Dr. M.A. Fedin, Head, Laboratory of Heterosis, N.1. Vavilov Institute of Plant Industry, B. Kharitonievsky per. 21, 107814, Moscow, U.S.S.R.

Dr. E. Porceddu, Director - Germplasm Laboratory, Institute of Plant Breeding, Via G. Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy

Dr. M.V. Rao, Project Coordinator, All-India Coordinated Wheat Improvement Project (ICAR), Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India

Prof. K. Yamashita, Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yata-Ohara, Misima, Sizuoka-ken, 411, Japan

Prof. Dr.G. Fischbeck, Technische Universitat Munchen, Lehrstuhl fur Pflanzenbau und Pflanzenzuchtung, 8050 Freising-Weihenstephan, Federal Republic of Germany

Mr. R.J. Pichel (Secretary, IBPGR), Chief, Crop Ecology and Genetic Resources Unit, Plant Production and Protection Division

Dr. J.T. Williams (IBPGR Secretariat), Genetic Resources Officer, Crop Ecology and Genetic Resoruces Unit, Plant Production and Protection Division

Ms. Erna Bennett, Plant Exploration, Crop Ecology and Genetic Resoruces Unit, Plant Production and Protection Division

Appendix II

Agenda

1. Opening by FAO representative
2. Introduction by Dr. Fischbeck explaining Boards' objectives
3. Discussion of the Committee's terms of reference
4. World wheat germplasm collections
	4.1 Review of data available on existing collections
	4.2 Overall plans for completing the collections
	4.3 Exploration priorites for regions and species
	4.4 Exploration plans for 1977
	4.5 Exploration plans for 1978
	4.6 Review of present conservation facilities including duplicate collections
	4.7 Future plans for conservation
5. Information and data documentation
6. Discussion on utilisation of wheat germplasm
7. Summary of recommendations for action
8. Place and date of next meeting
9. Any other business