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

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Cover Page

Mike Gale [1]

Martin McEwan [2]

I. SPECIAL REPORTS [4]

• Minutes - Wheat Crop Germplasm Committee Meeting [3]
• Minutes - National Wheat Improvement Committee Meeting [5]
• Members - National Wheat Improvement Committee [10]
• Wheat Workers Code of Ethics [11]

II. ANNOUNCEMENTS [15]

• Announcement of the Third International Wheat Quality Conference [12]
• New Publication - Cereal Genomics [12]
• Update on IGROW [13]
• Call for nominations for IGROW working groups [15]

III. CONTRIBUTIONS [16]

PRIVATE COMPANIES [16]

AGRIPRO WHEAT [16]

• Jonesboro, AR, USA - J.B. Fogleman, M. Montgomery, C. DeArmond.

DAKOTA GROWERS PASTA COMPANY [16]

• Carrington, North Dakota - J.S. Quick.

OR SEED BREEDING CO. [16]

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

ARGENTINA

• Córdoba National University - Z. Gaido, M.E. Dubois, R.H. Maich, I.M. Lorello, L.E. Torres, R. Rolando, L. Torres, S.P. Gil, M.M. Cerana, D. Ortega, G. Astolfi, R. Argenti, G. Manera, C. Chaves, M.C. Coraglio, B. Costero, L. Dubini, A. Abri. [17]

AUSTRALIA

• Centre for Rural & Environmental Biotechnology, Toowoomba - G. Daggard, J. Vickers, M. Sutherland, R. Learmonth, Y. Chen, A. Lehmensiek, P. Williamson, M. Michalowitz, B. Collard [21]
• The University of Adelaide - D. Mares, K. Mrva, R. Asenstorfer, R. Leach, A. Kumaratilake. [22]

BRAZIL

• Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Trigo, EMBRAPA, Passo Fundo - L.J.A. Del Duca, C.N.A. Sousa, A.G. Linhares, P.L. Scheeren, M.S. Silva, A. Nascimento Jr, R.S. Fontaneli, O. Rodrigues, G.R. Cunha, E.M. Guarienti, M.Z. Miranda, L.M. Costamilan, M. Imaculada P.M. Lima, M.S. Chaves, A.M. Prestes. [24]

CANADA

• CERON, Cereal, Oilseed and Protein Crops and Maize Research Center, Québec - Y. Dion, S. Rioux, A. Comeau, L. Couture, F. Langevin, H. Voldeng, J. Gilbert, S. Haber, J-P. Dubuc. [28]

CROATIA

• BC Institute for Breeding and Production of Field Crops, Zagreb - R. Mlinar, I. Ikic, S. Tomasovic, K. Puskaric. [29]

CZECH REPUBLIC

• Research Institute of Crop Production, Prague - Z. Stehno, L. Cejka. [32]

ESTONIA

• Estonian Agricultural University, Harku - M. Tohver . [33]

GERMANY

• Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben - A. Börner, A. Bálint, K.F.M. Salem, U. Lohwasser, A. Weidner, M.S. Röder, E.K. Khlestkina. [36]

HUNGARY

• Agricultural Research Institute, Martonvásár, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
  • Department of Plant Breeding -M. Suzics, L. Láng, O. Veisz, I. Karsai, A. Juhász, M. Rakszegi, Gy. Vida, P. Szücs, Cs. Kuti, M. Megyeri, M. Gál. [40]
  • Department of Cell Biology - B. Barnabás, L. Sági, I. Takács, É. Szakács, I. Timár, É. Darkó, F. Bakos. [43]
  • Department of Genetics and Physiology - J. Sutka, G. Galiba, M. Molnár-Láng, G. Kocsy, G. Kovács, G. Linc, A. Vágújfalvi, E.D. Nagy, A.F. Bálint, B. Tóth, I. Molnár. [45]
• Karsag Research Institute of Debrecen University - V.S. Erzsebét, L. Balla, M. Fazekas, G.Y. Chrappán, Á. Czimbalmas. [47]

