1. Use of TALEs and TALEN Technology for Genetic Improvement of Plants

   • Zulqurnain Khan
   • Sultan Habibullah Khan
   • Aftab Ahmad

   REVIEW 11 August 2016 Pages: 1 - 19

   

2. CYCLOIDEA 2 Clade Genes: Key Players in the Control of Floral Symmetry, Inflorescence Architecture, and Reproductive Organ Development

   • Marco Fambrini
   • Claudio Pugliesi

   Review 31 August 2016 Pages: 20 - 36

   

3. Genome-Wide Discovery of DNA Polymorphisms in Mei (Prunus mume Sieb. et Zucc.), an Ornamental Woody Plant, with Contrasting Tree Architecture and their Functional Relevance for Weeping Trait

   • Jie Zhang
   • Kai Zhao
   • Weiru Yang

   Original Paper Open access 08 August 2016 Pages: 37 - 46

   

4. Establishment of a Core Collection of Traditional Cuban Theobroma cacao Plants for Conservation and Utilization Purposes

   • Igor Bidot Martínez
   • Marlyn Valdés de la Cruz
   • Pierre Bertin

   Original Paper 13 August 2016 Pages: 47 - 60

   

5. Development of genomic simple sequence repeat markers in faba bean by next-generation sequencing

   • Mazen A. Abuzayed
   • Mehmet Goktay
   • Anne Frary

   Original Paper 19 August 2016 Pages: 61 - 71

   

6. Identification of a New Rice Low-Tiller Mutant and Association Analyses Based on the SLAF-seq Method

   • Yan Li
   • Xiao-Fang Zeng
   • De-Gang Zhao

   Original Paper 24 August 2016 Pages: 72 - 82

   

7. A chickpea NAC-type transcription factor, CarNAC6, confers enhanced dehydration tolerance in Arabidopsis

   • Yanmin Liu
   • Xingwang Yu
   • Hao Ma

   Original Paper 31 August 2016 Pages: 83 - 96

   

8. Physiological, Biochemical, and Transcriptomic Responses to Boron Toxicity in Leaf and Root Tissues of Contrasting Wheat Cultivars

   • Ceyhun Kayıhan
   • Mehmet Tufan Öz
   • Hüseyin Avni Öktem

   Original Paper 24 September 2016 Pages: 97 - 109

   

9. Construction of an SSR and RAD Marker-Based Genetic Linkage Map for Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.)

   • Masafumi Yagi
   • Kenta Shirasawa
   • Hiroyasu Yamaguchi

   Original Paper 29 September 2016 Pages: 110 - 117

   

10. Genetic Diversity and Structure of Pea (Pisum sativum L.) Germplasm Based on Morphological and SSR Markers

    • Jai C Rana
    • Maneet Rana
    • Tilak R Sharma

    Original Paper 30 September 2016 Pages: 118 - 129

    

11. Morphogenesis and Gene Mapping of deformed interior floral organ 1 (difo1), a Novel Mutant Associated with Floral Organ Development in Rice

    • Lianping P. Sun
    • Yingxin X. Zhang
    • Shihua H. Cheng

    Original Paper 03 October 2016 Pages: 130 - 144

    

12. Isolation and Characterization of Microsatellite Markers for Viola websteri (Violaceae) and Cross-Species Amplification within the Genus Viola

    • Jong-Soo Kang
    • Xianchun Zhang
    • Myounghai Kwak

    Original Paper 11 October 2016 Pages: 145 - 153

13. Evolutionary and Functional Analysis of LEAFY COTYLEDON1 in Isoetes L. from China

    • Tao Yang
    • Wei-wei Zan
    • Xing Liu

    Original Paper 12 October 2016 Pages: 154 - 165

    

14. Phylogeography of Achyranthes bidentata (Amaranthaceae) in China’s Warm-Temperate Zone Inferred from Chloroplast and Nuclear DNA: Insights into Population Dynamics in Response to Climate Change During the Pleistocene

    • Cai-Yun Miao
    • Jie Yang
    • Yong Li

    Original Paper 13 October 2016 Pages: 166 - 176