1. Regulatory mechanisms of polyamine biosynthesis in plants

   • Juan Carbonell
   • Miguel A. Blázquez

   Invited Review Pages: 107 - 118

2. Characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in cultivated and wildPanax ginseng

   • Beom Ho Jo
   • Dong Sang Suh
   • Ki Wha Chung

   OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 127

3. Molecular cloning and characterization of twoBrassica napus TTG1 genes reveal genus-specific nucleotide preference, extreme protein-level conservation and fast divergence of organ-specificity

   • Jun Lu
   • Jia-Na Li
   • You-Rong Chai

   OriginalPaper Pages: 129 - 142

4. QTLs of cold tolerance-related traits at the booting stage for NIL-RILs in rice revealed by SSR

   • Yawen Zeng
   • Shuming Yang
   • Xingqi Huang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 143 - 154

5. Genetic analysis and QTL mapping for grain chalkiness characteristics of brown rice (Oryza sativa L.)

   • Yang Qin
   • Suk-Man Kim
   • Jae-Keun Sohn

   OriginalPaper Pages: 155 - 164

6. Gene mapping related to yellow green leaf in a mutant line in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

   • Peng Du
   • Ying-Hua Ling
   • Guang-Hua He

   OriginalPaper Pages: 165 - 171

7. QTL analysis of floral traits of rice (Oryza Sativa L.) under well-watered and drought stress conditions

   • Hu Songping
   • Zhou Ying
   • Zhou Qingming

   OriginalPaper Pages: 173 - 181

8. Sequence diversity at cytochrome oxidase 1 (Co-1) gene among sculpins (Scorpaeniformes, Cottidae) and some other scorpionfish of Russia Far East with phylogenetic and taxonomic insights

   • Yuri Ph. Kartavtsev
   • Svetlana N. Sharina
   • Naoto Hanzawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 183 - 197

9. A genetic linkage map construction for sesame (Sesamum indicum L.)

   • Li-Bin Wei
   • Hai-Yang Zhang
   • Wang-Zhen Guo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 199 - 208