| Dr. Jenkin's letter of November 16, 1956 to Dr. Hitoshi Kihara,
Director, National Institute of Genetics Misima, Japan. "In accordance with our verbal agreement when I was in Japan I have written Dr. J. B. Harrington of the Food and Agriculture Organization concerding financial support for the proposed International Wheat Symposium to be held in Winnipeg immediately prior to the Tenth International Congress of Genetics which is scheduled to be held in Montreal from August 20-27, 1958. In Dr. Harrington's absence I have received a letter from Dr. J. G. Knoll, Chief, Plant Production Branch, Agricultural Division, F.A.O. and I take the liberty to quote from his letter the following for your information. 'While we are naturally most interested in the intention to hold a Wheat Symposium in Winnipeg immediately prior to the Tenth International Genetics Congress in Montreal in August 1958, I regret to have to indicate that it will not be possible for FAO to offer any financial support to the Wheat Symposium much as we should like to do so. We have now practically completed our programs for 1958 and 1959 and, regretfully, our anticipated resources are much below our needs even for normal expansion of our activities.' No doubt Dr. Harrington will himself write to me when he returns to his headquarters but it would seem to me that Dr. Knoll's statement is sufficiently complete that we will need to seek support elsewhere." Exhibitions Exhibitions including Silkworm, longtailed fowl, old documents, rice, Japanese morning glory, wheat, radish and goldfish were the big functions of the 1956 Genetics Symposia, and held with great success. Regarding the exhibition of wheat and its related genera, an excerption is given in the supplement of the present number of WIS (pp. 16-24). Kihara Institute in Yokohama Kihara Institute for Biological Research, which was moved from Kyoto, has been almost completed in Yokohama, and received the visit of the participants of the International Genetics Symposia on September 10, 1956. The visitors were good eaters of 3x seedless watermelons produced at the institute. Her address is " Mutsugawa-cho, Minami-ku, Yokohama, Japan ". Robigo (An excerption of the correspondence from the editor): "A 'Reporting Leaflet' for all the experts of the world to discuss their ideas, suggestions, observations, results, etc. on problems connected with cereal rusts." "The aim of Robigo is to establish a solid and long lasting bond among all the rust experts, no matter the country where they perform their task, conveying to them, in an accurate and rapid way, informations regarding common problems as well as each one's work. In that way we hope to promote an effective collaboration which may result in a greater and faster progress." "It is also well to remember that Robigo will not be used for long articles, but short and concise information in the form of tables, maps charts or few paragraph reports." "All correspondence relating to Robigo, should be sent to: Ing. Agr. Jose Vallega, Director del Instituto de Fitotecnia, Castelar. Argentina." - Jose Vallega "Karakoram" A documentary film entitled "Karakoram" which runs about 80 minutes was produced by the Nihon Eiga Shinsha and distributed by the Toho Company in Tokyo, Japan. This is a record of the Kyoto University Scientific Expedition to the Karakoram-Hindukush led by Dr. H. Kihara in 1955, which has caught the countries with unaffected and scientific eyes. Besides the activities of the members, including Dr. K. Yamashita, Mr.S. Nakao and others, the sublimity of nature, and the strange and exotic customs of the people are all brought to the screen in Eastman color. Back Numbers of WIS Back numbers of WIS, Nos. 1, 2 and 3, are available. They will be sent free on application. |
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