JOURNAL

Contents

Original Paper

Rapid Induction of Somatic Embryogenesis by 2,4-D in Leaf Base Cultures of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Mahalakshmi, A., J. P. Khurana and P. Khurana. . . . . . . 267 [PDF]

Somatic embryogenesis of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) using seed cuttings obtained from pre-mature fruit

Hassanein, A. M.. . . . . . . 275 [PDF]

An efficient and reproducible in vitro plant regeneration from leaf discs in pear cultivar (Pyrus spp.)

Hennayake, H. M. C. K., D. M. R. K. K. Dissanayake, N. Matsuda, T. Takasaki and T. Nakanishi. . . . . . . 283 [PDF]

Agrobacterium-mediated transformation and transgenic plant regeneration from embryogenic calli derived from an immature seed produced from miniature rose cultivar ‘Shortcake Times’

Asano, G. and S. Tanimoto. . . . . . . 291 [PDF]

Transformation of tomato with the melon 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase leads to increase of fruit size

Kobayashi, T., S. Kato-Emori, K. Tomita and H. Ezura. . . . . . . 297 [PDF]

A chimeric tunicamycin resistance gene as a new selectable marker for Arabidopsis thaliana

Koizumi, N.. . . . . . . 305 [PDF]

Short Communication

The occurrence of endopolyploid cells during seedling development of Allium fistulosum L.

Kudo, N., K. Ikeda, Y. Kimura and M. Mii. . . . . . . 311 [PDF]

Analyses of nine cDNAs for salt-inducible gene in the halophyte sea aster (Aster tripolium L.)

Takeda, M.,Y. Uno, M. Kanechi and N. Inagaki. . . . . . . 317 [PDF]

Partial genomic sequences of the S6-, S12-, S13-, S14-, S17-, S19-, and S21-RNase of apple and their allele designations

Matsumoto, S., Y. Furusawa, K. Kitahara and J. Soejima. . . . . . . 323 [PDF]

Stress enhances indole-3-butyric acid-induced rooting in Bupleurum falcatum L. (Saiko) root culture

Yokoyama, M., S. Yamaguchi and K. Kusakari. . . . . . . 331 [PDF]

Note

Genetic transformation of water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica)

Khamwan, K., A. Akaracharanya, S. Chareonpornwattana, Y.-E. Choi, T. Nakamura, Y. Yamaguchi, H. Sano and A. Shinmyo. . . . . . . 335 [PDF]

Alternation of the accumulation of alternative oxidase by introducing sense and antisense OsAOX1a in rice.

Abe, F. and K. Toriyama. . . . . . . 339 [PDF]

Optimum concentrations of benzyladenine and naphthaleneacetic acid for shoot cultures of potted carnations

Yamashita, A., T. Kinouchi and S. Satoh. . . . . . . 343 [PDF]

Cold storage of Atractylodes ovata shoot cultures and evaluation of the regenerated plants

Hiraoka, N., J-I. Chang and I. D. Bhatt. . . . . . . 347 [PDF]