bullrich, E.Y Suárez, M.M. Manifesto, A.R. Schlatter, H.E. Hopp, J. Dubcovsky, B.A. Pérez, D. Barretto, M. Carmona, M. Ferrazzini. [22]

AUSTRALIA

• PBI Cobbitty, NSW - F. Afshari, H.S. Bariana, J. Bell, G.N. Brown, K.S. Gosal, R.A. McIntosh, H. Miah, R.F. Park, C.R. Wellings, A. Zakeri. [25]
• The University of Sydney, IA Watson Wheat Research Centre, Narrabri, NSW - K. Mrva, D.J. Mares. [26]

AUSTRIA

• University of Agricultural Sciences, Vienna - H. Grausgruber, A.E. Kreuzmayr, P. Ruckenbauer. [27]

BRAZIL

• Centro Nacianal de Pesquisa de Trigo, EMBRAPA, Passo Fundo - C.N.A. de Sousa, J.C.S. Moreira. [28]

CANADA

• Estimate of 1997 wheat production on the prairies [33]
• 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. [33]
• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada,Crops and Livestock Research Center, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - H.G. Nass. [34]

CZECH REPUBLIC

• Research Institute of Crop Production, Prague-Ruzyne - Z. Stehno, J. Bradová, J. Cerny, A. Sasek. [35]

ESTONIA

• Estonian Agricultural University, Harku - M. Tohver, R. Koppel, A. Ingver, H. Peusha, T. Enno, O. Priilinn. [39]

FRANCE

• INRA- Station d'Amélioration des Plantes, Cedex - G. Doussinault, F. Dedryver, J. Jahier, D. Barloy, H. Muranty, B. Rolland, M. Trottet. [44]

GERMANY

• Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben - A. Börner, V. Korzun, V. Ivandic, S. Malyshev. [46]

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, Sz. Bencze, M. Megyeri, K. Puskás, Cs. Horváth. [47]
• Department of Cell Biology, Agricultural Research Institute, Martonvásár - B. Barnabás, E. Páldi, G. Kovács, I. Takács, T. Janda, G. Szalai, Z. Pónya, I. Tímár. [50]
• Department of Genetics, Agricultural Research Institute, Martonvásár - J. Sutka, G. Galiba, M. Molnár-Láng, G. Kocsy, G. Kovács, G. Linc, A. Vágújfalvi, E.D. Nagy, J. Jakab, A. Bálint. [51]

INDIA

• Bharathiar University, Coimbatore - V.R.K. Reddy, K.M. Gothandam. [53]
• Marathwada Agricultural University, Parbhani - K.A. Nayeem, P.J. Kulkarni. [56]
• Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut - P.K. Gupta, H.S. Balyan, M. Prasad, R.K. Varshney, J.K. Roy. [58]
• Skuast Regional Agricultural Research Station, Jammu - J.S. Bijral, S.K. Mondal, K. Singh. [62]

JAPAN

• Gifu University - N. Watanabe [65]
• Tohodu National Agricultural Experiment Station, Morioka - H. Nakamura. [66]

KAZAKHSTAN

• CIMMYT, Almaty - A. Morgounov, M. Karabayev. [67]
• Kazakh Research Institute of Agriculture, Almaty - R. Urazaliev, A. Kokhmetova. [68]
• Institute of Plant Physiology, Genetics, and Bioengineering, Alma Aty - A. Kokhmetova. [69]

MEXICO

• CIMMYT - A. Mujeeb-Kazi, V. Rosas, R. Delgado, M. Henry, A. Cortéz, S. Cano, J. Zhang, X. Li,
  R-C. Wang, G. Fuentes-Davila, L. Juarez, J. Sanchez, B. Skovmand, L.L. Gilchrist, C. Velazquez, J. Ahmad, S. McClean, A. Pellegrineschi, R. Trethowan, M. Van Ginkel, J.L. Diaz de Leon, R. Escoppinichi, R. Zavala, J.M. Nicol, M. Mezzalama, K. Sayre, P. Grace, I. Ortiz-Monasterio. [70]

NEPAL

• National Wheat Research Program, Bhairahawa - M.R. Bhatta. [97]

