1. It's been a great trip

   • Donald K. Dougall

   BriefCommunication Pages: 424 - 426

2. Plant cryopreservation: Progress and prospects

   • Florent Engelmann

   OriginalPaper Pages: 427 - 433

3. Genetic engineering in conifer forestry: Technical and social considerations

   • Christian Walter

   OriginalPaper Pages: 434 - 441

4. Genetic transformation of perennial tropical fruits

   • Miguel A. Gómez-Lim
   • Richard E. Litz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 442 - 449

5. Recent advancement in research on photoautotrophic micropropagation using large culture vessels with forced ventilation

   • S. M. A. Zobayed
   • F. Afreen
   • T. Kozai

   OriginalPaper Pages: 450 - 458

6. Efficacy of different growth regulators at different stages of somatic embryogenesis Eryngium foetidumL.—A rare medicinal plant

   • K. P. Martin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 459 - 463

7. In vitro shoot regeneration from cotyledonary node explants of a multipurpose leguminous tree Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb.

   • Suresh Chand
   • Ajay Kumar Singh

   OriginalPaper Pages: 464 - 466

8. High-frequency plant regeneration by in vitro shoot proliferation in cotyledonary node explants of grasspea (Lathyrus sativus L.)

   • D. P. Barik
   • S. K. Naik
   • P. K. Chand

   OriginalPaper Pages: 467 - 470

9. Micropropagation of fig (Ficus carica L.) ‘Roxo de Valinhos’ plants

   • Chrystiane Borges Fráguas
   • Moacir Pasqual
   • Jairo Osvaldo Cazetta

   OriginalPaper Pages: 471 - 474

10. Efficient procedures for callus induction and adventitious shoot organogenesis in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) breeding lines

    • Chun-Lai Zhang
    • Dong-Fang Chen
    • Adrian Slater

    OriginalPaper Pages: 475 - 481

11. Micropropagation of Scabiosa caucasica Bieb. Cv. Caucasica blue

    • Takashi Hosoki
    • Sachie Nojima

    OriginalPaper Pages: 482 - 484

12. In vitro production of microtubers for conservation of potato germplasm: Effect of genotype, abscisic acid, and sucrose

    • J. Gopal
    • Anjali Chamail
    • Debabrata Sarkar

    OriginalPaper Pages: 485 - 490

13. Effects of salinity on growth and compatible solutes of callus induced from Populus euphratica

    • F. Zhang
    • Y. L. Yang
    • L. X. Zhang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 491 - 494

14. Effect of abscisic acid and stratification on somatic embryo maturation and germination of holm oak (Quercus ilex L.)

    • P. V. Mauri
    • J. A. Manzanera

    OriginalPaper Pages: 495 - 498

15. Ontogeny of in vitro rooting processes in Eucalyptus globulus

    • X. Calderón Baltierra
    • G. Montenegro
    • E. De García

    OriginalPaper Pages: 499 - 503

16. Development of a potent in vitro source of Phylanthus amarus roots with pronounced activity against surface antigen of the hepatitis B virus

    • Rajasri Bhattacharyya
    • Sabita Bhattacharya

    OriginalPaper Pages: 504 - 508

17. In vitro organogenesis of chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) cotyleodon explants: responses to growth regulators and developmental aspects

    • Alessio Giovannelli
    • Raffaello Giannini
    • Bruno Mori

    OriginalPaper Pages: 509 - 514

18. Inorganic nutrient manipulation for highly improved in vitro plant regeneration in finger millet—Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.

    • S. L. Kothari
    • Kalpana Agarwal
    • Satish Kumar

    OriginalPaper Pages: 515 - 519

19. Optimization of nutrient levels in the medium increases the efficiency of callus induction and plant regeneration in recalcitrant indian barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) in vitro

    • Mranali Chauhan
    • S. L. Kothari

    OriginalPaper Pages: 520 - 527

20. Asymbiotic germination of immature seeds, plantlet development and ex vitro establishment of plants of Dendrobium tosaense makino—A medicinally improrant orchid

    • Shu-Fung Lo
    • Satish Manohar Nalawade
    • Hsin-Sheng Tsay

    OriginalPaper Pages: 528 - 535

21. Photography as a tool of research and documentation in plant tissue culture

    • Victor Gaba
    • Danny Shavit
    • Krishnan Kathiravan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 536 - 541