1. From the editor-in-chief: Toward a new era for the Journal of Plant Research

   • Kazuhiko Nishitani

   Editorial 01 February 2007 Pages: 1 - 2

2. The fern as a model system to study photomorphogenesis

   • Masamitsu Wada

   Invited Article 25 January 2007 Pages: 3 - 16

   

3. DNA banking for plant breeding, biotechnology and biodiversity evaluation

   • Trevor R. Hodkinson
   • Stephen Waldren
   • Nicolas Salamin

   Current Topics in Plant Research 02 February 2007 Pages: 17 - 29

   

4. The sliding theory of cytoplasmic streaming: fifty years of progress

   • Teruo Shimmen

   Current Topics in Plant Research 25 January 2007 Pages: 31 - 43

   

5. Plant microtubule studies: past and present

   • Yoshinobu Mineyuki

   JPR Symposium 25 January 2007 Pages: 45 - 51

   

6. Role of microtubules in tip growth of fungi

   • Tetsuya Horio

   JPR Symposium 05 October 2006 Pages: 53 - 60

   

7. Twisted growth and organization of cortical microtubules

   • Takashi Ishida
   • Siripong Thitamadee
   • Takashi Hashimoto

   JPR Symposium 24 October 2006 Pages: 61 - 70

   

8. Twisted growth and organization of cortical microtubules

   • Takashi Ishida
   • Siripong Thitamadee
   • Takashi Hashimoto

   Erratum 01 February 2007 Pages: 71 - 71

9. Microtubule-dependent microtubule nucleation in plant cells

   • Takashi Murata
   • Mitsuyasu Hasebe

   JPR Symposium 08 December 2006 Pages: 73 - 78

   

10. Microtubule-associated proteins in higher plants

    • Takahiro Hamada

    JPR Symposium 07 February 2007 Pages: 79 - 98

    

11. Genetic variation among different populations of Aster tripolium grown on naturally and anthropogenic salt-contaminated habitats: implications for conservation strategies

    • Jörg Brock
    • Sabine Aboling
    • Jutta Papenbrock

    Regular Paper 02 September 2006 Pages: 99 - 112

    

12. Karyotypic analysis of Skimmia japonica (Rutaceae) and related species

    • Tomoko Fukuda
    • Akiyo Naiki
    • Hidetoshi Nagamasu

    Regular Paper 07 October 2006 Pages: 113 - 121

    

13. Variation in the content of hypericins in four generations of seed progeny of Hypericum perforatum somaclones

    • Jana Koperdáková
    • Ján Košuth
    • Eva Čellárová

    Regular Paper 28 October 2006 Pages: 123 - 128

    

14. Independent origins of tetraploid cryptic species in the fern Ceratopteris thalictroides

    • Bayu Adjie
    • Shigeo Masuyama
    • Yasuyuki Watano

    Regular Paper 06 September 2006 Pages: 129 - 138

    

15. Germination characteristics of native Japanese dandelion autopolyploids and their putative diploid parent species

    • Akihiko Hoya
    • Hiroyuki Shibaike
    • Motomi Ito

    Regular Paper 24 October 2006 Pages: 139 - 147

    

16. Genetic diversity and mating system of the threatened plant Kirengeshoma palmata (Saxifragaceae) in Korea

    • Chin-Sung Chang
    • Do Yol Choi
    • Tae Yoon Park

    Regular Paper 24 October 2006 Pages: 149 - 156

    

17. The WiscDsLox T-DNA collection: an arabidopsis community resource generated by using an improved high-throughput T-DNA sequencing pipeline

    • Scott T. Woody
    • Sandra Austin-Phillips
    • Patrick J. Krysan

    Technical Note 21 December 2006 Pages: 157 - 165