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

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Donald D. Bechtel [1]

Okkyung Chung [2]

George L. Lookhart [3]

Dieter Mettin [4]

I. SPECIAL REPORTS [5]

• Minutes - Wheat Crop Germplasm Committee Meeting [5]
• Minutes - National Wheat Improvement Committee Meeting [6]
• Members - National Wheat Improvement Committee [11]
• Wheat Workers Code of Ethics [12]

II. ANNOUNCEMENTS [13]

• Announcement of the Wheat Fingerprinting Database [13]
• BOOK: Principles of Soil and Plant Water Relations by M.B. Kirkham [14]
• IGROW project on the sequencing of the bread wheat genome [15]

III. CONTRIBUTIONS [17]

PRIVATE COMPANIES [17]

WESTBRED LLC

• Southern Great Plains - S. Perry, R. Dare, R. Sims. [17]

ARGENTINA

• Córdoba National University - A. Masgrau, R.H. Maich, S.P. Gil, C.S. Perrone, M.M. Cernana, G. Manera, D. Ortega, M.E. Dubois, Z. Gaido, D. Manero de Zumelzoe, G. Melchiorre, L. Torres. [17]

AUSTRALIA

• The University of Adelaide - D. Mares, K. Mrva, R. Asenstorfer, R. Leach, I. Soriano, D. Cooper. [21]

CROATIA

• BC Institute for Breeding and Production of Field Crops, Zagreb - S. Tomasovic, B. Palaversic, R. Mlinar, I. Ikic, K. Puskaric. [23]

CZECH REPUBLIC

• Research Institute of Crop Production, Prague-Ruzyne - Z. Stehno, M. Trchová. [26]

ESTONIA

• Estonian Agricultural University, Harku - H. Peusha, H. Sadam, T. Enno. [29]

GERMANY

• Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben - X.Q. Huang, M.S. Röder, A. Börner, A. Bálint, U. Lohwasser, A. Weidner, G. Badridze, E.K. Khlestkina. [31]

HUNGARY

• Department of Wheat Breeding, Agricultural Research Institute, Martonvásár - Z. Bedö, L. Láng, O. Veisz, G. Vida, I. Karsai, K. Mészáros, M. Rakszegi. [36]
• Department of Cell Biology, Agricultural Research Institute, Martonvásár - B. Barnabás, M. Molnár-Láng, É. Darkó, É. Szakács, I. Takács. [38]
• Departments of Genetics and Physiological Studies, Agricultural Research Institute, Martonvásár - G. Galiba, G. Kocsy, T. Janda, G. Kovács, E. Páldi, G. Szalai, A. Vágújfalvi, B. Tóth, E. Horváth, M. Pál. [40]
• Cereal Research Non-Profit Company, Szeged - Z. Kertesz, J. Matuz, L. Cseuz, M. Csösz, B. Beke, P. Fonad, Cs. Kertesz, A. Mesterhazy, M. Papp, J. Pauk, L. Purnhauser, L. Bona, J. Falusi, E. Acs. [41]
• Karcag Research Institute of Debrecen University - M. Fazekas, L. Balla, Gy. Chrappán, Á. Czimbalmas, S. Bene. [47]

INDIA

• Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumba - B.K. Das, A. Saini, R. Rai, S.G. Bhagwat, N. Jawali, E. Nalini, S. Sud. [48]
• Bharathiar University, Coimbatore - K. Gajalakshimi, V.R.K. Reddy. [50]
• 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. [51]
• Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar - R. Singh, S.S. Karwasra, M.S. Beniwal, S. Singh. [56]
• Directorate of Wheat Research, Karnal - J. Shoran, G. Singh, B.S. Tyagi, R. Chatrath, D. Rai, S. Kumar, S. Singh, S.K. Singh, S. Kundu. [61]
• Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi - S.S. Singh, G.P. Singh, J.B. Sharma, D.N. Sharma, N. Chand, S.S. Javed. [67]
• Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Wellington - M. Sivasamy, K.A. Nayeen, A.J. Prabakaran, M. Prashar, M.K. Menon. [70]

