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From the Current Issue: December 2009; 104 (7) [Table of Contents]

Vincent Merckx, Martin I. Bidartondo, and Nicole A. Hynson
Myco-heterotrophy: when fungi host plants
Ann Bot 104: 1255-1261. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

From Past Issues:

Felix Forest
Calibrating the Tree of Life: fossils, molecules and evolutionary timescales
Ann Bot 104: 789-794. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Roswitha Schroder, Ross G. Atkinson, and Robert J. Redgwell
Re-interpreting the role of endo-β-mannanases as mannan endotransglycosylase/hydrolases in the plant cell wall
Ann Bot 104: 197-204. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Maureen Hummel, Fatima Rahmani, Sjef Smeekens, and Johannes Hanson
Sucrose-mediated translational control
Ann Bot 104: 1-7. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Burkhard Becker and Birger Marin
Streptophyte algae and the origin of embryophytes
Ann Bot 103: 999-1004. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Shin-nosuke Hashida, Hideyuki Takahashi, and Hirofumi Uchimiya
The role of NAD biosynthesis in plant development and stress responses
Ann Bot 103: 819-824. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tracy Punshon, Mary Lou Guerinot, and Antonio Lanzirotti
Using synchrotron X-ray fluorescence microprobes in the study of metal homeostasis in plants
Ann Bot 103: 665-672. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ewa J. Mellerowicz, Peter Immerzeel, and Takahisa Hayashi
Xyloglucan: The Molecular Muscle of Trees
Ann Bot 102: 659-665. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Donatella Serafini-Fracassini and Stefano Del Duca
Transglutaminases: Widespread Cross-linking Enzymes in Plants
Ann Bot 102: 145-152. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

U. Kutschera
The Growing Outer Epidermal Wall: Design and Physiological Role of a Composite Structure
Ann Bot 101: 615-621. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Anthony J. Miller and Susan J. Smith
Cytosolic Nitrate Ion Homeostasis: Could it Have a Role in Sensing Nitrogen Status?
Ann Bot 101: 485-489. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Xiao-Fang Wang and Da-Peng Zhang
Abscisic Acid Receptors: Multiple Signal-perception Sites
Ann Bot 101: 311-317. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Norbert Uehlein and Ralf Kaldenhoff
Aquaporins and Plant Leaf Movements
Ann Bot 101: 1-4. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Heather A. Currie and Carole C. Perry
Silica in Plants: Biological, Biochemical and Chemical Studies
Ann Bot 100: 1383-1389. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jorg D. Becker and Jose A. Feijo
How Many Genes are Needed to Make a Pollen Tube? Lessons from Transcriptomics
Ann Bot 100: 1117-1123. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Douglas E. Soltis, Andre S. Chanderbali, Sangtae Kim, Matyas Buzgo, and Pamela S. Soltis
The ABC Model and its Applicability to Basal Angiosperms
Ann Bot 100: 155-163. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Alexander Grabov
Plant KT/KUP/HAK Potassium Transporters: Single Family – Multiple Functions
Ann Bot 99: 1035-1041. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

John P. Moore, George G. Lindsey, Jill M. Farrant, and Wolf F. Brandt
An Overview of the Biology of the Desiccation-tolerant Resurrection Plant Myrothamnus flabellifolia
Ann Bot 99: 211-217. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Seth Debolt, Vanessa Melino, and Christopher M. Ford
Ascorbate as a Biosynthetic Precursor in Plants
Ann Bot 99: 3-8. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

RICHARD IAN MILNE
Northern Hemisphere Plant Disjunctions: A Window on Tertiary Land Bridges and Climate Change?
Ann Bot 98: 465-472. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

WANDA M. WATERWORTH and CLIFFORD M. BRAY
Enigma Variations for Peptides and Their Transporters in Higher Plants
Ann Bot 98: 1-8. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

KOHKI AKIYAMA and HIDEO HAYASHI
Strigolactones: Chemical Signals for Fungal Symbionts and Parasitic Weeds in Plant Roots
Ann Bot 97: 925-931. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

