| VI. News A motion carried at the I.W.G.S., 1959 It is a pleasure for me to transmit to you a motion carried unanimously by the participants of the First International Wheat Genetics Symposium held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, August 11 to 15, 1958. The motion reads as follows: "Moved by Dr. Konzak (U.S.A.) and seconded by Professor Shebeski (Canada) that the members of the First International Wheat Genetics Symposium express their appreciation and encouragement to the editors and supporters of Wheat Information Service for its help in accelerating knowledge concerned with the improvement of wheat. Carried Unanimously." I trust that you will transmit this information to anyone concerned and accept my apologies for tardiness to send this motion to you. It has only been recentiy that I have had an opportunity to clear up some of the matters left after the Symposium. B. Charles Jenkins Committee of the Maintainance of the Genetic Stocks After much delay, I have finally begun work on the the assignment given us at the First International Wheat Genetics Symposium. In order to inform and enlist the cooperation of all wheat genetic research workers, some manner of contact should be made. To facilitate contact, I suggest that each one of us be responsible for certain areas as follows: R .G. Anderson-Canada, Australia and New Zealand R. Riley-British Isles, Europe and Africa K. Yamashita-Japan and the countries of Asia E. G. Heyne-United States, Mexico, Central America and South America To make initial contact, for example, I would send a letter to wheat research workers in the U.S., Mexico and South and Central America similar to the following: "A committee was appointed at the meeting of the First Internation Wheat Genetics Symposium at Winnipeg in August, 1958 to organize and co-ordinate a system for maintaining wheat stocks of known genetic constitution and to arrange for the recording and dissemination of information related to this program. "The maintenance of genetic stocks is too large a program for one individual or station to undertake at the present time. In order to begin the maintenance program, we need individuals who will maintain some of these genetic stocks in viable condition so that other wheat research workers could obtain a few viable seeds on request. |
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