1. Society news

   News Pages: vii - vii

2. Calendar of events

   Events Pages: ix - x

3. Plastome mutants

   • Thomas Börner
   • Barbara B. Sears

   Review/Genetic Resources Pages: 69 - 92

4. Tryptophan auxotrophs for increasing safety ofAgrobacterium Ti-based recombinant plasmid work

   • G. R. K. Sastry
   • Carol A. Miles
   • Christine A. May

   Reviews and Perspectives Pages: 93 - 97

5. A method for extraction of chloroplast DNA from conifers

   • E. E. White

   Experimental Protocol Pages: 98 - 101

6. Isolation of a D-genome specific repeated DNA sequence fromAegilops squarrosa

   • A. Lane Rayburn
   • Bikram S. Gill

   Special Report/Genetic Resources Pages: 102 - 109