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Wheat Information Service
Number 84: 87 (1997)

Editorial remarks


During fiscal year 1996-1997, 146 supporters have contributed to the donation to Wheat Information Service, which allowed us to improve financial condition and editorial affairs. Thank you very much, again, for these contributors, to whom we have sent a beautiful card of the receipt. Based on this, we have made effort on grading- up of the journal, probably resulting in increased number of contribution papers. Also, the reviewing system seems to function well: the proportion of acceptance for the original articles is about 70% at present time, and the journal could include several articles for Research information.

Wheat Information Service are now circulated over 700 subscribers including institutions and personals across 64 countries. Computer-based internet system has been rapidly developed in recent, but, still in the world, there must be many wheat researchers who do not participate in the benefits of these magic services and working hard for wheat researches for science and food problems. Wheat Information Service would like to connect these researchers with the modern, and the regional information to the world. The present issue contains a list of recent publications on wheat genetics cited from a computer database. Also, we would like to accumulate information on conserved genetic stocks in database.

In the present issue, No.84, Dr. C. Yen in Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, China proposes a nomenclature of the D-genome species, based on historical and taxonomic review. Editors would like to open the space for discussion on this subject in the future issues from subscribers.

Hope for your continuous contribution to WIS.

Editor, T. S