Annual Wheat Newsletter

Volume 43
Table of Contents

Edited by W.J. Raupp, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-5502 USA; financial arrangements made by W.D. Worrall, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 1658, Vernon, TX 76384 USA. Facilities and assistance during manuscript editing were kindly provided by the Department of Plant Pathology and the Wheat Genetics Resource Center, Kansas State University. Special thanks to Eileen Schofield, Associate Editor of the Agricultural Experiment Station, Kansas State University, for her help in the editing of this publication.

Additional regional editing and manuscript solicitation were done by:

O.K. Chung, USDA-ARS, Grain Marketing and Production Research Center, Manhattan, KS, USA; J. Dubin, CIMMYT, Mexico, D.F., Mexico; W.L. Griffin, NZ Institute for Crop & Food Research Limited, Christchurch, New Zealand; T.E. Miller, Plant Science Research, Cambridge Laboratory, Norwich, England; J.S. Noll, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; S.V. Rabinovich, V.Ya. Yuriev Institute, Kharkov, Ukraine; and H.A. Van Niekerk, Small Grain Center, Bethelem, South Africa.

The volume was financed by voluntary contributions-list included. The information in this Newsletter are considered as personal contributions. Before citing any information herein, obtain the consent of the specific author(s). The Newsletter is sponsored by the National Wheat Improvement Committee, USA.

1 July, 1997.

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I. PUBLICATIONS
II. MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS
III. SPECIAL REPORTS

• Minutes - Wheat Crop Germplasm Committee
• Minutes - National Wheat Improvement Committee
• Members - National Wheat Improvement Committee
• Wheat Workers Code of Ethics

