1. Editorial

   • Alan C. Cassells

   Legacy Pages: 1 - 1

2. Improved virus detection in rosaceous fruit trees in vitro

   • E. Knapp
   • V. Hanzer
   • M. Laimer de Câmara Machado

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 6

3. Walled and wall-less eubacteria from plants: sieve-tube-restricted plant pathogens

   • J.M. Bové
   • Monique Garnier

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 16

4. Modern methods for identifying bacteria

   • David E. Stead
   • Judy Hennessy
   • Judith Wilson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 17 - 25

5. Developments in serological methods to detect and identify plant viruses

   • L. Torrance

   OriginalPaper Pages: 27 - 32

6. Molecular diagnostics for pathogen detection in seeds and planting materials

   • J.C. Reeves

   OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 39

7. Dna profiling and strategies for in planta localisation of bacteria intimately associated with Billbergia magnifica ssp. acutisepalia

   • Georgios Tsoktouridis
   • Sinclair Mantell
   • Madan Thangavelu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 45

8. Microbes intimately associated with tissue and cell cultures of tropical Dioscorea yams

   • Sinclair H. Mantell

   OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 52

9. Detection and identification of bacterial contaminants of strawberry runner explants

   • Piyarak Tanprasert
   • Barbara M. Reed

   OriginalPaper Pages: 53 - 55

10. Evidence for the occurrence of endophytic prokaryotic contaminants in micropropogated plantlets of Prunus Cerasus cv. ‘Montmorency’

    • R. Kamoun
    • P. Lepoivre
    • P. Boxus

    OriginalPaper Pages: 57 - 59

11. Elimimation of external and internal contaminants in rhizomes of Zantedeschia aethiopica with commercial fungicides and antibiotics

    • E.M. Kritzinger
    • R. Jansen Van Vuuren
    • M.M. Slabbert

    OriginalPaper Pages: 61 - 65

12. Internal bacterial contamination of micropropogated hazelnut: identification and antibiotic treatment

    • Barbara M. Reed
    • Jessica Mentzer
    • Xiaoling Yu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 67 - 70

13. Monitoring of virus diseases in Austrian grapevine varieties and virus elimination using in vitro thermotherapy

    • W. Leonhardt
    • Ch. Wawrosch
    • B. Kopp

    OriginalPaper Pages: 71 - 74

14. Hot-water treatment before tissue culture reduces initial contamination in Lilium and Acer

    • Merel Langens-Gerrits
    • Marion Albers
    • Geert-Jan De Klerk

    OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 77

15. Elimination of bean seed-borne bacteria by thermotherapy and meristem culture

    • Mateja Grum
    • Marjana Camloh
    • Maja Ravnikar

    OriginalPaper Pages: 79 - 82

16. Laboratory contamination management: the requirement for microbiological quality assurance

    • Carlo Leifert
    • Stephen Woodward

    OriginalPaper Pages: 83 - 88

17. Fungal infections of micropropagated plants at weaning: a problem exemplified by downy mildews in Rubus and Rosa

    • B. Williamson
    • D.E.L. Cooke
    • R.C. Shattock

    OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 96

18. From laboratory to applications: challenges and progress with in vitro dual cultures of potato and beneficial bacteria

    • J. Nowak
    • S.K. Asiedu
    • A.V. Sturz

    OriginalPaper Pages: 97 - 103

19. Bacillus subtilis an endophyte of chestnut (Castanea sativa) as antagonist against chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica)

    • Eva Wilhelm
    • Wolfgang Arthofer
    • Birgit Krebs

    OriginalPaper Pages: 105 - 108

20. Biological control of Botrytis, Phytophthora and Pythium by Bacillus subtilis Cot1 and CL27 of micropropagated plants in high-humidity fogging glasshouses

    • Hong Li
    • Duncan White
    • Carlo Leifert

    OriginalPaper Pages: 109 - 112

21. Acclimation results of micropropagated black locust (Robina pseudoacacia L.) improved by symbiotic micro-organisms

    • I. Balla
    • J. Vértesy
    • B. Bíró

    OriginalPaper Pages: 113 - 115