| Opening Session | |
| The Global Need for a Sustainable Agricultural Model: Its adoption and some of the benefits derived from the process with special reference to the Argentinean case | p. 1 |
| The Economics of Wheat; Research challenges from field to fork | p. 9 |
| Breeding for Resistance to Biotic Stress | |
| The Fusarium Head Blight Pathosystem: Status and knowledge of its components | p. 23 |
| The Status of Resistance to Bacterial Diseases of Wheat | p. 37 |
| Spread of a Highly Virulent Race of Puccinia graminis tritici in Eastern Africa: Challenges and opportunities | p. 51 |
| Inheritance of Adult Plant Resistance Genes and Associated Markers from a Durable Resistant Cultivar to Leaf Rust | p. 59 |
| Characterization of Genes for Durable Resistance to Leaf Rust and Yellow Rust in CIMMYT Spring Wheats | p. 65 |
| Epidemiology of Puccinia triticina in Gangetic Plain and planned containment of crop losses | p. 71 |
| Stripe Rust Resistance in Chinese Bread Wheat Cultivars and Lines | p. 77 |
| Introgression of Leaf Rust and Stripe Rust Resistance Genes from Aegilops umbellulata to Hexaploid Wheat Through Induced Homoeologous Pairing | p. 83 |
| Enhancement of Fusarium Head Blight Resistance in Bread Wheat and Durum by Means of Wide Crosses | p. 91 |
| Leaf Rust Resistance Gene Lr34 is Involved in Powdery Mildew Resistance of CIMMYT Bread Wheat Line Saar | p. 97 |
| Strategies of the European Initiative for Resistance Breeding Against Fusarium Head Blight | p. 103 |
| Genetic Analysis of Septoria tritici Blotch to Improve Resistance in European Wheat Breeding Programmes | p. 109 |
| Inheritance and Allelic Relationship of Resistance Genes to Spot Blotch of Wheat Caused by Bipolaris sorokiniana | p. 113 |
| Resistance to Magnaporthe grisea among Brazilian Wheat Genotypes | p. 119 |
| The International Breeding Strategy for the Incorporation of Resistance in Bread Wheat Against the Soil Borne Pathogens (Dryland Root Rot and Cyst and Lesion Cereal Nematodes) using Conventional and Molecular Tools | p. 125 |
| Genetic Resistance to Greenbug is Expressed with Higher Contents of Proteins and Non-Structural Carbohydrates in Wheat Substitution Lines | p. 139 |
| Utilization and Performance in Wheat of Yellow Dwarf Virus Resistance Transferred From Thinopyrum intermedium | p. 149 |
| A Systemic Approach to Germplasm Development Shows Promise | p. 153 |
| Breeding Hard Red Spring Wheat for Fusarium Head Blight Resistance: Successes and Challenges | p. 161 |
| Crop and Natural Resource Management | |
| Advances in Nitrogen Handling Strategies to Increase the Productivity of Wheat | p. 169 |
| Tillage intensity, Crop rotation, and Fertilizer Technology for Sustainable Wheat Production North American Experience | p. 175 |
| Comparative Effectiveness of Urea and Calcium Ammonium Nitrate for Wheat Fertilization in South-Western Buenos Aires (Argentina) | p. 189 |
| Dynamics of Root Development of Spring Wheat Genotypes Varying in Nitrogen Use Efficiency | p. 197 |
| Site-specific Quality Management in Wheat Results from the 2003 Field Trials in Argentina | p. 203 |
| Com and Soybean Residue Covers Effects on Wheat Productivity Under No-tillage Practices | p. 209 |
| Genetic Assessment of the Role of Breeding Wheat for Organic Systems | p. 217 |
| A Novel Variety Management Strategy for Precision Farming | p. 223 |
| Yield Performances of Cereal Varieties in Various Crop Rotations under Mediterranean Dryland Areas | p. 233 |
| Herbicide Tolerance in Imidazolinone-resistant Wheat for Weed Management in the Pacific Northwest U.S.A. | p. 243 |