IV. CONTRIBUTIONS

• PRIVATE COMPANIES
• AGRIPRO SEEDS, INC.
• Hybrid wheat sale. R. Bruns
• Delta Soft Red Winter Wheat. J. Barton Fogleman, Jr., and M. Montgomery
• Hard wintert wheat. J. Moffatt, J. Brick, B. Fishburn
• Hard spring wheat - United States. Steve Askelson, S. Seifer
• Hard spring wheat - Canada. Joe Smith, L. Sizemore and K. McCallum
• Midwest soft red winter wheat research. Curtis L. Beazer, Breeder, E. Glover and D.L. Scruggs
• ELSOMS SEEDS LIMITED
• D.W. Feuerhelm - Spalding, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
• GOERTZEN SEED RESEARCH
• K. Goertzen, S. Perry, D. Shellberg - Haven, KS, USA
• HYBRINOVA
• A. Gervais- Headquarters, Courtabeuf, France
• Northern Breeding Station, 60: S.D. Sunderwirth - Northern Breeding Station
• Southern Breeding Station, 32: C. Quandalle- Southern Breeding Station
• HYBRITECH SEED INTERNATIONAL
• Soft red winter wheat breeding. Koy E. Miskin, Jamie Bobula, Rollin Machtmes, and Daryl Fryman.
• Hard red and hard white winter wheat breeding. A. Brown, G. Cisar, G. Greer, J. Reeder, R. Rich, B. Talley, T. Winslow, and J. Zitlow.
• Soft white winter wheat breeding. G. Mahrt, B. Cooper, H. Lewis, S. Scherer, R. Simerly, A. Westhead, and W. Kam.
• NOVARTIS SEEDS, INC.
• J. Hancock, C. Allen, D. Hill - Bay, AR, USA
• OR SEED BREEDING CO.
• O.S. Rosa, A.C. Rosa - Passo Fundo, Brazil
• PANNAR (PTY) LTD.
• F. du Toit, S.S. Walters, A.S. Jacobs, A. Brummer, P. Thorpe - Bainslevi, South Africa
• PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
• I.B. Edwards
• Windfall, IN, USA. Gregory C. Marshall, William J. Laskar, Kyle J. Lively, Robert L. Clarkson, and Gary P. Off.
• St. Matthews, South Carolina, USA. Benjamin E. Edge and Phil Shields
• Frouville, France. Guy Dorlencourt, Steven Bentley, Elie Guillard, and Quitterie Vanderpol.
• Sissa (near Parma), Italy. Mauro Tanzi.
• Blissworth, Northampton, UK. Paul Wilson and Graham Urquhart.
• TRIGEN SEED SERVICES LLC
• R.W. Romig, D.R. Romig, H. Lerner - Bloomington, MN, USA; Buenos Aires, Argentina
• ARGENTINA
• Argentinian Cooperatives Association Ltd., Bahia Blanca: R. Miranda, A.C.A. Criadero
• Second release of transgenic wheat with herbicide resistance obtained in Argentina. Center for the Study of Photosynthesis and Biochemistry, CEFOBI, Rosario: G.D Cervigni, S. Bacigaluppo, M.I. Reggiardo, H.R. Permingeat, H. Vallejos
• Glutenin composition and presence of the T1BL-1RS translocation in Latin American advanced lines. L. Pfloeger, E. Suarez, G. Tranquilli - Biological Resources Institute, INTA, Castelar
• Argentinean wheat germplasm characterization by the Ibf-1 isozyme system. E. Suarez and G. Tranquilli.
• Characterization of 110 Argentine wheat varieties using SSR markers. A.R. Schlatter, M.M. Manifesto, M. Echaide, H.E. Hopp, J. Dubcovsky - Biotechnology Institute, CICV, INTA, Castelar
• Awnedness in a F₂ population of the bread wheat cross `Buck Charraa/Thatcher'. B.A. Perez, M. Zanelli, C.G. Sampedro, V. Lopez, E. Wright, J. Molteni - Genetics Institute, INTA, Castelar and the University of Buenos Aires
• Seedling reaction to powdery mildew, Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici, in bread wheat cultivars. C. Garcia Sampedro, B.A. Perez, V. Lopez, and E. Wright
• Seedling reaction to powdery mildew of tetraploid wheat cultivars, differentials, and wild relatives. J. Molteni, B.A. Perez, E. Wright, and V. Lopez
• Stomatal size in the flag leaf of Triticum aestivum. A.L. Pascualides, S.P. Gil, and M.M. Cerana.
• Morphological changes of flag leaf in bread wheat related to three cycles of recurrent selection. S.P. Gil, G. Mas, A.L. Pascualides, and R. Maich.
• Attributes that confer competitive ability in wheat. M. Zaninetti and R. Maich.
• Recurrent selection for grain yield: an experience under semiarid environmental conditions. R. Maich.
• Morphological changes in wheat seeds after three cycles of recurrent selection for grain yield. I. Arguello, J. Concioni, and R. Rolando.
• Gene frequency variations of glutenin loci in cyclically-improved wheat populations. A. Ordonez and R. Maich.
• AUSTRALIA
• The University of Sydney: PBI Cobbitty and Department of Crop Sciences. J. Bell, L.W. Burgess, G.N. Brown, M. Fordyce, H-S. Hwang, S. Johnston, D.R. Marshall, J.D. Oates, R.F. Park, P.J. Sharp, D. Singh, F.L. Stoddard. M. Turner, C.R. Wellings, and C. Zhao.
• The University of Sydney: IA Watson Wheat Research Centre. L. O'Brien, F.W. Ellison, D. Bonnett, D.J. Mares, and S.G. Moore.
• Soilborne diseases of wheat in Queensland. G.B. Wildermuth, R.B. Mc Namara, and T.M. Sparks.
• Root-lesion nematodes (Pratylenchus thornei). J.P. Thompson, T.G. Clewett, J. Sheedy, and M.I. Haak.
• Germplasm enhancement program. M.A. Fabrizius, M. Cooper, P.S. Brennan, and F.W. Ellison.
