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xAcknowledgmentsWe are grateful to the Commission of the European Union's Research,Technology, and Development program FAIR (grant FAIR 5-CT97­3730), the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center(CIMMYT), and the Institut de Recherche pour Ie Developpement(IRD) for the financial support they provided to produce this book.We would like to express our special gratitude to David Poland,CIMMYT Science Editor. Without his friendship and especially hisenthusiasm and commitment to the project, the book never wouldhave made it off the printer's press. Eliot Sanchez Pineda and theCIMMYT Graphic Design Unit must be lauded for the beautiful jobthey have done on this endeavor. We are grateful to all of the reviewerswho helped improve the diverse chapters of the book. Last, but notleast, we thank all of the contributing authors for their good humorand patience. They have anticipated the arrival of this book for anumber of years and have kindly reviewed and updated their workseveral times along the way.Yves Savidan,John G. Carman, and Thomas DresselhausMarch,2001