Table of contents : Contents......Page 4 FOREWORD......Page 18 PLENARY SESSION PAPERS......Page 20 Economic prosperity in Asia: implications for rice research......Page 22 Establishing the Rockefeller Foundation's priorities for rice biotechnology research in 1995 and beyond......Page 36 High-density linkage map of rice with expressed sequence tags......Page 50 An integrated linkage map of rice......Page 66 Centromere mapping and orientation of the cytological classical and molecular linkage maps of rice......Page 76 Rice as the pivotal genome in the new era of grass comparative genetics......Page 96 Construction of a first-generation physical map of the rice genome......Page 104 Application of cDNA sequence information for characterization of the rice genome......Page 116 Structure and gene expression of the mitochondrial genome of rice......Page 124 Advances in rice chromosome research 1990–,95......Page 136 Stable inheritance of transgenes in rice plants transformed by Agrobacterium tumefaciens......Page 150 Agrobacterium -mediated transformation of an elite cultivar of Texas rice......Page 162 Biolistic transformation of rice: now efficient and routine for japonica and indica rices......Page 172 Transformation of rice for producing agronomically useful transgenic plants and/or analyzing gene expression including the gibberellin-dependent signaling pathway......Page 186 Transgenic indica rice for the benefit of less developed countries: toward fungal insect and viral resistance and accumulation of ß-carotene in the endosperm......Page 198 Genetic engineering of rice for resistance to homopteran insect pests......Page 208 Construction of transgenic rice plants resistant to rice yellow stunt virus a plant rhabdovirus......Page 220 FLP/ FRT -mediated manipulation of transgenes in the plant genome......Page 226 Introduction of multiple genes into elite rice varieties—evaluation of transgene stability gene expression and field performance of herbicide-resistant transgenic plants......Page 242 Production and testing of insect-resistant transgenic rice plants......Page 258 The rice disease resistance gene Xa21 encodes a receptor kinase-like protein......Page 266 Molecular analysis of the interaction between Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae and rice......Page 274 Exploring the application of molecular markers for improving resistance to bacterial blight......Page 286 Molecular analysis of repeated DNA sequences from the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea......Page 298 Sequence-tagged sites and low-cost DNA markers for rice......Page 312 Marker-assisted prediction of agronomic traits using diverse rice germplasm......Page 326 Relationships between molecular marker polymorphism and hybrid performance in rice......Page 336 Dominance as the major genetic basis of heterosis in rice......Page 346 Genetic and molecular analysis of the anthocyanin pigmentation pathway in rice......Page 360 Sorting of storage protein mRNAs on distinct endoplasmic reticulum membranes in developing rice endosperms......Page 372 CONCURRENT SESSION PAPERS......Page 384 Phylogenetic relationships between cultivated and wild species of rice as revealed by DNA polymorphisms......Page 386 pRRD9 a repetitive DNA sequence that transfers from the chloroplast genome to the nuclear genome with diverse amplification across species......Page 392 Monitoring wild rice populations in permanent study sites in Thailand......Page 396 Genetic dissection of crossability in rice......Page 400 Genetic analysis of morphological mutations in rice spikelets......Page 406 Allelic variation at the gametophyte gene ( ga2 ) locus in rice ( Oryza sativa L.)......Page 410 The gametic lethal gene gal : activated only in the presence of the semidwarfing gene d60 in rice......Page 415 Differentiation of alleles at Seven loci for hybrid sterility in cultivated rice ( Oryza sativa L.)......Page 423 Genetics of hybrid sterility and hybrid breakdown in an interspecific rice ( Oryza sativa L.) population......Page 428 Genetics of F1 pollen sterility in Oryza sativa......Page 437 Effects of three genes that control heading date ( Se1 E1 and Ef1 ) in four varietal groups of japonica rice......Page 442 Identifying cold tolerance gene(s) in rice at the booting stage......Page 447 Genotypic variability in nitrate assimilation in rice......Page 453 Introducing lodging resistance into long-culm rices......Page 460 Genetic analysis of blast resistance in tropical rice cultivars using near-isogenic lines......Page 466 Blast resistance genes from Teqing and Lemont......Page 470 Monitoring race distribution and identification of genes for resistance to bacterial leaf blight......Page 475 Molecular variation as a diverse source of disease