8th INTERNATIONAL WHEAT CONFERENCE

V. V. Syukov, S. N. Shevchenko
Utilization of Elytrigia intermedia translocation in spring wheat breeding .............. 129
Tikhenko N., Tsvetkova N., Voylokov A., & Börner A.
Wheat improvement using rye - disturbance by embryo lethality ............................. 131
Q.-W. Dou, G. Monika, M. Kishii, M. Ito, H. Tanaka, H. Tsujimoto
Wheat-Psathyrostachys huashanica chromosome addition lines ................................ 133
Tyryshkin L.G., Kolesova M.A., Kovaleva M.A., Lebedeva T.V., Zuev E.V., Brykova A.N.,
Gashimov M.E.
Current status of bread wheat and its relatives from VIR collection study for
effective resistance to fungal diseases ............................................................................. 134
G. Volkova, L. Anpilogova, O. Kremneva, A. Andronova, O. Vaganova, L. Kovalenko,et al.
Wheat genetic resources assessment and application in the selection for disease
resistance and in crop production .................................................................................. 136
Plenary Session 3: Wheat genetics and breeding for abiotic stresses
Oral presentations
P. Stephen Baenziger, Ismail Dweikat, Kulvinder Gill, Kent Eskridge, Terry Berke, Maroof
Shah, et al.
Understanding grain yield: It is a journey, not a destination ...................................... 140
Marta S. Lopes and Matthew P. Reynolds
Root mass contributions and trade-offs to drought tolerance in wheat .................... 141
Rob Norton, Saman Seneweera, Sabine Posch, Greg Rebetzke, Glenn Fitzgerald
Growth, yield and photosynthetic responses to elevated CO in wheat .................... 142
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Abdalla, Osman, F. Ogbonnaya, A. Yaljarouka, Tahir, Izzat S. Ali, M. Kheir Adel Hagras,
M. Mosaad, Abdalla Sailan
Enhancement of heat tolerance in wheat to increase yield and stabilize wheat
production in Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) region .............. 144
Andy Phillips, Peter Hedden, Steve Thomas, Ian Prosser, Stephen Pearce Margaret Boulton,
John Snape, Simon Griffiths, Nadia Al-Kaff, Andrey Korolev, Robert Saville
and Martin Parry
Enhancing wheat field performance and response to abiotic stress with novel growthregulatory
alleles ................................................................................................................ 145
Yuri Shavrukov, Manahil Baho, Nawar Shamaya, James Edwards, Courtney Ramsey,
Peter Langridge and Mark Tester
Salinity tolerance and Na+ exclusion in wheat: Variability, genetics, mapping
populations and QTL analysis ......................................................................................... 146
Poster presentations
A.S. Absattarova, M. S. Röder, S. Kollers, A.I. Morgounov, S. Kenjebaeva
Identification and distribution of the alleles of photoperiod and vernalization
responses wheat genes in Kazakhstan ............................................................................ 148
Ahmadi, G. H., Tomasyan, G., Jalal Kamali, M. R., Khodarahami, M. and Aghaeei M.
Selection of terminal drought tolerant bread wheat genotypes via field and laboratory
indices ................................................................................................................................. 150
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