Wheat in a Global Environment: Proceedings of the 6th International Wheat Conference, 5–9 June 2000, Budapest, Hungary

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
The 6 th International Wheat Conference: Origin and History....Pages 1-3
A Century of Mendelian Breeding: Impact on Wheat....Pages 5-21
Crop and Natural Resource Management Strategies to Foster Sustainable Wheat Production in Developing Countries....Pages 23-36
Prospects and Promise of Wheat Breeding in the 21 ST Century....Pages 37-52
Improving the End Use Properties of Wheat by Manipulating the Grain Protein Composition....Pages 53-58
Molecular Genetic Studies on Processing Traits of Wheat Flour....Pages 59-66
Waiting for Fine Times: Genetics of Flowering Time in Wheat....Pages 67-74
Aspects of Wheat Rust Research in Australia....Pages 75-83
Present Strategies in Resistance Breeding Against Scab ( Fusarium Spp .)....Pages 85-95
Conservation of Gene Associations in Commercial Varieties of Wheat....Pages 97-105
The Impact of Intellectual Property Rights on Crop Improvement....Pages 107-110
Marketing and Economic Impact of Wheat Biotech and Novel Technologies....Pages 111-116
The Role of Small and Medium Size Private Breeding Companies in Germplasm Development....Pages 117-124
International Collaboration on Wheat Improvement....Pages 125-135
International Cooperative Efforts in Germplasm Development: A Private Cooperative Point of View....Pages 137-140
Wheat Seed and Seed Supply....Pages 141-148
Development and System of Plant Variety Registration in Hungary....Pages 149-156
Genetic Diversity of Wheat Storage Proteins and Bread Wheat Quality....Pages 157-169
Marker Assisted Selection to Improve HMW-Glutenins in Wheat....Pages 171-176
Expression of HMW Subunit, γ-Zein and uidA Genes in Endosperms of Transgenic Bread Wheat....Pages 177-181
Identification, Cloning and Characterisation of a HMW-Glutenin Gene from an Old Hungarian Wheat Variety, Bánkúti 1201....Pages 183-188
Quality Influence Comparison of Some x- and y-Type HMW Glutenin Subunits Coded by Glu-D1 Locus....Pages 189-194
Use of Recombinant Substitution Lines for Gene Mapping and QTL Analysis of Bread Making Quality in Wheat....Pages 195-202
Transformation of Elite Wheat Varieties for Improved end-use Qualities: Modification of Gibberellin Levels and Pre-Harvest Sprouting....Pages 203-209
Marker Assisted Recurrent Selection for Cumulating QTLs for Bread-Making Related Traits....Pages 211-217
Grain Color Stability and Classification of Hard White Wheat in the U.S.....Pages 219-227
Breeding for Stability in Bread Milling Quality....Pages 229-235
Genetic Diversity of South African Winter Wheat Cultivars in Relation to Preharvest Sprouting and Falling Number....Pages 237-242
Wheat Starch Biosynthesis....Pages 243-248
Genetic Variation for Waxy Proteins and Starch Properties in Italian Wheat Germplasm....Pages 249-253
Breeding for End-Use Quality: Reflections on the Nebraska Experience....Pages 255-262
Breeding for Grain Quality: A Manipulation of Gene Frequency....Pages 263-271
Grain Quality Indices in the Program of Winter Bread Wheat Breeding for the Steppe Region of Ukraine....Pages 273-278
Wheat Quality Requirements in China....Pages 279-284
Small-Scale Dough Testing as a Breeding and Research Tool....Pages 285-290
Small Scale Dough Testing as a Research Tool for Evaluating Properties of Single Storage Proteins Chosen for Wheat Transformation....Pages 291-296
Detection of Wheat Maturation Process by NIR....Pages 297-303
Comparative Genetics and Disease Resistance in Wheat....Pages 305-309
Molecular Breeding for Improved Biotic Stress Resistance....Pages 311-316
Non Specific Adult Plant Disease Resistance — Genetics and Molecular Mapping....Pages 317-323
Transgenic Wheat Plants: A Powerful Breeding Source....Pages 325-330
A New Concept for Multiple Resistance Breeding in Wheat to Leaf and Ear Diseases....Pages 331-336
Pyramiding Strategy for Durable Resistance to Wheat Leaf Rust Pathogen....Pages 337-343
Physiological Basis of Yield Gains in Wheat Associated with the Lr19 Translocation from Agropyron Elongatum ....Pages 345-351
Breeding for Fusarium Head Blight Resistance in Wheat....Pages 353-358
Genetic Difference of Resistance to Fusarium Head Blight in Two Wheat Cultivars, Nobeokabouzu-Komugi and Sumai 3....Pages 359-365
 Fusarium Head Blight Resistance in Doubled-Haploid Lines Derived from Crosses with a Resistant Winter Wheat Parent....Pages 367-372
Dynamics of Changes in the Races and Virulence of Wheat Powdery Mildew in Hungary between 1971 and 1999....Pages 373-379
Cimmyt’s Approach to Identify and Use Resistance to Nematodes and Soil-Borne Fungi, in Developing Superior Wheat Germplasm....Pages 381-389
Slow Rusting in Winter and Facultative Wheat Infected with Yellow Rust....Pages 391-395
Seedling and Adult-Plant Resistance to Yellow Rust....Pages 397-403
Chromosomal Location of Resistance to Septoria Tritici in Seedlings of a Synthetic Hexaploid Wheat, Triticum Spelta and Two Cultivars of Triticum Aestivum ....Pages 405-410
Assessing Russian Wheat Aphid Resistance in Hungarian and South African Germplasm....Pages 411-413
