1. ISPMB elections

   Cis and Trans Pages: 2 - 3

2. Gene commission prepares recommendations

   Cis and Trans Pages: 3 - 8

3. The tall blond one black shoe wearing man

   Cis and Trans Pages: 8 - 9

4. Appointments and awards

   Announcement Pages: 9 - 9

5. Constancy of RAPD primer amplification strength among distantly related taxa of flowering plants

   • Peter Fritsch
   • Michael A. Hanson
   • Loren H. Rieseberg

   Genetic Resources Pages: 10 - 20

6. Quantitative kinetic analysis of β-glucuronidase activities using a computer-directed microtiter plate reader

   • Peter Breyne
   • Marc De Loose
   • Ann Depicker

   Protocol Pages: 21 - 31

7. A method for extraction of total RNA fromPinus radiata and other conifers

   • Glenn C. Graham

   Protocol Pages: 32 - 37

8. A rapid method for qualitative assay of both neomycin phosphotransferase II and β-glucuronidase activities in transgenic plants

   • Jianying Peng
   • Fujiang Wen
   • Thomas K. Hodges

   Protocol Pages: 38 - 47

9. Reduction of nuclear DNA contamination in the analysis of chloroplast DNA with restriction endonucleases

   • Jian-Wei Liu
   • Ray J. Rose

   Protocol Pages: 48 - 53

10. A protocol for non-radioactive DNA labelling and detection in the RFLP analysis of rice and tomato using single-copy probes

    • Olivier Panaud
    • Gerard Magpantay
    • Susan McCouch

    Protocols Pages: 54 - 59

11. International Symposium on the Molecular Genetics of Root Development

    • John W. Schiefelbein
    • Philip N. Benfey

    Reports of Meetings Pages: 60 - 64

12. Recent developments in oat molecular biology

    • Turlough F. Guerin
    • Patrick M. Guerin

    Reports of Meetings Pages: 65 - 72

13. Meetings

    Schedule of Events Pages: 74 - 78

14. 4th International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology 19–24 June 1994 Amsterdam The Netherlands

    Schedule of Events Pages: 79 - 81