The E-mail addresses of contributors denoted with a '*' are included in Section VIII.
PRIVATE COMPANIES
WESTBRED LLC - 1725 1st Ave. N., #G, Fargo, ND, 58103, USA. Greg Fox and John Davies.
WESTBRED LLC - Southern Great Plains, 14604 South Haven Road, Haven, KS 67543, U.S.A. Sid Perry, Roy Dare, and Robynn Sims.
WESTBRED LLC - 8111 Timberline Driv, Bozeman, MT 59718-8184 USA. 406-587-1218 (TEL); 406-586-8247 (FAX). Dale R. Clark*, Dan Biggerstaff, Craig Cook, and Gail Sharp.
ARGENTINA
UNIVERSIDAD NACTIONAL DE CÓRDOBA College of Agriculture, Avenida Valparaíso s.n. Ciudad Universitaria, P.O. Box 509, Casilla de Correo 509, 5000 Córdoba, Argentina. (051) 334116/7 (TEL); (051) 334118 (FAX). J.G. Astolfi, I. Robbiano, M.N. Casanova, G. Manera, R.H. Maich*, R. Argenti, V. Davidenco, A. Masgrau, S.P. Gil*, M.E. Reyna, C.S. Perrone, and M.M. Cerana*.
AUSTRALIA
NEW SOUTH WALES
THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE Waite Campus, Department of Plant Science, Glen Osmond, 5064 SA, Australia. 61 8 8303 7480 (TEL), 61 8 8303 7109 (FAX). Daryl J. Mares*, Kolumbina Mrva, Robert Asenstorfer, Imelda Soriano, Judith Rathjen, and Michael Quinn.
BRAZIL
CROATIA
Bc INSTITUTE FOR BREEDING AND PRODUCTION OF FIELD CROPS d.d. Zageb, Marulicev trg 5/I, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia. 385-1-65-45-576 (TEL); 385-1-65-45-579 (FAX). http://www.bc.institut.hr. Slobodan Tomasovic*, Rade Mlinar*, Branko Palaverasic, Ivica Ikic, and Kristijan Puakaric.
GERMANY
INSTITUT FÜR PFLANZENGENETIK UND KULTURPFLANZENFORSCHUNG (IPK) Corrensstraße 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany. (049) 39482 5229 (TEL); (049) 39482 280/5139 (FAX). www.ipk-gatersleben.de. A. Börner*, O. Dobrovolskaya, E.K. Khlestkina, U. Lohwasser, S. Navakode, M.S. Röder, V. Schubert, A. Weidner, and K. Zaynali Nezhad.
HUNGARY
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Brunszvik str. 2, Martonvásár, H-2462, Hungary. 36/22-569-500 (TEL); 36/22-460-213 (FAX). www.mgki.hu. Z. Bedö*, L. Láng*, O. Veisz*, G. Vida, I. Karsai*, K. Mészáros, M. Rakszegi, D. Pribék, S. Bencze, K. Puskás, A. Uhrin, B. Barnabás, M. Molnár-Láng*, G. Linc, É. Szakács, K. Jäger, I. Molnár, F. Bakos, H. Ambrus, A. Schneider, A. Sepsi, A. Fábián, G. Galiba, G. Kocsy, A. Vágújfalvi, V. Szilágyi, A. Soltész, T. Kellcs, and G. Kovács.
INDIA
BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Varanasi-221005, India. Ram Dhari and R.M. Singh.
BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE Nuclear Agriculture and Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, and Computer Divisions, Mumbai400085, India. Bikram K. Das*, A. Saini, S.G. Bhagwat*, N. Jawali, Ruchi Rai, Suman Sud, E. Nalini, B.P. Dubey, and J.K. Sainis.
BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Botany, Coimbatore641 046, Tamil Nedu, India. 091-422222 Ext. 359 (TEL); 091-422-422387 (FAX). K. Gajalakshimi, V. Rama Koti Reddy*, S. Premalatha*, K. Thamayantha, and R. Kannan.