• Optimal breeding methodology for population improvement. N. Jensen and M. Cooper.
• QU-GENE: computer simulation of breeding populations. D. Podlich and M. Cooper.
• The relationship between the T1BL-1RS translocation and grain yield in Queensland environments. A.S. Peake, M. Cooper, and M.A. Fabrizius.
• AUSTRIA
• Research activities on Fusarium head blight (scab) of wheat. Hermann Buerstmayr, Marc Lemmens, Heinrich Grausgruber, Rudolf Krska, Rainer Schuhmacher, M.L. Doldi-Heher, G. Neuhold, Olga Semenova, M. Fidesser, and P. Ruckenbauer; University of Agricultural Sciences, Vienna
• Wheat storage proteins and bread making quality in hexaploid winter wheat. S. Groeger, A. Koutnik, and T. Lelley.
• BANGLADESH
• Summary of the work at CIMMYT-Bangladesh as the Bangladesh Australia wheat improveme nt project. Craig A. Meisner.
• BRAZIL
• EMBRAPA 49, a new cultivar for Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. C.N.A. de Sousa, E.P. Gomes, J.C.S. Moreira, L. de J.A. Del Duca, and P.L. Scheeren.
• Release of EMBRAPA 52, new wheat cultivar for Rio Grande do Sul. L.J.A. Del Duca, A. Linhares, C.N.A. Sousa, E.P. Gomes, E.M. Guarienti, J.C.M. Moreira, and P.L. Scheeren.
• 1996 Wheat Cultivar Yield Trials in Passo Fundo, Brazil. J.C.S. Moreira and C.N.A. de Sousa.
• Testing wheats for dual purpose in the middle plateau region of Rio Grande do Sul.. L.J.A. Del Duca, 0. Rodrigues, G.R. Cunha, and H.P. Santos.
• Agronomic, baking, and plant health characteristics of wheat cultivars and lines of the Parana State Yield Trials, 1996. L.J.A. Del Duca, C.N.A. Sousa, and E.M. Guarienti.
• Distribution by state of the main Brazilian wheats during the 1995-96 period. L.J.A. Del Duca and P.L. Scheeren.
• Reaction of wheat cultivars to scab in the crossing block conducted in Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. C.N.A. de Sousa.
• BULGARIA
• Identification of T1B-1R translocations by gliadin electrophoresis and the assessment of aluminum tolerance in wheat germ plasm. S.D. Stoyanova, D.B. Boyadjieva, and Ch.Ch. Phylipov.
• Black point of grain in bread winter wheat: 1. Association between appearance of black point in different cultivars and the level of nitrogen fertilization in the field. Ch.Ch. Phylipov, Z. Dachev, V.I. Vassilev, and S.D. Stoyanova.
• Black point of grain in bread winter wheat: 2. Biotic and abiotic causal agents. V.I. Vassilev, Y. Stancheva, Ch.Ch. Phylipov, Z. Dachev, and S.D. Stoyanova.
• Black point of grain in bread winter wheat: 3. Effect on seed viability. S.D. Stoyanova, Ch.Ch.Phylipov, Z. Dachev, and V.I. Vassilev.
• CANADA
• Statistics of Canada's November estimate of 1996 wheat production on the prairies. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Effect of barley yellow dwarf virus on the yield components of spring wheats. S. Haber and R.I.H McKenzie.
• Durum wheat quality: comparison of chemical and rheological screening tests with sensory analysis. M.I.P. Kovacs, L.M. Poste, G.S. Butler, S.M. Woods, D. Leisle, J.S. Noll, and G. Dahlke.
• The interaction between flour milling extractions and wheat noodle browning in three different genetic sources of kernel o-diphenol oxidase. M.I.P. Kovacs, N.K. Howes, R.I.H. McKenzie, and R. DePauw.
• Quality characteristics of durum wheat lines deriving high protein from a Triticum dicoccoides (6B) substitution line. M.I.P. Kovacs, N.K. Howes, J.M. Clarke, and D. Leisle.
• A 2-gram flour test for extensibility and resistance to extension. M.I.P. Kovacs, N.K. Howes, J.M. Clarke, and D. Leisle.
• The frozen dough performance of diverse wheat cultivars. O.M. Lukow, C.E. Perron, X. Chen, W. Bushuk, and T.F. Townley-Smith.
• The contribution of protein composition to dough strength and baking quality using double haploid lines. O.M. Lukow, C.E.Perron, and T.F. Townley-Smith.
• Wheat leaf rust in Canada in 1996. J.A. Kolmer.
• 1996 production: Saskatchewan.
• The genes for stem rust resistance in St. 464 durum wheat. D.R. Knott.
• Evaluation of spring wheat for resistance to the orange wheat blossom midge. P. Hucl, R. Graf, F.W. Sosulski, and C. Gillott.
• Variation for seed dormancy in tetraploid wheat species. P. Hucl, D. Huel, D.R. Knott, and R. Tavakkol-Afshari.
• Variation for starch content and quality in Canadian spring wheats. P. Hucl, R. Chibbar, T. Demeke, and T. Nakamura.
• Genetic control of bunt resistance in wheat. C. He and G.R. Hughes.
• Molecular markers for genes for resistance to Septoria nodorum blotch. H. Ma and G.R. Hughes.
• Expression of the cold-induced wheat gene Wcs120, and its homologs in related species and interspecific combinations. A. Limin, M. Houde1, L.P. Chauvin, Brian Fowler, and Fathey Sarhan.
