1. Seed-specific increased expression of 2S albumin promoter of sesame qualifies it as a useful genetic tool for fatty acid metabolic engineering and related transgenic intervention in sesame and other oil seed crops

   • Rupam Kumar Bhunia
   • Anirban Chakraborty
   • Soumitra Kumar Sen

   OriginalPaper 20 August 2014 Pages: 351 - 365

   

2. A novel method to identify the DNA motifs recognized by a defined transcription factor

   • Xiaoyu Ji
   • Liuqiang Wang
   • Yucheng Wang

   OriginalPaper 10 August 2014 Pages: 367 - 380

   

3. Functions of EDS1-like and PAD4 genes in grapevine defenses against powdery mildew

   • Fei Gao
   • Ru Dai
   • Walter Gassmann

   OriginalPaper 09 August 2014 Pages: 381 - 393

   

4. The pineapple AcMADS1 promoter confers high level expression in tomato and Arabidopsis flowering and fruiting tissues, but AcMADS1 does not complement the tomato LeMADS-RIN (rin) mutant

   • Richard L. Moyle
   • Jonni H. Koia
   • Jose R. Botella

   OriginalPaper 20 August 2014 Pages: 395 - 407

   

5. Dehydration-induced endodormancy in crown buds of leafy spurge highlights involvement of MAF3- and RVE1-like homologs, and hormone signaling cross-talk

   • Münevver Doğramacı
   • David P. Horvath
   • James V. Anderson

   OriginalPaper 24 August 2014 Pages: 409 - 424

   

6. Analysis of global gene expression profiles to identify differentially expressed genes critical for embryo development in Brassica rapa

   • Yu Zhang
   • Lifang Peng
   • Jianbo Wang

   OriginalPaper 12 September 2014 Pages: 425 - 442

   

7. RNAi-directed downregulation of betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 (OsBADH1) results in decreased stress tolerance and increased oxidative markers without affecting glycine betaine biosynthesis in rice (Oryza sativa)

   • Wei Tang
   • Jiaqi Sun
   • Yongsheng Liu

   OriginalPaper 24 August 2014 Pages: 443 - 454

   

8. Analysis of BAC-end sequences in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) towards the development and characterization of long motifs SSRs

   • Bárbara Salomão de Faria Müller
   • Tetsu Sakamoto
   • Rosana Pereira Vianello

   OriginalPaper 28 August 2014 Pages: 455 - 470

   

9. Characterization of Arabidopsis Tubby-like proteins and redundant function of AtTLP3 and AtTLP9 in plant response to ABA and osmotic stress

   • Yan Bao
   • Wei-Meng Song
   • Hong-Xia Zhang

   OriginalPaper 29 August 2014 Pages: 471 - 483

   

10. A nitrogen-dependent switch in the high affinity ammonium transport in Medicago truncatula

    • Daniel Straub
    • Uwe Ludewig
    • Benjamin Neuhäuser

    OriginalPaper 28 August 2014 Pages: 485 - 494

    

11. A novel protein elicitor (SsCut) from Sclerotinia sclerotiorum induces multiple defense responses in plants

    • Huajian Zhang
    • Qun Wu
    • Zhimou Gao

    OriginalPaper 23 August 2014 Pages: 495 - 511

    

12. Identification and functional roles of CaDIN1 in abscisic acid signaling and drought sensitivity

    • Sohee Lim
    • Woonhee Baek
    • Sung Chul Lee

    OriginalPaper 23 August 2014 Pages: 513 - 525

    

13. Transcriptome profiling of Vitis amurensis, an extremely cold-tolerant Chinese wild Vitis species, reveals candidate genes and events that potentially connected to cold stress

    • Weirong Xu
    • Ruimin Li
    • Zhenping Wang

    OriginalPaper 05 September 2014 Pages: 527 - 541

    

14. Genome-wide identification of housekeeping genes in maize

    • Feng Lin
    • Lu Jiang
    • Han Zhao

    OriginalPaper 11 September 2014 Pages: 543 - 554

    

15. New target carotenoids for CCD4 enzymes are revealed with the characterization of a novel stress-induced carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase gene from Crocus sativus

    • Angela Rubio-Moraga
    • José Luis Rambla
    • Lourdes Gómez-Gómez

    OriginalPaper 10 September 2014 Pages: 555 - 569