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N. Mori1, T. Tominaga2, M. Morikawa3, S. Ohta4 & Y. Furuta5 (1Kobe Univ., 2Shinshu Univ., 30saka Pref. Univ., 4Fukui Pref. Univ. 5Gifu Univ.)
A brief report on the field research project in Egupt, Tunisia, Sardinia, Corsica and Southern Italy by GSEM96

Egypt, Tunisia, Sardinia, Corsica and Southern Italy were surveyed from April 1 to June 4. This was the second year research work of the GSEM supported by the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan (Grant-in-Aid for International Scientific Research Program: Field Research No. 07041133). The research was carried out as a cooperative research work with Drs. R. Sayed (Assiut Univ., Egypt), M. Harrabi (Inst. National d'Agronomie de Tunis). A total of about 1,010 samples of wheat, barley, oat and the weed in their filed were collected. More detailed report is now in preparation.

T. Morikawa (Fac. of Agric., Osaka pref. Univ.)
Survey of genetic resources of the genus Avena in the Canary Islands and Morocco by GSEM95

All the biological species of Avena coexist in the area roughly between Southern Spain, Morocco and the Canary Islands. The genetic resources of the genus Avena were surveyed in the Canary Island (La Gomera, Tenerife, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote) and Morocco from May 14th to Luly 1st 1995 by the Gifu University Scientifc Exploration in the Mediterranean Region (GSEM95). A total of 61 accessions including 7 species (Avena canariensis, A. hirtula, A. strigosa, A. barbata, A. sterilis, A. fatua and A. atherantha were collected from the Canary Islands. In Morocco, a total of 193 accessions including 14 species (A. eriantha, A. agadiriana, A. atlantica, A. barbata, A. damascena, A. hirtula, A. longiglumis, A. prostrata, A. maroccana, A. murphyi, A. fatua, A. sativa, A. byzantiana and A. strilis) were collected.

K. Kato1, H. Tsujimoto2, Y.-K. Zhou3 and C. Yen4 (1Fac. Agric., Okayama Univ.; 2Kihara Inst. Biol. Res., Yokohama City Uni.; 3Dept. Basic Sci, Sichuan Agric. Univ., Yaan, Sichuan, China; 4Triticeae Res. Inst., Sichuan Agric. Univ., Dujiangyan, Sichuan, China) A report of the wheat field research in the central Tibet, China

Field research on wheat and its wild relatives was carried out in August, 1995, as one of the of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan (Grant-in-Aid for International Scientific Research Program: Field Research No. 07041154). In Tibet two major crops, wheat as a cash plant and barley for self consumption, are cultivated. Because of its economical importance, wheat landraces (spring type) had been mostly replaced by modern varieties (winter type). Wheat samples were collected from both wheat and barley flelds, and totaled 320 samples. Those from spring wheat or barley fields proved to be of spring growth habit, while those from winter wheat fields were mostly of winter growth habit. Among them, one accession could not be classified as
T. aestivum, and was considered as hybrid origin between emmer wheat and common wheat.

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