As you have already realized when you saw the cover illustration of the pre sent issue, Wheat Information Service has changed its style and system. Since WIS had been established in 1954, four decades has passed. We are now in new era for wheat researches. Information exchange becomes quick and easy through computer systems, molecular approaches for the research are realistic, and genetic stocks have been accumulated for basic researches and breeding. However, demand for food production is still large, especially for fear of food shortage in the early stage of the 21st century, and we are faced to overcome the worldwide devastation of the earth land. Wheat researchers are asked to devote themselves on further development of scientific research in wheat as one of major crops.
Nevertheless to say the importance of genetic resources and genetic stocks for the bases of. scientific and original researches, wheat has advantages of abundant information and materials in comparison to other plant studies. Wheat Information Service is willing to function as the international information distributor.
The essences of new editorial and managing policies are as follows:
(1) WIS should be an international journal for wheat genetics and breeding, not for regional report of agricultural performances.
(2) WIS publishes research articles with reviewer's judge. At the same time, research information, proposal for nomenclature, and announcement of meeting or book publication are successively accepted under consideration by editorial board.
(3) WIS is not the commercial journal for economic benefit. Donation system is introduced to ask subscribers to support continuous publication. This is a kind of worldwide cooperation among wheat researchers, some of who are trying to continue to study under severe social circumstance. Kihara Memorial Foundation will keep supporting financially, but beneficiary should pay for the part. Please understand this philosophy.
For the detail regulation, refer to the description on the
cover-back page.
Further support to WIS is appreciated.
A NEW BOOK PUBLISHED !
Plant Genome and Plastome: Their Structure and
Evolution
In Commemoration of Professor Hitoshi Kihara's Centennial
Edited by Koichiro Tsunewaki
Kodansha Scientific Ltd., Tokyo, 1995
(See next page for the contents)