ITALY

• Istituto Sperimentale per la Cerealicoltura, S. Angelo Lodigiano - M. Corbellini, P. Vaccino, A. Curioni, L. Tavella, G. Boggini, M. Cattaneo, C. Basone, A. Brandolini, M. Perenzin, S. Empilli, R. Stefanini, N.E. Pogna, L. Gazza. [73]
• Istituto Sperimentale per la Cerealicoltura, Roma - V. Vallega, C. Rubies-Autonell, C. Ratti. [75]

JAPAN

• Gifu University - N. Watanabe [77]
• Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Tsukuba - H. Nakamura. [78]

KAZAKHSTAN

• Kazakh Research-Production Center of Grain Production and CIMMYT, Almaty - Yu.I. Zelenskiy, A.I. Morgounov. [81]
• Republican State Enterprise, Barayev Research-and-Production Centre of Grain Farming, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Nauchny - I.V. Rukavitsina, Z.P. Karamshuk. [82]

MEXICO

• International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center - CIMMYT - G. Fuentes-Dávila, K. Ammar. [83]

PAKISTAN

• Agronomic Research Station, Bahawalpur - M. Aslam, M. Hussain, A. Hussain, M. Safdar, M.M. Akhtar, M. Akhtar, A.A. Malik, A. Rashid, M.A. Gill, G. Hussain, M. Arshad, L. Akhtar, G.H. Asghar, M. Rafiq, S. Ahmad, L.H. Akhtar, M.Z. Aslam. [85]
• The Sindh Rural Women s Up-Lift Group, Hyderabad - F. Panhwar. [90]

ROMANIA

• S.C.A. Agricultural Research Station, Turda - V. Moldovan, M. Moldovan, R. Kadar. [97]

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

• Agricultural Research Institute of the Central Region of Non-Chenozem Zone, Nemchinovka - V.G. Kyzlasov, S.V. Klitsov, G.M. Artemeva. [99]
• Agricultural Research Institute for South-East Regions, Saratov - N.S. Vassiltchouk, S.N. Gaponov, V.M. Popova, Yu.V. Italianskaya, S.V. Tuchin, E.E. Khudoshina, T.I. Diatchouk, S.V. Stolyarova, N.F. Safronova, L.P. Medvedeva, S.N. Sibikeev, S.A. Voronina, E.D. Badaeva, M.R. Abdryev, V.A. Krupnov, O.V. Krupnova, A.E. Druzhin, T.D. Golubeva, T.V. Kalintseva, G.Yu. Antonov, A.I. Kuzmenko, R.G. Saifullin, K.F. Guryanova, V.A. Danilova, T.K. Zotova, S.D. Davidov, G.A. Beketova, I.I. Grigoryeva, O.V. Zubkova, S.N. Gaponov, V.M. Popova, G.I. Shutareva, A.I. Parkhomenko, Yu.D. Kozlov, V.P. Kosatchev, V.V. Sergeev. [101]
• Far Eastern Research Institute of Agriculture, Khabarovsk - I. Shindin, V. Cherpak. [109]
• Irkutsk State Agricultural Academy, Irkutsk -V.V. Zhitov, A.A. Dolgopolov, O.S. Naumova, A.K. Glyanko. [110]
• Moscow State University, Moscow - E.S. Skolotneva, V.T. Volkova, Yu. V. Maleeva, L.G. Zaitseva, S.N. Lekomtseva, L.G. Zaitseva, M.N. Chaika. [112]
• Saratov State Agrarian University and the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saratov - N.V. Stupina, E.D. Badaeva, Yu.V. Lobachev, S.N. Sibikeev, N.V. Evseeva, I.Yu. Fadeeva, S.Yu. Schhyogolev, O.V. Tkachenko. [116]
• Siberian Institute of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry - A.K. Glyanko, N.V. Mironova, G.G. Vsilieva, R.K. Salyaev, L.V. Dudareva, S.V. Lankevich, V.M. Sumtsova, E.G. Rudikovcka, O.A. Pochabova, S.V. Osipova, A.V. Permyakov, T.N. Mitrofanova, T.N. Pshenichnikova, M.F. Ermakova, A.K. Chistyakova, O.I. Grabelnych, N.Yu. Pivovarova, T.P. Pobezhimova, A.V. Kolesnichenko, O.N. Sumina, V.K. Voinikov, I.V. Stupnikova, G.B. Borovskii, A.I. Antipina, V.K. Voinikov, A.A. Truhin, E.L. Tauson, E.V. Berezovskaya, V.A. Trufanov, T.N. Mitrofanova, L.S. Kazmiruk, T.A. Pshenichnikova, M.D. Permyakova, A.V. Permyakov. [119]
• Vavilov Institute of General Genetics and the Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow - T.I. Odintsova, V.A. Pukhalskiy, A.K. Musolyamov, Ts.A. Egorov, T.V. Korostyleva, G.V. Kozlovskaya. [150]
• N.I. Vavilov Research Institute of Plant Industry, St. Petersburg - S.P. Martynov, T.V. Dobrotvorskaya. [152]