| Investment Rate of Return in Wheat Research in Iran | p. 251 |
| Web-Based System to True-Forecast Disease Epidemics: I. Fusarium head blight of wheat | p. 259 |
| Impact of Crop Management Systems on Diseases of Spring Wheat on the Canadian Prairies | p. 265 |
| Effect of Potash Deficiency on Host Susceptibility to Cochliobolus sativus causing Spot Blotch on Wheat | p. 273 |
| Implications for Fusarium Head Blight Control from Study of Factors Determining Pathogen and DON Content in Grain of Wheat Cultivars | p. 281 |
| Breeding for Resistance to Abiotic Stress | |
| Drought Resistance: Genetic Approaches for Improving Productivity Under Stress | p. 289 |
| Progress in Breeding Wheat with Tolerance to Low Temperature in Different Phenological Developmental Stages | p. 301 |
| Identification of Wheat Genotypes Adapted to Mediterranean Rainfed Condition with Responsiveness to Supplementary Irrigation | p. 315 |
| Genetic Achievements under Rainfed Conditions | p. 321 |
| Quantifying Potential Genetic Gains in Wheat Yield Using a Conceptual Model of Drought Adaptation | p. 331 |
| Changes in the Abiotic Stress Tolerance of Wheat as a Result of an Increased Atmospheric CO[subscript 2] Concentration | p. 341 |
| Genetic Control of Water-Soluble Carbohydrate Reserves in Bread Wheat | p. 349 |
| Variation for Staygreen Trait and its Association with Canopy Temperature Depression and Yield Traits under Terminal Heat Stress in Wheat | p. 357 |
| Influence of Heat Stress on Wheat Grain Characteristics and Protein Molecular Weight Distribution | p. 365 |
| Expression Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping Heat Tolerance During Reproductive Development in Wheat (Triticum aestivum) | p. 373 |
| Molecular Breeding for Salt Tolerance. Pre-Harvest Sprouting Resistance and Disease Resistance Using Synthetic Hexaploid Wheats, Genetic Transformation, and Associated Molecular Markers | p. 383 |
| Wheat Breeding for Soil Acidity and Aluminum Toxicity | p. 387 |
| Genetic Variation for Subsoil Toxicities in High pH Soils | p. 395 |
| Determining the Salt Tolerance of Triticale Disomic Addition (Thinopyrum additions) Lines | p. 403 |
| Breeding for Improved Industrial and Nutritional Quality | |
| Current and Future Trends of Wheat Quality Needs | p. 411 |
| Mitigating the Damaging Effects of Growth and Storage Conditions on Grain Quality | p. 425 |
| Molecular and Biochemical Characterization of Puroindoline A and B Alleles in Chinese Improved Cultivars and Landraces | p. 441 |
| Introduction of D-Genome Related Gluten Proteins into Durum Wheat | p. 449 |
| Natural Variation and Identification of Microelements Content in Seeds of Einkorn Wheat (Triticum monococcum) | p. 455 |
| Molecular Weight Distribution of Gluten Proteins | p. 463 |
| Glutenin and Gliadin Allelic Variation and their Relationship to Bread-Making Quality in Wheat Cultivars Grown in Germany | p. 471 |
| Breeding for Breadmaking Quality using Overexpressed HMW Glutenin Subunits in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) | p. 479 |
| Nutritional and Baking Quality of low Phytic Acid Wheat | p. 487 |
| Long-Term Breeding for Bread Making Quality in Wheat | p. 495 |
| The Genetics of Soft Wheat Quality: Improving Breeding Efficiency | p. 503 |
| Wheat Microevolution under Intensive Breeding Process in the Northern Caucasian Region | p. 509 |
| Genotypic Variability of Commercial Varieties of Bread Wheat for Parameters of Commercial and Industrial Quality | p. 519 |
| NIR Spectroscopy as a Tool for Quality Screening | p. 527 |
