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Newsletter No. 7 Contents Note on citing Newsletter articles Contributions to the BYD Newsletter No. 8, 1999 Subscribe to the BYD Newsletter electronically Funding the BYD Newsletter Germplasm Improvement and Genetic Resources BYDV tolerance and multiple disease resistance in Triticum durum interspecific crosses (A. Comeau, C.A. St-Pierre, B. Kol, S. Pouleur and R. Paquet) Study and identification of markers of two genes for resistance to BYDV derived from Thinopyrum intermedium (C. Etienne, J. Jahier, D. Barloy and M. Trottet) Resistance to BYDVs in Chinese interspecific crosses (M. Henry, M. van Ginkel and Qi Shiyu) Resistance to BYDV in barley (M. Henry and H. Vivar) Trial on the resistance of cereals to viruses in the South of Ukraine (L. I. Omelchenko and L. T. Babayants) BYD Incidence, Epidemiology and Occurrence Strains of barley yellow dwarf virus in European Russia (K. Mozhaeva, T. Kastalieva and T. Vasilieva) BYDV incidence and epidemiology of wheat in Shaanxi Province of China (Y.F. Wu and N.S. Wei) Virus-Vector Interactions BYDV acquisition and inoculation are associated with the occurrence and duration of characteristic stylet activities during phloem penetration by aphids (G. Powell and J. Hardie) Interactions between BYDV and a parasitoid in a shared aphid vector/host (P. Christiansen-Weniger, G. Powell and J. Hardie) IV. Recently Published Literature on Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus I. Foreword The last BYD Newsletter (BYD-NL6) was sent in July 1997 to all the contributors and to most scientists from developing countries listed in the 1994 mailing list. A questionnaire on the future of the Newsletter and a subscription form were also included. The Newsletter was sent to 172 scientists or institutions and the questionnaire to 210 people. Publication of this newsletter was delayed by several months due to a few responses received by the deadline for subscription (31 Dec. 1997). By now, around 35 responses have been received, indicating a 15% reply rate. Continuation of the publication was favored in 95% of the cases. The majority of answers favored an annual publication, keeping the same format, with occasional publication of related articles in the areas of cereal aphid resistance, biology of cereal aphids and, possibly, other luteoviruses. Several scientists from the developing world also requested references on recent BYDV publications. In light of this questionnaire, the next issue of the BYD Newsletter will be published in one year, keeping in mind its informal nature. Whenever possible, extra information will be given on anything useful to BYDV researchers, such as tips and techniques, meetings, conferences, name of BYD researchers, etc. An informal review of BYDV publications printed the previous year will be added, but with no intention of being exhaustive. The review will be based on what appears in Current Contents, the AGRIS database and any papers I come across. My main concern about the future of the BYD Newsletter is the low number of written contributions submitted. As you no doubt noticed, BYD-NL7 is very thin. In 1998, only seven papers were received from scientists outside CIMMYT. This will greatly affect the quality of the present issue. I still believe that the Newsletter is a useful form of communication among scientists, especially in the developing world. I shall be grateful to anyone who contributes material for the next issue of the Newsletter. This could be in the form of country reports, recently published results, tips and any other subject that would contribute to the body of BYDV research, with a special focus on the developing world. Don’t hesitate to promote the Newsletter, if you think it is useful. With the advent of the Internet, access to literature has been facilitated; however, there are still numerous places in the world where access to such tool is not easy, many of them being areas targeted by CIMMYT. However, if there is no interest in the Newsletter, we will have to stop its publication. Because of the small size of this issue, every subscriber to BYD-NL7 will receive the next issue free of charge. I thank you all for the quality of the contributions and the support you have given the Newsletter throughout the years. I hope that the Yellow Dwarf will have a long future. II. The Editor's Corner Note on citing Newsletter articles The BYD Newsletter consists of informal reports presented to foster communication and the exchange of ideas and information between developing and industrialized world BYD researchers. Responsibility for the views expressed in the article rests with each author. Research information distributed through the Newsletter is in the form of "notes" and not "published" in the sense of a refereed journal. It should NOT be cited in other publications without the authors’ consent. Citations in refereed publications, whenever permitted, refer to the BYD Newsletter notes in the text, rather than in the bibliography. For example, specify "B. Yellow, BYD Newsletter 7: 11, 1998; unpublished data", or cite as "personal communication" (with the colleague's consent). Contributions to BYD Newsletter No. 8, 1999 Contributions to BYD-Newsletter No. 8 should be received by M. Henry no later than June 30, 1999. Please send maximum one page per abstract. Abstracts should be written as narrative reports, including the most important progress made. A maximum of one figure and/or 2 tables can be accepted per abstract, if essential. Please follow the abstract header format and the citation format (e. g.: [Yellow and Dwarf, Gen. Res. Crop. Evol. 43:31-34 (1996)] and [Luteovirus et al., J. Gen. Virol. 65:222-229 (1995)]. To facilitate the edition of the Newsletter, submission of abstracts via electronic mail or on diskette (ASCII-, WordPerfect- or Word for Windows file) is strongly encouraged. Subscribe to the BYD Newsletter electronically The BYD Newsletter is available on the Internet at (Barley Yellow Dwarf Newsletter) or via the CGIAR home page (cgiar.org). To subscribe, see the subscription form. Send contributions to the Newsletter to the editor (email: M.Henry). The mailing list included in BYD-NL7 is short due to the low rate of reply to subscription. In order to update it, I need your participation. Many of you might be interested in receiving only the electronic form of the Internet. No charge will be made for this version. However, if you want your name to appear in the mailing list, please contact the editor. I see the mailing list as a tool to increase communication and collaboration between BYDV scientists. Furthermore, several subscribers have requested the list of BYDV researchers. However, to be more accurate, this list needs to be updated by the scientists still working in the BYDV area. Funding the BYD Newsletter The subscription to the Newsletter has been maintained to $15 for the past two issues. The contributions received for NL6 just cover its costs of printing and mailing, considering that it was sent to a large numbers of scientists in the developing world who benefited from subscription relief. The 1997 issue (NL7), due to its mall size can also be cover by the subscription fees received. I suggest to drop the cost of the 1999 to $10 because costs will be now reduced through the use of Internet. © CIMMYT December 1998 |