Wheat Information Service No.8 
Contents
I. Research Notes:
K. YAMASHITA and M. SUGINO:Temperature effect on plastid
pigment accumulation in mutants of Einkorn wheat, p.1
H. KIHARA, K. YAMASHITA and M. TANAKA:Genomes of 6x
species of Aegilops, p.3
K. MATSUMOTO:Morphology of Aegilops F1
hybrids with reference to genome differentiation, p.5
M. TANAKA:Growing habit of Aegilops crassa strains
collected in Afghanistan and Iran, p.6
M. TANAKA:Newly synthesized amphidiploids from the
hybrids, Emmer wheat x Aegilops squarrosa varieties, p.8
S. SAKAMOTO:A new early ecotype of Agropyron tsukushiense
var. transiens OHWI, p.8
II. Genetic Stocks:
H. KIHARA, K. YAMASHITA and M. TANAKA:List of the
collected materials of Aegilops in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran by KUSE,
1955, p.11
III. K. YAMASHITA:Specification of the Botanical Mission
of the University of Kyoto to the Eastern Mediterranean Region, p.20
IV. Y. TANAKA:Report of the International Committee
on Genetic Symbols and Nomenclature, p.24
V. Circulation List of WIS, p.28
VI. News, p.30
VII. Announcement for the Next Issue, No. 9, p.32
VIII. Acknowledgement, p.32
Explanation of the Figure on the Cover, ...iii
Committee, ...iii