| Change in Grain Protein Composition of Winter Wheat Cultivars under Different Levels of N and Water Stress | p. 535 |
| The Influence of Dough Mixing Time on Wheat Protein Composition and Gluten Quality for Four Commercial Flour Mixtures | p. 543 |
| Nitrogen-Sulphur Fertiliser Induced Changes in Storage Protein Composition in Durum Wheat | p. 549 |
| Physiology of Wheat Production | |
| Physiology of Determination of Major Wheat Yield Components | p. 557 |
| Influence of Foliar Diseases and their Control by Fungicides on Grain Yield and Quality in Wheat | p. 567 |
| Genetic Improvement of Wheat Yield Potential in North China | p. 583 |
| Physiological Processes Associated with Winter Wheat Yield Potential Progress | p. 591 |
| Variability on Photoperiod Responses in Argentinean Wheat Cultivars Differing in Length of Crop Cycle | p. 599 |
| Acclimation of Photosynthesis and Stomatal Conductance to Elevated CO[subscript 2] in Canopy Leaves of Wheat at Two Nitrogen Supplies | p. 611 |
| Using Stomatal Aperture-Related Traits to Select for High Yield Potential in Bread Wheat | p. 617 |
| Strategic Research to Enhance the Yield Potential Through Redesigning of Wheat Plant Architecture | p. 625 |
| Effects of Abiotic Stress on Sink and Source Affecting Grain Yield and Quality of Durum Wheat: A model evaluation | p. 633 |
| Effects of Some Management Practices and Weather Conditions on Triticum aestivum Farinographic Stability in Miramar, Argentina | p. 641 |
| Grain Weight and Grain Quality of Wheat in Response to Enhanced Ultra-Violet (UV-B) Radiation at Latter Stages of Crop Development | p. 649 |
| Effect of Water Stress and Potassium Chloride on Biological and Grain Yield of Different Wheat Cultivars | p. 655 |
| Biotechnology and Cytogenetics | |
| Regulation of Flowering Time in Wheat | p. 659 |
| Molecular Breeding for Multiple Pest Resistance in Wheat | p. 667 |
| Reflections and Opportunities: Gene discovery in the complex wheat genome | p. 677 |
| In Vitro Starch Binding Experiments: Study of the Proteins Related to Grain Hardness of Wheat | p. 685 |
| High Throughput Agrobacterium Transformation of Wheat: A tool for Functional Genomics | p. 693 |
| Accelerating the Transfer of Resistance to Fusarium Head Blight in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) | p. 701 |
| Production and Molecular Cytogenetic Identification of New Winter Wheat/Winter Barley Disomic Addition Lines | p. 707 |
| Genetic Engineering of Russian Wheat Genotypes for Abiotic Stress Resistance | p. 715 |
| Molecular Mapping of Durable Rust Resistance in Wheat and its Implication in Breeding | p. 723 |
| Potential Uses of Microsatellites in Marker-Assisted Selection for Improved Grain Yield in Wheat | p. 729 |
| Marker Implementation in the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia Wheat Breeding Program | p. 737 |
| Efficient Integration of Molecular and Conventional Breeding Methodologies | p. 747 |
| Conservation and Management of Genetic Resources | |
| Genetic Diversity in Turkish Durum Wheat Landraces | p. 753 |
| Historical Cross-Site Association Based on Cultivar Performance in the Southern Cone | p. 761 |
| Microsatellites as a Tool to Evaluate and Characterise Bread Wheat Core Collection | p. 771 |
| Molecular Mapping of Leaf and Stripe Rust Resistance Genes In T. monococcum and Their Transfer to Hexaploid Wheat | p. 779 |
| Borlaug, Strampelli and the Worldwide Distribution of RHT8 | p. 787 |
| Closing Remarks | |
| Wheat Breeding in Global Context | p. 793 |
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