Effect of root substrates and seed cover materials on the germination and growth of organic tomato transplants—Kurt O. Taylor, Muchha R. Reddy, Carl E. Niedziela Jr., Mary M. Peet and Godfrey Gayle  (USA)

Genetic transformation of cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) with synthetic  cry1F gene to impart resistant to diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) — H.M. Mahadeva Swamy, S.N. Nagesha, Prakash M. Navale, T.K.S. Gowda, R. Asokan and Riaz Mahmood (India)

Characterization and biostimulation of benzene biodegradation in the potting-mix  of indoor plants  —F.R. Torpy, P.J. Irga, D. Moldovan, J. Tarran and M.D. Burchett (Australia)

Grafting onto African eggplant enhances growth, yield and fruit quality of tomatoes  in tropical forest ecozones — G.O. Nkansah, A.K. Ahwireng, C. Amoatey and A.W. Ayarna (Ghana)

Post-tsunami collection of polyembryonic mango diversity from Andaman islands  and their ex situ reaction to high sodium in sodic soil —T. Damodaran, Shailendra Rajan, Ram Kumar, D.K. Sharma, V.K. Misra, S.K. Jha   and R.B. Rai (India)

Improvement of somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration of seven date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) cultivars: Effect of cytokinins and activated charcoal —Mona M. Hassan, Ibrahim A. Ibrahim, Mohsen K.H. Ebrahim and Ewald Komor (Egypt and Germany)

Growth and development response of Antirrhinum to plant growing media —Farhat Naz, Jalal-Ud-Din Baloch, M. Munir and A.A. Khakwani (Pakistan & UK)

Temperature effects on phenological development and yield of Snapmelon —S. Sarkar, A. Saha, P. Hazra and M. Pandit (India)

Effect of 1-methylcyclopropene on postharvest physiology and quality of  cut rose flowers —S. Muthu Kumar and V. Ponnuswami (India)

Studies on hybrid vigour in bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) for earliness, yield and quality characters —C. Thangamani and L. Pugalendhi (India)

Effect of different growth media on the growth and flowering of beefsteak  begonia (Begonia erythrophylla) — Henry A. Akintoye, Olusola O. AdeOluwa, Olukemi Y. Akinkunmi (Nigeria)

Studies on fungicide treatment of soil and seed tuber for control of potato black scurf (Rhizoctonia solani Khun) in Argentina —J.D. Mantecón (Argentina)

Effect of pruning and fruit thinning on yield and fruit weight of peach   (Prunus Persica (L) Batsch) cv. Shan-i-Punjab in sub-mountain zone of Punjab—An on-farm study —Gurteg Singh and Sat Pal Saini (India)