resistance in cultivated rice......Page 479 Physical mapping of several genes in rice using fluorescent in situ hybridization......Page 486 Chromosomal location of genes encoding glutelin polypeptides in rice......Page 490 Gene transfer and molecular characterization of introgression from wild rice Oryza species into rice......Page 496 Haploid somaclone and transformation studies in basmati rice......Page 506 Genetic variation of single pollen-derived doubled haploid population in rice......Page 511 Variation in some quantitative characters in doubled haploid lines derived from a heterotic rice hybrid......Page 518 Gameto- and somaclonal variations in rice cultivars of the Russian Far East......Page 524 Anther culture as a rice breeding tool: a profitable investment......Page 530 Effects of amino acids carbohydrates and water stress on plant regeneration from cell and protoplast cultures of indica and japonica rice varieties......Page 538 Changes of endogenous phytohormones during plant regeneration from rice callus......Page 544 Protoplast culture and genetic transformation of indica and basmati rice......Page 551 Protoplast regeneration and variation in protoclones of indica rice......Page 555 Transfer of cytopasmic male sterility in rice using the donor-recipient method......Page 559 Interaction of rhizobia with rice for symbiotic nitrogen fixation......Page 564 Develoment of microsatellite markers and characterization of simple sequence length polymorphism in rice ( Oryza sativa L.)......Page 568 Genetic mapping of resistance to rice tungro spherical virus (RTSV) and green leafhopper (GLH) in ARC11554......Page 579 Identification of DNA markers tightly linked to blast resistance genes in rice......Page 584 Molecular genetic analysis and sequence characterized amplified region-assisted selection of blast resistance in rice......Page 589 Analysis of pyramiding of bacterial blight resistance genes in rice by using DNA markers......Page 596 Development of diagnostic markers for the bacterial blight resistance gene xa5......Page 601 Genetic analysis and tagging of gene for brown planthopper resistance in indica rice......Page 609 Tagging and mapping the rice thermosensitive genic male sterile gene of rice with molecular markers......Page 615 Inheritance and molecular mapping of the thermosensitive genic male sterility gene in rice......Page 620 Genetics of seedling-stage submergence tolerance in rice......Page 626 Tagging an aromatic gene in lowland rice using bulk segregant analysis......Page 632 Quantitative trait locus analysis using recombinant inbred lines and restriction fragment length polymorphism markers in rice......Page 638 Mapping of quantitative trait loci and quantitative-trait-modifying factors affecting three grain yield components ( Oryza sativa L.) in rice......Page 643 Using doubled haploid populations of rice for quantitative trait locus mapping......Page 650 Molecular mapping of drought resistance traits in rice......Page 656 RFLP mapping of genes controlling root morphology in an indica/japonica doubled haploid population......Page 662 QTL analysis as an aid to tagging of genes that control heading time in rice......Page 669 Using quantitative trait locus analysis for studying genetic regulation of shattering......Page 676 RiceGenes an international genome data base for rice......Page 682 Cloning a blast resistance gene by chromosome walking......Page 688 Positional cloning of rice blast resistance genes......Page 694 Molecular cloning of a rice blast resistance gene and its genetic transformation......Page 700 Molecular genetic studies on the rice mitochondrial genome......Page 708 Agrobacterium -mediated production of transgenic plants from mature embryos of commercial rice varieties......Page 716 Some factors influencing production of transgenic plants in polyethylene glycol-mediated transformation of rice protoplasts......Page 722 Expression patterns of RCg2 and prolamine promoters in transgenic rice......Page 729 Transgenic rice plants obtained via the biolistic approach......Page 736 Transgenic fertile rice plants obtained through biolistic transformation using reporter genes and the TR promoter......Page 738 Identification and use of specific promoters and synthetic Bacillus thuringiensis toxin genes in rice biotechnology......Page 742 Transformation of indica rice with Bt pesticidal genes......Page 749 Transfer of yellow stem borer resistance to indica rice cultivars......Page 754 Synthetic Bacillus thuringiensis ( Bt ) toxin genes for insect resistance and their rapid bioassay using maize endosperm suspension cultures......Page 756 Potato proteinase inhibitor II gene that confers insect resistance in transgenic rice plants......Page 762 Resistance management strategies for