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Editorial remarks
This is the final issue of Wheat Information Service dated on
1900's. In this volume, we are glad to have the new version of gene
catalogue after 9th IWGS, which has been done with great effort by
Drs. McIntosh, Hart, Devos, and Rogers.
Since spring of this year, we have been calling your attention for
continuation of subscription of WIS, and have renewed the mailing
list, which allowed us to save the cost. But, at the same time, we
are afraid of missing some wheat researchers who need WIS or whom we
should not miss from our community. Please notify him/her, if you
know, who did not receive the present issue in despite of his/her
willing. Also, we are always welcoming new comers to WIS community.
WIS is a nonprofit international journal of mutual help and
cooperation for wheat research, which is supported economically by
subscriber's donation (2,000 Japanese Yen; ca. US$25 as a standard
per year), and voluntary contributions of concerned people for
editing. Wheat researcher who is interested in subscription or
contribution, touch our business office through e-mail
(yamabosi@yokohama-cu.acjp) or FAX (+81-45-825-3307).
Also, the editorial board is willing to print more articles for
"Research information", which should be informative but not suitable
for full paper; for instance, idea of the experiment, establishment
of experimental lines, candidate gene isolated, proposal for
cooperation, etc. Research should be effective and useful in the type
of information journal like WIS.
There are several issues being discussed on international panels
about the exchange of germplasm or genetic rescues. Since the
international agreement at Rio de Janeiro in 1993, the introduction
or exchange of genetic resources has become a political issue. Also,
the recent advances of gene-manipulation techniques have brought
further complexity of exchanging plant materials. We may discuss
freely these subjects on WIS.
The editor of WIS
To colleagues:
The Kihara Memorial Foundation (KMF) was established in 1985 in
memory of the late Dr. Hitoshi Kihara, a world famous geneticist and
evolutionary scientist. The activities, of the KMF are promotion of
life science by supporting symposia, workshops, and technical courses
for researchers, enlightenment of scientific information to citizens,
awarding of 'KMF Prize' and 'Child Scientist Prize', and publication
of journals such as 'Wheat Information Service'.
The coming 21st century will be one of life sciences. KMF intends
to continue contribution for a better future of the earth to solve
many problems facing us such about health, food, resources and
environment.
The recent economic condition in Japan is limiting our support of
these KMF activities. KMF is, therefore, taking up subscriptions from
colleagues who approve of the activities of KMF. We would appreciate
receiving from you inquiries about this matter, thank you.
Kihara Memorial Foundation
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