PAKISTAN

• Agronomic Research Station, Bahawalpur - M.S. Cheema, M. Hussain. [99]
• Regional Agricultural Research Institute, Bahawalpur - S.Z. Siddiqi, M. Ahmad, L. H. Akhtar, M. Hussain, A. Rashid, G. Hussain, M. Safdar, M.M. Akhtar. [100]

ROMANIA

• S.C.A. Agricultural Research Station, Turda - V. Moldovan, M. Moldovan, R. Kadar. [102]

RUSSIA

• Primorskey Research Institute of Agricultural, Khabarovsk - I.M. Shindin, O.V. Lokteva. [105]
• Research Insitute of Agriculture in the Central Region Non-Chernozem Zone, Moscow - I.F. Lapochkina, E.V. Vlasova, G.L. Yatchevskaya. [106]
• Russian University of Peoples' Friendship, Moscow - A.K. Federov. [108]
• Agricultural Research Institute for South-East Regions, Saratov - N.S. Vassiltchouk, N.I. Komarov, O.V. Subkova, R.G. Saifulin, L.G. Ilyina, A.I. Kusmenko, M.L. Vedeneeva, V.A. Danilova, T.K. Sotova, S.N. Sibikeev, S.A. Voronina, A.E. Druzhin, V.A. Krupnov, A.E. Alexandrov, V.A. Elesin, A.V. Borozdina, V.M. Panin, A.I. Pryanishnikov, E. Maslovskaya, L. Romanova, S. Lyacheva, A. Dorogobed, T.I. Djatchouk, O.V. Tkachenko, Yu.V. Lobachev, K.N. Sher, N.A. Aleshina, V.A. Kumakov, A.I. Pozdeev, A.M. Grigoriev, I.A. Grigoruk. [110]
• Saratov State Agrarian University named after N.I. Vavlov, Saratov - Yu.V. Lobachev. [117]

SOUTH AFRICA

• Small Grain Institute, Bethlehem - H.A. van Niekerk, J.C. Aucamp, O. Müller, D.J. Exley, A.D. Barnard, M.S.S. Jordaan, T.G. Paxton, A. Otto, F.P. Koekemoer, C.W. Miles, K.B. Majola, M.L.T. Moloi, A.F. Malan, M. Ncala, R. Prins, V. Ramburan, W.H.P. Boshoff, L.A. Boyd, T. Worland, Z.A. Pretorius, J.H. Louw,
  H.J.J. van Zyl, W. Otto, W.H. Kilian, H.S.C.A. van der Merwe, E. van der Merwe, B. van Resnburg, C. Fourie, J.T. Steyn, V.L. Tolmay, G.P. Prinsloo, J.H. Hatting, R. Maré, B.D. van Niekerk, O. Meintjes, F. van Niekerk. [118]
• University of Stellenbosch - G.F. Marais, F.L. Middleton, A.S. Marais. [126]

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. [127]
• 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. [128]
• 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. [130]

TURKEY

• CIMMYT; ICARDA; Plant Protection Institute, Ankara; and the Cereal Improvement Program - H-J. Braun, M. Mergoum, H. Ketata, H. Aktas, A. Bahci, N. Bolat, L. Cetin, H. Ekiz, M. Keser, K. Yalvac. [22]
• Cukurova University, Adana - I. Cakmak. [22]
• Thrace Agricultural Research Institute, Edirne - M. Babaoglu. [22]

UKRAINE

• Yurjev Plant Production Institute, Kharkov - N.P. Novoseltseva, O.V. Golik, I.A. Panchenko, V.P. Kolomatskaya, O.Yu. Leonov, N.K. Il'chenko, Yu.G. Krasilovets, V.V. Sotnikov, A.E. Litvinov, S.V. Rabinovich, I.A. Panchenko, R.G. Parkhomenko, Z.V. Usova, A.A. Kushchenko, R.J. Pena, G. Fedak, O. Lukow, V.M. Bondarenko. [138]

