Wheat Information Service No.56 Wheat Information Service No.56


Contents

I. Research Notes:
D. SINGH & B.C. JOSHI:Cytogenetics of branched spike in bread wheat, p.1
R.R. HANCHINAL & J.V. GOUND:Development of monosomic lines in durum wheat, p.3
M. OZGEN:Hybrid seed set in wheat x Aegilops crosses, p.9
M.V.P. RAO:Telocentric mapping of the squarehead (vulgare) gene Q on chromosome 5A of hexaploid wheat, p.12
J.S. SINDHU:Effect of different plasmons on some metric traits in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), p.14
K. DJELEPOV & T. RACHINSKA:Possibilities for increasing the content of lysine in the wheat grains, p.18
N.M. SHAHANI, A.S. LARIK & N. CEAPOIU:Inheritance of seed protein in winter and spring wheat crosses, p.20
H.S. DHALIWAL, K.S. GILL, A.S. RANDHAWA & S.K. SHARMA:Systematic spread of karnal bunt (Neovossia indica (Mitra) Mundkur) disease of wheat, p.24
H.I. SAYED & A.S. MASHHADY:Performance of wheat and triticale cultivars subjected to soil salinity and soil moisture stress conditions, p.28
R.N. SAWHNEY & L.B. GOEL:Effectiveness of newly described leaf rust resistance genes againist Indian cultures of standard races and biotypes of leaf rust in wheat, p.34
S. KOCHHAR, K.S. GILL & G.S. NANDA:Genetic analysis of resistance in some varieties of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) to three races of yellow rust (Pucoinia striiformis), p.37

II. Records:
Proceedings of the 17th Wheat Genetics Symposium of Japan, p.41
Yasuhiko MUKAI and Masahiro IKEDA:Progeny of a haploid common wheat with Aegilops kotschyi cytoplasm, p.42
Toshiro KINOSHITA:Cytoplasmic mutaion induced by chemical mutagens, p.44
Yasunari OGIHARA:Diversity of the chloroplast genome among Triticum and Aegilops specie revealed by chloroplast dna restriction fragment patterns, p.46
Kazuo SHINOZAKI and Masahiro SUGlURA:Organization and expression of chloroplast genomes, p.47
K. TSUNEWAKI:Evolution of Triticum and Aegilops viewed from the plasma type and chloroplast genome, p.49
M. SASAKI, Y. YASUMURO and N. NAKATA:Effects of the nuclear-cytoplasmic interaction on grain protein in wheat, p.50
Yoshitada YAMAGISHI and Masatake TANAKA:Reproductive barriers in wild diploid wheats, p.52
Toru AKITA and Sadao SAKAMOTO:Cytogenetical studies of B-chromosomes in a weedy rye, Secale afghanicum, p.54
Jun'ichi SANO and Masatake TANAKA:An analysis of meiotic chromosome pairing by a mathematical model in Aegilops speltoides and its hybrids carrying B-chromosomes, p.56
Taihachi KAWAHARA and Masatake TANAKA:Identification of the genomes involved in reciprocal translocations in the wild tetraploid wheats, p.58
Ichiro OHTSUKA:Classification of tetraploid wheats based on the response to Aegilops squarrosa cytoplasm, p.59
Hajime ONO:Genetic variations in the AABB genome extracted from Triticum durum-Elytrigia elongata (Agropyron elongatum, 2n=14) chromosome addition lines, p.61

III. Editorial Remarks:
Announcement for future issues, p.64
Membership fee, p.64
Acknowledgement, p.64
Explanation of the Figure on the Cover, ...iii
Coordinating Committee, ...iii