1. Notice

   Announcement Pages: i - i

2. Ecophysiological responses of Japanese forest tree species to ozone, simulated acid rain and soil acidification

   • Takeshi Izuta

   Minireview Pages: 471 - 480

3. Roles of plastid ε-3 fatty acid desaturases in defense response of higher plants

   • Takumi Nishiuchi
   • Koh Iba

   Minireview Pages: 481 - 486

4. 3, 4-Dihydroxyphenylalanine is oxidized by phenoxyl radicals of hydroxycinnamic acid esters in leaves ofVicia faba L

   • Umeo Takahama
   • Takayuki Oniki

   Original Articles Pages: 487 - 494

5. Cytotaxonomic study of genusHymenasplenium (Aspleniaceae) in Xishuangbanna, Southwestern China

   • Xiao Cheng
   • Noriaki Murakami

   Original Articles Pages: 495 - 500

6. An investigation of airborne pollen in Taipei city, Taiwan, 1993–1994

   • Yueh-Lin Yang
   • Su-Hwa Chen

   Original Articles Pages: 501 - 508

7. Cytology and systematics in JapaneseArisaema (Araceae)

   • Kuniaki Watanabe
   • Tomiki Kobayashi
   • Jin Murata

   Original Articles Pages: 509 - 521

8. Gravimorphism in rice and barley: Promotion of leaf elongation by vertical inversion in agravitropically growing plants

   • Kiyomi Abe
   • Hideyuki Takahashi
   • Hiroshi Suge

   Original Articles Pages: 523 - 530

9. Involvement of the cytoskeleton in the intracellular distribution of mannoproteins in hyphal cells ofCandida albicans

   • Tomohiro Akashi
   • Hideki Makishima
   • Kenji Tanaka

   Original Articles Pages: 531 - 540

10. Inhibition of the formation of adventitious roots on cucumber hypocotyls by the fractions and methoxybenzylglutamine from xylem sap of squash root

    • Shinobu Satoh
    • Takeshi Kuroha
    • Yoshinobu Inouye

    Original Articles Pages: 541 - 546

11. Effect of population spatial structure on pollination and seed set of a clonal distylous plant,Persicaria japonica (Polygonaceae)

    • Jun Nishihiro
    • Izumi Washitani

    Original Articles Pages: 547 - 555

12. Variation in therbcL sequence ofStegnogramma pozoi subsp.mollissima (Thelypteridaceae) in Japan

    • Yoko Yatabe
    • Masayuki Takamiya
    • Noriaki Murakami

    Original Articles Pages: 557 - 564

13. Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation of groundnut (arachis hypogaea L.): An assessment of factors affecting regeneration of transgenic plants

    • Perumal Venkatachalam
    • Natesan Geetha
    • Lakshmi Sita

    Original Articles Pages: 565 - 572

14. The floral development and floral anatomy ofChrysosplenium alternifolium, an unusal member of the Saxifragaceae

    • L. P. Ronse Decraene
    • P. Roels
    • A. Backlund

    Original Articles Pages: 573 - 580

15. A comparative study of isoenzyme patterns ofHydrilla verticillata (L.f.) Royle in Japan

    • Toshiyuki Nakamura
    • Takeshi Suzuki
    • Yasuro Kadono

    Short Communication Pages: 581 - 585

16. Branch formation induced by microbeam irradiation ofAdiantum protonemata

    • Masamitsu Wada

    Short Communication Pages: 587 - 590

17. Effect of End-of-day far-red light exposures on fertility alteration and flowering in photoperiod-sensitive genic male-sterile rice

    • Wang Wei

    Short Communication Pages: 591 - 593

18. Flowering time of two saprophytic plants,Monotropa uniflora L. andMonotropastrum humile (D. Don) Hara in Japan

    • Hirokazu Tsukaya

    Short Communication Pages: 595 - 597

19. Biosynthesis and metabolism of purine alkaloids in leaves of cocoa tea (Camellia ptilophylla)

    • Hiroshi Ashihara
    • Misako Kato
    • Ye Chuang-xing

    Short Communication Pages: 599 - 604