SOUTH AFRICA

• Small Grain Institute, Bethlehem - M. Craven, A. Barnard, W.M. Otto, T. Walsh, S. Ramburan, H. Hatting, C.W. Miles. [156]
• University of Stellenbosch - G.F. Marais, H.S. Roux, A.S. Marais, W.C. Botes, K.W. Pakendorf, J.E. Snyman. [159]

SPAIN

• Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, University of Lleida, and Consejería de Infraestructuras y Desarrollo Technológico - A. Delibes, I. López-Braña, S. Moreno-Vázquez, C.M. González-Belinchón, M.D. Romero, M.F. Andrés, J.A. Martín-Sánchez, G. Briceño-Félix, E. Sin, C. Martínez, A. Michelena, J.Del Moral de la Vega, Fco. Pérez Rojas, M. Senero Fernández. [161]

SWEDEN

• The Nordic Genebank, Alnarp - F. Ottosson, L. Bondo, O. Diaz, B. Skovmand. [163]

UKRAINE

• Kharkov National University - V.V. Zhmurko, O.A. Avksentyeva. [165]
• V Ya. Yurjev Plant Production Institute, Kharkov - Yu.G. Krasilovetz, N.V. Kouzmenko, S.I. Popov, V.A. Tzyganko, V.P. Petrenkova, S.V. Rabynovich, I.M. Chernyaeva, L.M. Chernobai.. [167]

UNITED KINGDOM

• John Innes Centre, Norwich, Norfolk - J. Brown, L. Arraiano, L. Chartrain, P. Nicholson, L. Chandler, N. Chapman, R. Draeger, N. Gosman, W. Monger, A. Steed, M. Thomsett, L.A Boyd, C. Lewis, M. Sayar, J. Melichar, L. Jagger, H. Tufan, R. MacCormack, S. Orford, P. Stephenson, R. Koebner, A. Bottley. [170]

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

GEORGIA / FLORIDA

• University of Georgia Experiment Station and the USDA-ARS, Griffin - J.W. Johnson, R.D. Barnett, G.D. Buntin, Z. Chen. [174]

IDAHO

• University of Idaho, Moscow, and the Agricultural Experiment Station, Aberdeen - J.M. Anderson, S.E. Cambron, C. Crane, S.B. Goodwin, A. Johnson, J.A. Nemacheck, S. Scofield, B. Schemerhorn, R.H. Shukle, C.E. Williams; H.W. Ohm, L. Kong, H.C. Sharma, X. Shen, J. Uphaus; G Buechley, D. Huber, G. Shaner, J.R. Xu, J. Stuart. [176]

INDIANA

• USDA-ARS and Purdue University, West Lafayette - J.M. Anderson, H.W. Ohm, F.L. Patterson, H.C. Sharma, J. Uphaus, G. Buechley, S. Goodwin, D.M. Huber, G. Shaner, X.R. Xu, R.H. Ratcliffe, R. Shukle, C.E. Williams, S. Cambron, C. Collier, J.J. Stuart, M. Yoshiyama, A. Johnson, J. Myers, N. Sardesai. [178]

