PNL Volume 15 1983

RESEARCH REPORTS 1

Membership

PREFACE

The Pisum Genetics Association (PGA) is a non-

profit, unincorporated organization established to

facilitate the exchange of information and to ensure

the preservation of valuable genetic stocks. The num-

ber of PGA members now stands at 191.

Membership in the PGA is open to all interested

persons. Dues are $3.00 annually (U.S. currency) and

are used to help defray the costs of publishing the

PNL. Members are encouraged to pay dues for two or

more years to simplify bookkeeping. Please make prime

bankers checks or money orders payable to Pisum

Genetics Association and send to G. A. Marx, Department

of Seed and Vegetable Sciences, New York State

Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY 14456,

USA. The PNL will be sent upon receipt of dues.

Volume 15 includes a Supplement containing an index

to Volumes 1 through 14. We believe that the index

will add to the value of the Pisum Newsletter and we

are indebted to a skilled team of confederates headed

by Ms. Charlotte Pratt for making it all possible.

Some of the gene descriptions in Pisum are not as

well characterized nor as complete as they might be.

This may lead to needless confusion and extra work, as

for example befell Baumunk-Wende (see p.7). We urge

members to help us improve our gene descriptions so

that when a new list is published the descr iptions wil 1

adequately reflect the phenotype conferred by the gene.

The experience that comes from working with various

genes often enables us to modify or improve upon the

original description. Your comments are welcome.

Once again we tip our hats to Mrs. Frances Van Kirk,

our "Clerk" and Jack-of-al1-trades, and to Mrs. Mary E.

Porterfield, our keyboardist, for their indispensable

co ntr ibutions.

The financial report for the period 4/1/82 -

3/3/83:

Balance on hand 4/ 1/82 839.45

Dues collected: 638.00

Expenditures:

Postage 153.12

Publishing costs 287.43

Bank charges 50.16

490.71

Balance on hand 3/ 31/8 3 986 . 74

G. A. Marx

for the Coordinating Committee:

S. Blixt L. Monti

W. Gottschalk I. Murfet

E. Gritton B. Sharma

G. Marx B. Snoad

Index

Gene descriptions

Kudos

PNL Volume 15

1983

RESEARCH REPORTS

COVER

Our cover sketch of V. S. Fedotov was drawn by Ms. Elaine

Gotham from a photo kindly provided by Director V. F. Dorofeev

and Dr. R. Kh. Makasheva. They also furnished the following

biograhical information:

Vassily Sergeyevich Fedotov (1895-1966), a prominent Soviet

geneticist, was born in 1895. He worked at the N.I. Vavilov

Ail-Union Scientific Research Institute from 1925 to 1953 on

grain and leguminous crops under the guidance of academician

N. I. Vavilov and Professor L. I. Govorov. In 1953 he trans-

ferred to the Scientific-Research Institute of Agriculture of

Central Regions of Non-chernozem (=non-black earth) Zone, where

he conducted practical breeding in peas and beans, as well as

sweet and bitter lupine.

V. S. Fedotov devoted much attention to theoretical studies and

to selection of grain leguminous crops. His reports on the gen-

etics of pea published in the thirties still retain their signi-

ficance. Of most interest to pea geneticists are: "On the her-

editary factors of flower color and some other characters in the

pea", "Multiple allelomorphs of the character 'grey spotting' on

the foliage of peas", "The genetics of anthocyanin pigmentation

on peas" and "Genetical principles of pea breeding".