CONTENTS

• Message from the Chairman
• Molecular mapping of resistance genes in important crops of the Philippines: lessons learned from corn to sugarcane
• Development of diagnostic prove to detect ScYLV of sugarcane using Phage Display Technology
• Development of microbial inoculant for sugarcane CFC/ISO/20
• Project mid-term review finds project on-track
• Training on DNA fingerprinting of sugarcane
• The use of DNA microsatellite markers in fingerprinting sugarcane varieties at Philsurin
• Molecular marker assisted selection in identifying smut and downy mildew resistance in genes in sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.)
• Sugarcane variety improvement in Southeast Asia and the Pacific for enhanced and sustainable productivity - germplasm and disease indexing components
• Negros GIS for CY 2002-2003
• Flexibility and responsiveness of the variety improvement program
• Sugar technology training program
• MDDC Activities
• HYVs Dispersal