1. A paradox of leaf-trait convergence: why is leaf nitrogen concentration higher in species with higher photosynthetic capacity?

   • Kouki Hikosaka
   • Yoko Osone

   Current Topics in Plant Research 28 February 2009 Pages: 245 - 251

   

2. A subgeneric classification of the genus Vaccinium and the metamorphosis of V. section Bracteata Nakai: more terrestrial and less epiphytic in habit, more continental and less insular in distribution

   • S. P. Vander Kloet
   • T. A. Dickinson

   Regular Paper 03 February 2009 Pages: 253 - 268

   

3. Genetic divergence in nuclear genomes between populations of Fagus crenata along the Japan Sea and Pacific sides of Japan

   • Koichi Hiraoka
   • Nobuhiro Tomaru

   Regular Paper 24 February 2009 Pages: 269 - 282

   

4. Phylogeny of Litsea and related genera (Laureae-Lauraceae) based on analysis of rpb2 gene sequences

   • Izu A. Fijridiyanto
   • Noriaki Murakami

   Regular Paper 15 February 2009 Pages: 283 - 298

   

5. Clonal identification by microsatellite loci in sporadic flowering of a dwarf bamboo species, Sasa cernua

   • Keiko Kitamura
   • Takayuki Kawahara

   Regular Paper 21 February 2009 Pages: 299 - 304

   

6. Reticulate hybridization of Alpinia (Zingiberaceae) in Taiwan

   • Shu-Chuan Liu
   • Chang-Tze Lu
   • Jenn-Che Wang

   Regular Paper 17 March 2009 Pages: 305 - 316

   

7. Predicting vegetation water content in wheat using normalized difference water indices derived from ground measurements

   • Chaoyang Wu
   • Zheng Niu
   • Wenjiang Huang

   Regular Paper 26 February 2009 Pages: 317 - 326

   

8. Compensatory function for water transport by adventitious roots of Ipomoea pes-caprae

   • Mai Kamakura
   • Akio Furukawa

   Regular Paper 21 February 2009 Pages: 327 - 333

   

9. Ecology of subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests of Yunnan, southwestern China as compared to those of southwestern Japan

   • Cindy Q. Tang
   • Masahiko Ohsawa

   Regular Paper 11 March 2009 Pages: 335 - 350

   

10. Notice of retraction

    • The Editors of the Journal of Plant Research

    Retraction Note 07 April 2009 Pages: 351 - 351