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Organization changed in Kihara Institute.
Kihara Institute for Biological Research (Yokohama, Japan)
have jointed with Yokohama City University to establish a
new university institute for life sciences since April,
1984. Traditional name of Kihara Institute for Biological
Research is succeeded, which includes sections of Plant
Evolutionary Genetics, Cytogenetics, Cell Biology, and
Biotechnology. Dr. Hitoshi Kihara sheated the Director
Emeritus, and Dr. Masatake Tanaka was elected as Director of
Institute, who has moved from Kyoto University.
Proceedings of 6th IWGS published
The 6th International Wheat Genetics Synposium was
successfully held at Kyoto in Nov., 1983. The proceedings of
the synposium has been published with the following
contents. Anyone who are interested in obtaining it should
order to ;
Maruzen Co. ltd
P.O. Box5050, Tokyo International
100-31 Japan
with the charge of US$25000 plus $1500
for sea mail postage.
Proceedings of 6th International Wheat Genetic
Synposium
Ed. by Sadao Sakamoto (Kyoto Univ.)
CONTENTS :
OPENING SESSION
The transfer to wheat of interstitial segments of alien
chromosomes By E.R. Sears
Origin and history of "Daruma" - a parental variety of Norin
10 By H. Kihara
SESSION I : EVOLUTION AND SPECIATION
Genome analysis in the genus Triticum By G. Kimber/The
nature and origin of wheat Genomes on the data of grain
protein immunochemistry and electrophoresis By V.G.
Konarex/and 5 papers
SESSION II : INDUCED AND NATURAL VARIATIONS
Utilization of induced variations in wheat improvement By
K.A. Siddiqui/and 2 papers
SESSION III : GENETIC RESOURCES IN WHEAT
Semi-wild wheat from Xizang (Tibet) By Q. Shao, C. Li and C.
Basang/Genetic resources in diploid wheats : the case for
diploid commercial wheats by J.G. Waines/and 4 papers
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