• Expression of low-temperature tolerance shown to be regulated by vernalization genes in cereals. B. Fowler, L.P. Chauvin, A. Limin, and F. Sarhan.
• CHINA, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF
• Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
• Inheritance study on sprouting resistance in white wheat. Guo-Liang Jiang, Shi-Rong Yu, Xi-Zhong Wei, You-Jia Shen, Yong Xu, Zhao-Xia Chen, and Shi-Jia Liu: Nanjing Agricultural University
• CROATIA
• Yield and quality of the recently released winter wheat cultivars from the Bc Institute-Zagreb. P. Javor, S. Tomasovic, and B. Sesar.
• Improvement of resistance to Fusarium head blight (Fusarium graminearum Schw.) in common wheat at the Bc Institute-Zagreb. S. Tomasovic and P. Javor.
• CZECH REPUBLIC
• Genetic resources of wheat and triticale - some conclusions of evaluation in 1996. Z. Stehno, L. Dotlacil, and M.Vlasak.
• Vernalization requirements of some cultivars of winter wheat. K. Pankova and J. Kosner.
• Response of Czech and Slovak winter wheat cultivars to the infection of ears with Fusarium culmorum. E. Stuchlakova and V. Sip.
• Genes for resistance to leaf and stem rusts and powdery mildew in winter wheat cultivars registered in the Czech Republic in 1996. P. Bartos, R. Hanusova, and V. Blazkova.
• ESTONIA
• Behavior of meiosis in monosomic F<sub>1</sub> hybrids. T. Enno.
• Screening for powdery mildew resistance in common wheat cultivars and breeding lines. H. Peusha, A. Ingver (Joegeva Plant Breeding Institute, Estonia), and O. Priilinn.
• Utilization of wheat storage proteins for identification of chromosome translocations. M. Tohver.
• GERMANY
• Comparative mapping of three mutant loci. A. Boerner, V. Korzun, I. M. Ben Amer, C.-E. Specht, and G. Schnueber (authors listed for all German contributions)
• Cytoplasmic effect on tissue culture response.
• Starch and protein content.
• Long-term storage.
• GUATEMALA
• Instituto de Ciencia y Techologica Agricolas: Fernando Aldana, Valentin Azaonon, Rene Mora, E. Ramirez, and L. Molina.
• HUNGARY
• Breeding. Z. Bedoe, L. Szunics, L. Lang, Lu. Szunics, O. Veisz, I. Karsai, and Gy. Vida.
• Cell biology and physiological studies . B. Barnabas, E. Paldi, G. Kovacs, I. Takacs, T. Janda, G. Szalai, Z. Ponya, and I. Timar.
• Genetic studies. J. Sutka, G. Galiba, M. Molnar-Lang, G. Kocsy, B. Koeszegi, G. Linc, and A. Vagujfalvi.
• Bread wheat growing conditions and cultivar release. Z. Kertesz, J. Matuz, L. Bona, B. Beke, J. Pauk, M. Csosz, L. Cseuz, A. Mesterhazy, I. Petroczy, L. Purnhauser, Cs. Kertesz, J. Falusi, and R. Nagy-Kutni.
• Durum wheat breeding. B. Beke, J. Matuz, T. Szebelledy, Zs. Kovacs, and L. Bona.
• Drought tolerance. L. Cseuz.
• Fusarium head blight. A. Mesterhazy.
• Viruses. M. Papp
• Inheritance of the quality traits in durum wheats (Triticum durum Desf.). J. Matuz and B. Beke.
• Evaluation of some aspects of the variety maintenance in wheat. Z. Kertesz, J. Matuz, J. Pauk, and Cs. Kertesz.
• Genotype preservation. L. Cseuz.
• Response of wheat genotypes to virus diseases under field conditions. M. Papp and A. Mesterhazy.
• Effects of heavy metals on somatic tissue culture of wheat. L. Purnhauser.
• INDIA
• Genetics, breeding, and induced-mutation studies in wheat and triticale. V.R.K. Reddy, P. Viswanathan, and S. Arumugam.
• Incorporation of specific rust-resistance genes in wheat and their confirmation through biochemical and molecular markers. S. Dhamodaran and V.R.K. Reddy.
• Surbhi HPW 89 -- a new high-yielding and rust-resistant wheat cultivar for Himachal Pradesh. Satish C. Sharma, D.L. Sharma, G.S. Sethi, K.S. Thakur, and A.K. Basandrai.
• Accessing and exploiting rust resistance genes of alien origin in wheat breeding. R.N. Sawhney (noted for next three contributions from INDIA).
• Exploitation of Aegilops tauschii var. meyeri Lr21/Sr21.
• Exploitation of Agropyron elongatum (Lr24/Sr24) resistances.
• Newly described adult plant resistance genes with potential for durability.
• Two wheat cultivars identified for the NEP zone. M.P. Jha, B.P. Sinha, K.M.P. Singh, and A.K. Sinha.
• Parbhani-51 -- a heat-tolerant wheat for the warmer regions of Maharashtra. K.A. Nayeem
• The genetics of nitrate reductase activity in wheat. K.A. Nayeem and M.V. Veer.
• Breeding rust resistant lines through recurrent irradiation of land race Sharbati. K.A. Nayeem.
• Gene action of harvest index, heat tolerance, and quality characters in wheat. K.A. Nayeem and D.P. Deshpande.
• Genetic analysis of some quality and heat-tolerant traits in wheat through Wr Vr graphs. D.P. Deshpande and K.A. Nayeem.
• Performance of wheat cultivars in front-line demonstrations in the abnormal season, 1995-96. K.A. Nayeem, S. Muzaffar, H.P. Bhadarge, and S.T. Shirale.
• Molecular tagging of stripe rust resistance gene Yr8 . Harjit Singh, and P.J. Sharp, C.R. Wellings, and Sarah Johnston
