Wheat Information Service No. 92


Contents

I. Research articles
Koval SF, Baiborodin SI and Fedotova VD
: Interlocus interaction of chlorina mutant genes cn-A1 and cn-D1 in near-isogenic lines of spring wheat Novosibirskaya 67 (T. aestivum) ., p.1
Zheng YL, Chen YQ, Wei YM, Zhou YH, Zhang ZQ, Liu DC, Lan XJ and Yan ZH: Esterase, gliadins and RAPD variations among Sichuan wheat cultivars., p.5
Iwaki K, Nakagawa K and Kato K:
The possible candidate of Vrn-B1 in wheat, as revealed by mono-somic analysis of Vrn gene carried by Triple Dirk (B), the former Vrn2 ., p.9
Aghaee-Sarbarzeh M, Dhaliwal HS, Chhuneja P and Harjit-Singh: Suppression of rust resistance genes from distantly related species in Triticum durum-Aegilops amphiploids ., p.12
Alam SM, Ala SA, Ansari R and Khan MA: Influence of leaf extract of bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon L.) on the germination and seedling growth of wheat ., p.17
Menon MK and Tomar SMS : Transfer of Agropyron elongatum-derived rust resistance genes Sr24 and Lr24 into some Indian bread wheat cultivars ., p.20

II. Research information
Sharma RK, Chowdhury S and Sethi AP:
Identification of hybrid necrosis genes among some bread wheat accessions ., p.25
Singh DP, Sharma AK and Grewal AS : Loose smut resistant lines in wheat and triticale with combined resistance to Karnal bunt, rusts, powdery mildew and leaf blight ., p.27

III. Genetic stocks
Ozkan H and Feldman M:
Seeds of newly-synthesized allopolyploids of Aegilops and Triticum and of their parental plants ., p.30

IV. Record
The joint meeting of the 5th Japanese Society of Molecular Biology of Triticeae and the 27th Japanese Wheat Genetics Symposium, October 7-9,2000
., p.32

V. Editorial remarks, p.39