HILARY J. ROGERS
Programmed Cell Death in Floral Organs: How and Why do Flowers Die?
Ann Bot 97: 309-315. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ROBYN M. PERRIN, LI-SEN YOUNG, U.M. NARAYANA MURTHY, BENJAMIN R. HARRISON, YAN WANG, JESSICA L. WILL, and PATRICK H. MASSON
Gravity Signal Transduction in Primary Roots
Ann Bot 96: 737-743. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DAVID J. BEERLING
Leaf Evolution: Gases, Genes and Geochemistry
Ann Bot 96: 345-352. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

KEARA A. FRANKLIN and GARRY C. WHITELAM
Phytochromes and Shade-avoidance Responses in Plants
Ann Bot 96: 169-175. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CHRISTOPH PLIETH
Calcium: Just Another Regulator in the Machinery of Life?
Ann Bot 96: 1-8. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

LUKAS SCHREIBER
Polar Paths of Diffusion across Plant Cuticles: New Evidence for an Old Hypothesis
Ann Bot 95: 1069-1073. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ACHIM WALTER and ULRICH SCHURR
Dynamics of Leaf and Root Growth: Endogenous Control versus Environmental Impact
Ann Bot 95: 891-900. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

MICHAEL A. AYLIFFE and EVANS S. LAGUDAH
Molecular Genetics of Disease Resistance in Cereals
Ann Bot 94: 765-773. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

JOHN P. HAMMOND, MARTIN R. BROADLEY, and PHILIP J. WHITE
Genetic Responses to Phosphorus Deficiency
Ann Bot 94: 323-332. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

MICHAEL J. HUTCHINGS and ELIZABETH A. JOHN
The Effects of Environmental Heterogeneity on Root Growth and Root/Shoot Partitioning
Ann Bot 94: 1-8. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

FRANK EWERT
Modelling Plant Responses to Elevated CO2: How Important is Leaf Area Index?
Ann Bot 93: 619-627. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

RICHARD NAPIER
Plant Hormone Binding Sites
Ann Bot 93: 227-233. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

G. J. WAGNER, E. WANG, and R. W. SHEPHERD
New Approaches for Studying and Exploiting an Old Protuberance, the Plant Trichome
Ann Bot 93: 3-11. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

SARAH E. PARK, LAURENCE R. BENJAMIN, and ANDREW R. WATKINSON
The Theory and Application of Plant Competition Models: an Agronomic Perspective
Ann Bot 92: 741-748. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

SERGEY SHABALA
Regulation of Potassium Transport in Leaves: from Molecular to Tissue Level
Ann Bot 92: 627-634. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ALESSANDRA DEVOTO and JOHN G. TURNER
Regulation of Jasmonate-mediated Plant Responses in Arabidopsis
Ann Bot 92: 329-337. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

SONIA GAZZARRINI and PETER MCCOURT
Cross-talk in Plant Hormone Signalling: What Arabidopsis Mutants Are Telling Us
Ann Bot 91: 605-612. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

GAIL TAYLOR
Populus: Arabidopsis for Forestry. Do We Need a Model Tree?
Ann Bot 90: 681-689. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ROMOLA DAVENPORT
Glutamate Receptors in Plants
Ann Bot 90: 549-557. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

NORI KURATA, KEN-ICHI NONOMURA, and YOSHIAKI HARUSHIMA
Rice Genome Organization: the Centromere and Genome Interactions
Ann Bot 90: 427-435. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

WIELAND FRICKE
Biophysical Limitation of Cell Elongation in Cereal Leaves
Ann Bot 90: 157-167. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

MARTIN HEIL and RICHARD M. BOSTOCK
Induced Systemic Resistance (ISR) Against Pathogens in the Context of Induced Plant Defences
Ann Bot 89: 503-512. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

RUPERT G. FRAY
Altering Plant–Microbe Interaction Through Artificially Manipulating Bacterial Quorum Sensing
Ann Bot 89: 245-253. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CATHERINE FEUILLET and BEAT KELLER
Comparative Genomics in the Grass Family: Molecular Characterization of Grass Genome Structure and Evolution
Ann Bot 89: 3-10. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Carl K.-Y. Ng and Alistair M. Hetherington
Sphingolipid-mediated Signalling in Plants
Ann Bot 88: 957-965. [Abstract] [PDF]

Elena Loreti, Luigi De Bellis, Amedeo Alpi, and Pierdomenico Perata
Why and How Do Plant Cells Sense Sugars?
Ann Bot 88: 803-812. [Abstract] [PDF]

