1. Commission on Plant Gene Nomenclature (CPGN)

   News Item Pages: 259 - 259

2. Plant regeneration via organogenesis and somatic embryogenesis in callus cultures derived from mature zygotic embryos of leek (Allium ampeloprasum L.)

   • B. Silvertand
   • A. van Rooyen
   • E. Jacobsen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 261 - 270

3. Regeneration through somatic embryogenesis from petal-derived calli of Rosa hybrida L. cv arizona (hybrid tea)

   • Shanthi Murali
   • D. Sreedhar
   • T. S. Lokeswari

   OriginalPaper Pages: 271 - 275

4. DNA typing of hops (Humulus lupulus) through application of RAPD and microsatellite marker sequences converted to sequence tagged sites (STS)

   • Jamie L. Brady
   • Nigel S. Scott
   • Mark R. Thomas

   OriginalPaper Pages: 277 - 284

5. Production of salt tolerant rice breeding line via doubled haploid

   • M. A. A. Miah
   • M. S. Pathan
   • H. A. Quayum

   OriginalPaper Pages: 285 - 288

6. Phenotypic variation for saturated fatty acid content in soybean

   • G. J. Rebetzke
   • V. R. Pantalone
   • R. F. Wilson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 289 - 295

7. The effect of gibberellic acid on male fertility in bread wheat

   • Noemi Colombo
   • E. A. Favret

   OriginalPaper Pages: 297 - 303

8. Geographical distribution of allozyme patterns in shallot (Allium cepa var. ascalonicum Backer) and wakegi onion (A. × wakegi Araki)

   • N. S. Arifin
   • H. Okudo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 305 - 313

9. Evaluation of genetic variances, heritabilities, and correlations for yield and fiber traits among cotton F₂ hybrid populations

   • Bing Tang
   • J. N. Jenkins
   • R. G. Creech

   OriginalPaper Pages: 315 - 322

10. Overcoming the barrier to interspecific hybridization of Fagopyrum esculentum with Fagopyrum tataricum

    • Cyrus Samimy
    • Thomas Bjorkman
    • Lisa Blanchard

    OriginalPaper Pages: 323 - 330

11. Major genes for resistance to beet necrotic yellow vein virus (BNYVV) in Beta vulgaris

    • Olga E. Scholten
    • Ritsert C. Jansen
    • Wouter Lange

    OriginalPaper Pages: 331 - 339

12. In vitro techniques for selecting wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) for Fusarium-resistance. II. Culture filtrate technique and inheritance of Fusarium-resistance in the somaclones

    • Kasem Z. Ahmed
    • Á. Mesterházy
    • F. Sági

    OriginalPaper Pages: 341 - 349

13. Resistance of nineteen cultivars of subterranean clover to four races of Phytophthora clandestina

    • Agus Purwantara
    • Sze P. Flett
    • Philip J. Keane

    OriginalPaper Pages: 351 - 358

14. Heritability of β-glucan, groat percentage, and crown rust resistance in two oat crosses

    • D. G. Humphreys
    • D. E. Mather

    OriginalPaper Pages: 359 - 364

15. Optimum number of crosses and progeny per cross in breeding self-fertilizing crops. I. General approach and first numerical results

    • Manfred Huehn

    OriginalPaper Pages: 365 - 374

16. Book announcements

    Announcement Pages: 375 - 376