INDIA

• Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumba - B.K. Das, A. Saini, R. Rai, S.G. Bhagwat, N. Jawali, E. Nalini, R. Vishwanathan, S.P. Shouche, R, Rastogi, J.K. Sainis . [48]
• Bharathiar University, Coimbatore - V.R.K. Reddy, G. Kalaiselvi, M. Binumol, B. Menaka, K.A. Nayeem, M. Sivasamy, A.J. Prabakaran, M.K. Menon. [49]
• Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut - P.K. Gupta, H.S. Balyan, R. Bandopadhyay, N. Kumar, S. Sharma, P.L. Kulwal, S. Rustgi, R. Singh, A. Goyal, A. Kumar. [52]
• Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar - R. Singh, S.S. Karwasra, M.S. Beniwal. [56]
• Directorate of Wheat Research, Karnal - B.S. Tyagi, G. Singh, J. Shoran. [58]
• Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi - B.S. Malik, A.P. Sethi, V. Tiwari, R.K. Sharma, S. Chaudhary, V.C.Sinha. [62]
• Indian Agricultural Research Station, Wellington - M. Sivasamy, A.J. Prabakaran, K.A. Nayeen, R.N. Brahma. [63]
• Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana - L. Kaur, S. Agarwal, R.G. Saini. [65]
• Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Jammu - J.S. Bijral. [66]

ITALY

• Istituto de Genetica Vegetale, Bari - A.R. Piergiovanni, N. Volpe, G. Taranto. [67]
• Istituto Sperimentale per la Cerealicoltura, S. Angelo Lodigiano - G. Boggini, M. Perenzin, M. Corbellini, M. Cattaneo, S. Empilli, P. Vaccino, N.E. Pogna, L. Gazza, A. Brandolini. [68]
• Istituto Sperimentale per la Cerealicoltura, Roma - V. Vallega, C. Rubies-Autonell, C. Ratti. [70]
• University of Bologna - C. Rubies-Autonell, C. Ratti, V. Vallega. [72]

JAPAN

• Gifu University - N. Watanabe [76]
• Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), Tsukuba - H. Nakamura. [76]

MEXICO

• International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center - CIMMYT - A. Mujeeb-Kazi, R. Delgado, A. Cortes, S. Cano, V. Rosas, J. Sanchez. [79]

PAKISTAN

• Regional Agricultural Research Institute, Bahawalpur - H.M. Ziaullah, A.H. Tariq, S. Ahmed, M.A. Hussain, L.H. Akhtar, M. Hussain, G. Hussain, M.Z. Khan, A.M. Iqbal, A.A. Malik, M. Aslam, M.M. Akhtar, M. Rafiq, M. Safdar, A. Rashid, M.Z. Aslam. [89]

