Congratulations to Dr. Negm, Dr. Sanad, Dr. Kranthi and others for the successful WCRC-7 and the reorganization of the ICRA. The new executive committee will be highly productive, and the WCRC-8 in Tashkent will be equally successful.
It is gratifying to recall that the WCRC-1 was held in Australia in 1992, while Lawrence Shaw served as executive director of ICAC, Rafiq Chaudhry was Head of Technical information, and Ralph Schultzé led the organizing committee in Australia. I am sure that everyone involved in the WCRCs during the last thirty years are pleased to see the strong support for international collaboration on cotton research.