• RAPD markers associated with an Aegilops ovata chromosome carrying rust resistance genes. Harjit Singh and H.S. Dhaliwal
• ITALY
• Black point disease in durum wheat: epidemiological and biochemical aspects. M. Pasquini, N.E. Pogna, M. Mazza, A. Niglio, L. Sereni, and F. Casini.
• Innovative uses of cereals. M. G. D'Egidio.
• A bread wheat line lacking the Gli-1/Glu-3 loci on chromosomes 1B and 1D and the Gli-A2 locus on chromosome 6A shows toxicity in coeliac disease. A.M. Monari, C. Saponaro, M. De Vincenzi, R. Luchetti, F. Maialetti, and N.E. Pogna.
• Introgression of disease-resistance genes from rye into durum wheat. N.E. Pogna, M. Pasquini, M. Mazza, L. Rovelli, and P. Cacciatori.
• Wheat leaf rust in Italy. M. Pasquini, F. Casulli, L. Sereni, and F. Casini.
• JAPAN
• Genetic control of glume formation in tetraploid wheat. N. Watanabe.
• Identification of the low-molecular-weight bands of seed storage proteins in Japanese and Australian wheats. H. Nakamura.
• MEXICO
• The CIMMYT Wheat Program in 1996. Jesse Dubin.
• CIMMYT 1996 Wheat Improvement Training Course. R. L. Villareal and O. Banuelos.
• Septoria tritici leaf blotch-resistant germplasm derived from bread wheat/D genome synthetic hexaploids. L.I. Gilchrist and A. Mujeeb-Kazi.
• Amphiploids of Triticum turgidum with some A, B, and D genome Triticeae accessions resistant to Septoria tritici leaf blotch. R. Delgado, L.I. Gilchrist, and A. Mujeeb-Kazi.
• Management of an abiotic stress in wheat - salinity - through alien Triticeae germplasm, cytogenetic manipulations, and screening methodology development. J.L. Diaz-de-Leon and A. Mujeeb-Kazi.
• Karnal bunt screening of some D-genome synthetic hexaploids and germplasm derived from their crosses to bread wheat. G. Fuentes-Davila and A. Mujeeb-Kazi.
• Helminthosporium sativum evalutions of D-genome dexaploids and germplasm derived from their crosses to bread wheat. R. Delgado and A. Mujeeb-Kazi.
• Some applications of wheat/maize-induced polyhaploidy. A. Mujeeb-Kazi and M. Inagaki.
• Agronomic characteristics of durum wheat stocks possessing the chromosome substitution T1BL-1RS. R.L. Villareal, O. Banuelos, A. Miranda, and A. Mujeeb-Kazi.
• Utilization of alien Triticeae germplasm resistant to barley yellow dwarf virus for wheat improvement. M. Henry, V. Rosas, and A. Mujeeb-Kazi.
• Agronomic performance of some advanced derivatives of synthetic hexaploids (T. turgidum x T. tauschii). R.L. Villareal, O. Banyuelos, J. Borja, A. Mujeeb-Kazi, and S. Rajaram.
• Production, cytogenetics, maintenance, and breeding implications of A-genome amphiploids (2n = 6x = 42, AAAABB). S. Cano, A. Cortes, R. Delgado, and A. Mujeeb-Kazi.
• Northern Mexico wheat production in 1995-96. G. Martinez-Zambrano and M. Colin-Rico.
• Development of bread wheat populations. Gaspar Martinez-Zambrano.
• Development of a durum wheat population. G. Martinez-Zambrano.
• NEPAL
• Wheat crop and production statistics. M.R. Bhatta, D.R. Pokharel, Ashok Mudwari, and B.R. Thapa.
• NEW ZEALAND
• Wheat breeding. W.B. Griffin, D.S.C. Wright, R.J. Cross, and S.C. Shorter.
• Wheat pathology. M.G. Cromey.
• Wheat processing quality. T.N. Lindley.
• Wheat physiology and modeling. P.D. Jamieson.
• ROMANIA
• Environmental and genotypic effects on test weight in wheat. Nicolae N. Saulescu, Gheorghe Ittu, and P. Mustatea.
• Changes in HMW-glutenin subunit composition of wheat grown in Romania from 1980 to 1995. Ioana Hagima, Nicolae N. Saulescu, and Gheorghe Ittu.
• Results in triticale breeding for breadmaking quality. Gheorghe Ittu, Nicolae N. Saulescu, Mihaela Tianu, and Ioana Hagima.
• Variation in Fusarium sp. pathogenicity to wheat. Mariana Ittu and Steluta Raranciuc.
• Sources of winter wheat resistance to Fusarium head blight. Maria Moldovan, V. Botezan, and V. Moldovan.
• RUSSIA
• Performance of new durum lines under dry conditions. N.S. Vassiltchouk, V.M. Popova, V.I. Kassatov, S.N. Gaponov, and G.I. Shutareva.
• Reaction of red spring bread wheat near-isogenic lines to drought. S.A. Voronina, V.A. Krupnov, and V.N. Semenov.
• Effects of R-genes in spring bread wheat for grain yield under drought conditions. S.A. Voronina and V.A. Krupnov.
• Field and laboratory analysis of a leaf rust population of bread wheat in 1996. S.N. Sibikeev, S.A. Voponina, and Yu.E. Sibikeeva
• The range and severity of leaf rust on spring wheat in 1996. O.V. Zubkova and V.A. Krupnov.
• The effects of genes for ear and leaf colors in durum wheat. V.A. Elesin
• Testing wheat-alien lines for bread- and spaghetti-making quality. V.A. Krupnov, S.A. Voronina, I.N. Cherneva, and N.S. Vassiltchouk
• `Triticum durum x T. timopheevii' crosses as a way of cultivar nucleus reconstruction. V.F. Kozlovskaya.
