Contents of Biologia Plantarum
50 (4): 481–800, 2006
 

[Review] [Original papers] [Brief communications] [Book reviews]

Review

Transgenic plants with improved dehydration-stress tolerance: progress and future prospects 481-495
S. CHERIAN*, M.P. REDDY, R.B. FERREIRA
*Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica e Biologica (II), Oeiras-2781-901, Portugal
Original papers
Micropropagation of Coleus blumei from nodal segments and shoot tips. 496-500
G. RANI, D. TALWAR, A. NAGPAL*, G.S. VIRK
*Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar-143005, India
In vitro shoot bud differentiation and plantlet regeneration in Celastrus paniculatus Willd. 501-506
M.S. RAO, S.D. PUROHIT*
*Plant Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur-313001, India
In vitro culture of Gypsophila paniculata L. and random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis of the propagated plants 507-513
M.R. RADY
*Plant Biotechnology Department, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Division, National Research Centre,
El-Tahrir St., Dokki Giza, Cairo, Egypt
Genetic transformation of Rhamnus fallax and hairy roots as a source of anthraquinones 514-518
N. ROSIĆ*, I. MOMČILOVIĆ, N. KOVAČEVIĆ, D. GRUBIŠIĆ
*Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade, 11060 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro*
Identification of a novel elite genotype for in vitro culture and genetic transformation of cotton 519-524
S. JIN, X. ZHANG*, Y. NIE, X. GUO, S. LIANG, H. ZHU
*National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P.R. China
Agrobacterium rhizogenes-mediated transformation of Brassica oleracea var. sabauda and B. oleracea var. capitata 525-530
T. SRETENOVIĆ-RAJIČIĆ, S. NINKOVIĆ*, J. MILJUŠ-ĐUKIĆ, B. VINTERHALTER, D. VINTERHALTER
*Institute for Biological Research “S. Stanković”, Bulevar despota Stefana 142, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro**
Stability of RAPD fingerprints in potato: effect of source tissue and primers 531-536
S.K. CHAKRABARTI*, D. PATTANAYAK, D. SARKAR, V.P. CHIMOTE, P.S. NAIK
*Division of Crop Improvement, Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla-171001, Himachal Pradesh, India
Regulations of granule-bound starch synthase I gene expression in rice leaves by temperature and drought stress 537-541
S.J. WANG*, L.F. LIU, C.K. CHEN, L.W. CHEN
*Department of Agronomy, National Taiwan University, 1, Section 4, Taipei 106, Taiwan
Characterization of 5-enolpyruvylshikimate 3-phosphate synthase gene from Camptotheca acuminata 542-550
Y. GONG, Z. LIAO, M. CHEN, B. GUO, H. JIN, X. SUN, K. TANG*
*Shanghai Key Laboratory of Biotechnology, Plant Biotechnology Research Center, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200030, China*
Differential distribution of transcripts from genes involved in polyamine biosynthesis in bean plants 551-558
J.F. JIMÉNEZ-BREMONT*, E. HERNÁNDEZ-LUCERO, A.G. ALPUCHE-SOLÍS,
S. CASAS-FLORES, A.P. BARBA DE LA ROSA
*División de Biología Molecular, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, 78210 Tangamanga,
San Luis Potosí, SLP, México
Changes in nonpolar aldehydes in bean cotyledons during ageing 559-564
N. WILHELMOVÁ*, P.M.D.N. DOMINGUES, M. SRBOVÁ, H. FUKSOVÁ, J. WILHELM
*Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ-16000 Prague, Czech Republic
Morphological, histochemical and ultrastructural indicators of maize and barley leaf senescence 565-573
I. KOŁODZIEJEK, M. WAŁĘZA, A. MOSTOWSKA*
*Department of Plant Anatomy and Cytology, Institute of Experimental Biology of Plants, Warsaw University, PL-02096 Warsaw, Poland
Polyamine contents, ethylene synthesis, and BrACO2 expression during turnip germination 574-580
M.I. PUGA-HERMIDA, M. GALLARDO, M.C. RODRIGUEZ-GACIO, A.J. MATILLA*
*Lab. de Fisiología Vegetal, Facultade de Farmacia, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Changes in abscisic acid and flower pigments during floral senescence of petunia 581-585
A. FERRANTE*, P. VERNIERI, F. TOGNONI, G. SERRA
