INDEX 



665 



Lophodermium, needle cast fungus of 



conifers 123 

 --pinastri (Schrad.) Chev., needle 



cast of pines 564 

 Lycoperscion, tomato 8 

 Lysine and lysine levels 88,416, 

 638 



Machilus, machilus 155 



Maize or corn, see Zea mays 



Malic dehydrogenases 473-74 



Mai us formosana Kawakami S Koidzumi 



Formosan crab apple 141 

 Major and minor genes, see Genes 

 Markers or labels, genetic and 



chemical, see also Albinism 

 3,5-6,8-10,65-465 

 Marssonina brunnea (E . & E.) Magn. , 



Marssonina leaf blotch of poplars 

 247,590,599-603 

 --populi (Lib.) Magn., Marssonina 



leaf blight of poplar 599-603 

 Mating 



--designs 595 



--types (+ and -) , see Bipolarity 

 Means, harmonic 401-403 

 Medicago, alfalfas, see also 



Cultivars, alfalfa 581-82 

 Meiosis 21 



Melampsora, melampsora rusts 247, 

 313,315,391-92,319-22,329-30, 

 466,472,599,604 

 --abietis-canadensis (Farl.) C.A. 



Ludwig 420-426 

 --albertensis Arth. , a poplar and 



Douglas-fir leaf rust 314,320 

 --allii-populina Kleb. 420,422, 



425,426 

 --larici-populina Kelb., a poplar- 

 larch leaf rust 419,421-23, 

 425-27,472 

 --larici-tremulae Kleb., a poplar- 

 larch leaf rust 315 

 --lini (Ehrenb.) Lev., flax rust 



3,5-7,9-11,29-30,33-35,552 

 --magnusiana Wagn. 421,425 

 --medusae Th(lm.,a poplar and Larix 



leaf rust 314,420-23,325-27, 

 429-30 

 --occidentalis Jacks., a willow 



leaf rust 314,421,425-26 

 --pinitorqua (Braun) Rostr., pine 



twist rust 313-15,320-21,391-92, 



413-18,429-30,468,537 



--rostrupii Wagn. 421-22,425-26 

 --salicina Lev. 313 

 Melampsoridium betulinum (Pers.) 



Kleb. , birch rust 307 

 Mendelian inheritance 302,525 

 Mercurialis, mercury 315 

 --perennis L. 422 

 Mesothetic types 67,73 

 Mexicar 



--National Forest Inventory 230 

 --National Institute for Forestry 



230 

 --Wheat Improvement Program 294, 



632 

 Microclimate 23,231,479-92 

 Micro-species 84 

 Mixed plantings, crop or varietal, 



see Multilineal varieties 

 Models, statistical resistance 



testing 399-403 

 Monocaryotic stage 453 

 Monocultures 26-27,583,590 

 Monocyclic tests 43,45-47 

 Monoecism 21 

 Monogenes, see also Resistance, 



monogenic 52 

 Monosorus isolates, Melampsora spp. 



423 

 Monte Carlo simulations, see 



Computer simulations 

 Morus alba L., white mulberry 553 

 Mosaic design 43,60 

 Mother-tree lines 609-610,612 

 Multiclonal hybrid varieties 571, 



577,583-85,590 

 Multilineal and multilineal hybrid 

 varieties, including seed blends 

 and varietal blends or mixtures 



58,95,529,571-72,577-79,581, 



584-85,589-90 

 Mutations and mutagenesis 

 --general 40,90,311,440-41,528,551- 



59,572-' 7 3,650 

 --in fungi 6-10,13 

 Mycelia and haustoria, rusts 21, 



90,387-90,422,462,535 



National rust resistance tests 651 

 Natural selection, see Selection 

 Needle-cast fungi 116,125,518,564 

 Needle lesion color and frequency, 



see Lesion 

 Needle rusts, see Coleosporium, 



Chrysomyxa, and Melampsora spp. 