ROMANIA

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

RUSSIA

• Agricultural Research Institute of the Central Region of the Non-Chenozem Zone, Moscow - L.V. Poleva, V.G. Kyzlasov, G.L. Yatchevskaya, H.N. Lazareva [103]
• Agricultural Research Institute for South-East Regions, Saratov - S.N. Sibikeev, V.A. Krupnov, S.A. Voronina, O.V. Krupnova, A.E. Druzhin, T.D. Golubeeva, T.V. Kalintseva, A.Yu. Buyenkov, N.V. Stupina, Yu.V. Lobachev, G.Yu. Antonov, M.R. Abdryaev,. [105]
• Far Eastern Research Institute of Agriculture, Khabarovsk - I. Shindin, V. Cherpak, S. Phirstov [109]
• Irkutsk State Agricultural Academy, Irkutsk - Sh.K. Khusnidinov, T.G. Kudryavtseva. [112]
• Moscow State University - S.N. Lekomtseva, V.T. Volkova, L.G. Zaitzeva, M.N. Chaika. [113]
• Omsk State Pedagogical University - N.A. Kuzmina. [116]
• Pryanishnikov All Russian Research Institute of Agriculture and Soil Science, Moscow - N.M. Safronova, N.V. Poukhalskaya, N.I. Lavrushkina, A.A. Sobachkin, L.V. Osipova. [119]
• Saratov State Agrarian University and the Russian Academy of Sciences - N.V. Evseeva, I.Yu. Fadeeva, S.Yu. Shchyogolev, O.V. Tkachenko, Yu.V. Lobachev. [122]
• Siberian Institute of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry - A.K. Glyanko, N.V. Mironova, G.G. Vsilieva, O.I. Grabelnych, N.S. Pavlovskaya, T.P. Pobezhimova, A.V. Kolesnichenko, O.N. Sumina, V.K. Voinikov, N.Yu. Pivovarova, N.V. Mironova, R.K. Salyaev, N.V. Pakova, N.I. Rekoslavskaya, V.M. Sumtzova, E.V. Berezovskaya, V.A. Trufanov, T.N. Mitrofanova, T.A. Pshenichnikova, S.V. Osipova, A.V. Permyakov, M.D. Permyakova, A.V. Permyakov, T.A. Pshenichnikova, M.F. Ermakova, A.K. Chistyakova, L.V. Shchukina, Yu.M. Konstantinov, V.M. Sumtsova, E.Yu. Garnik, O.V. Kalyuzhnaya, E.S. Klimenko, V.F. Kobzev, N.V. Pakova, D.V. Nepomnyashchikh, A.I. Katyshev, R.K. Salyaev. [123]
• Vavilov Institute of General Genetics and the Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow - T.I. Odintsova, V.A. Pukhalskiy. [152]
• N.I. Vavilov Research Institute of Plant Industry, St. Petersburg - S.P. Martynov, T.V. Dobrotvorskaya. [153]

SOUTH AFRICA

• Small Grain Institute, Bethlehem - M. Craven, A. Barnard, W.M. Otto, T. Walsh, S. Ramburan, G.J. Prinsloo, B. Khubeka, J.S. Komen, H. Hatting, C.W. Miles, M.H. Visser. [158]
• University of Pretoria - A-M. Botha, M.T. Matsioloko, F.B. du Preez, L. van Eck, K. Muller, R. van Zyl, A.C. Laubser, E. Swanepoel, Z.A. Swanevelder, R. Walters.[163]
• University of Stellenbosch - G.F. Marais, H.S. Roux, A.S. Marais, W.C. Botes, K.W. Pakendorf. [165]

SPAIN

• Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Consejo Superior de Investigationes Cientificas, and Universidad de Lleida - A. Delibes, I. López-Braña, S. Moreno-Vázquez, C.M. González-Belinchón, M.D. Romero, M.F. Andrés, J.A. Martín-Sánchez, E. Sin, C. Martínez, A. Michelena. [166]

TURKEY

• CIMMYT­Turkey; the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Ankara; ICARDA; Cukurova University, Adana; and INRA, France - A.R. Hede, H.J. Braun, J. Nicol, B. Akin, M. Keser, N. Bolat, N. Colak, H. Ekiz, S. Taner, S. Ceri, F. Partigoc, L. Cetin, S. Albustan, F. E. Donmez, F. Dusunceli, S. Yazar, I. Ozseven, I. Ozturk, T. Yildirim, M. Mousaad, A. Yahyaoui, E. Sahin, R. Trethowan, M. van Ginkel, M. William, H. Hekimhan, B. Tunali, A.F. Yildirim, A. Kaplan, A. Yorgancilar, A. Tulek, Z. Uckun, T. Akar, S. Yazar, I. Gültekin, I. Özseven, Y. Kaya, A. Taner, Z. Arosoy, O. Büyük, D. Erdurmus, M. Caliskan, S. Uranbey, M. Tekeoglu, C. Cekic, A. Bagci, H. Toktay, H. Elekcioglu, R. Rivoal. [169]

