JOURNAL

Contents

Review

Plant Biotechnology of Flavonoids

G. MADHURI and Arjula R. REDDY. . . . . . . 179 [PDF]

Original Paper

Gene Transfer into Indian Cultivars of Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) using Agrobacterium tumefaciens

K. SANKARA RAO and V.K. ROHINI. . . . . . . 201 [PDF]

Rapid Propagation of High- quality Garlic Seed- bulb Derived from Meristem- tips

Takayuki NAGAKUBO, Miyuki TAKAICHI, Kenji OEDA and Hiromichi OSHIO. . . . . . . 207 [PDF]

Agrobacterium– mediated Genetic Transformation of Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L.) and Development of Transgenic Plants via Direct Organogenesis

N. GEETHA, P. VENKATACHALAM and G. LAKSHMI SITA. . . . . . . 213 [PDF]

Immunodetection and Characterization of Allergenic Proteins in Common Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)

Arun NAIR and Taiji ADACHI. . . . . . . 219 [PDF]

Evaluation of In Vitro Chromosome- doubled Regenerates With Resistance to Potato Tuber Moth [Phthorimaea opercullella(Zeller)]

Junko WATANABE, Matilde ORRILLO and Kazuo N. WATANABE. . . . . . . 225 [PDF]

Stimulatory Effects of a Novel Peptidyl Plant Growth Factor, Phytosulfokine-α, on the Adventitious Bud Formation from Callus of Antirrhinum majus

Guangxiao YANG, Shihua SHEN, Toshihiro KOBAYASHI, Yoshikatsu MATSUBAYASHI Youji SAKAGAMI and Hiroshi KAMADA. . . . . . . 231 [PDF]

Short Communication

Effects of Macro- COmponents and Sucrose in the Medium on in vitro Red- Color Pigmentation in Dionaea muscipula Ellis and Drosera spathulata Labill.

Sayuri ICHIISHl, Toshiharu NAGAMITSU, Yusuke KONDO, Tsukasa IWASHINA. . . . . . . 235 [PDF]

Note

Somatic Embryogenesis and Plantlet Regeneration on Several Species of Licorice

Koji KAKUTANI, Kazuo OZAKI, Hitoshi WATANABE and Katsumi TOMODA. . . . . . . 239 [PDF]

Effect of Dimethylsulfoxide on in vitro Storage of Wasabi Meristems at Low Temperature

Toshikazu MATSUMOTO and Yoji NAKO. . . . . . . 243 [PDF]

Cytological and RAPD (Random Ampllfied Polymorphic DNA) Analyses of Somaclonal Variation in Easter Lily (Lilium longiflorum Thunb.)

AZIZ- PURWANTORO, Kanyarat SUPAIBULWATANA, Masahiro MII and Takato KOBA. . . . . . . 247 [PDF]