1. ISPMB elections

   Cis and Trans Pages: 2 - 3

2. ISPMB on the web

   Cis and Trans Pages: 3 - 3

3. Maize News Group

   Cis and Trans Pages: 3 - 3

4. Trends in Plant Science

   Cis and Trans Pages: 3 - 3

5. Max-Planck-Gesellschaft in Tucson

   Cis and Trans Pages: 4 - 4

6. Declining support for molecular biology of algae

   Cis and Trans Pages: 4 - 4

7. Travel awards forPlant and Animal Genome V

   Cis and Trans Pages: 5 - 5

8. Exploiting conservation and diversity among plant genes

   Cis and Trans Pages: 5 - 5

9. The arabidopsis database moves to Stanford

   • David Flanders
   • Fabien Petel
   • J. Michael Cherry

   Arabidupdate Pages: 6 - 8

10. Genes encoding cell wall proteins

    • Allan Showalter
    • Marcia Kieliszewski
    • Mary Tierney

    Genetic Resources Pages: 9 - 10

11. pARMS, multiple marker-containing plasmids for easy RFLP analysis inArabidopsis thaliana

    • Anton R. Schäffner

    Genetic Resources Pages: 11 - 16

12. Inhibition of random amplified polymorphic DNAs (RAPDs) by plant polysaccharides

    • Ram Naresh Pandey
    • Robert P. Adams
    • Lori E. Flournoy

    Commentary Pages: 17 - 22

13. An alternative method for the synthesis of tailor-made genes

    • O. W. Liew
    • D. W. Bullock

    Protocol Pages: 23 - 32

14. Specific 5S ribosomal RNA primers for plant species i dentification in admixtures 3

    • H. L. Ko
    • R. J. Henry

    Protocol Pages: 33 - 43

15. Protential use of PCR-amplified ribosomal intergenic sequences for differentiation of varieties and species ofGossypium cotton

    • A. I. Martsinkovskaya
    • R. S. Moukhamedov
    • A. A. Abdukarimov

    Protocol Pages: 44 - 49

16. Identifi cation of antibiotics that are effective 2 in eliminatingAgrobacterium tumefaciens

    • Natha J. Shackelford
    • Caryl A. Chlan

    Protocol Pages: 50 - 57

17. Rapid and reliable screening of a tomato YAC library exclusively based on PCR

    • Klaus Pillen
    • Kevin B. Alpert
    • Steven D. Tanksley

    Protocol Pages: 58 - 67

18. Plant genome IV

    • Ellen M. Reardon

    Report of Meeting Pages: 68 - 70

19. Martin Kamen receives Enrico Fermi Award

    Appointments and Awards Pages: 72 - 72

20. Hans Kössel

    • Pal Maliga

    Obituary Pages: 73 - 75

21. Schedule of events

    Announcement Pages: 76 - 83