1. Changes in Cell Wall Polysaccharides During Fruit Ripening

   • Kazuyuki Wakabayashi

   Minireview Pages: 231 - 237

2. Cell Death and Growth Recovery of Barley after Transient Salt Stress

   • Maki Katsuhara
   • Mineo Shibasaka

   Pages: 239 - 243

3. Low pH-Induced Root Hair Formation in Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L. cv. Grand Rapids) Seedlings: Determination of Root Hair-Forming Site

   • Yasunori Inoue
   • Kayoko Hirota

   Pages: 245 - 251

4. Phylogenetic Analysis of the Sonneratiaceae and its Relationship to Lythraceae Based on ITS Sequences of nrDNA

   • Suhua Shi
   • Yelin Huang
   • David E Boufford

   Pages: 253 - 258

5. A Comparison of ITS Nuclear rDNA Sequence Data and AFLP Markers for Phylogenetic Studies in Phyllostachys (Bambusoideae, Poaceae)

   • Trevor R Hodkinson
   • Stephen A Renvoize
   • Mark W Chase

   Pages: 259 - 269

6. Embryology of Amborella (Amborellaceae): Descriptions and Polarity of Character States

   • Hiroshi Tobe
   • Tanguy Jaffré
   • Peter H Raven

   Pages: 271 - 280

7. The Karyotype Analysis of Somatic Chromosomes in Amborella trichopoda (Amborellaceae)

   • Kazuo Oginuma
   • Tanguy Jaffré
   • Hiroshi Tobe

   Short Communication Pages: 281 - 283

8. Recent Advances in Secondary Metabolism Research: Regulation of Biosynthesis and Physiological Functions of Flavonoids and Some Phenolics

   • Kunijiro Yoshitama

   JPR Symposium Pages: 285 - 285

9. The Structure and Distribution of the Flavonoids in Plants

   • Tsukasa Iwashina

   Pages: 287 - 299

10. Flavonoids and Some Other Phenolics as Substrates of Peroxidase: Physiological Significance of the Redox Reactions

    • Umeo Takahama
    • Takayuki Oniki

    Pages: 301 - 309

11. Enhancement of the Tolerance to Oxidative Stress in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) Seedlings by UV-B Irradiation: Possible Involvement of Phenolic Compounds and Antioxidative Enzymes

    • Noriaki Kondo
    • Mika Kawashima

    Pages: 311 - 317

12. Phenylalanine Ammonia-Lyase Genes Involved in Anthocyanin Synthesis and the Regulation of its Expression in Suspension Cultured Carrot Cells

    • Yoshihiro Ozeki
    • Yoshio Ito
    • Junko Takeda

    Pages: 319 - 326

13. Transcriptional Control of Chalcone Synthase by Environmental Stimuli

    • Masaaki Sakuta

    Pages: 327 - 333

14. Biased Sex Allocation in Hermaphroditic Plants

    • Satoki Sakai

    Invited Article Pages: 335 - 342

15. Intercellular Communication During Sexual Reproduction of Closterium (Conjugatophyceae)

    • Hiroyuki Sekimoto

    Pages: 343 - 352