• Pollen irradiation method in a distant wheat hybridization. I.F. Lapochkina and G.L. Yatchevskaya
• Achievements and problems of spring wheat selection in the Russian far east. Ivan Shindin.
• The most common parents of Russian spring wheat released from 1980 to 1996. S.P. Martynov and T.V. Dobrotvorskaya.
• The interaction of 1-anilinonaphthalene-8-sulfonic acid with membranes and proteins of wheat callus. S.V. Tuchin.
• Saratovskaya 64, a new spring wheat variety created by combining conventional and haploid breeding. A.I. Kusmenko and T.I. Djatchouk.
• The leaf rust-resistant somaclone of spring bread wheat. Yu.V. Italianskaya and S.V. Tuchin.
• Effects of eleven Rht-genes in spring bread wheats of the Volga Region. Yu.V. Lobachev.
• Analysis of necrotic genotypes in Triticum aestivum L. cultivars produced in the former USSR republics. V.A. Pukhalskiy.
• SERBIA
• Yield and quality of Yugoslav winter wheat cultivars. Miroslav Kuburovic, Veselinka Zecevic, Desimir Knezevic, and Milanko Pavlovic
• SPAIN
• National production.
• Research activities. C. Royo.
• Bread wheat program. J. Lloveras, A. Lopez-Querol, and J.A. Martin-Sanchez.
• Durum wheat and triticale program. C. Royo.
• Transfer of genes for resistance to Heterodera avenae, from two wild grasses: use in wheat breeding programs. J.A. Martin-Sanchez, E. Sin, C. Martinez, and A. Michelena.
• Transfer of a gene for resistance to Hessian fly (Mayetiola destructor) from Aegilops ventricosa to cultivars of wheat. J. del Moral and A. Mejias.
• SOUTH AFRICA
• Doubled haploid research. R. de V. Pienaar and Marizanne Horn.
• Winter and intermediate wheat breeding. H. van Niekerk, N. Edwards, M. Jenkins, D. Exley, O. Muller, M. Ncala, and R. Pretorius.
• Spring wheat breeding. H.A. Van Niekerk, F.P. Koekemoer, A. deVilliers, T.G. Paxton, S. Jordaan, R. Britzen, F. Groenewald, and H. Botha.
• Entomology. V.L. Tolmay, G.J. Prinsloo, J.H. Hatting, and R. Marae.
• Plant pathology. Willem Boshoff.
• Preharvest sprouting. Annelie Barnard.
• Seed testing laboratory at the Small Grain Institute. Frederieke Bruin.
• Foliar diseases and take-all of wheat. D.B. Scott.
• Breeding programs and Genetic studies. G.F. Marais, R. Prins, F.L. Middleton, H.S. Roux, and A.S. Marais.
• SYRIA
• Screening durum wheat accessions for boron-toxicity tolerance. S.K. Yau and J. Valkoun.
• TURKEY
• Current activities for the International Winter Wheat Improvement Program. H.-J. Braun, A.I. Morgounov, H. Ketata, S.P.S. Beniwal, L. Cetin, H. Ekiz, V. Eser, M. Keser, M. Kanbertay, and N. Zencirci (authors listed for all contributions)
• FAWWON (Facultative and Winter Wheat Observation Nursery) and germplasm distribution.
• Facultative and Winter Wheat Elite Yield Trial (F & W EYT).
• The importance of `spring x winter' crosses for winter wheat improvement.
• UKRAINE
• Monitoring the mode of gene interaction of the photoperiodic response in winter wheat. Vasily V. Zhmurko.
• Pedigree analysis of T. durum cultivars grown in the Ukraine and the Russian Federation in 1996 and their relationships in cultivars. S.V. Rabinovich and N.K. Il'chenko.
• High-molecular-weight glutenin subunit composition of winter bread wheats grown in the Ukraine and the Russian Federation in 1995-96 and their connection with pedigrees. S.V. Rabinovich, I.A. Panshenko, R.G. Parchomenko, and Z.V. Usova.
• Resistance of winter wheat in the eastern forest-steppes of the Ukraine to Septoria tritici. Olena M. Dolhova, Iryna M. Chernyaeva, Olha P. Man'ko, and Olena Yu. Afons'ka.
• Accelerated aging of seed of six wheat species. O.A. Zadorozhna.
• Useful traits of wheat amphidiploids and their hybridization with bread and durum wheat cultivars. Oleg V. Golik.
• Agronomic evaluation some spring wheat cultivars. V.N. Bondarenko, O.Y. Leonov, and V.V. Sotnikov.
• UNITED KINGDOM
• A cereal centromeric sequence. L. Aragon-Alcaide, T.E. Miller, T. Schwarzacher, and S.M. Reader.
• The importance of centromeres in chromosome recognition prior to synapsis. L. Aragon-Alcaide, S.M. Reader, T.E. Miller, and G. Moore.
• The influence of photoperiod genes on the adaptability of European winter wheats. A.J. Worland, A. Boerner, and S. Petrovic.
• Genes and markers for resistance to preharvest sprouting. J.E. Flintham, R.E.A. Adlam, P. Bailey, and M.D. Gale.
• Development of a genome-based protocol for monitoring pasta adulteration. P. Stephenson, J. Kirby, G.J. Bryan and G. Wiseman.
• Physical mapping of NOR sites in the M genome of Ae. comosa. Y.J. Park, T.E. Miller, and S.M. Reader.
• Characterization of the chromosomes of Dasypyrum villosum by fluorescent in situ hybridization. E. Uslu, S.M. Reader, K.A. Cant, and T.E. Miller.
• UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