*Department of Crop Science, University of Milan, Milan, I-20133, Italy
Cyclic electron flow around photosystem 1 is required for adaptation to salt stress in wild soybean species Glycine cyrtoloba ACC547 586-590
Y. YANG, D.-A. JIANG*, H.-X. XU, C.-Q. YAN, S.-R. HAO
*State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310029, P.R. China
Effect of NaCl on biomass, protein and proline contents, and antioxidant enzymes in seedlings and calli of two Trigonella species 591-596
V. NIKNAM*, N. RAZAVI, H. EBRAHIMZADEH, B. SHARIFIZADEH
*Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran 14155, I.R. Iran
Effect of water stress on photosystem 2 in two wheat cultivars 597-602
W.-J. LIU, S. YUAN, N.-H. ZHANG, T. LEI, H.-G. DUAN, H.-G. LIANG, H.-H. LIN*
*Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment, Ministry of Education, College of Life Science, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, Sichuan, China
Water relations in Norway spruce trees growing at ambient and elevated CO2 concentrations 603-609
P. KUPPER*, A. SELLIN, Z. KLIMÁNKOVÁ, R. POKORNÝ, J. PUÉRTOLAS
*Institute of Botany and Ecology, University of Tartu, 51005 Tartu, Estonia
Water relations and photosynthesis in Cucumis sativus L. leaves under salt stress 610-616
P. STĘPIEŃ*, G. KŁOBUS
*Institute of Plant Biology, Department of Plant Physiology, University of Wroclaw, PL-50328 Wroclaw, Poland
Short-term effect of elevated CO2 concentration and high irradiance on the antioxidant enzymes in bean plants 617-623
M. LAMBREVA*, K. CHRISTOV, T. TSONEV
*Acad. M.Popov Institute of Plant Physiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, BG-1113, Bulgaria
Inhibition of photosynthetic processes in foliose lichens induced by temperature and osmotic stress 624-634
J. HÁJEK*, M. BARTÁK, J. DUBOVÁ
*Department of Plant Physiology and Anatomy, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, CZ-61137, Brno, Czech Republic
Response of alfalfa to putrescine treatment under drought stress 635-640
I.M. ZEID*, Z.A. SHEDEED
*Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Cairo 11792, Egypt
Effect of chilling on growth and nitrogen assimilation in Azolla caroliniana 641-646
E.M. MOSTAFA*, A.M.A. HASSAN
*Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, 21511 Alexandria, Egypt
Interactions between calcium and copper or cadmium in Norway spruce 647-652
A.H. ÖSTERĹS, M. GREGER*
*Department of Botany, Stockholm University, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Effect of nickel on antioxidative enzyme activities, proline and chlorophyll contents in wheat shoots 653-659
E. GAJEWSKA*, M. SKŁODOWSKA, M. SŁABA, J. MAZUR
*Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Łódź, Banacha 12/16, PL-90237 Łódź, Poland
Variability in sequence of Strawberry vein banding virus 660-666
D. HANZLIKOVÁ VAŠKOVÁ*, J. ŠPAK, K. PETRZIK
*Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, CZ-37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Protection of apple against fire blight induced by an hrpL mutant of Erwinia amylovora 667-674
M. FAIZE, M.N. BRISSET, C. PERINO, B. VIAN, M.A. BARNY, J.P. PAULIN, M. THARAUD*
*Unité Mixte de Recherche Pathologie Végétale 077, INRA, INH, Université d’Angers, F-49071 Beaucouzé Cedex, France
Peroxidase, catalase, amine oxidase and acid phosphatase activities in Pisum sativum during infection with Fusarium oxysporum and F. solani 675-682
L. LUHOVÁ, A. LEBEDA*, E. KUTROVÁ, D. HEDEREROVÁ, P. PEČ
*Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic
Generation of white mold disease-resistant sunflower plants expressing human lysozyme gene 683-687
W. SAWAHEL*, A. HAGRAN
*Microbial Genetics Department, National Research Center, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
Brief communications
Cadmium effects on growth and antioxidant enzymes activities in Miscanthus sinensis 688-692
F. SCEBBA, I. ARDUINI, L. ERCOLI, L. SEBASTIANI*
*Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
In vitro regeneration of Trifolium glomeratum 693-696