UNITED KINGDOM

• John Innes Centre, Norwich, Norfolk - T.E. Miller, S.M. Reader, M.J. Ambrose, K.M. Devos, M.E. Sorrells, J.A. Anderson, J. Dubcovsky, P.J. Sharp, J. Faris, H. Zhang, M.D. Gale, X. Liu, J.Z. Jia, A.J. Worland, E. Sayers, R.M.D. Koebner, J.E. Hadfield, J.W. Snape, S.E. Orford, J. Wiseman, W.J. Angus, W. Wakeman, A. Mentewab, H.N. Rezanoor, N. Gosman, P. Nicholson. [172]

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CALIFORNIA

• USDA-ARS-WRRC, Albany - M. Gitt. [177]

COLORADO

• Colorado State University, Ft. Collins - S. Haley, J. Stromberger, B. Clifford, S. Clayschulte, T. Mulat, E. Ball, S. Slough, A. Brown, J.S. Quick, A. Ibrahim. [178]

GEORGIA / FLORIDA

• University of Georgia Experiment Station and the USDA-ARS, Griffin - J.W. Johnson, R.D. Barnett, B.M. Cunfer, G.D. Buntin. [180]

IDAHO

• University of Idaho, Moscow, and the Agricultural Experiment Station, Aberdeen - R. Zemetra, E. Souza, S. Guy, L. Robertson, P. Berger, N. Bosqu-Pérez, M. Lauver, J. Hansen, P. Shiel, K. O'Brien, M. Guttieri, D. Schotzko, Y. Wu, L. Sorensen, J. Clayton, T. Linscott, Z. Wang, R. McLean. [181]

INDIANA

• USDA-ARS and Purdue University, West Lafayette - J.M. Anderson, T. Kisha, H.W. Ohm, F.L. Patterson, H.C. Sharma, G. Buechley, S. Goodwin, D.M. Huber, K. Perry, G. Shaner, R.H. Ratcliffe, R. Shukle, C.E. Williams, S. Cambron, C. Collier, J.J. Stewart. [184]

KANSAS

• Kansas Agricultural Statistics, Topeka - E.J. Theissen, S. Hand, R. Sitzman. [191]
• Departments of Agronomy and Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan - C. Detvisitsakun, G.H. Liang, S. Muthukrishnan. [194]
• Evapotranspiration Laboratory, Kansas State Unviersity, Manhattan - L. Zhu, M.B. Kirkham. [195]
• Departments of Plant Pathology and Agronomy and the Wheat Genetics Resource Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan - W.J. Raupp, B.S. Gill, B. Friebe, J.H. Hatchett, R.G. Sears, D.L. Wilson, J.D. Faris, M. Dhar, P. Zhang, L.L. Qi, K.M. Haen, R.G. Kynast. [196]
• USDA-ARS Plant Science and Entomology Research Unit, Manhattan - D.Z. Skinner, M.E. Eversmeyer, G.L. Brown-Guedira, S. Singh, T.S. Grewal, H.S. Singh, B.S. Gill, H.S. Dhaliwal, R. Malik, A. Ryser. [202]
• U.S. Grain Marketing and Production Center, USDA-ARS, Manhattan - O.K. Chung, F.E. Dowell, G.L. Lookhart, J.B. Ohm, S.R. Bean, J.L. Steele, L.M. Seitz, D.B. Bechtel, M.S. Ram, A. Sayaslan, D. Wang, C.R. Martin, I.Y. Zayas, J.D. Hubbard, M. Tilley, B.W. Seabourn, M.S. Caley, R. Rengarajan,
  J.M. Downing, S.H. Park, J.D. Wilson, J.E. Baker, J.E. Throne, P.W. Flinn, D.B. Sauer, C.S. Chang, D.E. Koeltzow. [205]

MINNESOTA

• USDA-ARS Cereal Rust Laboratory, St. Paul - D.L. Long, K.J. Leonard, D.V. McVey, M.E. Hughes, D.H. Casper, L. Wanschura. [220]
• University of Minnesota, St. Paul - J.A. Anderson, R.H. Busch, G. Linkert, L. Mattiesen, E. Wennerlind, A. Procopiuk, H. Mickelson, S. Liu, K. McGowan. [230]

MISSOURI

• University of Missouri, Columbia - A.L. McKendry, J.P. Gustafson, L.E. Sweets, K. Ross, D.N. Tague, R.L. Wright, K.S. Salzman, S. Liu, E. Butler, T. Chikmawati, X. Ma, A. Mahmoud, Miftahuddin, M. Rodriguez. [232]

