Rice Genetics Cooperative
Office Bearers
(1996-2000)
Coordinating Committee
T. 
Kinoshita (Japan), Chairman
G. 
Rothschild (IRRI), Co-Chairman
G.S. Khush (IRRI), Secretary and Editor
A. 
Hirai (Japan), Secretary
D.S. Brar (IRRI), Treasurer
M. 
Nakagahra (Japan)
G. 
Toenniessen (USA)
R. 
S. Paroda (India)
H. 
P. Moon (Korea)
C. 
S. Ying (China)
Standing Committees, on:
Committee on Gene Symbolization,
Nomenclature and Linkage
N. 
Iwata (Japan), Convener
I. 
Takamure (Japan)
H. 
K. Wu (Taiwan)
E. 
A. Siddinq (India)
J. 
N. Rutger (USA)
Committee on Genetic Stocks
H. 
Satoh (Japan), Convener
Y. 
Sano (Japan)
M. 
T. Jackson (IRRI)
S. 
D. Sharma (India)
A. 
H. Zakri (Malaysia)
Committee on Genetic Engineering
R. 
Wu (USA), Convener
N. 
Kurata (Japan)
M. 
D. Gale (England)
J. 
Bennett (IRRI)
Qifa Zhang (China)
Committee on Rice Genetics Newsletter
G. 
S. Khush (IRRI), Convener
H. 
Morishima (Japan)
R. 
Wu (USA)
E. 
A. Siddiq (India)
(Addresses of Office Bearers—See the reverse side of the front page)

 
Printing of this issue was financially supported by the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture (Grant-in-Aid for Publication of Scientific Research Results), Japan.

 
Cover Picture. The liguleless (ig) mutant usually lacks the auricles, ligule and visible collar in rice. Sanchez and Khush report the collarless gene (col) linking with the ig locus in this issue, suggesting different genetic controls for liguleless, collarless and auricleless phenotypes (see Res. Note 12).
(Left to right) Plant with ligule, auricle and collar; Liguleless plant with auricle and collar; Auricleless plant with ligule and collar; Liguleless, collarless and auricleless plant.