1. 8^th International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology, Adelaide, South Australia, August 20–25, 2006

   Announcements Pages: 313 - 329

2. Genomic analysis of MAP kinase cascades inArabidopsis defense responses

   • Marina Cvetkovska
   • Christof Rampitsch
   • Tim Xing

   Review Pages: 331 - 343

3. Plant molecular biology in China: Opportunities and challenges

   • Hongbo Shao
   • Liye Chu

   Site Specifics Pages: 345 - 358

4. The 2005 version of the chloroplast DNA sequence from tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)

   • Maki Yukawa
   • Takahiko Tsudzuki
   • Masahiro Sugiura

   Updates Pages: 359 - 365

5. The effect of replicate number and image analysis method on sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.] cDNA microarray results

   • C. E. McGregor
   • L. He
   • D. R. Labonte

   Commentary Pages: 367 - 381

6. Detection of plant genes, gene expression and viral RNA from tissue prints on FTA cards

   • Yvette Roy
   • Annette Nassuth

   Protocols Pages: 383 - 395

7. A recombination-based strategy for assembling open-reading frames

   • XiuHua Chen
   • Yong Tao
   • Wen-Yuan Song

   Protocols Pages: 397 - 403

8. A trichloroacetic acid-acetone method greatly reduces infrared autofluorescence of protein extracts from plant tissue

   • Randall W. Shultz
   • Sharon B. Settlage
   • William F. Thompson

   Protocols Pages: 405 - 409

9. TransgenicLycium barbarum L. Established as HIV capsid protein expression system

   • Guo-Li Du
   • Chang-Zheng Song
   • Dan-Ru Liu

   Protocols Pages: 411 - 416

10. Isolation and PCR amplification of genomic DNA from dried capsules of cardamon (Elettaria cardamomum M.)

    • S. Syamkumar
    • Mrudula Jose
    • B. Sasikumar

    Publish by Abstract Pages: 417 - 417

11. An efficient protocol for transient transformation of intact fruit and transgene expression inCitrus

    • Munawar Ahmad
    • Bushra Mirza

    Publish by Abstract Pages: 419 - 420

12. Isolation of high-quality RNA from high-phenolic tissues of eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) by keeping temperature low

    • Abbas Alemzadeh
    • Makoto Fujie
    • Takashi Yamada

    Publish by Abstract Pages: 421 - 421

13. Web searching for information about meetings

    Schedule of Events Pages: 423 - 423

14. Meetings

    Schedule of Events Pages: 425 - 431

15. International Society for Plant Molecular Biology 2006 order form for print version of the plant molecular biology reporter

    Announcement Pages: 433 - 433

16. Advertising rates inPlant molecular biology reporter, 2006

    Announcement Pages: 434 - 434