Discovery of gynoecium color polymorphism 1 sm in an aquatic plant Received ：1-Apr-2008          Accepted ：8-May-2008 Author ：Shuang-Quan Huang and Xiao-Xin Tang
	Location of caspase 3-like protease in the development of sieve element and tracheary element of stem in Cucurbita moschata Received ：24-Jan-2008          Accepted ：4-May-2008 Author ：Xia Hao, Jie Qian, Shan Xu, Xin Song and Jian Zhu
	Isolation and characterization of Ty1-copia and Ty3-gypsy retrotransposons in apple（Malus domestica） Received ：23-Mar-2008          Accepted ：23-Apr-2008 Author ：Hai-Yue Sun, Hong-Yan Dai, Gui-Ling Zhao, Yue Ma, Chun-Qing Ou, He Li, Lin-Guang Li, Zhi-Hong Zhang
	Sexual reproduction in higher plants I: fertilization and the initiation of zygotic program Received ：16-Apr-2008          Accepted ：23-Apr-2008 Author ：Yong-Feng Fan, Li Jiang, Hua-Qin Gong and Chun-Ming Liu
	Floristics and plant biogeography in China Received ：11-Apr-2008          Accepted ：23-Apr-2008 Author ：De-Zhu Li
	Genetic basis of ethylene perception and signal transduction in Arabidopsis Received ：16-Apr-2008          Accepted ：22-Apr-2008 Author ：Ziqiang Zhu and Hongwei Guo
	Membrane transporters for nitrogen, phosphate and potassium uptake in plants Received ：15-Apr-2008          Accepted ：20-Apr-2008 Author ：Yi-Fang Chen, Yi Wang and Wei-Hua Wu
	Histone deacetylase and their function in plant development Received ：16-Apr-2008          Accepted ：20-Apr-2008 Author ：Courtney Hollender and Zhongchi Liu
	Monoclonal antibody-based Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay for the analysis of jasmonates in plants Received ：10-Apr-2008          Accepted ：20-Apr-2008 Author ：Aixing Deng, Weiming Tan, Suping He, Wei Liu, Tiegui Nan1, Zhaohu Li, Baomin Wang and Qing X. Li
	The signaling components involved in plant responses to phosphate starvation Received ：17-Apr-2008          Accepted ：19-Apr-2008 Author ：Hui Yuan and Dong Liu
	Carotenoid metabolism: the biosynthesis, regulation, and beyond Received ：10-Apr-2008          Accepted ：18-Apr-2008 Author ：Shan Lu and Li Li
	Gamete recognition in higher plants: an abstruse but charming mystery Received ：13-Apr-2008          Accepted ：18-Apr-2008 Author ：Xiong-Bo Peng and Meng-Xiang Sun
	ALC-INTERACTING PROTEIN1, encoding a novel nuclear protein, is Received ：14-Apr-2008          Accepted ：18-Apr-2008 Author ：Fang Wang, Dong-Qiao Shi, Jie Liu and Wei-Cai Yang
	Cell fate switch during in vitro plant organogenesis Received ：10-Apr-2008          Accepted ：16-Apr-2008 Author ：Xiang Yu Zhao, Ying Hua Su, Zhi Juan Cheng and Xian Sheng Zhang
	An evolutionarily conserved DELLA-mediated gibberellin signaling in plants Received ：15-Apr-2008          Accepted ：16-Apr-2008 Author ：Xiu-Hua Gao, Xian-Zhong Huang, Sen-Lin Xiao and Xiang-Dong Fu
	Perspectives in biological nitrogen fixation research Received ：29-Mar-2008          Accepted ：16-Apr-2008 Author ：Qi Cheng
	Signalling in plant disease resistance and symbiosis Received ：10-Apr-2008          Accepted ：16-Apr-2008 Author ：Songzi Zhao and Xiaoquan Qi
	Subcellular localizations of the Arabidopsis proteins AS1 and AS2 suggest that they play both common and distinct roles in plant development Received ：7-Apr-2008          Accepted ：14-Apr-2008 Author ：Yan Zhu, Ziyu Li, Ben Xu, Hongda Li, Lingjian Wang, Aiwu Dong and Hai Huang