UKRAINE

• Kharkov National University - V.V. Zhmurko, O.A. Avksentyeva, O.U. Gerashchenko, A.F. Stelmakh. [176]
• Plant Breeding and Genetics Institute, Odessa - I.I. Motsnyy. [178]
• V Ya. Yurjev Plant Production Institute, Kharkov - K.Yu. Souvorova, V.P. Petrenkova, S.V. Rabynovich, L.M. Chernobai, I.M. Chernyaeva, I.A. Panchenko, Z.V. Usova, L.N. Chernobay, A.I. Grabovets, M.A. Formenko. [181]

UNITED KINGDOM

• John Innes Centre, Norwich, Norfolk - L.A. Boyd, P. Smith, C. Lewis, J. Melicher, R. McCormock, V. Verma, L. Sayers, L. Fish, J. Snape, R.M.D. Koebner, C. Rogers, L. Alibert, K. Hammond-Kosack, P. Shewry, A. Phillips, P. Stephenson, N. Hart, P. Jack, R. Summers, S. Orford, M. Ganal, M. Wolf, P. Nicholson, A.N. Chapman, N. Gosman, R. Draeger, E. Chandler, M. Thomsett, D. Simpson, M. Ambrose, S. Reader, W. Harwood, J. Irwin, H. Jones. [191]
• University of Leicester - A. Contento, J.S. Heslop-Harrison, and T. Schwarzacher. [196]

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

COLORADO

• Colorado State University, Ft. Collins - S. Haley, J. Stromberger, B. Clifford, S. Clayschulte, F. Pardina-Malbrán, J. Butler, M. Collins. [197]

GEORGIA / FLORIDA

• University of Georgia Experiment Station and the USDA-ARS, Griffin - J.W. Johnson, R.D. Barnett, B.M. Cunfer, G.D. Buntin. [201]

IDAHO

• University of Idaho, Moscow, and the Agricultural Experiment Station, Aberdeen - R. Zemetra, E. Souza, S. Guy, B. Brown, N. Bosque-Pérez, J. Hansen, K. O'Brien, M. Guttieri, D. Schotzko, T. Koehler, L. Sorensen, J. Clayton, E. Jimenez, M. Rehman, M. Kumar . [204]

INDIANA

• USDA-ARS and Purdue University, West Lafayette - J.M. Anderson, S.E. Cambron, C.C. Collier, C. Crane, S.B. Goodwin, A. Johnson, J.A. Nemacheck, S. Scofield, B. Schemerhorn, R.H. Ratcliffe, R.H. Shukle, C.E. Williams, H.W. Ohm, L. Kong, F.L. Patterson, H.C. Sharma, J. Uphaus, G. Buechley, D. Huber, G. Shaner, J.R. Xu, J. Stuart . [207]

KANSAS

• Kansas Agricultural Statistics, Topeka - E.J. Theissen. [213]
• Environmental Physics Group, Kansas State Unviersity, Manhattan - F. Madrid, M.B. Kirkha. [217]
• The Wheat Genetics Resource Center and the Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan - B.S. Gill, W.J. Raupp, B. Friebe, L. Huang, V. Kuraparthy, W. Li, M. Pumphrey, L. Qi, D. See, D.L. Wilson, P. Zhang . [218]
• U.S. Grain Marketing and Production Center, USDA-ARS, Manhattan - O.K. Chung, G.L. Lookhart, F.E. Dowell, M. Tilley, S.R. Bean, L.M. Seitz, B.W. Seabourn, S.H. Park, J.L. Steele, M.E. Casada, M.S. Ram, E.B. Maghirang, M.C. Pasikatan, Y.S. Kim, D.B. Bechtel, J. Perez-Mendoza, F. Xie, R.K. Lyne, H. Singh, M.S. Caley, J.D. Wilson, D.L. Brabec, J.B. Ohm, J.E. Throne, J.E. Baker, T.C. Pearson, Z.L. Haden . [221]