Bt rice: what have we learned so far?......Page 768 Mechanism of mannose-binding snowdrop lectin for use against brown planthopper in rice......Page 772 Evaluation of indica rice variety IR58 after its transformation with a synthetic Cry1A ( b ) gene from Bacillus thuringiensis......Page 778 Toward genetically engineered resistance to rice tungro virus......Page 782 Biological screening and analysis of transgenic rice lines expressing coat protein gene(s) of rice tungro spherical virus......Page 787 Rice ragged stunt virus synthetic resistance genes and japonica rice transformation......Page 792 Genetic transformation of rice with viral genes for novel resistance against rice hoja blanca virus......Page 799 Genetic engineering of rice for resistance to sheath blight and other agronomic characters......Page 804 Antibacterial effects of cecropin B gene-transformed rice......Page 811 Transformation of rice with agronomically useful genes toward production of insect-resistant and water stress-tolerant plants......Page 815 Plant regeneration with high efficiency and production of herbicide (PPT)-resistant transgenic rice plants from protoplasts of wide compatibility rice strain 02428......Page 823 Molecular approaches to enhance rice productivity through manipulations of starch metabolism during seed development......Page 828 Genetic modification of a rice glutelin cDNA and expression of the engineered glutelin gene in transgenic rice plants......Page 833 Genetic engineeering of provitamin A biosynthesis in rice endosperm......Page 837 Transfer of rol genes to increase panicle-bearing tillers and induce early flowering in indica rice cultivars......Page 841 Cytosine methylation implicated in silencing of ß -glucuronidase genes in transgenic rice......Page 844 Integrated sequence array and genome structure of integration sites in transgenic rice......Page 848 Isolation and characterization of lipoxygenases from rice induced by incompatible infection of rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea......Page 854 Preliminary studies on cloning blast resistance genes......Page 861 Genetic and molecular analysis of a cultivar specificity locus from the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea......Page 865 Rice tungro spherical virus: expression of the 3' nonstructural proteins......Page 872 Investigation of the leader sequence and upstream genes of rice tungro spherical virus......Page 876 Negative regulation of an elicitor-responsive cis -element by a labile repressor......Page 882 Isolation of a 35-kDa chitinase from suspension-cultured rice cells and its potential in the development of sheath blight-resistant transgenic rice plant......Page 887 Post-transcriptional regulation of the rice waxy gene......Page 892 Glutelin genes in rice species......Page 896 Molecular analysis of genes that control flowering in rice......Page 903 Isolation and characterization of genes that control inflorescence......Page 907 High-molecular weight proteins associated with response of rice to various abiotic stresses......Page 913 Rice proteasome: multicatalytic protenaise complex involved in cell proliferation......Page 918 Isolation and characterization of Tnr 1 a mobile genetic element in rice......Page 922 Genetic and molecular analysis of sporulation and pathogenesis in the rice blast fungus......Page 929 Mapping avirulence genes in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea......Page 935 A giant gene cluster for an antifungal antibiotic and its potential relevance to rice biotechnology......Page 940 Biological and molecular characteristics of rice dwarf and tungro viruses in Nepal......Page 948 Detection and analysis of genetic polymorphism in Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola using repetitive sequence-based polymerase chain reaction......Page 953 Molecular genetic studies of the bacterial leaf blight pathogen of rice in India......Page 958 Assessment of genetic diversity of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae in Nepal......Page 964 Population structure of Pyricularia grisea in two IRRI blast nurseries: implications and applications......Page 969 Studies on the genetic diversity of Pyricularia grisea: a molecular approach for management of rice blast......Page 977 Population structure of Magnaporthe grisea in the traditional Himalayan rice system......Page 982 Rice recommendation domains and implications for biotechnology initiatives in Nepal......Page 990 Priority setting for rice research in southern India......Page 997 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON GENE SYMBOLIZATION NOMENCLATURE AND LINKAGE......Page 1004 COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS 1996–2000......Page 1005 PARTICIPANTS......Page 1006