	SAD2 is required for trichome initiation in Arabidopsis by mediating GL3 function and regulating GL1, TTG1, and GL2 expression Received ：7-Apr-2008          Accepted ：9-Apr-2008 Author ：Ying Gao, Ximing Gong, Wanhong Cao, Jinfeng Zhao, Liqin Fu, Xuechen Wang, Karen S. Schumaker and Yan Guo
	The alterations in anatomical and chemical characteristics rather than the changes in photosynthetic dynamics and apoplastic transport were involved in brittleness culm mutation of rice Received ：21-Mar-2008          Accepted ：8-Apr-2008 Author ：Zhuang-Qin Duan, Jun-Min Wang, Lei Bai, Zhi-Guang Zhao and Kun-Ming Chen
	QTL x environment interactions on agronomic and nitrogen acquisition traits in a doubled haploid rice population under diverse nitrogen regimes Received ：1-Feb-2008          Accepted ：27-Mar-2008 Author ：S Senthilvel, K K Vinod, P Malarvizhi and Marappa Maheswaran
	Effect of salicylic acid on salinity induced changes in Brassica juncea Received ：30-Jan-2008          Accepted ：24-Mar-2008 Author ：M Yusuf, S A Hasan, B Ali, S Hayat, Q Fariduddin and A Ahmad
	Interactive effects of drought stresses and elevated CO2 concentration on photochemistry efficiency of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) seedlings Received ：3-Mar-2008          Accepted ：24-Mar-2008 Author ：Qing-Ming Li, Bin-Bin Liu, Yang Wu and Zhi-Rong Zou
	A Myb transcription factor from Malus xiaojinensis has a potential role in iron nutrition Received ：15-Mar-2008          Accepted ：24-Mar-2008 Author ：Jie Shen, Xuefeng Xu, Tianzhong Li, Dongmei Cao and Zhenhai Han
	Lycopene accumulation affects the biosynthesis of some carotenoid-related volatiles independent of ethylene in tomato Received ：16-Jan-2008          Accepted ：23-Mar-2008 Author ：Hongyan Gao, Hongliang Zhu, Yi Shao, Anjun Chen, Chengwen Lu, Benzhong Zhu and Yunbo Luo
	The possible involvement of reactive oxygen species scavenging enzymes in desiccation sensitivity of Antiaris toxicaria seeds and axes Received ：27-Feb-2008          Accepted ：23-Mar-2008 Author ：Hongyan Cheng and Songquan Song
	Signaling components involved in plant responses to phosphate starvation Received ：6-Jan-2008          Accepted ：23-Mar-2008 Author ：Yu-Xiang Zeng, Chao-Yue Hu, Yong-Gen Lu, Jin-Quan Li and Xiang-Dong Liu
	Effects of irrigation and nitrogen on the performance of aerobic rice in northern China Received ：8-Jan-2008          Accepted ：23-Mar-2008 Author ：Changying Xue, Xiaoguang Yang, B.A.M Bouman, Wei Deng, Qiuping Zhang, Jie Yang, Wiexiong Yan, Tianyi Zhang, Aji Rouzi, Huaqi Wang and Pu Wang
	Analysis of significantly expressed genes in endosperm of rice (Oryza sativa L.) Received ：15-Mar-2008          Accepted ：23-Mar-2008 Author ：Qichao Tu, Haitao Dong, Haigen Yao, Yongqi Fang, Cheng'en Dai, Hongmei Luo and Debao Li
	Influence of nitrogen fertilizer and endophyte infection on ecophysiological parameters and mineral element content of perennial ryegrass Received ：26-Jan-2008          Accepted ：13-Mar-2008 Author ：An-Zhi Ren, Yu-Bao Gao, Wei Wang, Jin-Long Wang and Nian-Xi Zhao
	Fragment propagation and colonization ability enhanced and varied at node level after escaping from apical dominance in submerged macrophytes Received ：29-Jan-2008          Accepted ：13-Mar-2008 Author ：Jinhui Jiang, Shuqing An, Changfang Zhou, Baohua Guan, Zhiyi Sun, Ying Cai and Fude Liu
	Crossability barriers in the interpsecific hybridization between Oryza sativa L. and O.meyeriana Baill Received ：10-Feb-2008          Accepted ：13-Mar-2008 Author ：Xuelin Fu, Yonggen Lu, Xiangdong Liu and Jinquan Li
