From the editor Welcome to the 50th Anniversary Issue of the Tomato Genetics Cooperative Report! Subscriptions have remained at the same level in recent years, suggesting that interest in receiving information and updates is still high . Submissions, however, have been decreasing, and so I would like to remind everyone that in order to disperse information we must have information to disperse! Remember, putting out information in the TGC Report in no way inhibits you from publishing it later in a peer - reviewed journal . It is, however, a way to disseminate information to your colleagues, therefore generating helpful feedback and possibly opening the door to rewarding collaborations . Submissions can be very brief, and can be submitted at any time throughout the year . So please be thinking about articles you could contribute to our next Report . Deadline for submissions for the next report is June 1, 2001 .   Submissions received after this date will be accepted but not guaranteed publication in the current issue .   As always, articles should be as concise as possible, 2 pages recommended .   Submissions (preferably in Microsoft Word) should be sent to the managing editor as Macintosh or compatible diskettes (with an included hard copy), emailed as attachments (preferable), or uploaded by FTP . Most images can be included, preferably TIFF or EPS, but also Pict, Photoshop, B/W photos, Excel tables, and other graphics .   For more information and links to some past issues, see the renovated web site: http://genome . cornell . edu/tgc Managing Editor:   Theresa M . Fulton Plant Breeding Dept . Cornell University 252 Emerson Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 - 1901 Email: tf12@cornell . edu Associate Editors: Steve Tanksley, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY USA Roger Chetelat, TGRC, UC Davis, Davis, CA USA Dani Zamir, Hebrew University, Rehovot, Israel Mathilde Causse, INRA, Montfavet Cedex, France Special thanks to Cynda Farnham, Dottie Reeves and the members of Steve Tanksley's group at Cornell University for help with mailings, editing, and general support!