KANSAS

• Kansas Agricultural Statistics, Topeka - E.J. Theissen. [185]
• Environmental Physics Group, Kansas State Unviersity, Manhattan - M.B. Kirkham. [188]
• The Wheat Genetics Resource Center and the Departments of Plant Pathology and Agronomy, Kansas State University, and the USDA-ARS, Manhattan - B. Friebe, D.L. Wilson, W.J. Raupp, B.S. Gill, G.L. Brown-Guedira, W.W. Bockus, M.A. Davis, D.A. Van Sanford, J.P. Murphy, A.K. Fritz, T.S. Cox, P. D. Chen, M. Guedira, O.K. Chung, G.L. Lookhart, B.W. Seabourn. [188]
• USDA-ARS Grain Marketing and Production Research Center, Manhattan - O.K. Chung, F.E. Dowell, S.H. Park, G.L. Lookhart, M. Tilley, D.L. Brabec, M.S. Ram, L.M. Seitz, S.R. Bean, B.W. Seabourn, T.C. Pearson, D.B. Bechtel, M.E. Casada, J.D. Hubbard, J.D. Downing, E.B. Maghirang, J.D. Wilson, P.R. Armstrong, M.S. Caley, F. Xie, F.H. Arthur, R.K. Lyne, S.Z. Xiao. [193]

MINNESOTA

• USDA-ARS Cereal Rust Laboratory, St. Paul - D.L. Long, J.A. Kolmer, Y. Jin, M.E. Hughes, L.A. Wanschura. [211]

NEBRASKA

• University of Nebraska, USDA-ARS, Lincoln - P.S. Baenziger, D. Baltensperger, L. Nelson, I. Dweikat, A. Mitra, T. Clemente, S. Sato, J. Watkins, J. Schimelfenig,,G. Hein, R.A. Graybosch, L. Divis, R. French, D. Stenger. [221]

NORTH DAKOTA

• USDA-ARS Cereal Crops Research Unit, Northern Crop Science Laboratory, Fargo - J. Faris, S. Xu, T. Friesen, D. Klindworth, H. Lu, K. Simons, Z. Liu, Z. Zhang, X. Chen. [224]

OKLAHOMA

• Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater - J.T. Edwards, B.F. Carver, A.K. Klatt. [227]

SOUTH DAKOTA

• South Dakota State University, Brookings - A.M.H. Ibrahim, S.A. Kalsbeck, R. S. Little, S. Malla, H.J. Woodard, A. Bly, R. Gelderman, J. Gerwing, D. Winther, B. Pavel, L. Hesler, W. Riedell, S. Osborne. [230]

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, M.M. Alley, E.G. Rucker. [233]

WASHINGTON

• USDA-ARS Wheat Genetics, Quality, Physiology and Disease Research Unit and Washington State University, Pullman - X. Chen, D.A. Wood, L. Penman, P. Ling, D.Z. Skinner, K-H. Baek, B.S. Bellinger. [240]

IV. CULTIVARS AND GERMPLASM [246]

• National Small Grains Germplasm Research Facility, Aberdeen, ID, USA. - H.E. Bockelman, C.A. Erickson, B.J. Goates. [246]
• PI assignments in Triticum in 2004 [246]
• Wheat germ plasm evaluations [249]

V. CATALOGUE OF GENE SYMBOLS FOR WHEAT, 2005 SUPPLEMENT [251]

• DNA Markers [251-271]
• Morphological and Physiological Traits and References [272-285]

VI. ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS VOLUME [287]

VII. ADDRESSES OF CONTRIBUTORS [290]

VIII. E-MAIL ADDRESSES OF SMALL GRAINS WORKERS [295]

IX. ANNUAL WHEAT NEWSLETTER FUND [304]

X. VOLUME 52 MANUSCRIPT GUIDELINES [305]