CH. CHARAN SINGH UNIVERSITY Molecular Biology Laboratory, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Meerut250 004 (U.P.), India. 91-121-2768195/2762505 (TEL); 91-121-2767018 (FAX). P. K. Gupta*, H.S. Balyan, R. Bandopadhyay, J. Kumar, A. Mohan, N. Kumar, P.L. Kulwal, S. Rustgi, R. Singh, A. Goyal, A. Kumar, N. Girdharwal, V. Kumar, and R. Rouf Mir.
CHAUDHARY CHARAN SINGH HARYANA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY Department of Plant Pathology, Hisar125004, India. Rajender Singh*, M.S. Beniwal, and S.S. Karwasra.
DIRECTORATE OF WHEAT RESEARCH Crop Improvement Programme, Post Box 158, Karnal132 001, India. 0184-2267390 (TEL); 0184-2267490 (FAX). Ravish Chatrath, Gyanendra Singh*, Randhir Singh, B.S. Tyagi*, S.K. Singh*, Jag Shoran, Divakar Rai, Sarvan Kumar, Surendra Singh, D. Dutta, K.S. Babu, and N.V.P.R. Ganga Rao, and S.M.S. Tomar.
INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE REGIONAL STATION Genetics Division, New Delhi110012, India. (011)-5783077, 5781481 (TEL). B.S. Malik*.
INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE REGIONAL STATION Wellington643 231, The Nilgiris, Tamilnadu, India. Muruga Sivasamy*, A.J. Prabakaran*, K.A. Nayeem*, R.N. Brama*, and M.K. Menon.
IRAN
AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF IRAN (ABRII ) Mahdasht Road, P. O. Box:31535-1897, Karaj, Iran. M. Mardi, M.B. Kazemi, S.M. Pirseyedi, H.P. Irandoost, H. Buerstmayr, and B. Ghareyazie, G. Adam, B. Ghareyazie, A. Sadeghi, and S.G.H. Salekdeh.
ITALY
ISTITUTO DE GENETICA VEGETALE - CNR via Amendola 165/A, 70126, Bari, Italy. 0039 080 5583400 Ext 214 (TEL); 0039 080 5587566 (FAX). Angela R. Piergiovanni*, A. Pasqualone, G. Laghetti, and R. Simeone.
ISTITUTO SPERIMENTALE PER LA CEREALICOLTURA Via R. Forlani, 3 26866 S. Angelo Lodigiano, Italy. 39-0371-211261 (TEL); 39-0371-210372 (FAX). M. Corbellini, P. Vaccino*, A. Curioni, L. Tavella, Gaetano Boggini*, M. Cattaneo, C. Basone, A. Brandolini, M. Perenzin, S. Empilli, R. Stefanini, N.E. Pogna*, and L. Gazza.
ISTITUTO SPERIMENTALE PER LA CEREALICOLTURA Via Cassia 176, 00191 Roma, Italy. 06 3295705 (TEL). Victor Vallega*.
UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA College of Agriculture, Dipartimento de Scienze e Tecnologie Agroalimentari (DiSTA), Area di Patologia Vegetale, Via Filippo Re 8, 40126 Bologna, Italy. 051 2091436 (TEL). C. Rubies-Autonell*, A. Pisi, C. Ratti*, M. Maccaferri, R. Tuberosa, and M.C. Sanguineti.
JAPAN
IBARAKI UNIVERSITY College of Agriculture, 3-21-1 Chuo, Ami, Inashiki, Ibaraki 300-0393, Japan. Nobuyoshi Watanabe*.
JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (JIRCAS) Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8686, Japan. 81-298-38-6358 (TEL/FAX). Hiro Nakamura*.
LEBANON
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT FAFS, P.O. Box 11-236, Beirut, Lebanon. Sui-Kwong Yau*, Jacqueline Pridham, and Martin Entz.
