5 From the editor Welcome to the 51th issue of the Tomato Genetics Cooperative Report! I have very important news . I have accepted a new position as the Director of Outreach for the Institute for Genomic Diversity, here at Cornell University . I am very pleased to have the opportunity to work on my interests in science education . However, I regret that I will not be able to continue as Editor of TGC . Nevertheless, I have good news:   Dr . Jay Scott, of the Gulf Coast Research and Education Center in Florida, has agreed to take over management of TGC . I know that many of you are familiar with Dr . Scott and realize that he is a good choice for this . I will be transferring over all the related records, including account information for those of you who have paid ahead for future Reports . Therefore I expect a very smooth transition and thank Jay very much for his willingness to take over this long - standing tradition .   As of November 1, 2001 the new contact information for TGC will be: Dr . J . W . Scott Gulf Coast Research and Education Center 5007 60th Street East Bradenton, FL 34203 USA email jwsc@mail . ifas . ufl . edu Another item of news is in regards to making more of the old issues of TGC available online, for which I have had many requests (there are currently 19 issues available on the website) . It's a very slow process as these date back to 1951 and thus are not, of course, available as a computer file . However, I have had some assistance recently in scanning in more issues, and we are currently past the halfway mark . I will make these available on the website as soon as possible, and we are continuing to scan more in . 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 Laurie Hanley, Dottie Reeves and the members of Steve Tanksley's group at Cornell University for help with mailings, editing, and general support!