1. With gratitude for the Journal of Plant Research

   • Ikuo Nishida

   Editorial 28 November 2016 Pages: 1 - 2

2. Expanding the plant non-coding RNA world

   • Misato Ohtani

   Preface 22 December 2016 Pages: 3 - 5

3. Messages on small RNA duplexes in plants

   • Taichiro Iki

   JPR Symposium 23 November 2016 Pages: 7 - 16

   

4. Biogenesis of diverse plant phasiRNAs involves an miRNA-trigger and Dicer-processing

   • Reina Komiya

   JPR Symposium Open access 29 November 2016 Pages: 17 - 23

   

5. Activity and roles of Arabidopsis thaliana XRN family exoribonucleases in noncoding RNA pathways

   • Yukio Kurihara

   JPR Symposium 17 December 2016 Pages: 25 - 31

   

6. Plant dicer-like proteins: double-stranded RNA-cleaving enzymes for small RNA biogenesis

   • Akihito Fukudome
   • Toshiyuki Fukuhara

   JPR Symposium 24 November 2016 Pages: 33 - 44

   

7. Double-stranded RNA-binding protein DRB3 negatively regulates anthocyanin biosynthesis by modulating PAP1 expression in Arabidopsis thaliana

   • Hikaru Sawano
   • Takuma Matsuzaki
   • Toshiyuki Fukuhara

   JPR Symposium 19 December 2016 Pages: 45 - 55

   

8. Transcriptional regulation of snRNAs and its significance for plant development

   • Misato Ohtani

   JPR Symposium 29 November 2016 Pages: 57 - 66

   

9. Functions of long intergenic non-coding (linc) RNAs in plants

   • Masashi Yamada

   JPR Symposium 20 December 2016 Pages: 67 - 73

   

10. Pre-microRNA processing activity in nuclear extracts from Arabidopsis suspension cells

    • Manabu Yoshikawa

    JPR Symposium 24 November 2016 Pages: 75 - 82

    

11. Genetic diversity and population structure of Nuphar submersa (Nymphaeaceae), a critically endangered aquatic plant endemic to Japan, and implications for its conservation

    • Takashi Shiga
    • Masashi Yokogawa
    • Yuji Isagi

    Regular Paper 22 November 2016 Pages: 83 - 93

    

12. Genome-wide identification and phylogenetic analysis of the chalcone synthase gene family in rice

    • Lifang Hu
    • Haohua He
    • Shiqiang Liu

    Regular Paper 23 November 2016 Pages: 95 - 105

    

13. Molecular phylogeny of the cosmopolitan aquatic plant genus Limosella (Scrophulariaceae) with a particular focus on the origin of the Australasian L. curdieana

    • Yu Ito
    • Norio Tanaka
    • A. Muthama Muasya

    Regular Paper 18 November 2016 Pages: 107 - 116

    

14. Chloroplast DNA sequencing and detailed microsatellite genotyping of all remnant populations suggests that only a single genet survives of the critically endangered plant Rehmannia japonica

    • Shingo Kaneko
    • Yu Matsuki
    • Yuji Isagi

    Regular Paper 21 November 2016 Pages: 117 - 124

    

15. Variation in the strength of reproductive interference from an alien congener to a native species in Taraxacum

    • Sachiko Nishida
    • Keisuke Hashimoto
    • Takayoshi Nishida

    Regular Paper 22 September 2016 Pages: 125 - 134

    

16. Relationship between metal and pigment concentrations in the Fe-hyperaccumulator moss Scopelophila ligulata

    • Hiromitsu Nakajima
    • Kiminori Itoh

    Regular Paper 19 October 2016 Pages: 135 - 141

    

17. Shoot density of Miscanthus sinensis populations in different habitats and their maintenance mechanisms in relation to shoot growth

    • Katsumi Kobayashi
    • Yota Yokoi

    Regular Paper 24 November 2016 Pages: 143 - 156

    

18. Fading of wound-induced volatile release during Populus tremula leaf expansion

    • Miguel Portillo-Estrada
    • Taras Kazantsev
    • Ülo Niinemets

    Regular Paper 24 November 2016 Pages: 157 - 165

    

19. Litter mixture dominated by leaf litter of the invasive species, Flaveria bidentis, accelerates decomposition and favors nitrogen release

    • Huiyan Li
    • Zishang Wei
    • Dianlin Yang

    Regular Paper 28 November 2016 Pages: 167 - 180

    

20. A hypergravity environment increases chloroplast size, photosynthesis, and plant growth in the moss Physcomitrella patens

    • Kaori Takemura
    • Hiroyuki Kamachi
    • Yuko T. Hanba

    Regular Paper Open access 28 November 2016 Pages: 181 - 192

    

21. Arabidopsis phospholipase D alpha 1-derived phosphatidic acid regulates microtubule organization and cell development under microtubule-interacting drugs treatment

    • Qun Zhang
    • Yana Qu
    • Jinhe Guo

    Regular Paper 18 November 2016 Pages: 193 - 202

    

22. Enzymatic activities for lignin monomer intermediates highlight the biosynthetic pathway of syringyl monomers in Robinia pseudoacacia

    • Jun Shigeto
    • Yukie Ueda
    • Yuji Tsutsumi

    Regular Paper 25 November 2016 Pages: 203 - 210