MEXICO
INIFAP, CAMPO EXPERIMENTAL VALLE DEL YAQUI Apdo. Postal 515, km 12 Norman E. Borlaug, entre 800 y 900, Valle del Yaqui, Cd. Obregón, Sonora, México CP 85000. Guillermo Fuentes-Dávila*, Javier Ireta-Moreno, Irazema Fuentes-Bueno, and Karim Ammar.
INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER (CIMMYT INT.) Lisboa 27, Colonia Juárez, Apdo. Postal 6-641, 06600 México, D.F., México. (52-5) 726-9091 (TEL); (52-5) 726 75-58/9 (FAX). Ravi P. Singh.
ROMANIA
S.C.A.AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATIONTurda, 3350, str. Agriculturii 27 Jud Cluj, Romania. 00-40-64-311134 (TEL/FAX). Vasile Moldovan*, Maria Moldovan, and Rozalia Kadar.
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE CENTRAL REGION OF NON-CHENOZEM ZONE 143026, Nemchinovka-1, Moscow region, Russian Federation. V.G. Kyzlasov*.
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SOUTH-EAST REGIONS ARISER Toulaikov Str., 7, Saratov, 410020, Russian Federation. 8452-64-76-88 (FAX). S.N. Sibikeev, S.A. Voronina, V.A. Krupnov*, A.E. Druzhin*, T.D. Golubeeva, T.V. Kalintseva, E.I. Zhanabekova*, A.V. Firsov, V.A. Kumakov, and A.Yu. Buyenkov.
INSTITUTE FOR COMPLEX ANALYSIS OF REGIONAL PROBLEMS Karl Marx str., 105 A, kv. 167, Khabarovsk, 680009, Russian Federation. Ivan M. Shindin.
MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY 119992, Moscow, GSP-2, Leninskye Gory, Biology Faculty, Department of Mycology and Algology, Russian Federation. www. lekomtseva@herba.msu.ru. Svetlana N. Lekomtseva*, V.T. Volkova, L.G. Zaitzeva, V.A. Rusanov, Yu.A. Chikin, and M.N. Chaika.
RUSSIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF AGROCHEMISTRY AFTER PRYANISHNIKOV Pryanishnikova, 31, Moscow 127550, Russian Federation. Nina V. Poukhalskaya*, N.I. Lavrushkina, and A.A. Sobachkin.
SARATOV STATE AGRARIAN UNIVERSITY NAMED AFTER N.I. VAVILOV Department of Biotechnology, Plant Breeding and Genetics, 1 Teatralnay Sq., Saratov 410060, Russian Federation. N.V. Stupina, Yuri V. Lobachev*, O.V. Tkachenko, and G.J. Antonov.
SIBERIAN INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY Lermontov str., 132, P.O. Box 1243, 664033, Irkutsk-33, Russian Federation. G.G. Vasilieva, N.V. Mironova, M.S. Naumova, A.K. Glyanko*, T.G. Kudryavtseva, N.S. Pavlovskaya, O.I. Grabelnych*, T.P. Pobezhimova, A.V. Kolesnichenko, N.A. Koroleva, V.K. Voinikov, N.Yu. Pivovarova, and N.S. Pavlovskaya.
VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS Gubkin str. 3, 117809 Moscow, Russian Federation. 7-095-3304022 (TEL); 7-095-3307301 (FAX). T.I. Odintsova* and V.A. Pukhalsky*.
N.I. VAVILOV RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PLANT INDUSTRY 42 B. Morskaya Str., St. Petersburg, 190000, Russian Federation. Sergei P. Martynov* and T.V. Dobrotvorskaya.
SOUTH AFRICA
UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH Department of Genetics, Private Bax X1, Matieland 7602, Republic of South Africa. 27-21-8085829 (TEL), 27-21-8085833 (FAX). G. Frans Marais*, H.S. Roux, A.S. Marais, W.C. Botes, and K.W. Pakendorf.
