1. Traits of Panax ginseng hairy roots after cold storage and cryopreservation

   • Kayo Yoshimatsu
   • Hiroko Yamaguchi
   • Koichiro Shimomura

   OriginalPaper Pages: 555 - 560

2. Stress-induced microspore embryogenesis in tobacco: an optimized system for molecular studies

   • Alisher Touraev
   • Andi Ilham
   • Erwin Heberle-Bors

   OriginalPaper Pages: 561 - 565

3. Highly efficient transformation and regeneration of aspen plants through shoot-bud formation in root culture

   • Tzvi Tzfira
   • Hagit Ben-Meir
   • Arie Altman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 566 - 571

4. Improvements in the transformation of Arabidopsis thaliana C24 leaf-discs by Agrobacterium tumefaciens

   • Eric van der Graaff
   • Paul J. J. Hooykaas

   OriginalPaper Pages: 572 - 577

5. Adventitious shoot regeneration from leaf, stem and root explants of commercial cultivars of Gentiana

   • Keizo Hosokawa
   • Masaru Nakano
   • Saburo Yamamura

   OriginalPaper Pages: 578 - 581

6. Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of Solanum gilo Raddi as influenced by explant type

   • Essie Blay
   • Janette V. Oakes

   OriginalPaper Pages: 582 - 585

7. Rapid and transient induction of calmodulin-encoding gene(s) of Brassica napus by a touch stimulus

   • Sung-Aeong Oh
   • June Myoung Kwak
   • Hong Gil Nam

   OriginalPaper Pages: 586 - 590

8. Transformation of pickling cucumber with chitinase-encoding genes using Agrobacterium tumefaciens

   • S. H. T. Raharjo
   • M. O. Hernandez
   • Z. K. Punja

   OriginalPaper Pages: 591 - 596

9. Effect of culture methods on the regeneration of albino rice (Oryza sativa L.) plantlets

   • Masayoshi Tsukahara
   • Takayasu Hirosawa
   • Haruko Murayama

   OriginalPaper Pages: 597 - 600

10. Amyloplast formation in cultured tobacco cells; effects of plant hormones on multiplication, size, and starch content

    • Atsushi Sakai
    • Kumiko Yashiro
    • Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 601 - 605

11. Genetic transformation of Begonia tuberhybrida by Ri rol genes

    • Shigeto Kiyokawa
    • Yasuhiro Kikuchi
    • Hiroshi Harada

    OriginalPaper Pages: 606 - 609

12. Increase of root induction in Pinus nigra explants using agrobacteria

    • Snježana Mihaljević
    • Suzana Stipković
    • Sibila Jelaska

    OriginalPaper Pages: 610 - 614

13. In vitro propagation of cashewnut

    • Sudripta Das
    • Timir B. Jha
    • Sumita Jha

    OriginalPaper Pages: 615 - 619

14. Immunolocalization of lipoxygenase in pea (Pisum sativum L.) carpels

    • Manuel Rodríguez-Concepción
    • María Dolores Gómez
    • José-Pío Beltrán

    OriginalPaper Pages: 620 - 626

15. Unilateral incompatibility as a major cause of skewed segregation in the cross between Lycopersicon esculentum and L. pennellii

    • M. R. Foolad

    OriginalPaper Pages: 627 - 633

16. A simple, accurate method for determining wet and dry weight concentrations of plant cell suspension cultures using microcentrifuge tubes

    • David R. Mills
    • James M. Lee

    OriginalPaper Pages: 634 - 636

17. Effect of jasmonates and exogenous polysaccharides on production of alkannin pigments in suspension cultures of Alkanna tinctoria

    • Henryk Urbanek
    • Katarzyna Bergier
    • Jacek Patykowski

    OriginalPaper Pages: 637 - 641

18. Shoot regeneration and Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Fragaria vesca L.

    • Iman El Mansouri
    • José A. Mercado
    • Miguel A. Quesada

    OriginalPaper Pages: 642 - 646

19. Oligonucleotide fingerprinting and RAPD analysis of Achillea species: Characterization and long-term monitoring of micropropagated clones

    • Eva Wallner
    • Kurt Weising
    • Brigitte Kopp

    OriginalPaper Pages: 647 - 652