Contents
Review
Embryogenesis-related genes; Its expression and roles during somatic and zygotic embryogenesis in carrot and Arabidopsis
Miho Ikeda, Mikihisa Umehara, Hiroshi Kamada. . . . . . . 153 [PDF]
Original Papers
Flower pigment mutations induced by heavy ion beam irradiation in an interspecific hybrid of Torenia
Kiyoshi Miyazaki, Ken-ichi Suzuki, Kazunari Iwaki, Takaaki Kusumi, Tomoko Abe, Shigeo Yoshida, Hirokazu Fukui. . . . . . . 163 [PDF]
The Arabidopsis DREB1A gene driven by the stress-inducible rd29A promoter increases salt-stress tolerance in proportion to its copy number in tetrasomic tetraploid potato (Solanum tuberosum)
Babak Behnam, Akira Kikuchi, Fevziye Celebi-Toprak, Shinsuke Yamanaka, Mie Kasuga, Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki, Kazuo N. Watanabe. . . . . . . 169 [PDF]
Transgenic potatoes expressing wasabi defensin peptide confer partial resistance to gray mold (Botrytis cinerea)
Raham Sher Khan, Masahiro Nishihara, Saburo Yamamura, Ikuo Nakamura, Masahiro Mii. . . . . . . 179 [PDF]
Simultaneous expression of serine acetyltransferase and cysteine synthase results in enhanced sulfate uptake and increased biomass in Ipomaea aquatica
Jomkhwan Meerak, Ancharida Akaracharanya, Natchanan Leepipatpiboon, Supachitra Chadchawan, Pulla Kaothien-Nakayama, Atsuhiko Shinmyo, Hiroshi Sano. . . . . . . 185 [PDF]
Short Communication
Transgenic Phalaenopsis plants with resistance to Erwinia carotovora produced by introducing wasabi defensin gene using Agrobacterium method
Rinaldi Sjahril, Dong Poh Chin, Raham Sher Khan, Saburo Yamamura, Ikuo Nakamura, Yoshimiki Amemiya, Masahiro Mii. . . . . . . 191 [PDF]
Notes
Bioinformatics Note
MiBASE: A database of a miniature tomato cultivar Micro-Tom
Kentaro Yano, Manabu Watanabe, Naoki Yamamoto, Taneaki Tsugane, Koh Aoki, Nozomu Sakurai, Daisuke Shibata. . . . . . . 195 [PDF]
Gene Notes
Non-biased distribution of tomato genes with no counterparts in Arabidopsis thaliana in expression patterns during fruit maturation
Kentaro Yano, Taneaki Tsugane, Manabu Watanabe, Fumi Maeda, Koh Aoki, Daisuke Shibata. . . . . . . 199 [PDF]
A promoter analysis of the DcMYB1 gene that encodes the transcriptional activator of the stress-inducible DcPAL1 gene
Kazuhiro Maeda, Soichi Kimura, Wakana Noma, Yoshihiro Ozeki. . . . . . . 203 [PDF]
Isolation and characterization of a rice cDNA encoding B1-type cyclin-dependent kinase
Norihiro Sakaguchi, Tomoyuki Furukawa, Hiroaki Shimada, Junji Hashimoto, Kengo Sakaguchi, Masaaki Umeda. . . . . . . 211 [PDF]
Isolation and expression analysis of phosphate transporter genes from Eucalyptus camaldulensis
Takayoshi Koyama, Naoki Kato, Takashi Hibino, Tetsu Kawazu, Tetsuya Kimura, Kazuo Sakka. . . . . . . 215 [PDF]
Self-interaction of DcMYB1 proteins involved in stress-inducible DcPAL1 expression
Kazuhiro Maeda, Yoshihiro Ozeki. . . . . . . 219 [PDF]
Transgenic Notes
Broad range of herbicide tolerance of glutinous upland rice variety ‘Yumenohatamochi’ carrying human cytochrome P450 genes
Hiroyuki Kawahigashi, Sakiko Hirose, Hideo Ohkawa, Yasunobu Ohkawa. . . . . . . 227 [PDF]
Genetic transformation of Curcuma alismatifolia Gagnep. using retarded shoots
Supuk Mahadtanapuk, Nopmanee Topoonyanont, Takashi Handa, Mondhon Sanguansermsri, Somboon Anuntalabhochai. . . . . . . 233 [PDF]
Tissue Culture Note
Relationship between starch accumulation and organ development at the different growth stages of callus in Kihada (Phellodendron amurense Rupr.)
Md Ziaul Karim, Shinso Yokota, Mustafa Abul Kalam Azad, Junji Eizawa, Futoshi Ishiguri, Kazuya Iizuka, Shoji Yahara, Nobuo Yoshizawa. . . . . . . 239 [PDF]
Correction
Vol. 22 (No. 4) : 277-280 (2005). . . . . . . 247 [PDF]