SPAIN
CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS Departamento de Protección Vegetal, Centro de Ciencias Medioambientales, Serrano, 115, 28006, Madrid, Spain. M.D. Romero and M.F. Andrés.
UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA AND INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY (UdLIRTA) Center of R&D, Alcalde Rovira Roure 177, 25198 Lleida, Spain. 34-973-702569 (Tel), 34-973-238301 (FAX). J.A. Martín-Sánchez*, G. Briceño-Félix, E. Sin, C. Martínez, A. Michelena, and L. Torres.
UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID Departamento de Biotecnología, E.T.S. Ingenieros Agrónomos, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain. A. Delibes, I. López-Braña, M. J. Montes, and C. González-Belinchón.
SWEDEN
THE NORDIC GENEBANK P.O. Box 41, SE230 53, Alnarp, Sweden. Agnese Kolodinska Brantestam*, Louise Bondo, Oscar Diaz, and Bent Skovmand*.
UKRAINE
INSTITUTE FOR PLANT PRODUCTION N.A. V.YA. YUR'EV National Centre for Plant Genetic Resources of Ukraine, Yurjev Plant Production Institute, Moskovsky prospekt, 142, 310060 Kharkov, Ukraine. 00380 (0572) 920354 (TEL/FAX). S.V. Rabynovich*, Oleg Yu. Leonov, V.P. Petrenkova, I.M. Chernyaeva, and L.M. Chernobay.
KHARKOV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Svoboda sq. 4, Kharkov, 61007, Ukraine. V.V. Zhmurko* and Olga A. Avksentyeva*
THE UNITED KINGDOM
JOHN INNES CENTRE Crop Genetics Department, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom. 44-1603-450611 (TEL); 44-1603-450023/450045 (FAX). John Snape, Leodie Alibert, Robert M.D. Koebner*, Simon Orford, Lesley Boyd, Muge Sayar, James Melichar, Luke Jagger, Hale Tufan, Nicola Powell, James Melicher, Ruth MacCormack, Pauline Stephenson, Andy Bottley, Nicola Hart, Simon Griffitys, Tracie Foote, and Graham Moore.
RAGT SEEDS LTD. Maris Centre, Hauxton Rd., Cambridge CB2 2LQ, United Kingdom. Peter Jack, Mike Field, Peter Werner, Chris Chapman, Tina Henriksson, David Feuerhelm, Tina Barsby, Graham Jellis, Alex Waugh, Sue Salmon, James Brosnan, Andy Phillips, Michael Holdsworth, and Peter Kettlewell.
THE UNITED STATES
GEORGIA / FLORIDA
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA Department of Agronomy, Griffin, GA 30212-1197, USA. 770-228-7321 (TEL); 770-229-3215 (FAX). Jerry W. Johnson*, R.D. Barnett*, G.D. Buntin, and Z. Chen.
IDAHO
USDA-ARS NATIONAL SMALL GRAINS GERMPLASM RESEARCH FACILITY P.O. Box 307, 1691 S. 2700 W, Aberdeen, ID 83210, USA. 208-397-4162 (TEL); 208-397-4165 (FAX). www.ars.usda.gov/pwa/aberdeen. H.E. Bockelman*.
INDIANA
PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Department of Agronomy, 915 W. State Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. 317-494-8072 (TEL); 317-496-2926 (FAX). Herbert W. Ohm*, M. Deb, L. Kong, Hari C. Sharma*, and X. Shen.
Department of Botany and Plant Pathology G. Buechley, D.M. Huber*, G. Shaner*, and J.R. Xu.
Department of Entomology J.J. Stuart*.
USDA-ARS J.M. Anderson*, S.E. Cambron, C. Crane, S.B. Goodwin*, A. Johnson, J.A. Nemacheck, S. Scofield, B. Schemerhorn, R.H. RATCLIFFE*, R.H. Shukle, and C.E. Williams*.
