1. Message from the Editor-in-Chief

   • E. C. Pua

   EditorialNotes Pages: 127 - 127

2. Turning point article to root or not to root, that is the question: Reflections of a developmental plant physiologist

   • Trevor A. Thorpe

   OriginalPaper Pages: 128 - 142

3. In vitro propagation of some important chinese medicinal plants and their sustainable usage

   • Satish Manohar Nalawade
   • Hsin-Sheng Tsay

   OriginalPaper Pages: 143 - 154

4. Transgenic approaches to improve the nutritional quality of plant proteins

   • Samuel S. M. Sun
   • Qiaoquan Liu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 155 - 162

5. Tobacco by-2 cells: The present and beyond

   • Toshiyuki Nagata
   • Kenichi Sakamoto
   • Takashi Shimizu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 163 - 166

6. In vitro shoot regeneration from cotyledonary node explants of a multipurpose leguminous tree, Pterocarpus marsupium roxb

   • Suresh Chand
   • Ajay Kumar Singh

   OriginalPaper Pages: 167 - 170

7. In vitro propagation of Pluchea lanceolata, a medicinal plant, and effect of heavy metals and different aminopurines on quercetin content

   • Sanjeev Kumar
   • Alka Narula
   • P. S. Srivastava

   OriginalPaper Pages: 171 - 176

8. Somatic embryo initiation and germination in diploid cotton (Gossypium arboreum L.)

   • Hamidou F. Sakhanokho
   • Allan Zipf
   • Peng W. Chee

   OriginalPaper Pages: 177 - 181

9. Formation of embryogenic callus in hairy roots of pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo L.)

   • Biljana Balen
   • Dunja Leljak-Levanic
   • Sibila Jelaska

   OriginalPaper Pages: 182 - 187

10. Regeneration of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) from root explants

    • G. Franklin
    • C. J. Sheeba
    • G. Lakshmi Sita

    OriginalPaper Pages: 188 - 191

11. Direct shoot regeneration from leaf explants of Rosa damascena Mill.

    • Pratap Kumar Pati
    • Madhu Sharma
    • P. S. Ahuja

    OriginalPaper Pages: 192 - 195

12. Direct somatic embryogenesis induced from cotyledons of mango immature zygotic embryos

    • Jie-Ning Xiao
    • Xue-Lin Huang
    • Florent Engelmann

    OriginalPaper Pages: 196 - 199

13. Influence of triacontanol on somatic embryogenesis in Coffea arabica L. and Coffea canephora P. ex Fr.

    • P. Ciridhar
    • E. P. Indu
    • A. Chandrasekar

    OriginalPaper Pages: 200 - 203

14. Plant regeneration protocol of medicinally important Andrographis paniculata (Burm. F.) Wallich ex Nees via somatic embryogenesis

    • K. P. Martin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 204 - 209

15. Micropropagation of adult cherimoya (Annona cherimola Mill.) CV. Fino de Jete

    • I. M. G. Padilla
    • C. L. Encina

    OriginalPaper Pages: 210 - 214

16. Light quality influences adventitious shoot production from cotyledon explants of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.)

    • Denise C. Hunter
    • David J. Burritt

    OriginalPaper Pages: 215 - 220

17. Differential growth of some grapevine varieties in Syria in response to salt in vitro

    • Tarif Charbaji
    • Zouhair Ayyoubi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 221 - 224

18. Evaluating resistance of some rootstocks to grape phylloxera with in vitro and excised root testing systems

    • H. Makee
    • T. Charbaji
    • I. Idris

    OriginalPaper Pages: 225 - 229

19. Acetylsalicylic acid and ammonium-induced somatic embryogenesis and enhanced plumbagin production in suspension cultures of Plumbago rosea L.

    • P. Komaraiah
    • C. Jogeswar
    • P. B. Kavi Kishor

    OriginalPaper Pages: 230 - 234

20. Tiba inhibition of in vitro organogenesis in excised tobacco leaf explants

    • Harbinder S. Dhaliwal
    • Edward C. Yeung
    • Trevor A. Thorpe

    OriginalPaper Pages: 235 - 238

21. Cryopreservation by encapsulation-dehydration of ‘Christmas bush’ (Ceratopetalum gummiferum) shoot tips

    • M. A. Shatnawi
    • K. A. Johnson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 239 - 244