| Wheat Newsletter III. Wheat Newsletter, Vol. III, edited by Dr. E. G. Heyne, Department of Agronomy, Kansas State College U.S.A., and Dr. D. R. Knott, Department of Field Husbundry, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, has appeared March 1, 1957. Contents : I. Special reports ; II. Contributions from Canadian research workers ; III. Contributions from U.S. research workers ; IV. New varieties ; V. Publications and VI. Mailing list. (K.Y.) Robigo No. 3 "Robigo No. 3, cereal rusts news from every body to everybody " appeared in March, 1957. All correspondence concerning this publication may be addressed to : Ing. Agr. Jose Vallega, Institute de Fitotecnia, Castelar, Argentina (cf. WIS No.4, p.28). (K. Y.) Kihara's Wheat Monograph Mr. M. Okamoto, who is now in University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo., U.S.A., has got through with the translation into English of the Japanese edition (1954) of the Kihara's "Studies in Wheat" with the assistance of Dr. E. R. Sears. The manuscripts will be reviewed by the writers of the respective chapters and necessary revisions and additions will be finished by February, 1958. Contents : Chapter 1. Introduction ; Chapter 2. Classification and distribution ; Chapter 3. Morphology, particularly of vegetative organs ; Chapter 4. Flowering and seed setting; Chapter 5. Gene analysis (I. Morphological characters) ; Chapter 6. Gene analysis (II. Physiological characters) ; Chapter 7. Cytogenetics of wheat and its relatives ; Chapter 8. a. Natural mutation, b. Artificial mutation ; Supplements : List of gene symbols, literatures and index. (H.K.) The 15th Anniversary of The Kihara Institute Kihara Institute for Biological Research cerebrated the 15th anniversary of the founding at the Kanagawa Prefectural Music Hall in Yokohama, May 11, 1957. Dr. H. Kihara, Dr. K. Oguma and Dr. Y. Sinoto delivered the commemoration lectures which followed by a documentary film entitled "Karakoram" of the Kyoto University Scientific Expedition to the Karakoram-Hindukush in 1955. (K.Y.) Back Numbers of WIS Back numbers of WIS, 1, 2, 3 and 4, are available. They will be sent free on application. (K.Y.) |
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