A n n u a l W h e a t N e w s l e t t e r V o l. 5 4. ANNUAL WHEAT NEWSLETTER Volume 54 Edited by W.J. Raupp, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-5502 USA; financial arrangements made by Brett F. Carver, Oklahoma State University, Department of Agronomy, Stillwater, OK 74078 USA. Facilities and assistance during manuscript editing were provided by the Plant Pathology Department and the Wheat Genetics Resource Center, Kansas State University. This volume was financed by voluntary contributions – list included. The information in this News- letter is considered as personal contributions. Before citing any information herein, obtain the consent of the specific author(s). The Newsletter is sponsored by the National Wheat Improvement Committee, USA. 1 August, 2008. 50 copies printed and 75 CD-ROMs produced. Contribution no. 09-027-D from the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, Kansas State University, Manhattan. i A n n u a l W h e a t N e w s l e t t e r V o l. 5 4. TABLE OF CONTENTS Dedication: Robert J. Metzger . 1 I. SPECIAL REPORTS Minutes — National Wheat Improvement Committee . 3 Members — National Wheat Improvement Committee . 5 Wheat Workers Code of Ethics. .6 II. ANNOUNCEMENTS Publication: Genomics-assisted Crop Improvement. 7 III. NatiONAL WHeat GENOMICS CONFERENCE Speaker and Poster Abstracts. 9 IV. CONTRIBUTIONS PRIVATE COMPANIES N. Casanova, R. Maich, D. Righi — Stoller Argentina S.A, Córdoba, Argentina.. 31 AFGHANISTAN M. Osmanzai, M.A. Osmanzai, T. Payne — CIMMYT, Kabul. .32 ARGENTINA R.H. Maich, G.B. Melchiore, A.C. Masgrau, P. Petit, J. Godoy, F. Ripoll, G. Vallverdu, L.R Carraro, G.A. Piacenza, J.A. Isaía — Córdoba National University . 34 AUSTRALIA J. Sheedy, J. Thompson, J. Raupp — Leslie Research Centre, Toowomba. 37 D. Mares, K. Mrva, R. Asenstorfer, J. Rathjen, M. Quinn — University of Adelaide. 39 BRAZIL A. Nascimento Junior, M.S. Silva, E. Caierão, P.L. Scheeren, L. Eichelberger, R.S. Fontaneli, H.P. dos Santos, S.P. Brammer, E.M. Guarienti, M.I. Pontes Moreira Lima — Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Trigo, EMBRAPA, Passo Fundo . 41 CROATIA S. Tomasović, R. Mlinar, I. Ikić, B. Palaveršić, K. Jukić — BC Institute for Breeding and Production of Field Crops, Zagreb. .43 ii A n n u a l W h e a t N e w s l e t t e r V o l. 5 4. GERMANY A. Börner, O. Dobrovolskaya, E.K. Khlestkina, S. Landjeva, U. Lohwasser, P. Martinek, S. Navakode, M.S. Röder, A. Voylokov, A. Weidner, K. Zaynali Nezhad — Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research–IPK, Gatersleben . 46 HUNGARY Z. Bedö, L. Láng, O. Veisz, G. Vida, M. Rakszegi, K. Mészáros, S. Bencze — Wheat Breeding, Agricultural Research Institute, Martonvásár. .51 G. Galiba, G. Kocsy, T. Janda, E. Páldi, G. Szalai, A. Vágújfalvi — Genetics and Physiological Studies, Agricultural Research Institute, Martonvásár. 53 INDIA A. Saini, B.K. Das, S.G. Bhagwat, N. Jawali, S. Sud, C.M. Chang, P. Suprasanna — Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai . 54 V.R.K. Reddy, S. Premalatha, K. Thamayanthi — Bharathiar University, Coimbatore . 