P. KAUSHAL*, A. TIWARI, A.K. ROY, D.R. MALAVIYA, B. KUMAR
*Crop Improvement Division, Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi-284003, India
Suppression of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase activity elicited in date palm by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. albedinis hyphal wall elicitor 697-700
C. EL MODAFAR*, E. EL BOUSTANI, B. RAHIOUI, A. EL MEZIANE, Z. EL ALAOUI-TALIBI
*Laboratory of Biotechnology and Molecular Phytopathology, Faculty of Sciences and Technology of Gueliz, 40 000 Marrakech, Morocco
Improved plant regeneration in Capsicum annuum L. from nodal segments 701-704
N. AHMAD, I. SIDDIQUE, M. ANIS*
*Plant Tissue Culture Laboratory, Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202002, India;
Sezione Coltivazioni Arboree, Università di Pisa, I-56124 Pisa, Italy
Gender-specific responses of Piper betle L. to low temperature stress: changes in chlorophyllase activity 705-708
N. KUMAR*, S. GUPTA, A.N. TRIPATHI
*Betel Vine Biotechnology Laboratory, NBRI, Lucknow-226001, India
Interactive effects of UV-B irradiation and triadimefon on nodulation and nitrogen metabolism in Vigna radiata plants 709-712
K. RAJENDIRAN, M.P. RAMANUJAM*
*Botany Laboratory, Centre for Post Graduate Studies, Pondicherry-605 008, India
Effects of silicon sources on its deposition, chlorophyll content, and disease and pest resistance in rice 713-716
S. RANGANATHAN, V. SUVARCHALA, Y.B.R.D. RAJESH, M. SRINIVASA PRASAD, A.P. PADMAKUMARI, S.R. VOLETI*
*Directorate of Rice Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500030, A.P., India
Influence of salinity and abscisic acid on the O2 uptake by N2-fixing nodules of common bean 717-721
M. JEBARA*, S. HARZALLI-JEBARA, H. PAYRÉ, M.E. AOUANI, J.J. DREVON
*Institut National de Recherche Scientifique et Technique, 2050 Hammam Lif, Tunisie
Effect of alginate matrix composition on regrowth of in vitro-derived encapsulated apical microcuttings of hybrid aspen 722-724
I. TSVETKOV*, L. JOUVE, J.-F. HAUSMAN
*Forest Research Institute, Tissue Culture Lab, BG-1756 Sofia, Bulgaria
Establishment of Camptotheca acuminata regeneration from leaf explants 725-728
H.-M. WANG, Y.-G. ZU*, W.-J. WANG, S.-X. WU, F.-L. DONG
*Key Laboratory of Forest Plant Ecology, the Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University, Hexing Road 26, Harbin 150040, China
Direct shoot organogenesis and plant regeneration in Fortunella crassifolia 729-732
L. YANG, C.-J. XU, G.-B. HU, K.-S. CHEN*
*The State Agriculture Ministry Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Growth, Development and Biotechnology, Huajiachi Campus, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, PR China*
Rapid micropropagation of mature wild cherry 733-736
J. ĎURKOVIČ
Department of Phytology, Technical University, SK-96053 Zvolen, Slovak Republic
Photosynthetic characteristics and growth of Mosla hangchowensis and M. dianthera under different irradiances 737-740
J.-X. LIAO, Y. GE, B.-H. GUAN, Y.-P. JIANG, J. CHANG*
*College of Life Science, the State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Zhejiang University, Xixi Campus, Hangzhou 310012, P.R. China
Efficient plant regeneration from shoot apices of sorghum 741-744
M. MAHESWARI*, N. JYOTHI LAKSHMI, S.K. YADAV, Y. VARALAXMI, A. VIJAYA LAKSHMI, M. VANAJA, B. VENKATESWARLU
*Division of Crop Sciences, Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Santosh Nagar, Hyderabad-500 059, Andhra Pradesh, India
Effect of salt stress on lipid peroxidation and superoxide dismutase and peroxidase activities of Lycopersicon esculentum and L. pennellii 745-748
H. KOCA, F. OZDEMIR, I. TURKAN*
*Department of Biology, Science Faculty, Ege University, Bornova 35100, Izmir, Turkey
The influence of ammoniates on 14CO2 assimilation in flax 749-751
V.I. CHIKOV*, G.G. BAKIROVA, S.N. BATASHEVA, A.A. SERGEEVA
*Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Kazan Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Kazan 420111, Russia
