1. Diversity of seven glutenin and secalin loci within triticale cultivars grown in Europe

   • N. Amiour
   • A. Bouguennec
   • G. Branlard

   OriginalPaper Pages: 295 - 305

2. Comparison of European with West Asian and North African winter barleys in tolerance to boron toxicity

   • Sui-Kwong Yau

   OriginalPaper Pages: 307 - 314

3. Synthesis and preliminary characterization of a new species (amphidiploid) in Cucumis

   • Jin-Feng Chen
   • Jack Staub
   • Beth Kunkle

   OriginalPaper Pages: 315 - 322

4. Yield and disease resistance of plantain (Musa spp., AAB group) somaclones in Nigeria

   • A.B. Nwauzoma
   • A. Tenkouano
   • L.A. Daniel Kalio

   OriginalPaper Pages: 323 - 331

5. Phenotypic diversity for morphological and agronomic characteristics in chickpea core collection

   • Hari D. Upadhyaya
   • Rodomiro Ortiz
   • Sube Singh

   OriginalPaper Pages: 333 - 342

6. Characterization of resistance to Helicoverpa armigera in three lines of transgenic Bt Upland cotton

   • Jing Sun
   • Canming Tang
   • Jingliang Sheng

   OriginalPaper Pages: 343 - 351

7. Development of near-isogenic lines of wheat carrying different null Wx alleles and their starch properties

   • H. Miura
   • M.H.A. Wickramasinghe
   • K. Komae

   OriginalPaper Pages: 353 - 359

8. Cytoplasmic effects on photosynthesis and ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase activity in Brassica species

   • Sivakoti Ramana
   • Poonam Sharma-Natu
   • Mohan C. Ghildiyal

   OriginalPaper Pages: 361 - 365

9. Genetic relationship in Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper and V. radiata (L.) R. Wilczek based on morphological traits and SDS-PAGE

   • Abdul Ghafoor
   • Zahoor Ahmad
   • Muhammad Bashir

   OriginalPaper Pages: 367 - 378

10. Genetic analysis of resistance of Bt rice to stripe stem borer (Chilo suppressalis)

    • Zhonghua Wang
    • Qingyao Shu
    • Yingwu Xia

    OriginalPaper Pages: 379 - 386

11. Natural selection for grain yield in dry bean populations bred by the bulk method

    • Hercules Renato Corte
    • Magno Antonio Patto Ramalhol
    • Ângela de Fátima Barbosa Abreu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 387 - 393

12. Validity of a leaf inoculation test to assess the resistance to Phytophthora megakarya in a cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) diallel mating design

    • S. Nyassé
    • D. Despréaux
    • C. Cilas

    OriginalPaper Pages: 395 - 399

13. Evaluation of cytoplasmic effects on agronomic and seed quality traits in two doubled haploid populations of Brassica napus L.

    • I. Rajcan
    • K.J. Kasha
    • W.D. Beversdorf

    OriginalPaper Pages: 401 - 409

14. Nuclear and cytoplasmic differences in the mitochondrial respiration and protein expression of CMS and maintainer lines of sunflower

    • Jörg Leipner
    • Renate Horn

    OriginalPaper Pages: 411 - 419

15. RFLP analysis of genetic variation in species of section Arachis, genus Arachis (Leguminosae)

    • Marcos A. Gimenes
    • Catalina R. Lopes
    • Gary Kochert

    OriginalPaper Pages: 421 - 429

16. Ecotypic differentiation in Medicago polymorpha L. along an environmental gradient in central Chile. RAPDs studies show little genetic divergence

    • M. Paredes
    • V. Becerra
    • J. Aronson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 431 - 439

17. Mechanisms of resistance to plant diseases

    Announcement Pages: 441 - 441

18. Instructions to authors

    Instructions for Authors Pages: 443 - 444

19. Author index Volume 123

    Authors Index Pages: 445 - 446

20. Contents Volume 123 2002

    Volume Contents Pages: 447 - 450