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GRAPHIC VERSION

 

Dedication – Robert J. Metzger [1-2]

I. SPECIAL REPORTS [3]

• Minutes – National Wheat Improvement Committee Meeting [3]
• Members – National Wheat Improvement Committee - December 2007 [5]
• Wheat Workers Code of Ethics [6]

II. ANNOUNCEMENTS [7]

• Publication: Genomics-assisted Crop Improvement [7]

III. NATIONAL WHEAT GENOMICS CONFERENCE [9-30]

• Speaker and Poster abstracts
• NWGC participants photo

IV. CONTRIBUTIONS [31]

PRIVATE COMPANIES

• Stoller Argentina S.A Córdoba, Argentina – N. Casanova, R. Maich, D. Righi [31]

AFGHANISTAN

• CIMMYT, Kabul – M. Osmanzai, M.A. Osmanzai, T. Payne [32]

ARGENTINA

• Córdoba National University – R.H. Maich, G.B. Melchiore, A.C. Masgrau, P. Petit, J. Godoy, F. Ripoll, G. Vallverdu, L.R Carraro, G.A. Piacenza, J.A. Isaía [34]

AUSTRALIA

• Leslie Research Centre, Toowomba – J. Sheedy, J. Thompson, J. Raupp [37]
• The University of Adelaide – D. Mares, K. Mrva, R. Asenstorfer, J. Rathjen, M. Quinn [39]

BRAZIL

• Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Trigo, EMBRAPA, Passo Fundo – A. Nascimento Junior, M.S. Silva, E. Caierão, P.L. Scheeren, L. Eichelberger, R.S. Fontaneli, H.P. dos Santos, S.P. Brammer, E.M. Guarienti, M.I. Pontes Moreira Lima [41]

CROATIA

• BC Institute for Breeding and Production of Field Crops, Zagreb – S. Tomasovic, R. Mlinar, I. Iki?, B. Palaveršic, K. Juki?[43]

GERMANY

• Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben – A. Börner, O. Dobrovolskaya, E.K. Khlestkina, S. Landjeva, U. Lohwasser, P. Martinek, S. Navakode, M.S. Röder, A. Voylokov, A. Weidner, K. Zaynali Nezhad [46]

HUNGARY

• Department of Wheat Breeding, Agricultural Research Institute, Martonvásár – Z. Bedö, L. Láng, O. Veisz, G. Vida, M. Rakszegi, K. Mészáros, S. Bencze [53]
• Departments of Genetics and Physiological Studies, Agricultural Research Institute, Martonvásár – G. Galiba, G. Kocsy, T. Janda, E. Páldi, G. Szalai, A. Vágújfalvi [53]

INDIA

• Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai – A. Saini, B.K. Das, S.G. Bhagwat, N. Jawali, S. Sud, C.M. Chang, P. Suprasanna [54]
• Bharathiar University, Coimbatore –V.R.K. Reddy, S. Premalatha, K. Thamayanthi [58]
• Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut – P.K. Gupta, H.S. Balyan, J. Kumar, A. Mohan, A. Goyal, A. Kumar, R.R. Mir, S. Kumar, R. Kumar, S. Banerjee, M. Das [59]
• Directorate of Wheat Research
  • Regional Station, Flowerdale – D. Datta, M. Prashar, S.C. Bhardwaj [63]
  • Regional Station, Karnal – J. Kumar, M.S. Saharan, A.K. Sharma, N.V.P.R. Ganga Rao, S. Kundu, J. Shoran, S. Sharma [66]
• Indian Agricultural Research Institute
  • New Delhi – B.S. Malik [71]
  • Wellington – M. Sivasamy, S.M.S. Tomar, Vinod, R.N. Brahma, R. Tiwari, M. Prashar [40]

ITALY

• University of Bologna – C. Ratti, A. Pisi, C. Rubies Autonell, V. Vallega, A. Sarti, A. Belocchi, D. Pancaldi, A. Prod, I. Alberti, G. Filippini, S. Tonti, S. Sandalo, C. Lanzoni, P. Nipoti, D. Rovito [72]

JAPAN

• Ibaraki University – N. Watanabe [79]
• National Institute of Crop Science, Tsukuba – N. Nakamura [82]