Effect of carbon dioxide on cell growth and saponin production in suspension cultures of Panax ginseng 752-754
N.T. THANH, H.N. MURTHY, D.M. PANDEY, K.W. YU, E.J. HAHN, K.Y. PAEK*
*Research Centre for the Development of Advanced Horticultural Technology, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju-361763, South Korea*
Identification of RAPD markers linked to the karnal bunt resistance genes in wheat 755-758
M. KUMAR*, O.P. LUTHRA, V. CHAWLA, L. CHAUDHARY, N. SAINI, A. POONIA, R. KUMAR, A.P. SINGH
*Department of Genetics, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125004, India
Protein profile in the transgenic kiwifruit overexpressing a transcription factor gene, OSH1 759-762
M. KITA*, C. HONDA, S. KOMATSU, S. KUSABA, Y. FUJII, T. MORIGUCHI
*National Institute of Fruit Tree Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8605, Japan
Proline accumulation in two bean cultivars under salt stress and the effect of polyamines and ornithine 763-766
J.F. JIMÉNEZ-BREMONT*, A. BECERRA-FLORA, E. HERNÁNDEZ-LUCERO, M. RODRÍGUEZ-KESSLER, J.A. ACOSTA-GALLEGOS, J.G. RAMÍREZ-PIMENTEL
*División de Biología Molecular, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, 78210 Tangamanga, San Luis Potosí, SLP, México
Shoot and root culture of Hypericum perforatum L. transformed with Agrobacterium rhizogenes A4M70GUS 767-770
B. VINTERHALTER*, S. NINKOVIĆ, A. CINGEL, D. VINTERHALTER
*Institute for Biological Research “S. Stanković”, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
Sucrose effects on in vitro fruiting and seed production of Centaurium pulchellum 771-774
S. TODOROVIĆ, D. GRUBIŠIĆ, Z. GIBA, D. MIŠIĆ, R. KONJEVIĆ*
Faculty of Biology, Institute of Botany, University of Belgrade, 11060 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
Nitric oxide treatment alleviates drought stress in wheat seedlings 775-778
X. TIAN, Y. LEI*
*Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, P.R. China
Response of the pear rootstock to boron and salinity in vitro 779-781
T.E. SOTIROPOULOS*, S. FOTOPOULOS, K.N. DIMASSI, V. TSIRAKOGLOU, I.N. THERIOS
*N.AG.RE.F., Pomology Institute, GR-59200 Naoussa, Greece
Effects of carbon sources and auxins on in vitro propagation of banana 782-784
P. MADHULATHA, S.I. KIRUBAKARAN, N. SAKTHIVEL*
*Department of Biotechnology, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry 605014, India
Comparison of induction frequency, maturation capacity and germination of Abies numidica during secondary somatic embryogenesis 785-788
B. VOOKOVÁ*, A. KORMUŤÁK
*Institute of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology, Slovak Academy of Science, SK-95007 Nitra, Slovak Republic
Thidiazuron induced somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration in Capsicum annuum 789-792
H. KHAN, I. SIDDIQUE, M. ANIS*
*Plant Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202002, India
Stress-induced changes in the free amino acid composition in transgenic soybean plants having increased proline content 793-796
L. SIMON-SARKADI*, G. KOCSY, Á. VÁRHEGYI, G. GALIBA, J.A. DE RONDE
*Department of Biochemistry and Food Technology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics,
H-1521 Budapest, Hungary
Book reviews
Merchant, S., Briggs, W.R., Chander, V.L. (ed.): Annual Review of Plant Biology. Volume 56 (2005). (Z. Šesták) 797
Campbell, A., Anderson, W.W., Jones, E.W. (ed.): Annual Review of Genetics. Volume 39. (T. Gichner) 797-798
Royo, C., Nachit, M.M., Di Fonzo, N., Araus, J.L., Pfeiffer, W.H., Slafer, G.A. (ed.): Durum Wheat Breeding. Current Approaches and Future Strategies. (M. Kubaláková) 798
Weising, K., Nybom, H., Wolf, K., Kahl, G.: DNA Fingerprinting in Plants. Principles, Methods and Applications. (P. Smýkal) 799
Kang, M.S. (ed.): Genetic and Production Innovations in Field Crop Technology: New Developments in Theory and Practice. (L. Nátr) 799-800
Darby, I.A., Hewitson, T.D. (ed.): In Situ Hybridization Protocols. (H. Plchová) 800

 
 

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