| INFORMATION ABOUT THE BARLEY GENETICS NEWSLETTER | 1 |
| INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONTRIBUTORS | 3 |
| RESEARCH NOTES | |
| (R1) The effect of seed size upon the quality and number of embryos obtained from the interspecific cross H. vulgare L. X H. bulbosum L. I. J. Maureira, H. Campos de Quiroz, and H. E. Salvo | 5 |
| (R2) A collection of allo- and isoplasmic barley lines with RFLP-studied mitochondrial DNA I. M. Sychjova, S. O. Tribush, N. G. Danilenko, and O. G. Davydenko | 9 |
| (R3) Identification of a Hordeum vulgare L. - H. bulbosum L. recombinant by RFLP analysis and Genomic in situ hybridization. R.A.Pickering, G. Szigat, A.M. Hill, and R.G. Kynast | 12 |
| (R4) DNA sequencing and primer designing for RFLP clones evenly distributed in the barley genome. B.E. Sayed-Tabatabaei, T. Komatsuda, F. Takaiwa, snd A. Graner | 15 |
| (R5) RAPD-markers linked to the BaMMV-resistance gene ym9 . A. Schiemann, E. Bauer, A. Graner, W. Friedt, and F. Ordon | 19 |
| (R6) Integration of 31 translocation breakpoints of chromosome 4H into the corresponding Igri/Franka-derived RFLP map. L. Korzun and G. Künzel | 23 |
| (R7) Descriptions of barley genetic stocks for 1997. U. Lundqvist and J.D. Franckowiak | 26 |
| (R8) Multiple isozyme stock in spring barley. M. Kucharska | 55 |
| (R9) Genetic diversity of alcohol dehydrogenase 3 in wild barley population at the "Evolution Canyon" microsite, Nahal Oren, Mt Carmel, Israel. Y.C. Li, T. Krugman, T. Fahima, A. Beiles & E. Nevo | 58 |
| (R10) RFLP mapping of BaYMV resistance gene ym3 in barley. K. Saeki, C. Miyazaki, N. Hirota, A. Saito, K. Ito, and T. Konishi | 61 |
| (R11) Screening Of The World Barley Collection For Resistance To Barley Yellow Mosaic Virus. S. Yasuda and K. Rikiishi | 64 |
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| RECOMMENDATIONS OF BARLEY NOMENCLATURE WORKSHOP | 113 |