1. Society news

   News Pages: vii - vii

2. Calendar of events

   Events Pages: ix - x

3. Plant research and world agriculture

   • M. S. Swaminathan

   Reviews and Perspectives Pages: 1 - 17

4. Dynamics of industry/university research partnerships

   • Ernest G. Jaworski

   Reviews and Perspectives Pages: 18 - 26

5. The integration of basic and applied research

   • W. J. Peacock

   Reviews and Perspectives Pages: 27 - 33

6. Review of the NIH guidelines for experiments dealing with viral pathogens

   • Roger N. Beachy

   Reviews and Perspectives Pages: 34 - 36

7. Methods for detection of single or low copy sequences in tomato on southern blots

   • R. Bernatzky
   • S. D. Tanksley

   Experimental Protocols Pages: 37 - 41

8. A rapid method for assaying tumorigenicity of

   • Shogo Matsumoto
   • Yasunori Machida
   • Itaru Takebe

   Experimental Protocols Pages: 42 - 47

9. A miniprep system for analysis of chloroplast DNA restriction enzyme digest fragments inNicotiana

   • Stephanie A. Kut
   • Christopher E. Flick

   Experimental Protocols Pages: 48 - 55

10. The McKnight Awards for Individual Research Projects in Plant Biology

    Announcement Pages: 56 - 68