Journal of Experimental Botany

Plant culture: thirteen seasonal pieces:

Nicholas H. Battey

September–ideas of nature
J. Exp. Bot. 2003 54: 2003-2006; doi:10.1093/jxb/erg239 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Perspectives in Experimental Botany:

Nathaniel J. Dominy, Peter W. Lucas, and S. Joseph Wright

Mechanics and chemistry of rain forest leaves: canopy and understorey compared
JXB Advance Access published on July 16, 2003
J. Exp. Bot. 2003 54: 2007-2014; doi:10.1093/jxb/erg224 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Vilagrosa, J. Bellot, V. R. Vallejo, and E. Gil-Pelegrín

Cavitation, stomatal conductance, and leaf dieback in seedlings of two co-occurring Mediterranean shrubs during an intense drought
JXB Advance Access published on July 28, 2003
J. Exp. Bot. 2003 54: 2015-2024; doi:10.1093/jxb/erg221 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cell and Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Physiology:

Edgar Moctezuma, David L. Smith, and Kenneth C. Gross

Antisense suppression of a ß-galactosidase gene (TB G6) in tomato increases fruit cracking
JXB Advance Access published on July 16, 2003
J. Exp. Bot. 2003 54: 2025-2033; doi:10.1093/jxb/erg214 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephen J. Halperin and Jonathan P. Lynch

Effects of salinity on cytosolic Na⁺ and K⁺ in root hairs of Arabidopsis thaliana: in vivo measurements using the fluorescent dyes SBFI and PBFI
J. Exp. Bot. 2003 54: 2035-2043; doi:10.1093/jxb/erg219 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cecilia N. K. Suda and Jarbas F. Giorgini

Multiple forms of endo-1,4-ß-glucanases in the endosperm of Euphorbia heterophylla L.
JXB Advance Access published on July 28, 2003
J. Exp. Bot. 2003 54: 2045-2052; doi:10.1093/jxb/erg229 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Isabelle Couchy, Susanne Bolte, Marie-Thérèse Crosnier, Spencer Brown, and Béatrice Satiat-Jeunemaitre

Identification and localization of a ß-COP-like protein involved in the morphodynamics of the plant Golgi apparatus
JXB Advance Access published on July 28, 2003
J. Exp. Bot. 2003 54: 2053-2063; doi:10.1093/jxb/erg230 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Grit Rothe, Akira Hachiya, Yasuyuki Yamada, Takashi Hashimoto, and Birgit Dräger

Alkaloids in plants and root cultures of Atropa belladonna overexpressing putrescine N-methyltransferase
JXB Advance Access published on July 28, 2003
J. Exp. Bot. 2003 54: 2065-2070; doi:10.1093/jxb/erg227 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Laura Pérez-Flores, Fernando Carrari, Reyna Osuna-Fernández, M. Verónica Rodríguez, Silvina Enciso, Roberto Stanelloni, Rodolfo A. Sánchez, Rubén Bottini, Norberto D. Iusem, and Roberto L. Benech-Arnold

Expression analysis of a GA 20-oxidase in embryos from two sorghum lines with contrasting dormancy: possible participation of this gene in the hormonal control of germination
JXB Advance Access published on July 28, 2003
J. Exp. Bot. 2003 54: 2071-2079; doi:10.1093/jxb/erg233 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Regulation of Growth, Development and Whole Organism Physiology:

Martin R. Broadley, Ido Seginer, Amanda Burns, Abraham J. Escobar-Gutiérrez, Ian G. Burns, and Philip J. White

The nitrogen and nitrate economy of butterhead lettuce (Lactuca sativa var. capitata L.)
JXB Advance Access published on July 28, 2003
J. Exp. Bot. 2003 54: 2081-2090; doi:10.1093/jxb/erg222 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. G. Thomas, M. J. M. Hay, and P. C. D. Newton

Relationships among shoot sinks for resources exported from nodal roots regulate branch development of distal non-rooted portions of Trifolium repens L.
JXB Advance Access published on July 28, 2003
J. Exp. Bot. 2003 54: 2091-2104; doi:10.1093/jxb/erg223 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Morio Iijima, Toshifumi Higuchi, Peter W. Barlow, and A. Glyn Bengough