KAZAKHSTAN

• Kokshetau State University after Sh. Ualikhanov, Almaty – A.S. Kurmanbaeva, N.M. Safronova, B.A. Sarsenbaev [85]

MEXICO

• International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center – CIMMYT – H-J. Braun, T. Payne, E. Duveiller, R. Singh, J. Huerta [86]

NEPAL

• CIMMYT, Ramput – G. Ortiz Ferrara, M.R. Bhatta, R.C. Sharma, D. Thapa, A.K. Joshi, M.S. Sufian [95]

PAKISTAN

• COMSATS Institute of Inforamtion Technology, Abbottabad – M. Maroof Shah, M.S. Nawaz [96]
• Nuclear Institute of Agriculture, Tando Jam – K.D. Jamali [100]

PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA

• CIMMYT; c/o Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing – Z. He [102]

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

• Agricultural Research Institute of the Central Region of Non-Chenozem Zone, Moscow – V.G. Kyzlasov [107]
• Agricultural Research Institute for South-East Regions, Saratov – A.I. Pryanichnicov, S.V. Lyascheva, A.D. Zavorotina, V.V. Uvarova, Yu.P. Batischev, N.Yu. Larionova, A.I. Sergeeva, R.G. Saifullin, K.F. Guyanova, V.A. Danilova, S.D. Davydov, G.A. Beketova, N.S. Vassiltchouk, G.I. Shutareva, V.M. Popova, S.G. Gaponov, L.V. Yeremenko, T.M. Parshikova, A.S. Petrova, T.I. Dyatchouk, O.V. Khomyakova, Yu.V. Italianskaya, S.V. Stolyarova, N.Ph. Saphronova, L.P. Medvedeva, A.V. Koldyreva, S.N. Sibikeev, S.A. Voronina, V.A. Krupnov, A.E. Druzhin, T.D. Golubeva, T.V. Kalintseva, E.D. Badaeva [110]
• Institute of Complex Analysis of Regional Problems, Khabarovsk – I. Shindin [115]
• Moscow State University, Moscow – S.N. Lekomtseva, V.T. Volkova, L.G. Zaitseva, E.S. Skolotneva, M.N. Chaika [118]
• Saratov State Agrarian University named after N.I. Vavilov, Saratov – O.V. Tkachenko, Yu.V. Lobachev [122]
• D.N. Pryanishnikov All Russian Research Institute of Agricultural Chemistry and Pedology, Moscow – N.V. Poukhalskaya, A.A. Sobachkin, N.I. Pavlova [122]
• Siberian Institute of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry – N.Yu. Pivovarova, O.I. Grabelnych, T.P. Pobezhimova, N.A. Koroleva, V.K. Voinikov, N.S. Pavlovskaya [123]
• Vavilov Institute of General Genetics and the Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow – T.I. Odintsova, T.V. Korostyleva, G.V. Kozlovskaya, V.A. Pukhalskiy, A.K. Musolyamov, T.A. Egorov[129]

SOUTH AFRICA

• University of Stellenbosch – G.F. Marais, H.S. Roux, A.S. Marais, W.C. Botes, J.E. Snyman [131]

SPAIN

• Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, University of Lleida, Consejería de Infraestructuras y Desarrollo Technológico SIDT, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas – A. Delibes, I. López-Braña, E. Simonetti, J.A. Martín-Sánchez, E. Sin, J. Del Moral, F. Pérez Rojas, S. Moreno-Vázquez, P. Hernández, P. Giraldo, J.M. Carrillo, M. Rodríguez-Quijano, C. Jalvo, J.F. Vázquez, E. Benavente, B. Fernández, J.F. Vázquez, M. Rodríguez-Quijano [133]

TURKEY

• CIMMYT, Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Selcuk University, and Ondokuz Mayis Univeristy – J.M. Nichol, R.T .Trethowan, M. William, E. Sahin, G. Erginbas, H.J. Braun, M. van Ginkel, N. Bolat, H. Hekimhan, A.F. Yildirim, H. Toktay, S. Taner, M. Keser, Z. Arisoy, A. Yorgancilar, A. Tulek, D. Erdurmus, O, Buyuk, M. Aydogdu, A. Bagci, H. Elekcioglu [142]

