TABLE OF CONTENTS

RESEARCH NOTES	page
Recommendations for the designation of the barley chromosomes and their arms.
Ib Linde-Laursen	1
New and revised names for barley genes.
Jerome Franckowiak, Udda Lundqvist, and Takeo Konishi	4
Revised linkage maps for morphological markers in barley, Hordeum vulgare.
Jerome Franckowiak	9
New and revised descriptions of barley genes.
Udda Lundqvist, Jerome Franckowiak, and Takeo Konishi	22
Table 1. A listing of Barley Genetic Stock (BGS) descriptions in Barley Genetics Newsletter volume 26, recommended locus symbols and names, and stock location information.	24
Table 2. An alphabetic listing of new and revised Barley Genetic Stock (BGS) descriptions for loci in barley (Hordeum vulgare), including information on chromosomal locations and original cultivars.	34
BARLEY GENETIC STOCKS, new and revised descriptions
BGS 1, brachytic 1, brh1 in chromosome 7H	44
BGS 51, Rattail spike, rtt in chromosome 2H	87
BGS 101, Absent lower laterals, als in chromosome 3H	135
BGS 151, Chlorina seedling 9, fch9 in chromosome 4H	178
BGS 201, Chlorina seedling 7, fch7 in chromosome 1H	206
BGS 251, Multiflorus 2, mul2 in chromosome 6H	232
BGS 301, Fragile stem 1, fst1 in chromosome 5H	252
BGS 351, Glossy sheath 1, gsh1 in chromosome 2H	292
BGS 401, Eceriferum-f, cer-f in chromosome 7H	348
BGS 451, Eceriferum-yh, cer-yh in chromosome 3H	403
BGS 501, Male sterile genetic 38, msg38	427
BGS 551, Breviaristatum-f, ari-f	477
MAILING LIST FOR THE BARLEY GENETICS NEWSLETTER	517