Evaluation of the Resistance of Wheat (Bread and Durum) and Aegilops Germplasm to Sunn Pest ( Eurygaster Integriceps Put.)....Pages 415-419
Development and Characterization of Common Wheatthinopyrum Intermedium Translocation Lines with Resistance to Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus....Pages 421-427
Use of Molecular Markers in Selecting for Resistance to BYDV....Pages 429-434
Climate Change, Nitrogen and Yield Response of Wheat Crops....Pages 435-444
El Nino — Southern Oscillation Influences on Wheat Crop in Brazil....Pages 445-450
Dark Induced Senescence as a Tool in Breeding Wheat for Optimum Senescence Pattern....Pages 451-456
Mapping of Genes Involved in Glutathione, Carbohydrate and COR14b Cold Induced Protein Accumulation during Cold Hardening in Wheat....Pages 457-462
Glume Pubescence and Its Influence on Spikelet Temperature of Wheat under Freezing Conditions....Pages 463-470
Genes for Frost Resistance in Wheat....Pages 471-479
Plant Damage after Freezing, and the Frost Resistance of Varieties from the Facultative and Winter Wheat Observation Nurseries....Pages 481-486
Photoperiod Sensitivity during Stem Elongation as an Avenue to Raise Potential Yield in Wheat....Pages 487-496
Progress in Manipulation of Genetic Systems Regulating Flowering Response in Wheat....Pages 497-502
The Importance of the Period Immediately Preceding Anthesis for Grain Weight Determination in Wheat....Pages 503-509
Effects of Alien Chromosome Additions on Photosynthesis in Wheat....Pages 511-516
 In Vitro Androgenesis of Wheat from Fundamentals to Practical Application....Pages 517-525
Utilization of the Anther Culture in Wheat Breeding and Seed Production....Pages 527-530
Sorting of Mitotic Chromosomes in Common Wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) Using flow Cytometry....Pages 531-536
Wheat Genetic Transformation and Its Breeding Aspects....Pages 537-540
Yield Potential and Bread-Making Quality of Bread Wheat Hybrids Produced Using Genesis, a Chemical Hybridizing Agent....Pages 541-550
New Technique of “Jin Ao Lin” Chemical Hybridization and Application of Wheat Hybridization....Pages 551-553
Comparison of Three Methods for Developing Heterotic Groups in Wheat ( Triticum aestivum )....Pages 555-560
Computerised Data Management System for Cereal Breeding....Pages 561-568
Increasing Yield Potential and Yield Stability in Durum Wheat....Pages 569-577
Grain Yield and Other Traits of Tall and Dwarf Isolines of Modern Bread and Durum Wheats....Pages 579-584
Breeding for Manganese Efficiency in Durum Wheat....Pages 585-591
SSR Markers in the Genetic Relationship Studies of Turkish Durum Wheat Varieties....Pages 593-596
Assessment of Genotypic Variation among Cultivated Durum Wheat Based on EST-SSRs and Genomic SSRs....Pages 597-602
High Yielding Wheat Versus Economically Competitive and Environmentally Friendly Wheat....Pages 603-609
Methodology for Selecting Segregating Populations for Improved N-Use Efficiency in Bread Wheat....Pages 611-620
Winter Wheat and Establishment of Sustainable Production System in Ningxia, China....Pages 621-624
New, Environmentally Friendly Wheat Fertilizer Advisory System for Hungary....Pages 625-631
Effects of Temperature, Drought, and Fertilizer Levels on Grain Development and Gluten Protein Gene Expression in a US Wheat Cultivar....Pages 633-637
Variety-Specific Fertilization in Wheat Production....Pages 639-645
Lodging in Wheat: Relationships with Soil Fertility and Plant Characteristics in Southern Brazil....Pages 647-653
Breeding Bread Wheat for Tolerance to Aluminum Toxicity....Pages 655-664
Root Growth and Enzyme Activity Studies for Indication of Low pH Stress in Common and Durum Wheat....Pages 665-670
Accelerated Breeding: Dream or Reality?....Pages 671-679
Breeding Winter Wheat for a Dual-Purpose Management System....Pages 681-685
Crop Rotation and Tillage Systems to Control Root Rot and Leaf Spot Diseases of Wheat in Brazil....Pages 687-691
Physiological Bases of Wheat Breeding Tolerant to Water Stress....Pages 693-698
Wheat Pre-Breeding Using Wild Progenitors....Pages 699-707
Alien Genes in Wheat Improvement....Pages 709-720
Production and Molecular Cytogenetic Analysis of Wheat-Barley Hybrids and Translocations....Pages 721-726
An Efficient Method for Assigning Traits to Chromosomes....Pages 727-732
Comparative Analyses of the Genetic Diversity among European Spelt and Wheat Accessions with AFLP, RFLP and SSR Markers....Pages 733-738
Evaluation of a Collection of Wild Wheat Relative Aegilops Geniculata Roth and Identification of Potential Sources for Useful Traits....Pages 739-746
Allelic Variation at the Dwarfing Gene Rht8 Locus and Its Significance in International Breeding Programmes....Pages 747-753
How to Organize Wheat Genetic Resources to be Convenient for Breeding....Pages 755-760
Mining Wheat Germplasm Collections for Yield Enhancing Traits....Pages 761-771
Characterization of Varieties for Performance Related Aspects....Pages 773-779
Wheat in the Host Country....Pages 781-786
Back Matter....Pages 787-787