1. Greetings from the new Editor-in-Chief

   • Kouki Hikosaka

   Editorial 07 April 2017 Pages: 417 - 418

   

2. “Fusion” in fertilization: interdisciplinary collaboration among plant and animal scientists

   • Katsuyuki T. Yamato
   • Kazuyuki Kuchitsu

   JPR Symposium 10 April 2017 Pages: 419 - 421

3. Sexual reproduction and sex determination in green algae

   • Hiroyuki Sekimoto

   JPR Symposium 10 February 2017 Pages: 423 - 431

   

4. Dynamic reorganization of the endomembrane system during spermatogenesis in Marchantia polymorpha

   • Naoki Minamino
   • Takehiko Kanazawa
   • Takashi Ueda

   JPR Symposium 03 February 2017 Pages: 433 - 441

   

5. Phototaxis and chemotaxis of brown algal swarmers

   • Nana Kinoshita
   • Chikako Nagasato
   • Taizo Motomura

   JPR Symposium 07 March 2017 Pages: 443 - 453

   

6. The tailored sperm cell

   • Luis Alvarez

   JPR Symposium Open access 29 March 2017 Pages: 455 - 464

   

7. Inverse relationship of Ca²⁺-dependent flagellar response between animal sperm and prasinophyte algae

   • Kogiku Shiba
   • Kazuo Inaba

   JPR Symposium 19 April 2017 Pages: 465 - 473

   

8. Novel insights into the molecular mechanism of sperm–egg fusion via IZUMO1

   • Naokazu Inoue

   JPR Symposium 19 December 2016 Pages: 475 - 478

   

9. Exosomes versus microexosomes: Shared components but distinct functions

   • Kenji Miyado
   • Woojin Kang
   • Natsuko Kawano

   JPR Symposium 03 February 2017 Pages: 479 - 483

   

10. Development of polyspermic zygote and possible contribution of polyspermy to polyploid formation in angiosperms

    • Takashi Okamoto
    • Yukinosuke Ohnishi
    • Erika Toda

    JPR Symposium 08 March 2017 Pages: 485 - 490

    

11. Autophagy, programmed cell death and reactive oxygen species in sexual reproduction in plants

    • Takamitsu Kurusu
    • Kazuyuki Kuchitsu

    JPR Symposium 31 March 2017 Pages: 491 - 499

    

12. Importance of the green color, absorption gradient, and spectral absorption of chloroplasts for the radiative energy balance of leaves

    • Atsushi Kume

    Current Topics in Plant Research Open access 14 March 2017 Pages: 501 - 514

    

13. The influence of slope on Spartium junceum root system: morphological, anatomical and biomechanical adaptation

    • Fabio Lombardi
    • G. S. Scippa
    • D. Chiatante

    Regular Paper 15 March 2017 Pages: 515 - 525

    

14. Morphological analysis of vessel elements for systematic study of three Zingiberaceae tribes

    • Kathlyn Vasconcelos Gevú
    • Helena Regina Pinto Lima
    • Maura Da Cunha

    Regular Paper 02 March 2017 Pages: 527 - 538

    

15. A GLABRA1 ortholog on LG A9 controls trichome number in the Japanese leafy vegetables Mizuna and Mibuna (Brassica rapa L. subsp. nipposinica L. H. Bailey): evidence from QTL analysis

    • Yaichi Kawakatsu
    • Hokuto Nakayama
    • Seisuke Kimura

    Regular Paper 03 March 2017 Pages: 539 - 550

    

16. Reduced abscisic acid content is responsible for enhanced sucrose accumulation by potassium nutrition in vegetable soybean seeds

    • Bingjie Tu
    • Changkai Liu
    • Stephen J. Herbert

    Regular Paper 28 February 2017 Pages: 551 - 558

    

17. Biochemical response of hybrid black poplar tissue culture (Populus × canadensis) on water stress

    • B. M. Popović
    • D. Štajner
    • S. Orlović

    Regular Paper 27 February 2017 Pages: 559 - 570

    

18. Synthesis and degradation of long-chain base phosphates affect fumonisin B₁-induced cell death in Arabidopsis thaliana

    • Daiki Yanagawa
    • Toshiki Ishikawa
    • Hiroyuki Imai

    Regular Paper 16 March 2017 Pages: 571 - 585

    

19. CKB1 is involved in abscisic acid and gibberellic acid signaling to regulate stress responses in Arabidopsis thaliana

    • Congying Yuan
    • Jianping Ai
    • Xinhong Guo

    Regular Paper 24 March 2017 Pages: 587 - 598

    

20. Exogenous application of urea and a urease inhibitor improves drought stress tolerance in maize (Zea mays L.)

    • Wei Gou
    • Pufan Zheng
    • Muhammad Ashraf

    Regular Paper 21 March 2017 Pages: 599 - 609

    

21. Silicon alleviates salt and drought stress of Glycyrrhiza uralensis seedling by altering antioxidant metabolism and osmotic adjustment

    • Wenjin Zhang
    • Zhicai Xie
    • Xinhui Zhang

    Regular Paper 13 March 2017 Pages: 611 - 624