if not authors are listed, then the last given listing of authors is credited for the contribution)


• Items from Colorado State University: Production. J.S. Quick, J. Stromberger, B. Clifford, S. Clayschulte, Y. Zhang, S. Liu, Q.A. Khan, T. Mulat, A. Ibrahim, and B. Erker
• Breeding program.
• Russian wheat aphid.
• GEORGIA
• Breeding. J.W. Johnson, R.D. Barnett, B.M. Cunfer, J.J. Roberts, and G.D. Buntin.
• Cultivars.
• Research: Waterlogging.
• Research: Plant Pathology.
• IDAHO
• Production. R. Zemetra, E. Souza, S. Guy, P. Berger, M. Lauver, J. Windes, M. Moore, J. Hansen, P. Shiel, K. O'Brien, R. Mongi, P. McCarthy, and T. Linscott.
• Cultivar development.
• End-use quality.
• Transformation.
• INDIANA
• Production. Departments of Agronomy, Entomology, and Botany and Plant Pathology, and the USDA-ARS, Purdue University: J. Anderson, W. Berzonsky, I. Dweikat, D. McFatridge, H. Ohm, F. Patterson, and H. Sharma; G. Buechley, S. Goodwin, D. Huber, K. Perry, and G. Shaner; R. Ratcliffe, C. Williams, S. Cambron, F. Maas, M. Jones, C. Collier, and C. Liang.
• Research on plant pathogens.
• Hessian fly research.
• Barley yellow dwarf virus resistance research.
• Molecular basis of the Hessian fly/wheat interaction. USDA-ARS, Small Grain Insect Control Laboratory: R.H. Shukle, V.W. Russell, and L. Zantoko
• KANSAS
• Karl number one again. T.J. Byram.
• Expression of a rice chitinase gene in transgenic wheat plants. Xu Gu, S. Muthukrishnan, and G. H. Liang.
• Increased growth of split-root wheat. M.B. Kirkham.
• New germ plasm releases from the Wheat Genetics Resource Center. T.S. Cox, B.S. Gill, and G.L. Brown-Guedira.
• New URL for the WGRC homepage on the WWW. http://www.ksu.edu/wgrc/
• Requests for WGRC germ plasm and reprints. (send email to: wgrc@ksu.edu.)
• Update: improved germ plasm lines with pest resistance genes from Aegilops tauschii. D.L. Wilson, B.S. Gill, and W.J. Raupp.
• Sex, segregation, and recombination in Ae. tauschii. J.D. Faris, B.A. Laddomada, E.V. Boiko, K.S. Gill, and B.S. Gill.
• New methods help to solve the gluten puzzle. O.K. Chung, G.L. Lookhart, J.L. Steele, S.R. Bean, I.Y. Zayas, C.R. Martin, J.B. Ohm, D.B. Bechtel, L.M. Seitz, J.D. Wilson, J.D. Hubbard, J.M. Downing, C.S. Chang, D.W. Hagstrum, K.J. Kramer, D.B. Sauer, W.J. Jun, H.S. Park, S.H. Park, J.E. Baker, P.W. Flinn, T.D. Morgan, W.H. McGaughey, B.W. Seabourn, Y.S. Kim, M.D. Shogren, and D.E. Koeltzow.
• Ultrastructure of consecutively extracted and flocculated gliadins and glutenins.
• Identification of wheat lines containing the T1AL-1RS and T1BL-1RS translocations by high-performance capillary electrophoresis.
• Separation of wheat proteins by two-dimensional reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography plus free-zone capillary electrophoresis.
• High-performance capillary electrophoresis: an overview of a new method to characterize gluten proteins.
• Area quantification of proteins by high performance capillary electrophoresis.
• Ultrastructure of developing hard and soft red winter wheats after air- and freeze-drying.
• Development of an automated digital image analysis system for the study of starch size distributions in wheat: the use of latex spheres for calibrating errors associated with magnification.
• Determining endosperm texture of developing hard and soft red winter wheats dried by different methods using the Single Kernel Wheat Characterization System.
• Changes in cereal testing and product quality evaluation methodologies at the turn of the century.
• New methods for extraction of free lipids from wheat flour and their fractionation using supercritical fluid extraction and solid-phase extraction systems.
• Estimation of wheat flour lipids and lipid fractions by near-infrared spectroscopy.
• Wheat and flour properties in relation to bread crumb grain.
• Fortifying bread with each of three antioxidants.
• Effects of genotype and environment on hard winter wheat flour pasting characteristics and their relationships with baking characteristics.
• Effect of genotype and environment on gluten characteristics and their relationships with baking characteristics of hard winter wheats.
• Rapid estimation of quality parameters of U.S. hard winter wheat breeding lines.
• Properties of commercial noodle flours.
• Storage insects and grain odor.
• Electronic nose technology for identifying off-odors in grains.
• Digital imaging for bread crumb grain evaluation.
• Application of machine vision to pup loaf bread evaluation.
• Image texture analysis for discrimination of mill fractions of hard and soft wheat.
• Wheat classification using image analysis and crush-force parameters.
• Computer vision for grain quality assessment.
• Project summary on mixograph instrumentation and mixogram sensitivities.
• Project summary on identifying quality characteristics of single wheat kernels using visible and NIR reflectance.
• Application of the single kernel wheat characterization technology to sorghum grain.
• Evaluation of a rotor-crescent design for sensing wheat kernel hardness.
• Effect of hopper angle on the flow rate of grain through orifices.
• Review of research on reducing grain dust emission.
• a-Amylase inhibitors from wheat: amino acid sequences and patterns of inhibition of insect a-amylases.
• Biotechnological approaches for stored-product insect control.
• News at the U.S. Grain Marketing and Production Research Center.
• KENTUCKY
• Production. D.A. Van Sanford and K. Addo.
• Protein quantity and quality..
• LOUISIANA
• Wheat breeding and variety testing. S.A. Harrison, K.M. Tubajika, J.S. Russin, and C.A. Clark.
• Fungicide applications to winter wheat.
• Wheat production in 1996.
• Spread of bacterial streak in wheat studied with a rifampicin-resistant strain.
• MINNESOTA
• The rusts of wheat in the United States in 1996. D.L. Long, K.J. Leonard, D.V. McVey, M.E. Hughes, D.H. Casper, and J.J. Roberts.
• Wheat production, breeding, and scab screening.
• MISSOURI
• 1996 Missouri winter wheat crop. J.P. Gustafson, K.D. Kephart, A.L. McKendry, K. Ross, D.N Tague, M.K. Kroening, B. Rauh, T. Mueller, E. Butler, M. Christophers, B. Kim, X. Ma, S. Madsen, A. Mahmoud, Z. Wang, and M. Xie.
• Wheat genetics.
• MONTANA
• 1996 wheat crop. L.E. Talbert, P.L. Bruckner, S.P. Lanning, J.E. Berg, and R.L. Burkhamer.
• Breeding objectives.
• Cultivar releases.
• Associated research.
• NEBRASKA
• 1996 Nebraska wheat crop. P.S. Baenziger, C.J. Peterson, R.A. Graybosch, D.R. Shelton, L.A. Nelson, D.D. Baltensperger, D.J. Lyons, G.L. Hein, R.C. French, T. Weeks, and J.E. Watkins.
• New cultivars.
• Increase of new experimental lines.
• Wheat transformation and tissue culture studies. A. Mitra, J. van Etten, R. French, P. Staswick, J. Morris, T. Elthon, P. Blum, and S. Baenziger.
• Chromosome substitution lines. M. Maroof Shah, Yang Yen, P.S. Baenziger, B. Moreno-Sevilla, and N. Budak; and R. Bruns and J. Reeder.
• Effect of T1AL-1RS on agronomic performance. E. Espitia-Rangel, P.S. Baenziger, R.A. Graybosch, C.J. Peterson, and D.R. Shelton.
• Wheat leaf rust virulence in Nebraska. John E. Watkins and Susan S. Rutledge and P. Stephen Baenziger.
• Wheat Quality Laboratory web page. D.R. Shelton, W.J. Park, and M. Shipman. <http://www.ianr.unl.edu/ianr/agronomy/wheatlab/index.htm>
• NORTH DAKOTA
• Hard red winter wheat breeding project. J.A. Anderson, B. Moreno-Sevilla, R.W. Stack, and R.C. Frohberg.
• Mapping Fusarium head blight-resistance genes.
• OKLAHOMA
• Barley yellow dwarf virus. R.M. Hunger, J.L. Sherwood, and M.E. Payton.
• Wheat leaf rust.
• Wheat soilborne mosaic virus.
• Wheat streak mosaic virus.
• Breeding for disease resistance.
• Host plant resistance/germplasm enhancement. C.A. Baker, J.D. Burd, N.C. Elliott, M.H. Greenstone, D.B. Hays, S.D. Kindler, D.W. Mornhinweg, D.R. Porter, K.A. Shufran, and J.A. Webster.
• Biological control.
• Integrated pest management.
• OREGON
• Items from Oregon State University, Department of Crop and Soil Science. R.S. Karow.
• SOUTH DATOKA
• Spring wheat breeding. J.C. Rudd, B.G. Farber, Y. Jin, R. Rudd, S. Zhu, and R. Devkota.
• Winter wheat breeding and genetics. S.D. Haley, S.A. Kalsbeck, F. Hakizimana, Z. Zhang, and A. Bagci. www: <http://www.sdstate.edu/~wpls/http/winwheat/wwhome.html>
• Soil fertility and production research. H. J. Woodard, A. Bly, and D. Winther.
• TEXAS
• Amarillo. M.D. Lazar, G.J. Michels, Jr., C.D. Salisbury, W.C. Wang, K.B. Porter, and G.L. Peterson.
• College Station and Vernon. W.D. Worrall, A.K. Fritz, M.E. McDaniel, S. Caldwell, D. Conover, and R. Herrington.
• Dallas. David Marshall and Russell L. Sutton.
• Overton. L.R. Nelson, S.L. Ward, and J. Crowder.
• UTAH
• Spring wheat. R.S. Albrechtsen.
• Winter wheat. D.J. Hole.
• VIRGINIA
• Virginia wheat production in 1996. C.A. Griffey and D.E. Brann
• Winter durum wheats in Virginia!. A.O. Abaye, C.A. Griffey, and D.E. Brann.
• Effect of T1BL-1RS translocation on milling and baking quality of soft red winter wheat. J.M. Johnson and C.H. Harris and C.A. Griffey.
• WASHINGTON
• Spring wheat breeding program. K. Kidwell, B. Barrett, R. Allan, J. Anderson, V. DeMacon, and G. Shelton.
• The influence of the club allele on agronomic traits of soft white winter wheat. R.E. Allan.
• The influence of the club allele on quality criteria of soft white winter wheat. R.E. Allan.
• Conversion of winter wheats to spring growth habit. R.E. Allan
• Control of rusts and smuts in western United States, 1996.. Roland F. Line and Xianming Chen.
• Wheat production and quality research. M.K. Walker-Simmons, E. Storlie, L.D. Holappa, and S.D. Verhey.
• Club wheat cultivar development. J.A. Anderson, J.A. Pritchett, and L.M. Little.
• Oregon club wheats. J.A. Anderson

