1. Society News

   News Pages: vii - xi

2. Calendar of events

   • Orio Ciferria
   • Desh Pal S. Verma

   Events Pages: xiii - xiii

3. The molecular characterization of geminiviruses

   • Sondra G. Lazarowitz

   Reviews/Genetic Resources Pages: 177 - 192

4. Mechanisms of maternal inheritance of plastids and mitochondria: Developmental and ultrastructural evidence

   • Marie B. Connett

   Genetic Resources Pages: 193 - 205

5. An efficient protocol for the isolation and purification of chloroplast DNA from moss gametophyte tissues

   • Patrick J. Calie
   • Karen Woodbury Hughes

   Experimental Protocols Pages: 206 - 212

6. A miniscale method for the simultaneous isolation of chloroplast and mitochondrial DNA from tobacco, French bean and rapeseed

   • Louis Charbonnier
   • Catherine Primard
   • Yves Chupeau

   Experimental Protocols Pages: 213 - 218

7. A rapid method for the quantitative assessment of levels of specific mRNAS in plants

   • Andy Prescott
   • Cathie Martin

   Experimental Protocols Pages: 219 - 224