58 P.K. Gupta, H.S. Balyan, J. Kumar, A. Mohan, A. Goyal, A. Kumar, R.R. Mir, S. Kumar, R. Kumar, S. Banerjee, M. Das — Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut. .59 D. Datta, M. Prashar, S.C. Bhardwaj — Directorate of Wheat Research, Karnal. .63 J. Kumar, M.S. Saharan, A.K. Sharma, N.V.P.R. Ganga Rao, S. Kundu, J. Shoran, S. Sharma — Directorate of Wheat Research Regional Station, Haryana. .66 B.S. Malik — Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. 67 M. Sivasamy, S.M.S. Tomar, Vinod, R.N. Brahma , R. Tiwari, M. Prashar — Indian Agricultural Research Institute Regional Station, Wellington . 71 ITALY C. Ratti, A. Pisi, C. Rubies Autonell, V. Vallega, A. Sarti, A. Belocchi, D. Pancaldi, A. Prod, I. Alberti, G. Filippini, S. Tonti, S. Sandalo, C. Lanzoni, P. Nipoti, D. Rovito — University of Bologna . 72 JAPAN N. Watanabe — Ibaraki University. 79 H. Nakamura — National Institute of Crop Science, Tsukuba . 82 KAZAKHSTAN A.S. Kurmanbaeva, N.M. Safronova, B.A. Sarsenbae — Kokshetau State University after Sh. Ualikhanov, Almaty. 85 MEXICO H-J. Braun, T. Payne, E. Duveiller, R. Singh, J. Huerta — CIMMYT, El Batan . 86 iii A n n u a l W h e a t N e w s l e t t e r V o l. 5 4. NEPAL G. Ortiz Ferrara, M.R. Bhatta, R.C. Sharma, D. Thapa, A.K. Joshi, M.A. Sufian — CIMMYT, Ramput. .95 PAKISTAN M. Maroof Shah, M.S. Nawaz, A. Hassan, I.A. Raja, B. Nawab, A. Pervez, K. Maqbool, S. Khan — COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad . 96 K.D. Jamali — Nuclear Institute of Agriculture, Tando Jam. 100 PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA Z. He — CIMMYT and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing . 102 RUSSIAN FEDERATION V.G. Kyzlasov — Agricultural Research Institute of the Central Region of Non-Chenozem Zone, Moscow . 107 A.I. Pryanichnicov, S.V. Lyascheva, A.D. Zavorotina, V.V. Uvarova, Yu.P. Batischev, N.Yu. Larionova, A.I. Sergeeva, R.G. Saifullin, K.F. Guyanova, V.A. Danilova, S.D. Davydov, G.A. Beketova, N.S. Vassiltchouk, G.I. Shutareva, V.M. Popova, S.G. Gaponov, L.V. Yeremenko, T.M. Parshikova, A.S. Petrova, T.I. Dyatchouk, O.V. Khomyakova, Yu.V. Italianskaya, S.V. Stolyarova, N.Ph. Saphronova, L.P. Medvedeva, A.V. Koldyreva, S.N. Sibikeev, S.A. Voronina, V.A. Krupnov, A.E. Druzhin, T.D. Golubeva, T.V. Kalintseva, E.D. Badaeva — Agricultural Research Institute for South-East Regions, Saratov . 110 I. Shindin — Institute of Complex Analysis of Regional Problems, Khabarovsk, . .115 S.N. Lekomtseva, V.T. Volkova, L.G. Zaitseva, E.S. Skolotneva, M.N. Chaika — Moscow State University, Moscow. 118 O.V. Tkachenko, Yu.V. Lobachev — Saratov State Agrarian University Named after N.I. Vavilov, Saratov . 122 N.V. Poukhalskaya, A.A. Sobachkin, N.I. Pavlova —D.N. Pryanishnikov All Russian Research Institute of Agricultural Chemistry and Pedology, Moscow. .122 N.Yu. Pivovarova, O.I. Grabelnych, T.P. Pobezhimova, N.A. Koroleva, V.K. Voinikov, N.S. Pavlovskaya — Siberian Institute of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Irkutsk. 