	Variation in floral sex allocation and reproductive success in sequentially flowering inflorescence of Corydalis remota var. lineariloba (Fumariaceae) Received ：27-Feb-2008          Accepted ：13-Mar-2008 Author ：Yan-Fei Zeng, Wei-Ning Bai, Yu Zhou and Da-Yong Zhang
	A genetic map constructed using a doubled haploid population derived from two elite Chinese common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) varieties Received ：12-Feb-2008          Accepted ：13-Mar-2008 Author ：Kun-Pu Zhang, Liang Zhao, Ji-Chun Tian, Guang-Feng Chen, Xiao-Ling Jiang and Bin Liu
	Demographic genetic structure of Cryptomeria japonica var. sinensis in Tianmushan, China Received ：14-Feb-2008          Accepted ：13-Mar-2008 Author ：Yan Chen, Shu-Zhen Yang, Ming-Shui Zhao, Bi-Ye Ni, Liang Liu and Xiao-Yong Chen
	Homologous comparisons of photosysthetic system Ⅰ genes among cyanobacteria and chloroplasts Received ：5-Dec-2007          Accepted ：2-Mar-2008 Author ：Jie Yu, Pei-jun Ma, Ding-Ji Shi, Shi-Ming Li and Chang-Lu Wang
	Spatial patterns and interspecific associations of three canopy species at different life stages in a subtropical forest, China Received ：31-Dec-2007          Accepted ：12-Feb-2008 Author ：Lin Li, Shiguang Wei, Zhongliang Huang and Wanhui Ye
	Intensity and importance of competition for a grass (Festuca rubra L.) and a legume (Trifolium pratense L.) vary with environmental changes Received ：5-Dec-2007          Accepted ：12-Feb-2008 Author ：Junyan Zhang, Genwei Cheng, Feihai Yu, Norbert kraeuchi and Mai-He Li
	Assessing the response of seasonal variation of NPP to climate using remote sensing data and GIS techniques in Xinjiang Received ：11-Jun-2007          Accepted ：7-Feb-2008 Author ：Liang-Dai Peng, Feng-Jing Huang, Xia-Cheng Cai, Rui Deng and Feng-Jun Xu
	Vegetation mapping of Mond Protected area of Bushehr province (S. W. Iran) Received ：11-Jan-2008          Accepted ：7-Feb-2008 Author ：Ahmadreza - Mehrabian, Alireza Naqinezhad, Abdolrasoul Salman Mahini and Hossein Mostafavi
	Genetic diversity and association analysis for salinity tolerance of barley germplasm using simple sequence repeat markers Received ：21-Jan-2008          Accepted ：7-Feb-2008 Author ：Lilia Eleuch, Abderrazek Jilal, Stefania Grando, Salvatore Ceccarelli, Maria von Korff Schmising, Amara Hajer, Abderrazek Daaloul and Michael Baum
	Accumulation of zinc, cadmium and lead in four populations of Sedum alfredii Hance growing on lead/zinc mine spoils: field investigation Received ：24-Jan-2008          Accepted ：7-Feb-2008 Author ：Dong-Mei Deng, Jin-Chuan Deng, Jun Zhang, Min Hu, Zhou Lin and Bin Liao
	Steroids from roots of Asparagus officinalis and their cytotoxic activity Received ：15-Nov-2007          Accepted ：13-Jan-2008 Author ：Xue-Feng Huang, Yu-Ying Lin and Ling-Yi Kong
	Difference in tree growth responses to climate at the upper treeline: a case study of Qilian Juniper in the Anyemaqen Mountains Received ：7-Aug-2007          Accepted ：13-Jan-2008 Author ：Jianfeng Peng, Xiaohua Gou, Fahu Chen, Jinbao Li, Puxing Liu, Yong Zhang and Keyan Fang
	Intra specific variations of phosphorus absorption and remobilization, P forms, and their internal buffering in Brassica cultivars exposed to P stress environment Received ：5-Nov-2007          Accepted ：20-Dec-2007 Author ：M. Shahbaz Akhtar, Yoko Oki and Tadashi Adachi
