1. Looking toward the future of plant biology and the Journal of Plant Research

   • Kazuhiko Nishitani

   Editorial 23 December 2007 Pages: 1 - 2

   

2. Genome analysis and its significance in four unicellular algae, Cyanidioshyzon merolae, Ostreococcus tauri, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, and Thalassiosira pseudonana

   • Osami Misumi
   • Yamato Yoshida
   • Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa

   Invited Article 12 December 2007 Pages: 3 - 17

   

3. Phylogeny of Chinese Polystichum (Dryopteridaceae) based on chloroplast DNA sequence data (trnL-F and rps4-trnS)

   • Chun-xiang Li
   • Shu-gang Lu
   • David S. Barrington

   Regular Paper 14 November 2007 Pages: 19 - 26

   

4. Phylogenetic position of Oxygyne shinzatoi (Burmanniaceae) inferred from 18S rDNA sequences

   • Jun Yokoyama
   • Yayoi Koizumi
   • Hirokazu Tsukaya

   Regular Paper 20 December 2007 Pages: 27 - 32

   

5. Size-related flowering and fecundity in the tropical canopy tree species, Shorea acuminata (Dipterocarpaceae) during two consecutive general flowerings

   • Yoko Naito
   • Mamoru Kanzaki
   • Norwati Muhammad

   Regular Paper 18 October 2007 Pages: 33 - 42

   

6. Effect of soil moisture on leaf ecophysiology of Parasenecio yatabei, a summer-green herb in a cool–temperate forest understory in Japan

   • Hajime Tomimatsu
   • Yoshimichi Hori

   Regular Paper 01 December 2007 Pages: 43 - 53

   

7. Is competition between mesocarp cells of peach fruits affected by the percentage of wild species genome?

   • Bénédicte Quilot
   • Michel Génard

   Regular Paper 08 December 2007 Pages: 55 - 63

   

8. Breeding system of the annual Cruciferae, Arabidopsis kamchatica subsp. kawasakiana

   • Jiro Sugisaka
   • Hiroshi Kudoh

   Short Communication 03 November 2007 Pages: 65 - 68

9. Airborne sperm of Conocephalum conicum (Conocephalaceae)

   • Masaki Shimamura
   • Tomio Yamaguchi
   • Hironori Deguchi

   Short Communication 06 December 2007 Pages: 69 - 71

   

10. Thermogenesis and flowering biology of Colocasia gigantea, Araceae

    • Anton Ivancic
    • Olivier Roupsard
    • Vincent Lebot

    Regular Paper 06 December 2007 Pages: 73 - 82

    

11. Significance of exine shedding in Cupressaceae-type pollen

    • Tokushiro Takaso
    • John N. Owens

    Short Communication 06 December 2007 Pages: 83 - 85

    

12. Salt-induced plasticity of root hair development is caused by ion disequilibrium in Arabidopsis thaliana

    • Youning Wang
    • Wensheng Zhang
    • Xia Li

    Regular Paper 04 December 2007 Pages: 87 - 96

    

13. Blue light diminishes interaction of PAS/LOV proteins, putative blue light receptors in Arabidopsis thaliana, with their interacting partners

    • Yasunobu Ogura
    • Akihiro Komatsu
    • Tomohiro Kiyosue

    Regular Paper 03 November 2007 Pages: 97 - 105

    

14. p-Chlorophenoxyisobutyric acid impairs auxin response for gravity-regulated peg formation in cucumber (Cucumis sativus) seedlings

    • Minobu Shimizu
    • Yutaka Miyazawa
    • Hideyuki Takahashi

    Regular Paper 07 November 2007 Pages: 107 - 114

    

15. Effectiveness of phenoxyl radicals generated by peroxidase/H₂O₂-catalyzed oxidation of caffeate, ferulate, and p-coumarate in cooxidation of ascorbate and NADH

    • Vesna Hadži-Tašković Šukalović
    • Mirjana Vuletić
    • Sonja Veljović-Jovanović

    Regular Paper 11 December 2007 Pages: 115 - 123

    

16. Transient expression of AtNCED3 and AAO3 genes in guard cells causes stomatal closure in Vicia faba

    • Vanessa Melhorn
    • Kunimi Matsumi
    • Tomokazu Koshiba

    Short Communication 04 December 2007 Pages: 125 - 131

    

17. Flavonoids in the leaves of Oxalis corniculata and sequestration of the flavonoids in the wing scales of the pale grass blue butterfly, Pseudozizeeria maha

    • Hiroki Mizokami
    • Kaori Tomita-Yokotani
    • Kunijiro Yoshitama

    Short Communication 08 December 2007 Pages: 133 - 136