123 T.I. Odintsova, T.V. Korostyleva, G.V. Kozlovskaya, V.A. Pukhalskiy, A.K. Musolyamov, T. A. Egorov — Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, St. Petersburg, and Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganc Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow . 129 SOUTH AFRICA G.F. Marais, H.S. Roux, A.S. Marais, W.C. Botes, J.E. Snyman — University of Stellenbosch. 131 iv A n n u a l W h e a t N e w s l e t t e r V o l. 5 4. SPAIN A. Delibes, I. López-Braña, E. Simonetti, J.A. Martín-Sánchez, E. Sin, J. Del Moral, F. Pérez Rojas, S. Moreno-Vázquez, P. Hernández, P. Giraldo, J.M. Carrillo, M. Rodríguez-Quijano, C. Jalvo, J.F. Vázquez, E. Benavente, B. Fernández, J.F. Vázquez, M. Rodríguez-Quijano — Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Universidad de Lleida, Consejería de Infraestructuras y Desarrollo Technológico SIDT, and Consejo Superior de Investigationes Cientificas. 133 TURKEY J.M. Nicol, R.T .Trethowan, M. William, E. Sahin, G. Erginbas, H.J. Braun, M. van Ginkel N. Bolat, H. Hekimhan, A.F. Yildirim, H. Toktay, S. Taner, M. Keser, Z. Arisoy, A. Yorgancilar, A. Tulek, D. Erdurmus, O, Buyuk, M. Aydogdu, A. Bagci, H. Elekcioglu — CIMMYT, Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Selcuk University, and Ondokuz Mayis Univeristy, Sarayonu, Konya, Turkey. 142 UKRAINE N.V. Kuzmenko, M.I. Nepochatov, and V.A. Tsyganko — Institute of Plant Production N.A. V.Ya Yurjev, Kharkov. 147 O.A.Avksentyeva, V.A.Petrenko, A.A.Tishchenko, V.V. Zhmurko — Kharkov Karazin National University. 150 UNITED KINGDOM L.A. Boyd, R. Prins, Z.A. Pretorius, Ruth MacCormack — John Innes Centre, Norwich, Norfolk. .152 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA COLORADO S. Haley, J. Stromberger, J. Butler, E. Heaton, H. Miller, B. Beyer, J. Roth, F. Peairs, Nora Lapitan, P. Byrne, J. Dubcovsky, G. Bai — Colorado State University, Ft. Collins . 153 GEORGIA / FLORIDA J.W. Johnson, J.W. Buck, G.D. Buntin, Z. Chen — University of Georgia Experiment Station and the USDA–ARS, Griffin. .156 INDIANA J.M. Anderson, S.E. Cambron, C. Crane, S.B. Goodwin, S. Scofield, B. Schemerhorn, R.H. Shukle, C.E. Williams, H.W. Ohm, L. Kong, G. Buechley, G. Shaner, J.R. Xu, J. Stuart — USDA–ARS and Purdue University, West Lafayette. 158 KANSAS Kansas Agricultural Statistics, Topeka. .165 M.B. Kirkham — Environmental Physics Group, Kansas State University, Manhattan . 168 v A n n u a l W h e a t N e w s l e t t e r V o l. 5 4. B.S. Gill, B. Friebe, L.L. Qi, D.L. Wilson, W.J. Raupp, A.K. Fritz, D.L. Seifers, T.J. Martin, M.O. Pumphrey, P.D> Chen, V. Kuraparthy, P. Chhuneja, H.S. Dhaliwal, S. Kaur, S. Sood, S.K. Sehgal, W.L. Li, P. Rabinowicz — the Wheat Genetic & Genomic Resources Center, Departments of Plant Pathology and Agronomy, and the USDA–ARS, Kansas State University, Manhattan. .170 M. Tilley, F.E. Dowell, B.W. Seabourn, T.C. Pearson, J.D. Wilson, E.B. Maghirang, S.H. Park, S.R. Bean, T.J. Herald, F. Xie, Y.R. Chen, D.L. Brabec, J.E. Throne, O.K. Chung, F.H. Arthur, M.S. Caley, and J.F. Campbell. — U.S. Grain Marketing Research Laboratory, USDA–ARS, Manhattan . 173 MINNESOTA D.L. Long, J.A. Kolmer, Y. Jin, M.E.