Cover, p.0
Dedication, p.i
A. Report of the Coordinating Committee of Rice Genetics Cooperative (by M. E. Takahashi and K. J. Lampe), p.1
B. Report of the Committee on Gene Symbolization, Nomenclature and Linkage Groups (by T. Kinoshita), p.2
C. Report of the Committee on Genetic Stocks (by N. Iwata), p.38
Wild relatives of rice conserved at the International Rice Germplasm Center, IRRI (by D. A. Vaughan, M. S. Almazan, M. Oliva and M. E. Naredo), p.38
D. Report of the Committee on Genetic Engineering: Molecular Analysis of Rice Genes (by Ray Wu), p.45
Guidelines for Nomenclature of Cloned Genes or DNA Fragments in Rice (by R. Wu, A. Hirai, J. Mundy, R. Nelson and R. Rodriguez), p.51
E. List of Publications on Rice Genetics (Supplement, compiled by F. Kikuchi), p.54
F. Research Notes (List of contents follows), p.73
G. Mailing List (Supplement, compiled by Y. Futsuhara), p.168
Editors's Note (by H. I. Oka and G. S. Khush), p.171
Research Notes, List of Contents
I. Rice species and evolution
1.Biogeography of the genus Oryza across the Malay Archipelago, by D. A. Vaughan, p.73
2.A preliminary note on Oryza schlechteri by D. A. Vaughan, P. Feral and G. Gorogo, p.75
3.Wild-rice seeds found in an oldest rice remain, by Y. I. Sato, S. X. Tang, L. U. Yang and L. H. Tang, p.76
4.A survey of within-population genetic diversity in land races and wild rices of tropical Asia, by H. I. Oka, p.79
5.Origin of Japonica rice as suggested from characters of some Aman and deepwater cultivars, by K. S. Cheng, Y. Z. Chang, X. K. Wang and H. W. Cai, p.81
6.Isozyme diversity in Oryza australiensis, by B. G. de los Reyes, D. S. Multani, D. S. Brar and G. S. Khush, p.83
II. Cytogenetics
7.Production of tertiary trisomics and their utilization in rice, by K. I. Nonomura, T. Kawasaki, A. Yoshimura, N. Kishimoto and N. Iwata, p.85
8.A secondary-trisomic like plant found in rice, by O. Ideta, A. Yoshimura and N. Iwata, p.87
9.Character expression of CC and CCDD genomes in hybrid with dip- loid and tetraploid strains of O. sativa, by Z. X. Li, D. X. Liu, WenJin Yu and Y. Song, p.89
1O.Interspecific hybrids produced through embryo rescue between cultivated and eight wild species of rice, by D. S. Brar, R. Elloran and G. S. Khush, p.91
11.Genomic relationship of Oryza longiglumis and O. ridleyi, by L. A. Sitch, R. Dalmacio, D. S. Brar and G. S. Khush, p.93
12.Cytology of endosperm in wild diploid and tetraploid strains of Oryza granulate, O. officinalis and O. punctata, by P. T. Annie and P. G. Nair, p.95
III. Linkages
13.Localization of gene Gdh-1 for glutamate dehydrogenase, by R. Ishikawa, p.97
14.Linkage analysis in chromosomes 3 and 6, by I. Takamure and T. Kinoshita, p.98
15.Integration of isozyme genes on chromosome 12 into a linkage map, by R. Ishikawa, p.100
16.Chromosomal location of Xa-21 by R. Ikeda, R. E. Tabien and G. S. Khush, p.102
17.Tight linkage of gene sd-7(t) and d\1\ found in a cross of Taichung 65 isogenic lines, by K. H. Tsai, p.104
18.Location of chl-7 on linkage group 6, by A. C. Sanchez and G. S. Khush, p.104
19.Chromosomal location of Mdh-3 and Pgd-2 loci in rice through monosomic alien addition line (MAAL) analysis, by G. S. Khush, D. S. Multani, B. G. de los Reyes and D. S. Brar, p.106
2O.Chromosomal location of gene sd-1 examined with isogenic translocation lines of Taichung 65, by K. H. Tsai, p.109
IV. New genes
21.Gene analysis for spikelet sterility of F1 hybrid between cultivars Silewah and Hayakogane, by T. Inukai, M. Maekawa and N. Shinbashi, p.110
22.Multiple alleles detected at locus sd-1, by K. H. Tsai, p.112
23.A nuclear gene inducing fertility restoration in cytoplasmic male-sterile rice, by Y. Sano and M. Eiguchi, p.113
24.A gene for low crossability found in the common wild rice, by Y. Sano, p.115
25.A deepwater tolerant gene detected in the common wild rice, by M. Eiguchi and Y. Sano, p.116
26.Inheritance of low temperature tolerance at young seedling stage, by H. Morishima, p.117
27.Complementary genes responsible for photoperiod sensitivity in the common wild rice, by Y. I. Sato, p.119
V. Gene action and distribution
28.Interaction between genes for panicle density in rice, by Y. Futsuhara, S. Kondo and H. Kitano, p.121
29.Variation due to locality in an early maturing mutant in rice, by T. Imaoka and Y. Futsuhara, p.122
3O.Chromosomal location of genes for bacterial blight resistance found in a Yunnan variety Dongnuo, by X. Lin, G. Yu, D. Zhang, Y. Xie and Y. Chen, p.124
31.The distribution of resistance genes to the brown planthopper in rice germplasm, by R. Ikeda and D. A. Vaughan, p.125
32.Isozyme variations and ecotype-specific Pgd-1 alleles found among Japanese rice varieties, by R. Ishikawa, p.128
33.A new tester line for analyzing heading time genes in rice, by Y. Okumoto, T. Tanisaka and H. Yamagata, p.129
VI. Transposon
34.Varying frequencies of occurrence of offtypes and unusual segregation patterns observed in crosses of isogenic Taichung 65 lines, by K. H. Tsai, p.131
VII. Molecular genetics
35.DNA polymorphisms generated by arbitrary primed PCR in rice, by K. L. Zheng, B. Shen and H. R. Qian, p.134
36.Location of two rDNA genes by linkage analysis in rice, by S. Matsu- mura, M. Yano and A. Saito, p.136
37.Polymerase chain reaction identifies genomic DNA polymorphism in rice, by Q. M. Yi and J. Lu, p.139
38.Genetic and physical mapping of the bacterial blight resistance gene Xa-21, by P. C. Ronald and S. D. Tanksley, p.142
39.Molecular tagging of a recessive gene, xa-5, for resistance to bacterial blight of rice, by S. R. McCouch, M. L. Abenes, R. Angeles, G. S. Khush and S. D. Tanksley, p.143
4O.Polyamine-induced phosphorylation in rice nuclei, by D. van den Broeck, M. V. Montagu and A. Caplan, p.145
41.Structural organization of rice calmodulin genes, by Y. J. Choi and G. An, p.149
42.Is the size of the rice genome relatively small? by S. Nishibayashi, p.152
VIII. Technical note
43.Effect of a chemical hybridization agent HGR-626 on the plant regeneration after anther culture,by K. Ukai and Y. Futsuhara, p.154
44.MAPL: A package of microcomputer programs for RFLP linkage mapping, by Y. Ukai, R. Ohsawa and A. Saito, p.155
45.Mapping DNA sequences in rice using in situ hybridization, by P. Gustafson and J. E. Dille, p.158
46.A simple screening method for transgenic rice tissue based on PCR, by A. Mayer, G. B. Zondag and L. A. M. Hensgens, p.161
47.Pulsed field gel analysis of rice mitochondrial DNA, by C. Andre and V. Walbot, p.165

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