NEBRASKA

• University of Nebraska, USDA-ARS, Lincoln - P.S. Baenziger, R.A. Graybosch, A. Mitra, T. Clemente, S. Sato, M. Dickman, M. Shah, R.C French, D.C. Stenger, J. Skerritt. [235]

NORTH DAKOTA

• North Dakota State University, Fargo -W.A. Berzonsky, S.L. Kleven, G.D. Leach. [241]

OKLAHOMA

• Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater - E.G. Krenzer, B.F. Carver, A. Klatt. [243]
• Entomology & Plant Pathology Department, Oklahoma State Universty, Stillwater - R. Hunger, J. Verchot, K.L. Giles, T.A. Royer, N. Elliott, S.D. Kindler, L. Singleton. [22]
• USDA-ARS, Stillwater - C.A. Baker, J.D. Burd, M.H. Greenstone, S.D. Kindler, D.R. Porter, K.A. Shufran, J.A. Webster. [250]

OREGON

• Oregon State University, Corvallis - C.J. Peterson, W.E. Kronstad, M.L. Verhouven, R. Karow, O. Riera-Lizarazu. [252]

TEXAS

• Texas A&M University, Amarillo - M.D. Lazar, G.J. Michels Jr., B. Bean, G.L. Peterson, K.B. Porter, C.M. Rush, W. Payne, J.E. Simmons, Y. Weng, S.R. Winter. [254]
• TAES Research and Extension Center, Dallas - D. Marshall, R.L. Sutton. [255]
• Texas A&M University, College Station - A.K. Fritz, M.E. McDaniel, L.W. Rooney. [255]
• Texas A&M University, Overton - L.R. Nelson, S. Ward, J. Crowder. [255]

UTAH

• Utah State University, Logan - R.S. Albrechtsen, J.D. Hole. [256]

 

VIRGINIA

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg - C.A. Griffey, D.E. Brann, W.L. Rohrer, J. Chen, M. Chappell, T.H. Pridgen, J. Shaw. [257]

WASHINGTON

• Washington State University, Pullman - K. Kidwell, G. Shelton, V. DeMacon, B. Barnett, J. Smith, M. Bayram. [260]
• University of Washington and USDA-ARS, Pullman - M.K. Walker-Simmons, L.D. Holappa, T. Linscott, B. Rangel, J. Ray, R. Wagner, C.M. Steber, J.M. Zale, K.G. Campbell, J.A. Pritchett, L.M. Little, R.E. Allan, R.F. Line, X. Chen, R. Cu, Z. Shi. [262]
• USDA-ARS Western Wheat Quality Laboratory - C.F. Morris, H.C. Jeffers, A.D. Bettge, D.A. Engle, M. Baldridge, B. Patterson, R. Ader, T. Demeke, G.E. King, B. Davis, M.C. Simeone. [268]

YUGOSLAVIA

ARI 'Serbia' Center for Small Grains, Kragujevac - M. Jelic, S. Lomovic, S. Zivanovic, J. Milivojevic, J. Stojanovic, M. Kuburovic, M. Pavlovic, M. Milovanovic, V. Zecevic, M. Madic, D. Knezevic, D. Urosevic, I. Marinkovic, D. Micanovic, V. Urosevic. [270]

IV. CULTIVARS AND GERMPLASM [278]

• National Small Grains Germplasm Research Facility, Aberdeen, ID, USA.
• Wheat germ plasm evaluations - H.E. Bockelman, D.M. Wesenberg, C.A. Erickson, B.J. Goates, S. Nieto, A. Hang. [278]
• PI assignments in 1999 [282]
  • Triticum

V. WHEAT CULTIVAR ABBREVIATIONS [286]

VI. CATALOGUE OF GENE SYMBOLS FOR WHEAT, 1999 SUPPLEMENT [291]

VII. ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS VOLUME [327]

VIII. ADDRESSES OF CONTRIBUTORS [330]

IX. E-MAIL ADDRESSES OF SMALL GRAINS WORKERS [336]

X. ANNUAL WHEAT NEWSLETTER FUND [342]

XI. VOLUME 47 MANUSCRIPT GUIDELINES [344]