MINNESOTA

• USDA-ARS Cereal Rust Laboratory, St. Paul - D.L. Long, J.A. Kolmer, Y. Jin, M.E. Hughes, L.A. Wanschura. [238]

NEBRASKA

• University of Nebraska, USDA-ARS, Lincoln - P.S. Baenziger, B. Beecher, D. Baltensperger, L. Nelson, I. Dweikat, M. Dickman, A. Mitra, T. Clemente, S. Sato, J. Watkins, J. Schimelfenig, G. Hein, R.A. Graybosch, L. Divis, R. French, D. Stenger . [248]

NORTH DAKOTA

• USDA-ARS Cereal Crops Research Unit, Northern Crop Science Laboratory, Fargo - J.D. Faris, T. Friesen, S. Xu, S. Ali, E. Doehler, E.M. Elias, K.M. Haen, G.A. Hareland, J. Hu, L. Joppa, K. Kahn, D. Klindworth, Z. Liu, H. Lu, S.W. Meinhardt, J. Miller, G. Nygard, J.B. Rasmussen, K. Simons. [252]

OKLAHOMA

• Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater - B.F. Carver, A.K. Klatt, A.C. Guenzi. [258]

SOUTH DAKOTA

• South Dakota State University, Brookings - A.M.H. Ibrahim, S.A. Kalsbeck, R.S. Little, S. Malla, L. Hesler, W. Riedell, S. Osborne, H.J. Woodard, A. Bly, R. Gelderman, J. Gerwing, G. Erickson. [260]

UTAH

• USDA-ARS Utah State University, Logan - R. R-C. Wang [268]

 

VIRGINIA

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg - J.J. Paling, C.A. Griffey, W.E. Thomason, J. Chen, J.A. Wilson, D. Nabati, T.H. Pridgen, E.G. Rucker, D.E. Brann, M.M. Alley. [269]

WASHINGTON

• USDA-ARS Wheat Genetics, Quality, Physiology and Disease Research Unit and Washington State University, Pullman - D.Z. Skinner, K-H. Baek, B.S. Bellinger, X. Chen, P. Ling, D.A. Wood, M.K. Moore, V. Pahalawatta. [273]
• USDA-ARS Western Wheat Quality Laboratory, Pullman - C.F. Morris, A.D. Bettge, D.A. Engle, M.L. Baldridge, R.L. Engle, G.E. King, G.L. Jacobson, A.N. Massa, I. Eujayl, E.P. Fuerst, K.R. Gedye, C.C. Burke, P. Greenwell, H. Tanaka, W.J. Kelley, M.J. Freston, P.K. Boyer, L. Nguyen, E.E. Galli, S.M. Finnie, E. Wagner, S.M. Leach, Y. Haruta. [277]

IV. CULTIVARS AND GERMPLASM [239]

• National Small Grains Germplasm Research Facility, Aberdeen, ID, USA. [279]
• Wheat germ plasm evaluations - H.E. Bockelman, C.A. Erickson, B.J. Goates. [280]
• PI assignments in 2003
  • Triticum, X Aegilotriticum, and X Triticosecale [282]

V. WHEAT CULTIVAR ABBREVIATIONS [285]

VI. CATALOGUE OF GENE SYMBOLS FOR WHEAT, 2004 SUPPLEMENT [286]

VII. ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS VOLUME [314]

VIII. ADDRESSES OF CONTRIBUTORS [317]

IX. E-MAIL ADDRESSES OF SMALL GRAINS WORKERS [323]

X. ANNUAL WHEAT NEWSLETTER FUND [332]

XI. VOLUME 51 MANUSCRIPT GUIDELINES [333]