A. J. Richards
Does Low Biodiversity Resulting from Modern Agricultural Practice Affect Crop Pollination and Yield?
Ann Bot 88: 165-172. [Abstract] [PDF]

Julia Foreman and Liam Dolan
Root Hairs as a Model System for Studying Plant Cell Growth
Ann Bot 88: 1-7. [Abstract] [PDF]

Giles E.D. Oldroyd
Dissecting Symbiosis: Developments in Nod Factor Signal Transduction
Ann Bot 87: 709-718. [Abstract] [PDF]

Roger S. Pearce
Plant Freezing and Damage
Ann Bot 87: 417-424. [Abstract] [PDF]

Peter W. Lucas, Ian M. Turner, Nathaniel J. Dominy, and Nayuta Yamashita
Mechanical Defences to Herbivory
Ann Bot 86: 913-920. [Abstract] [PDF]

Bala Rathinasabapathi
Metabolic Engineering for Stress Tolerance: Installing Osmoprotectant Synthesis Pathways
Ann Bot 86: 709-716. [Abstract] [PDF]

Vladimir Khripach, Vladimir Zhabinskii, and Aede de Groot
Twenty Years of Brassinosteroids: Steroidal Plant Hormones Warrant Better Crops for the XXI Century
Ann Bot 86: 441-447. [Abstract] [PDF]

Charles Ainsworth
Boys and Girls Come Out to Play: The Molecular Biology of Dioecious Plants
Ann Bot 86: 211-221. [Abstract] [PDF]

PETER SCOTT
Resurrection Plants and the Secrets of Eternal Leaf
Ann Bot 85: 159-166. [Abstract] [PDF]

JIM M. DUNWELL
Transgenic Crops: The Next Generation, or an Example of 2020 Vision
Ann Bot 84: 269-277. [Abstract] [PDF]

FRANS J. M. MAATHUIS and ANNA AMTMANN
K+Nutrition and Na+Toxicity: The Basis of Cellular K+/Na+Ratios
Ann Bot 84: 123-133. [Abstract] [PDF]

ADRIAN K. CLARKE
ATP-dependent Clp Proteases in Photosynthetic Organisms— A Cut Above the Rest!
Ann Bot 83: 593-599. [Abstract] [PDF]

I. WINICOV
New Molecular Approaches to Improving Salt Tolerance in Crop Plants
Ann Bot 82: 703-710. [Abstract] [PDF]

BRIGITTE MAUCH-MANI and JEAN-PIERRE METRAUX
Salicylic Acid and Systemic Acquired Resistance to Pathogen Attack
Ann Bot 82: 535-540. [Abstract] [PDF]

JOHN OGDEN, LES BASHER, and MATT McGLONE
BOTANICAL BRIEFING Fire, Forest Regeneration and Links with Early Human Habitation: Evidence from New Zealand
Ann Bot 81: 687-696. [Abstract] [PDF]

ANDREW J. MILLAR
Molecular Intrigue Between Phototransduction and the Circadian Clock
Ann Bot 81: 581-587. [Abstract] [PDF]

J. E. CRESSWELL
Stabilizing Selection and the Structural Variability of Flowers within Species
Ann Bot 81: 463-473. [Abstract] [PDF]

JOHN H. M. THORNLEY
Modelling Shoot[ratio]Root Relations: the Only Way Forward?
Ann Bot 81: 165-171. [Abstract] [PDF]

FRIEDRICH KRAGLER, WILLIAM J. LUCAS, and JAN MONZER
Plasmodesmata: Dynamics, Domains and Patterning
Ann Bot 81: 1-10. [Abstract] [PDF]

MICHELE C. HEATH
Signalling between Pathogenic Rust Fungi and Resistant or Susceptible Host Plants
Ann Bot 80: 713-720. [Abstract] [PDF]

NICHOLAS SMIRNOFF
BOTANICAL BRIEFING: The Function and Metabolism of Ascorbic Acid in Plants
Ann Bot 78: 661-669. [Abstract] [PDF]

C. J. ANDREWS
How Do Plants Survive Ice?
Ann Bot 78: 529-536. [Abstract] [PDF]

ORIT SHAUL, MARC VAN MONTAGU, and DIRK INZE
Cell Cycle Control in Arabidopsis
Ann Bot 78: 283-288. [Abstract] [PDF]