	Arabidopsis indole synthase (INS), a homolog of tryptophan synthase alpha (TSA1), is an enzyme involved in trp-independent metabolites biosynthesis pathway Received ：16-Dec-2007          Accepted ：20-Dec-2007 Author ：Rui Zhang, Bing Wang, Jian Ouyang, Jiayang Li and Yonghong Wang
	Effects of elevated CO2 on growth, carbon assimilation, photosynthate accumulation and related enzyme activities in rice leaves during sink-source transition Received ：9-Dec-2007          Accepted ：16-Dec-2007 Author ：Junying Li, Xinghua Liu, Qingsheng Cai, Hui Gu, Shanshan Zhang, Yanyan Wu and Chunjiao Cui
	Establishment of Withania somnifera hairy roots culture for the production of wihanolide A Received ：5-Dec-2007          Accepted ：9-Dec-2007 Author ：Niranjana Murthy Hosakatte
	Covariance of floral and vegetative traits in four species of Ranunculaceae: a comparison between specialized and generalized pollination systems Received ：26-Nov-2007          Accepted ：6-Dec-2007 Author ：Jin-Liu Meng, Xian-Hui Zhou, Zhi-Gang Zhao and Guo-Zhen Du
	Equal sex ratios of a marine green alga, Bryopsis plumosa (Hudson) C. Agardh. Received ：24-Nov-2007          Accepted ：6-Dec-2007 Author ：Tatsuya Togashi and Paul Alan Cox
	Carbon monoxide-induced stomatal closure involves generation of hydrogen peroxide in Vicia faba guard cells Received ：9-Nov-2007          Accepted ：6-Dec-2007 Author ：Xiaoping She and Xigui Song
	The current opinions on the functions of tocopherol based on the genetic manipulation of tocopherol biosynthesis in plants Received ：16-Oct-2007          Accepted ：6-Dec-2007 Author ：Yin Li, Zinan Wang, Xiaofen Sun and Kexuan Tang
	Phylogenetic Analysis of the Plant-Specific Zinc Finger-Homeobox and Mini Zinc Finger Gene Families Received ：19-Nov-2007          Accepted ：21-Nov-2007 Author ：Wei Hu, Claude dePamphilis and Hong Ma
	Localization and dynamic change of Saikosaponin in root of Bupleurum chinense DC. Received ：9-Nov-2007          Accepted ：21-Nov-2007 Author ：Lingling Tan, Zhenghai Hu, Xia Cai and Xilu Ni
	Increased maleness at flowering-stage and femaleness at fruiting-stage with size in an andromonoecious perennial, Veratrum nigrum (Liliaceae) Received ：13-Nov-2007          Accepted ：21-Nov-2007 Author ：Wan-Jin Liao and Da-Yong Zhang
	Aluminum-activated oxalate secretion does not associate with internal content among some oxalate accumulators Received ：16-Oct-2006          Accepted ：31-Oct-2007 Author ：Jian-Li Yang, Lei Zhang and Shao-Jian Zheng
	Expression of a high mobility group protein isolated from Cucumis sativus affects the germination of Arabidopsis thaliana under abiotic stress conditions Received ：18-Sep-2007          Accepted ：11-Oct-2007 Author ：Ji Young Jang, Kyung Jin Kwak and Hunseung Kang
	Soral crypsis: protective mimicry of a coccid on an Indian fern Received ：10-Sep-2007          Accepted ：29-Sep-2007 Author ：Biplab Patra, Subir Bera and R. James Hickey
	Response of Polygonum viviparum species and community level to long-term livestock grazing in alpine shrub meadow in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Received ：30-Jul-2007          Accepted ：12-Aug-2007 Author ：Zhihong Zhu, Jeremy T Lundholm, Yingnian Li and Xiaoan Wang
	Population genetic structure of the medicinal plant Vitex rotundifolia in China: the implication for its utilization and conservation Received ：16-Apr-2007          Accepted ：17-Jul-2007 Author ：Yuan Hu, Yu Zhu, Qiao-Yan Zhang, Hai-Liang Xin, Lu-Ping Qin, Bao-Rong Lu, Khalid Rahman and Han-Chen Zheng