JOURNAL

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Original Paper

Iridoid biosynthesis: 7-Deoxyloganetic acid 1-O-Glucosyltransferase in cultured Lonicera Japonica cells.

Yamamoto, H., M. Sha, Y. Kitamura, M. Yamaguchi, N. Katano and K. Inoue. . . . . . . 295 [PDF]

Reproduction of Sedum drymarioides, an endangered rare species, by micropropagation

Kitamura, Y., K. Kubo, L. ur Rahman and T. Ikenaga. . . . . . . 303 [PDF]

Ectopic expression of an oat thionin gene in carnation plants confers enhanced resistance to bacterial wilt disease

Shirasawa-Seo, N., S. Nakamura, N. Ukai, R. Honkura, T. Iwai and Y. Ohashi. . . . . . . 311 [PDF]

Development of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of pear (Pyrus communis L.) with cotyledon explants and production of transgenic pears using ACC oxidese cDNA

Gao, M., H. Murayama, N. Matsuda, K. Isuzugawa, A. M. Dandekar and H. Nakano. . . . . . . 319 [PDF]

High frequency of polyploidization in regenerated plants of Kalanchoe blossfeldiana cultivar ‘Tetra Vulcan’

Aida, R. and M. Shibata. . . . . . . 329 [PDF]

An efficient transformation system in chrysanthemum [Dendranthema × grandiflorum (Ramat.) Kitamura] for stable and non-chimeric expression of foreign genes.

Shinoyama, H., T. Kazuma, M. Komano, Y. Nomura and T. Tsuchiya. . . . . . . 335 [PDF]

Molecular and cytogenetic characterization of triploid somatic hybrids between ‘Shogun’ mandarin and grapefruit.

Kunitake, H., K. Nagasawa, K. Takami and H. Komatsu. . . . . . . 345 [PDF]

A simple bioreactor system for production of storage organs of Chinese yam (Dioscorea opposita Thumb.).

Akita, M. and Y. Ohta. . . . . . . 353 [PDF]

Hydrolysable tannin production in Oenothera tetraptera shoot tissue cultures

Taniguchi, S., Y. Imayoshi, T. Hatano, K. Yazaki and T. Yoshida. . . . . . . 357 [PDF]

Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Oenanthe javanica (Blume) DC. plants.

Endo, R., N. Shirasawa-Seo, Y. Adachi and K. Kanahama. . . . . . . 365 [PDF]

Variation in betalain content and factors affecting the biosynthesis in Portulaca sp. ‘Jewel’ cell cultures

Bhuiyan, Md. N. H., K. Murakami and T. Adachi. . . . . . . 369 [PDF]

Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of Delphinium spp.

Hirose, Y., R. Aida and M. Shibata. . . . . . . 377 [PDF]

Somatic embryo formation and plant regeneration in ‘Zaoh’ line No.2 of Japanese Angelica tree (Aralia elata seem.)

Amemiya, K. and T. Mochizuki. . . . . . . 383 [PDF]

Somatic hybrids between Lycopersicon esculentum and Lycopersicon chmielewskii

Chen, L., K. Murai, M. Inoue, Y. Kaneko, Y. Sato and T. Adachi. . . . . . . 389 [PDF]

Modification of limonoid metabolism in suspension cell culture of Citrus

Endo, T., M. Kita, T. Shimada, T. Moriguchi, T. Hidaka, R. Matsumoto, S. Hasegawa and M. Omura. . . . . . . 397 [PDF]