UKRAINE

• Institute for Plant Production N.A. V Ya. Yurjev, Kharkov – N.V. kuzmenko, M.I. Nepochatov, V.A. Tsyganko [147]
• V.N. Karazin Kharkov National University – O.A. Avksentyeva, V.A. Petrenko, A.A. Tishchenko, V.V. Zhmurko [150]

UNITED KINGDOM

• John Innes Centre, Norwich, Norfolk – L.A. Boyd, R. Prins, Z.A. Pretorius, R. MacCormack [152]

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

COLORADO

• Colorado State University, Ft. Collins – S. Haley, J. Stromberger, J. Butler, E. Heaton, H. Miller, B. Beyer, J. Roth, F. Peairs, N. Lapitan, P. Byrne, J. Dubcovsky, G. Bai [153]

GEORGIA / FLORIDA

• University of Georgia Experiment Station and the USDA-ARS, Griffin – J.W. Johnson, J.W. Buck, G.D. Buntin, Z. Chen [156]

INDIANA

• USDA–ARS and Purdue University, West Lafayette – J.M. Anderson, S.E. Cambron, C. Crane, S.B. Goodwin, S. Scofield, B. Schemerhorn, R.H. Shukle, C.E. Williams, H.W. Ohm, L. Kong, G. Buechley, G. Shaner, J.R. Xu, J. Stuart [158]

KANSAS

• Kansas Agricultural Statistics, Topeka [165]
• Environmental Physics Group, Kansas State Unviersity, Manhattan – M.B. Kirkham [168]
• The Wheat Genetic & Genomic Resources Center, Departments of Plant Pathology and Agronomy, Kansas State University, and the USDA–ARS, Manhattan – B.S. Gill, B. Friebe, L.L. Qi, D.L. Wilson, W.J. Raupp, A.K. Fritz, D.L. Seifers, T.J. Martin, M.O. Pumphrey, P.D. Chen, V. Kuraparthy, P. Chhuneja, H.S. Dhaliwal, S. Kaur, S. Sood, S.K. Sehgal, W.L. Li, P. Rabinowicz [170]
• USDA–ARS Grain Marketing and Production Research Center, Manhattan – M. Tilley, F.E. Dowell, B.W. Seabourn, T.C. Pearson, J.D. Wilson, E.B. Maghirang, S.H. Park, S.R. Bean, T.J. Herald, F. Xie, Y.R. Chen, D.L. Brabec, J.E. Throne, O.K. Chung, F.H. Arthur, M.S. Caley, J.F. Campbell [173]

MINNESOTA

• USDA–ARS Cereal Rust Laboratory, St. Paul – D.L. Long, J.A. Kolmer, Y. Jin, M.E. Hughes, L.A. Wanschura [182]

NEBRASKA

• University of Nebraska and the USDA–ARS, Lincoln – P.S. Baenziger, D. Baltensperger, L. Nelson, I. Dweikat, A. Mitra, T. Clemente, S. Sato, S. Wegulo, G. Hein, R.A. Graybosch, R. French, S. Tatineni [192]

VIRGINIA

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg – C.A. Griffey, W.E. Thomason, A. Herbert, E.L. Stromberg, R.M. Pitman, J.E. Seago [195]

WASHINGTON

• USDA–ARS Wheat Genetics, Quality, Physiology and Disease Research Unit, Pullman – C.F. Morris, B. Beecher, A.D. Bettge, D.A. Engle, G.E. King, M. Baldridge, P.K. Boyer, E.P. Fuerst, B. Paszczynska, G.L. Jacobson, W.J. Kelley, M.J. Lenssen, J. Luna, E. Wegner, S. Vogl, S. Sykes, D. Ramseyer [199]

V. CULTIVARS AND GERM PLASM – National Small Grains Germplasm Research Facility, Aberdeen, ID, USA. H.E. Bockelman. [201]

• Wheat germ plasm evaluations [201]
• PI assignments in Triticum, Secale, Aegilops, and X Triticosecale in 2007 [203]

VI. CATALOGUE OF GENE SYMBOLS FOR WHEAT, 2008 SUPPLEMENT [209]

VII. ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS VOLUME [226]

VIII. ADDRESSES OF CONTRIBUTORS [229]

IX. E-MAIL ADDRESSES OF SMALL GRAINS WORKERS [233]

X. ANNUAL WHEAT NEWSLETTER FUND [243]

XI. VOLUME 55 MANUSCRIPT GUIDELINES [244]