V. CULTIVARS AND GERMPLASM

• National Small Grains Collection wheat germplasm evaluations. H.E. Bockelman, D.M. Wesenberg, C.A. Erickson, B.J. Goates, and S. Nieto.
• Triticum descriptors with data currently on the GRIN system are summarized.
• Wheat Genetic Stocks Collection. An Hang.
• National Small Grains Collection Activities. H.E. Bockelman.

VI. WHEAT CULTIVAR ABBREVIATIONS
VII. CATALOG OF GENE SYMBOLS FOR WHEAT

• Additions and revisions to symbols list ('Summary Table 1' in the 1995 Catalogue of Gene Symbols for Wheat).
• Additions to Laboratory Designators List.
• Gross Morphology.
• Aluminum Tolerance.
• Anthocyanin Pigmentation.
• Blue Aleurone.
• Cadmium Uptake.
• Chlorophyll Abnormalities.
• Crossability with Rye and Hordeum spp.
• Meiotic Characters.
• DNA Markers.
• Group 1S.
• Group 1L.
• Group 1.
• Group 2S.
• Group 2L.
• Group 2.
• Group 3S.
• Group 3L.
• Group 3.
• Group 4AL:4BS:4DS.
• Group 4AS:4BL:4DL.
• Group 5AL:4BL:4DL.
• Group 4.
• Group 5AS:5BS:5DS.
• Group 5AL:5BL:5DL.
• Group 4AL:5BL:5DL.
• Group 7BS:5BL:5DL.
• Group 5.
• Group 6S.
• Group 6L.
• Group 6.
• Group 7S.
• Group 7AS:4AL:7DS.
• Group 7L.
• Group 7.
• Glume Colour.
• Grain Hardness/Endosperm Texture.
• Height.
• Osmoregulation.
• Proteins.
• Response to Saline.
• Reaction to Pests and Diseases.
• Pm17.
• Genetic Linkages.
• Amendments.
• New.

VIII. ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS VOLUME

• Plant diseases, pests, and pathogens
• Scientific names and synonyms of plant species
• Scientific Journals
• Units of measurement
• Miscellaneous terms
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es IX. ADDRESSES OF CONTRIBUTORS

• GRAINGENES
• AGRIPRO SEEDS, INC.
• ELSOMS SEEDS LIMITED
• GEORTZEN SEED RESEARCH
• HYBRINOVA
• HYBRITECH SEED INTERNATIONAL
• NOVARTIS SEEDS INCORPORATED
• OR SEED BREEDING CO.
• PANNAR (PTY) LTD.
• PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC
• TRIGEN SEED SERVICES LLC.
• ARGENTINA
• AUSTRALIA
• AUSTRIA
• BANGLADESH
• BRAZIL
• BULGARIA
• CANADA
• THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA
• CROATIA
• CZECH REPUBLIC
• ESTONIA
• GERMANY
• GUATEMALA
• HUNGARY
• INDIA
• ITALY
• JAPAN
• MEXICO
• NEPAL
• NEW ZEALAND
• PAKISTAN
• ROMANIA
• RUSSIAN FEDERATION
• SERBIA
• SPAIN
• SOUTH AFRICA
• SYRIA
• TURKEY
• THE UKRAINE
• THE UNITED KINGDOM
• THE UNITED STATES

X. E-MAIL ADDRESSES OF SMALL GRAINS WORKERS
XI. ANNUAL WHEAT NEWSLETTER FUND
XII. VOLUME 44 MANUSCRIPT GUIDELINES

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