Root cap removal increases root penetration resistance in maize (Zea mays L.)
JXB Advance Access published on July 28, 2003
J. Exp. Bot. 2003 54: 2105-2109; doi:10.1093/jxb/erg226 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John V. Sibole, Catalina Cabot, Charlotte Poschenrieder, and Juan Barceló

Efficient leaf ion partitioning, an overriding condition for abscisic acid-controlled stomatal and leaf growth responses to NaCl salinization in two legumes
J. Exp. Bot. 2003 54: 2111-2119; doi:10.1093/jxb/erg231 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. Guak, D. Neilsen, P. Millard, R. Wendler, and G. H. Neilsen

Determining the role of N remobilization for growth of apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) trees by measuring xylem-sap N flux
J. Exp. Bot. 2003 54: 2121-2131; doi:10.1093/jxb/erg228 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Melvin T. Tyree and Hervé Cochard

Vessel contents of leaves after excision: a test of the Scholander assumption
JXB Advance Access published on July 28, 2003
J. Exp. Bot. 2003 54: 2133-2139; doi:10.1093/jxb/erg237 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Plants and the Environment:

Lawrence D. Talbott, Eran Rahveh, and Eduardo Zeiger

Relative humidity is a key factor in the acclimation of the stomatal response to CO₂
JXB Advance Access published on July 16, 2003
J. Exp. Bot. 2003 54: 2141-2147; doi:10.1093/jxb/erg215 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Silvia B. Kikuta, Peter Hietz, and Hanno Richter

Vulnerability curves from conifer sapwood sections exposed over solutions with known water potentials
JXB Advance Access published on July 16, 2003
J. Exp. Bot. 2003 54: 2149-2155; doi:10.1093/jxb/erg216 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martha E. Cook and Judith G. Croxdale

Ultrastructure of potato tubers formed in microgravity under controlled environmental conditions
JXB Advance Access published on July 16, 2003
J. Exp. Bot. 2003 54: 2157-2164; doi:10.1093/jxb/erg218 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary data [Request Permissions]  

Li-Song Chen and Lailiang Cheng

Both xanthophyll cycle-dependent thermal dissipation and the antioxidant system are up-regulated in grape (Vitis labrusca L. cv. Concord) leaves in response to N limitation
JXB Advance Access published on July 28, 2003
J. Exp. Bot. 2003 54: 2165-2175; doi:10.1093/jxb/erg220 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jacques Trouverie, Claudine Thévenot, Jean-Paul Rocher, Bruno Sotta, and Jean-Louis Prioul

The role of abscisic acid in the response of a specific vacuolar invertase to water stress in the adult maize leaf
J. Exp. Bot. 2003 54: 2177-2186; doi:10.1093/jxb/erg234 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gene Notes:

Udaya C. Kalluri and Chandrashekhar P. Joshi

Isolation and characterization of a new, full-length cellulose synthase cDNA, PtrCesA5 from developing xylem of aspen trees
JXB Advance Access published on July 16, 2003
J. Exp. Bot. 2003 54: 2187-2188; doi:10.1093/jxb/erg232 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chang Run Li, Xiao Bo Zhang, and Choy Sin Hew

Cloning of a sucrose-phosphate synthase gene highly expressed in flowers from the tropical epiphytic orchid Oncidium Goldiana
JXB Advance Access published on July 28, 2003
J. Exp. Bot. 2003 54: 2189-2191; doi:10.1093/jxb/erg236 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chun-Gen Hu, Yu-Jin Hao, Chikako Honda, Masayuki Kita, and Takaya Moriguchi

Putative PIP1 genes isolated from apple: expression analyses during fruit development and under osmotic stress
JXB Advance Access published on July 28, 2003
J. Exp. Bot. 2003 54: 2193-2194; doi:10.1093/jxb/erg238 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Corrigenda:

Correction for Volume 54, p. 647
J. Exp. Bot. 2003 54: 2195; doi:10.1093/jxb/erg284 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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