Wheat Information Service No. 99

I. Review

Muramatsu M: Perennial and wild Triticeae in Japan, description and a short review on process of studies,investigations and results, p1

II.Research articles

Maan SS and Kianian S: A sea^ae gene on chromosome 1D alters the expression of a gametocidal (scs^spt)gene in a T2BL.2S chromosome, p25
Rahiminejad MR and Kharazian N: Illustration of and a key to the genus Triticum L. in Iran, p29
Tahir ISA, Elahmadi AB, Abdalla OS, Ibrahim AEHS, Mohammed OE and Nakata N: Potential selection criteria for yield of bread wheat under early and late heat stresses in a dry irrigated environment, p35
Shoran J, Tyagi BS, Singh G and Singh RP: Genetic analysis of economic traits in durum wheat, p41
Pu ZJ, YanZ, Yang WY, ZhengYL: Studies on breeding of dominant nuclear dwarf male sterile lines with a blue seed marker in common wheat, p46
Zhang ZQ, Zheng YL, Wei YM Yan ZH and Liu H: Optimization of tissue culture procedures for the transformation of Chinese elite spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L) varieties via particle bombardment, p51

III. Research information

Mujtaba SM, Khanzada B, AIi M, Naqvi MH, Mughal S, Alam SM, Shirazi MU, Khan MA and Mumtaz S: The effect of polyethylene glycol on seed germination of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes/lines, p58
Xu DH and Ban T: Mapping of TaH1-1, a wheat homologue of a rice gene that controls heading date (Hd1), p61
Honrao BK, Misra SC, Nayar SK, Dixit RN, Chavan AM and Rao VS: New sources of leaf rust resistance in Indian local durum wheat, p63

IV. Record

A joint meeting of the Japanese Wheat Genetics Symposium and Triticeae Molecular Biology Workshop,November 27-28. 2004,, p65

V. Announcement, p74

Publication of a 100th memorial issue of WIS
A proposal for e-WIS

VI.Editorial remarks,p 76

General Table of contents (WIS Nos. 91-99), S1
Author Index (WIS Nos. 91-99), S7