Biologia Plantarum - 54 (1), 2010

Contents [Volume 54, Number 1, 2010]:


Original papers

Morphogenetic routes of long-term embryogenic callus culture of Areca catechu
H.C. WANG, J.T. CHEN, W.C. CHANG

Organogenesis and Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of Eucalyptus saligna with P5CS gene
R. DIBAX, C. DESCHAMPS, J.C. BESPALHOK FILHO, L.G.E. VIEIRA, H.B.C. MOLINARI, M.K.F. De CAMPOS, M. QUOIRIN

Efficient in vitro plant regeneration from shoot apices and gene transfer by particle bombardment in Jatropha curcas
J. PURKAYASTHA, T. SUGLA, A. PAUL, S.K. SOLLETI, P. MAZUMDAR, A. BASU, A. MOHOMMAD, Z. AHMED, L. SAHOO

Transformation of chickpea: effect of genotype, explant, Agrobacterium-strain and composition of culture medium
B. BHATTACHARJEE, M. MOHAN, S. NAIR

Expressions and dimerization affinities of three highly identical APETALA3 genes in Brassica napus
L. ZHOU, Y.-T. ZHOU, M.-L. WANG, H.-Y. WANG, Y. ZHAO

Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel microsomal oleate desaturase gene DiFAD2 from Davidia involucrata Baill.
N. LEI, S. PENG, B. NIU, J. CHEN, J. ZHOU, L. TANG, Y. XU, S. WANG, F. CHEN

Molecular characterization of ginseng farnesyl diphosphate synthase gene and its by methyl jasmonate
O.T. KIM, K.H. BANG, S.J. JUNG, Y.C. KIM, D.Y. HYUN, S.H. KIM, S.W. CHA

Comparison of three genetic similarity coefficients based on dominant markers from predominantly self-pollinating species
A. BEHARAV, M. MARAS, M. KITNER, J. ŠUŠTAR-VOZLIČ, G.L. SUN, I. DOLEŽALOVÁ, A. LEBEDA, V. MEGLIČ

Development of AFLP and STS markers linked to a waterlogging tolerance in Korean soybean landraces
S.-Y. KANG, K.J. LEE, G.-J. LEE, J.-B. KIM, S.-J. CHUNG, J.Y. SONG, B.-M. LEE, D.S. KIM

Genetic diversity for morphological traits and seed storage proteins in Spanish rivet wheat
S. CARMONA, J.B. ALVAREZ, L. CABALLERO

Characterization of the antioxidant system during the vegetative development of pea plants
P. DÍAZ-VIVANCOS, G. BARBA-ESPÍN, M.J. CLEMENTE-MORENO, J.A. HERNÁNDEZ

The protection of wheat plasma membrane under cold stress by glycine betaine overproduction
X.-Y. ZHANG, C. LIANG, G.-P. WANG, Y. LUO, W. WANG

Photosynthetic performance and acclimation of Incarvillea delavayi to water stress
Y.-F. CAI, S.-B. ZHANG, H. HU, S.-Y. LI

Carbon nutrition of mature green orchid Serapias strictiflora and its mycorrhizal fungus Epulorhiza sp.
K. LÁTALOVÁ, M. BALÁŽ

Over-expression of heat shock protein gene hsp26 in Arabidopsis thaliana enhances heat tolerance
Y. XUE, R. PENG, A. XIONG, X. LI, D. ZHA, Q. YAO

Brief communications

Changes in AFLP and SSR DNA polymorphisms induced by short-term space flight of rice seeds
J.Y. LU, W.L. ZHANG, H. XUE, Y. PAN, C.H. ZHANG, X.H. HE, M. LIU

ABA or cadmium induced phytochelatin synthesis in potato tubers
A. STROIŃSKI, T. CHADZINIKOLAU, K. GIŻEWSKA, M. ZIELEZIŃSKA

Direct somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration from immature explants of chickpea
S. KIRAN GHANTI, K.G. SUJATA, M. SRINATH RAO, P.B. KAVI KISHOR

In vitro culture of Capparis decidua and assessment of clonal fidelity of the regenerated plants
P. TYAGI, S. KHANDUJA, S.L. KOTHARI

Efficient regeneration of Eucalyptus urophylla from seedling-derived hypocotyls
Z.-C. HUANG, F.-H. ZENG, X.-Y. LU

Genetic diversity in important members of Cucurbitaceae using isozyme, RAPD and ISSR markers
B. SIKDAR, M. BHATTACHARYA, A. MUKHERJEE, A. BANERJEE, E. GHOSH, B. GHOSH, S.C. ROY

Transformation of potato via Agrobacterium coated microparticle bombardment
T.T. NGUYEN, P.J. DIX, G.D. NUGENT

Effects of exogenous spermine on sweet sorghum during germination under salinity
Y.Y. CHAI, C.D. JIANG, L. SHI, T.S. SHI, W.B. GU

Allelochemical effects on net nitrate uptake and plasma membrane H+-ATPase activity in maize seedlings
M.R. ABENAVOLI, A. LUPINI, S. OLIVA, A. SORGONA

Characterization of a xylanase inhibitor TAXI-I from wheat
X.-Y. WENG, Y.-Y. HUANG, H. GAO, J.-Y. SUN

Antioxidative enzymatic protection in leaves of two contrasting cowpea cultivars under salinity
J.M. MAIA, C.E. COSTA de MACEDO, E.L. VOIGT, J.B.S. FREITAS, J.A.G. SILVEIRA

Characteristics of chlorophyll fluorescence and antioxidative system in super-hybrid rice and its parental cultivars under chilling stress
Y.H. ZHANG, L.J. CHEN, J.L. HE, L.S. QIAN, L.Q. WU, R.F. WANG

Genetic relatedness in different Medicago sativa lines based on polymorphism of mitochondrial DNA specific sequences
L. SKUZA, S.M. DYBA, S.M. ROGALSKA

Reduction of heteroduplex formation in PCR amplification
E. MICHU, M. MRÁČKOVÁ, B. VYSKOT, J. ŽLŮVOVÁ

Optimization of Algerian fir somatic embryos maturation
B. VOOKOVÁ, J. MACHAVA, A. ŠALGOVIČOVÁ, A. KORMUŤÁK

Cytomixis and associated meiotic abnormalities affecting pollen fertility in Clematis orientalis
P. KUMAR, V.K. SINGHAL, D. KAUR, S. KAUR

A low-noise multi-channel device for the monitoring of systemic electrical signal propagation in plants
P. ILÍK, V. HLAVÁČKOVÁ, P. KRCHŇÁK, J. NAUŠ

Zinc and cadmium effects on growth and ion distribution in Populus tremula × Populus alba
T.C. DURAND, J.F. HAUSMAN, S. CARPIN, P. ALBERIC, P. BAILLIF, P. LABEL, D. MORABITO

Concurrent occurrence of ?-amylase inhibitor and stimulator in red kidney bean seed: physiological implications
H. ALIZADEH, D.W.M. LEUNG, A.L.J. COLE

Genetic diversity of durum wheat as determined by AFLP in fluorescence
F. SCIACCA, C. FICHERA, S. DI SILVESTRO, E. CONTE, M. PALUMBO

Book reviews

Schekman, R., Goldstein L., Rossant, J. (ed.): Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology. Vol. 24. (T. Gichner)

Giles W.: Encyclopedia of Exotic Plants for Temperate Climate. (I. Boušová)



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