1. Editorial: New scope and Editorial Board

   Legacy Pages: V - V

2. Intergeneric hybridization between Brassica species and Crambe abyssinica

   • Wang Youping
   • Luo Peng

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 7

3. The detection of allelic variants at the recessive vrn loci of winter wheat

   • Jinřich Košner
   • Kateřina Pánková

   OriginalPaper Pages: 9 - 16

4. Cytological relationships among Eumelilotus species analysed using cytological observations of interspecific hybrids obtained by in vitro culture

   • Sen Ha
   • Masahiko Maekawa
   • Toshiro Kinoshita

   OriginalPaper Pages: 17 - 22

5. Genes, marker and linkage data of rye (Secale cereale L.): 5th updated inventory

   • R. Schlegel
   • G. Melz
   • V. Korzun

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 67

6. Flower and fruit characters in a kiwifruit hermaphrodite

   • M.A. McNeilage
   • S. Steinhagen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 72

7. A SCAR marker linked to the ToMV resistance gene, Tm2², in tomato

   • E. Dax
   • O. Livneh
   • I. Sela

   OriginalPaper Pages: 73 - 77

8. Segregation of bunch orientation in plantain and banana hybrids

   • Rodomiro Ortiz
   • Dirk Vuylsteke

   OriginalPaper Pages: 79 - 82

9. A comparative investigation of seed germination, metabolism and seedling growth between two polyploid Triticum species

   • E. von Well
   • A. Fossey

   OriginalPaper Pages: 83 - 89

10. RFLP mapping of the three major genes, Vrn1, Q and B1, on the long arm of chromosome 5A of wheat

    • Kiyoaki Kato
    • Hideho Miura
    • Souhei Sawada

    OriginalPaper Pages: 91 - 95

11. Total phenolics and condensed tannins in field pea (Pisum sativum L.) and grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.)

    • Xiaofang Wang
    • Thomas D. Warkentin
    • Sheila Woods

    OriginalPaper Pages: 97 - 102

12. Genetic diversity in coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) revealed by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) markers

    • P. Lebrun
    • Y.P. N'cho
    • L. Baudouin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 103 - 108

13. Cryopreservation of in vitro-grown meristems of strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) by encapsulation-vitrification

    • Dai Hirai
    • Kayo Shirai
    • Akira Sakai

    OriginalPaper Pages: 109 - 115

14. Inter-simple sequence repeats PCR for characterization of closely related grapevine germplasm

    • Santiago Moreno
    • Juan Pedro Martín
    • Jesús María Ortiz

    OriginalPaper Pages: 117 - 125

15. Chromosomal locations in common wheat of three new leaf rust resistance genes from Triticum monococcum

    • Temam Hussien
    • R.L. Bowden
    • T.S. Cox

    OriginalPaper Pages: 127 - 131