1. Online First publication

   • Hiroshi Tobe
   • Dieter Czeschlik

   Editorial Pages: 245 - 245

2. Ethylene evolution from tobacco leaves irradiated with UV-B

   • Akira Nara
   • Yuichi Takeuchi

   Original Article Pages: 247 - 253

3. Characterization of a putative fusogen encoded in a mitochondrial plasmid of Physarum polycephalum

   • Hiroyoshi Takano
   • Shigeyuki Kawano
   • Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa

   Original Article Pages: 255 - 261

4. Thermal insulation and accumulation of heat in the downy inflorescences of Saussurea medusa (Asteraceae) at high elevation in Yunnan, China

   • Hirokazu Tsukaya
   • Kazumi Fujikawa
   • Su-Gong Wu

   Short Communication Pages: 263 - 268

5. Toward genomics in cell-covering research

   • Kazuo Okuda
   • Satoshi Tabata

   JPR Symposium Pages: 269 - 269

6. Impact of genomics approaches on plant genetics and physiology

   • Satoshi Tabata

   JPR Symposium Pages: 271 - 275

7. Physiological functions of plant cell coverings

   • Takayuki Hoson

   JPR Symposium Pages: 277 - 282

8. Structure and phylogeny of cell coverings

   • Kazuo Okuda

   JPR Symposium Pages: 283 - 288

9. Diversity of mineral cell coverings and their formation processes: a review focused on the siliceous cell coverings

   • Shigeki Mayama
   • Asuka Kuriyama

   JPR Symposium Pages: 289 - 295

10. Recent progress in cellulose biosynthesis

    • Satoshi Kimura
    • Tetsuo Kondo

    JPR Symposium Pages: 297 - 302

11. A genome-based approach to study the mechanisms by which cell-wall type is defined and constructed by the collaborative actions of cell-wall-related enzymes

    • Kazuhiko Nishitani

    JPR Symposium Pages: 303 - 307

12. A brief note on the study of yieldin, a wall-bound protein that regulates the yield threshold of the cell wall

    • Akane Okamoto-Nakazato

    Invited Article Pages: 309 - 313