1. Plantainlily rust fungus is distinct from daylily rust fungus

   • Yoshitaka Ono

   FUNGAL DISEASES Pages: 99 - 106

2. Structural analysis of cosmid clone pcAFT-2 carrying AFT10-1 encoding an acyl-CoA dehydrogenase involved in AF-toxin production in the strawberry pathotype of Alternaria alternata

   • Sheila Ruswandi
   • Keiji Kitani
   • Mikihiro Yamamoto

   FUNGAL DISEASES Pages: 107 - 116

3. Retrotransposon-like elements in the genome of Verticillium dahliae may be used as DNA markers for fungal species and pathotypes

   • Toshiyuki Usami
   • Masahiro Shishido
   • Yoshimiki Amemiya

   FUNGAL DISEASES Pages: 117 - 123

4. New canker diseases of Abies veitchii and Acer crataegifolium caused by Neonectria castaneicola

   • Takao Kobayashi
   • Yuuri Hirooka
   • Kinji Ushiyama

   FUNGAL DISEASES Short communication Pages: 124 - 126

5. Plectosporium blight of pumpkin and ranunculus caused by Plectosporium tabacinum

   • Toyozo Sato
   • Tadaoki Inaba
   • Etsuji Hamaya

   FUNGAL DISEASES Short communication Pages: 127 - 132

6. Virulence, accumulation of acetyl-coenzyme A, and pectate lyase synthesis are controlled by PhoP-PhoQ two-component regulatory system responding to organic acids of Erwinia chrysanthemi 3937

   • Md. Manjurul Haque
   • Akihiro Yamazaki
   • Shinji Tsuyumu

   BACTERIAL AND PHYTOPLASMA DISEASES Pages: 133 - 138

7. Precise, simple screening for resistance in potato varieties to common scab using paper pots

   • Akira Kobayashi
   • Shigeo Naito
   • Motoyuki Mori

   BACTERIAL AND PHYTOPLASMA DISEASES Short communication Pages: 139 - 143

8. Notes on the occurrence of pathogenic races of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae found in Hiroshima Prefecture during 2000–2003

   • Koji Tanaka
   • Sayaka Nakatsu
   • Takashi Oku

   BACTERIAL AND PHYTOPLASMA DISEASES Short communication Pages: 144 - 146

9. Inverse correlation between mRNA levels in GFP-silenced transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana and resistance to Potato virus X engineered to contain GFP sequence

   • Masaki Shimono
   • Makoto Ino
   • Masamichi Nishiguchi

   VIRAL AND VIROID DISEASES Pages: 147 - 152

10. Myrothecium leaf spot of mulberry caused by Myrothecium verrucaria

    • Ritsuko Murakami
    • Takao Kobayashi
    • Kokichi Takahashi

    DISEASE NOTE Pages: 153 - 155

11. Occurrence of Chrysanthemum chlorotic mottle viroid in Japan

    • Hideki Yamamoto
    • Teruo Sano

    DISEASE NOTE Pages: 156 - 157

12. Bacterial wilt of bellflower caused by Ralstonia solanacearum in Japan

    • Satoko Kusumoto
    • Yuichi Takikawa

    DISEASE NOTE Pages: 158 - 159