Information about the Barley Genetics Newsletter

The Barley Genetics Newsletter is published electronically and on paper. For the electronic version see: http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/ggpages/bgn/31. The paper version is available with advance payment of a subscription fee to the publisher, the American Malting Barley Association, Inc. An order form will be distributed to the Barley Genetics Newsletter mailing list and to various electronic address lists and is also available from:

The American Malting Barley Association, Inc.

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Correspondence concerning business matters should be sent to the Managing Editor, Dr. Michael P. Davis, at the above address.

Contributions for publication in Volume 32 of the Barley Genetics Newsletter should be sent to the Technical Editor, Dr. Phil Bregitzer (see Instructions to Authors on the following pages for details on submissions). Reports on research activities (including ongoing projects, descriptions of new genetic and cytological techniques, and current linkage maps) are invited for the Research Notes section. Researchers are encouraged to submit descriptions of genetic stocks for the Barley Genetic Stocks section. Letters to the editors are welcome and will be published. Please inform the Technical Editor of any errors you notice in this volume or in previous volumes; corrections will be published in future volumes, and electronic copy will be appropriately corrected.

Coordinators assigned at the International Barley Genetics Symposium should submit their reports by January 10, 2002 to:

Dr. Udda Lundqvist

Assistant Editor, Barley Genetics Newsletter

Svalöf Weibull AB, S-268 81 Svalöv, SWEDEN

Telephone: +46 418 667010 Fax: +46 418 667109, E-mail: udda@ngb.se

All correspondence and contributions to the Barley Genetics Newsletter should be in English. Please include your complete mailing address, including your country, and an e-mail address (if you have one) with all correspondence and contributions.

Acknowledgements

This publication is made possible by the contributors of research reports and the diligence of the many Coordinators. The American Malting Barley Association, Inc. provides support for the publication of paper versions of the Barley Genetic Newsletter, Victoria Carollo and the Graingenes team at USDA-ARS makes possible the electronic version of BGN, and Ms. Glenda Rutger, USDA-ARS Aberdeen, provides additional computer support services. Dr. An Hang, USDA-ARS, provided the cover photographs.