Breeding Science is published by the Japanese Society of Breeding. Breeding Science publishes research papers, notes and reviewsrelated to breeding. Research Papers are standard original articles.Notes report new cultivars, breeding lines, germplasms, geneticstocks, mapping populations, database, software, and techniquessignificant and useful for breeding. Reviews summarize recent andhistorical events related breeding.Manuscripts should be submitted by corresponding author. Corresponding author must have obtained permission from all authorsprior to submission. Correspondence, proofs, and charges of excess page and color figures should be handled by the corresponding author.