KANSAS
KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE U.S. Department of Agriculture, 632 SW Van Buren, Rm. 200. P.O. Box 3534, Topeka, KS 66601-3534, USA. 913-233-2230 (TEL). http://www.nass.usda.gov/ks/. E.J. Thiessen*.
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY
Environmental Physics Group Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Waters Hall, Manhattan, KS 66502, USA. 913-532-5731 (TEL); 913-532-6094 (FAX). Stanley Liphadzi and M.B. Kirkham*.
The Wheat Genetic & Genomic Resources Center Departments of Plant Pathology and Agronomy and the USDA-ARS, Throckmorton Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-5502, USA. 913-532-6176 (TEL); 913 532-5692 (FAX). http://www.ksu.edu/wgrd/. B.S. Gill*, B. Friebe*, W.J. Raupp*, W. Li*, L. Qi*, L. Huang*, and D.L. Wilson*.
U.S. GRAIN MARKETING AND PRODUCTION RESEARCH CENTER U.S. Grain Marketing Research Laboratory, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Manhattan, KS 66502, USA. M. Tilley*, F.E. Dowell*, O.K Chung*, S.H. Park*, E.B. Maghirang, B.W. Seabourn*, T.C. Pearson, F. Xie, H.P. Akdogan, M.E. Casada, J.D. Wilson, S.R. Bean*, T.J. Schober, P.R. Armstrong, M.S. Caley*, D.L. Brabec, S.Z. Xiao, L.M. Seitz*, R.K. Lyne, J.E. Throne, F.H. Arthur, D.B. Bechtel, G.L. Lookhart, and M.S. Ram.
MINNESOTA
CEREAL DISEASE LABORATORY, USDA-ARS University of Minnesota, 1551 Lindig, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA. 612-625-6299 (TEL); 612-649-5054 (FAX). http://www.cdl.umn.edu D.L. Long, J.A. Kolmer, Y. Jin, Mark E. Hughes*, and L.A. Wanschura.
NEBRASKA
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA Department of Agronomy, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA. P.S. Baenziger*, D. Baltensperger, L. Nelson, I. Dweikat, A. Mitra, T. Clemente, S. Sato, J. Watkins, J. Schimelfenig, and G. Hein.
USDA-ARS Wheat, Sorghum and Forage Unit, Keim Hall, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA. 402-472-1563 (TEL); 402-472-4020 (FAX). Robert A. Graybosch*, L. Divis, R. French, and D. Stenger.
SOUTH DAKOTA
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITYPlant Science Department, Brookings, SD 57007, USA. http://triticum.sdstate.edu 605-688-4453 (TEL), 605-688-4452 (FAX). A.M.H. Ibrahim*, S.A. Kalsbeck, R.S. Little, S. Malla, E. Babiker, M. Langham, T. Cheesbrough, Howard J. Woodard, Anthony Bly, and Brian Pavel.
USDA-ARS Northern Grain Insect Research Laboratory (NGIRL), Brookings, SD 57007, USA. L. Hesler, W. Riedell, and S. Osborne.
VIRGINIA
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY Department of Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences and Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science, 419A Smyth Hall, Blacksburg, VA 240610404, USA. 540-231-7624 (Tel); 540-231-3431 (FAX). J.J. Paling*, Carl A. Griffey*, W.E. Thomason, E.L. Stromberg, J. Chen, D.M. Tucker, T.H. Pridgen, and E.G. Rucker.
WASHINGTON
WHEAT GENETICS, QUALITY, PHYSIOLOGY AND DISEASE RESEARCH, USDAARS DDepartment of Crop & Soil Sciences and Plant Pathology, Washington State University, P.O. Box 646420, 209 Johnson Hall, Pullman, WA 99164-6420, USA. 509-335-3632 (TEL); 509-335-2553 (FAX). Xianming Chen*, David A. Wood, Laura Penman, Paul Ling, Meinan Wang, and Feng Lin.