1. Preface

   • Jeffrey O. Dawson
   • Claude Camiré
   • Mauric Lalonde

   EditorialNotes Pages: vii - viii

2. Studies of an effective strain ofFrankia fromAllocasuarina lehmanniana of the Casuarinaceae

   • Zhang Zhongze
   • John G. Torrey

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 16

3. In vitro production of specialized reproductive torulose hyphae byFrankia strain ORS 021001 isolated fromCasuarina junghuhniana root nodules

   • H. G. Diem
   • Y. R. Dommergues

   OriginalPaper Pages: 17 - 29

4. Characterization and infectivity of a spontaneous variant isolated fromFrankia sp. WEY 0131391

   • Willie L. Parson
   • Linda R. Robertson
   • Carolyn V. Carpenter

   OriginalPaper Pages: 31 - 42

5. Restriction pattern analysis of genomic DNA ofFrankia isolates

   • Chung Sun An
   • W. Stuart Riggsby
   • Beth C. Mullin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 43 - 48

6. Restriction enzyme digestion patterns ofFrankia plasmids

   • P. Simonet
   • P. Normand
   • M. Lalonde

   OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 60

7. Host range ofFrankia endophytes

   • Huang Jiabin
   • Zhao Zheying
   • Liu Huichang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 61 - 65

8. Preinfection events in the establishment of Alnus-Frankia symbiosis: Development of a spot inoculation technique

   • L. Vergnaud
   • A. Chaboud
   • M. Rougier

   OriginalPaper Pages: 67 - 78

9. Effect of juglone on growthin vitro ofFrankia isolates and nodulation ofAlnus glutinosa in soil

   • Christoph S. Vogel
   • Jeffrey O. Dawson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 79 - 89

10. Nitrogen fixation and respiration by root nodules ofAlnus rubra Bong.: Effects of temperature and oxygen concentration

    • Lawrence J. Winship
    • John D. Tjepkema

    OriginalPaper Pages: 91 - 107

11. Effect of spring flooding on endophyte differentiation, nitrogenase activity, root growth and shoot growth inMyrica gale

    • Christa R. Schwintzer

    OriginalPaper Pages: 109 - 124

12. Performance ofin vitro propagatedAlnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn. clones inoculated withFrankiae

    • L. Simon
    • A. Stein
    • M. Lalonde

    OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 133

13. Variation in response among threeAlnus spp. clones to progressive water stress

    • T. C. Hennessey
    • L. K. Bair
    • R. W. McNew

    OriginalPaper Pages: 135 - 141

14. In vitro propagation and nodulation byFrankia of actinorhizal Russian Olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia L.)

    • L. J. Bertrand
    • M. Lalonde

    OriginalPaper Pages: 143 - 152

15. Inoculation and production of container-grown red alder seedlings

    • Mark D. Stowers
    • Jane E. Smith

    OriginalPaper Pages: 153 - 160

16. Seed germination, seedling inoculation and establishment ofAlnus spp. in containers in greenhouse trials

    • Alison M. Berry
    • John G. Torrey

    OriginalPaper Pages: 161 - 173

17. Large scale inoculation of actinorhizal plants withFrankia

    • P. Périnet
    • J. G. Brouillette
    • M. Lalonde

    OriginalPaper Pages: 175 - 183

18. Biomass production by alders on four abandoned agricultural soils in Québec

    • G. Prégent
    • C. Camiré

    OriginalPaper Pages: 185 - 193

19. Nitrogen cycling in dense plantings of hybrid poplar and black alder

    • B. Côté
    • C. Camiré

    OriginalPaper Pages: 195 - 208