Message from the president and the secretary of the IAPTC&B Indra K. VasilDavid W. Altman EditorialNotes Pages: 91 - 92
Special— Workshop: Alternative Markers for Plant Transformation Workshop Presentations from the 2000 World Congress on in vitro Biology Matthew A. BaileyHeidi F. Kaeppler Report Pages: 101 - 102
Mat (Multi-Auto-Transformation) vector system. The oncogenes of Agrobacterium as positive markers for regeneration and selection of marker-free transgenic plants H. EbinumaA. Komamine OriginalPaper Pages: 103 - 113
Plant selection principle based on xylose isomerase Anna HaldrupMichael NoerremarkFinn Thyge Okkels OriginalPaper Pages: 114 - 119
Routine utilization of green fluorescent protein as a visual selectable marker for cereal transformation Heidi F. KaepplerA. R. CarlsonG. K. Menon OriginalPaper Pages: 120 - 126
Phosphomannose isomerase: An efficient selectable marker for plant transformation Janet ReedLaubra PrivalleMartha Wright OriginalPaper Pages: 127 - 132
Microbial hazards in plant tissue and cell cultures C. LeifertA. C. Cassells OriginalPaper Pages: 133 - 138
Trials to create artificial nitrogen-fixing symbioses and associations using in vitro methods: An outlook Éva PreiningerIstván Gyurján OriginalPaper Pages: 139 - 148
Application of bioreactors for large-scale micropropagation systems of plants Kee-Yoeup PaekEun-Joo HahnSung-Ho Son OriginalPaper Pages: 149 - 157
RETRACTED ARTICLE: In vitro clonal propagation of annatto (Bixa oreliana L.) Marie-Claire D'SouzaMadhuri Sharon OriginalPaper 01 March 2001 Pages: 168 - 172
Micropropagation of Ceratopetalum gummiferum, an important Australian cut flower corp Gemma ArmstrongKrystyna Johnson OriginalPaper Pages: 173 - 177
Regeneration of plants from alginate-encapsulated somatic embryos of banana cv. Rasthali (Musa SPP. AAB Group) T. R. GanapathiL. SrinivasV. A. Bapat OriginalPaper Pages: 178 - 181
Tissue culture and plant regeneration of blue grama grass, Bouteloua gracilis (H.B.K.) Lag. Ex Steud Gerardo Armando Aguado-SantacruzJosé Luis Cabrera-PonceLuis Herrera-Estrella OriginalPaper Pages: 182 - 189
Quercus suber L. Somatic embryo germination and plant conversion: Pretreatments and germination conditions Gemma García-MartínM. Elena González-BenitoJ. A. Manzanera OriginalPaper Pages: 190 - 198
Somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration in Medicago arborea L. Piedad GallegoOscar HitaHilario Guerra OriginalPaper Pages: 199 - 203
Influence of agar and activated charcoal on uptake of gibberellin and plant morphogenesis In vitro Yassen Mohamed-Yasseen OriginalPaper Pages: 204 - 205
Effect of thidiazuron on adventitious shoot regeneration from seedling explants of Nothapodytes foetida S. R. ThenganeD. K. KulkarniK. V. Krishnamurthy OriginalPaper Pages: 206 - 210
Proteins related with embryogenic potential in callus and cell suspensions of sugarcane (Saccharum sp.) Maira OropezaAna Karina MarcanoEva De García OriginalPaper Pages: 211 - 216
Somaclonal variation in banana: Cytogenetic and molecular characterization of the somaclonal variant cien BTA-03 Carlos GiménezEva de GarcíaIsaac Blanca OriginalPaper Pages: 217 - 222
Micropropagation of Aerides maculosum lindl. (Orchidaceae) H. N. MurthyA. N. Pyati OriginalPaper Pages: 223 - 226
Establishment of genetic fidelity of In vitro-raised Lilium bulblets through rapd markers Anushri VarshneyM. LakshmikumaranVibha Dhawan OriginalPaper Pages: 227 - 231
In vitro plant regeneration in Holarrhena antidysenterica wall., through high-frequency axillary shoot prolieferation Sumita RahaSatyesh Chandra Roy OriginalPaper Pages: 232 - 236
Cost reduction in the micropropagation of banana by using tubular skylights as source for natural lighting Andrea KodymStefan HollenthonerFrancisco Javier Zapata-Arias OriginalPaper Pages: 237 - 242
An efficient in vitro shoot propagation of cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon ait.) by axillary bud proliferation Samir C. DebnathKenneth B. McRae OriginalPaper Pages: 243 - 249
Control of hyperhydricity in micropropagated apricot cultivars O. Pérez-TorneroJ. EgeaL. Burgos OriginalPaper Pages: 250 - 254
High-frequency shoot regeneration from cotyledon explants of watermelon cv. sugar baby Rakhi ChaturvediS. P. Bhatnagar OriginalPaper Pages: 255 - 258
Influence of plant preservative mixture (PPM)TM on adventitious organogenesis in melon, petunia, and tobacco Michael E. ComptonJennifer M. Koch OriginalPaper Pages: 259 - 261
Abscisic acid and osmotic induction of synchronous somatic embryo development of sweet potato Antonio C. TorresNicolas Mfe'e ZeDaniel J. Cantliffe OriginalPaper Pages: 262 - 267
The effects of glutamine of the maintenance of embryogenic cultures of Cryptomeria japonica Shinjiro OgitaHamako SasamotoTrevor A. Thorpe OriginalPaper Pages: 268 - 273
Efficient and simple plant regeneration via organogenesis from leaf segment cultures of persimmon (Diospyros kaki thunb.) J. Y. ChoiH. J. KimN. I. Hyung OriginalPaper Pages: 274 - 279
In vitro propagation of the medicinal plant Plumbago zeylanica L. Through nodal explants V. SelvakumarP. R. AnbuduraiT. Balakumar OriginalPaper Pages: 280 - 284
Changs in pyrimidine nucleotide biosynthesis during germination of white spruce (picea glauca) somatic embryos Claudio StasollaNatalia LoukaninaTrevor A. Thorpe OriginalPaper Pages: 285 - 292
Influence of exogenous hormones on growth and secondary metabolite production in hairy root cultures of Cichorium intybus L. CV. Lucknow local H.P. BaisG. SudhaG. A. Ravishankar OriginalPaper Pages: 293 - 299
In vitro assay for 2,4-D resistance in transgenic cotton Bao-Hong ZhangHong-Mei WangZheng-De Liu OriginalPaper Pages: 300 - 304
Thidiazuron-induced organogenesis and somatic embryogenesis in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) Chun-Lai ZhangDong-Fang ChenAdrian Slater OriginalPaper Pages: 305 - 310
Report on the Asia Pacific Conference on Plant Tissue Culture and Agribiotechnology held from 19 to 23 November 2000 in Singapore Richard Brettell Report Pages: 311 - 311