In this issue:

Am. J. Bot. 1999 86: 0. [Full Text]  

Book Review:

Jonathan Silvertown

Seed ecology, dormancy, and germination: a modern synthesis from Baskin and Baskin
Am. J. Bot. 1999 86: 903-905. [Full Text]  

Brief Communication:

Amy B. Falder, Ruth A. Stockey, and Gar W. Rothwell

In situ fossil seedlings of a Metasequoia-like taxodiaceous conifer from Paleocene river floodplain deposits of central Alberta, Canada
Am. J. Bot. 1999 86: 900-902. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ecology:

Rebecca J. Howard and Irving A. Mendelssohn

Salinity as a constraint on growth of oligohaline marsh macrophytes. I. Species variation in stress tolerance
Am. J. Bot. 1999 86: 785-794. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Rebecca J. Howard and Irving A. Mendelssohn

Salinity as a constraint on growth of oligohaline marsh macrophytes. II. Salt pulses and recovery potential
Am. J. Bot. 1999 86: 795-806. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Daniela L. Bell and Sonia E. Sultan

Dynamic phenotypic plasticity for root growth in Polygonum: a comparative study
Am. J. Bot. 1999 86: 807-819. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jeffrey L. Walck, Jerry M. Baskin, and Carol C. Baskin

Relative competitive abilities and growth characteristics of a narrowly endemic and a geographically widespread Solidago species (Asteraceae)
Am. J. Bot. 1999 86: 820-828. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Jack Van't Hof

Increased nuclear DNA content in developing cotton fiber cells
Am. J. Bot. 1999 86: 776-779. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mycology and Plant Pathology:

Richard T. Hanlin

The morphology of Cercophora palmicola (Lasiosphaeriaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 1999 86: 780-784. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reproductive Biology:

Gabriel Bernardello, Gregory J. Anderson, Patricio Lopez S., Maryke A. Cleland, Tod F. Stuessy, and Daniel J. Crawford

Reproductive biology of Lactoris fernandeziana (Lactoridaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 1999 86: 829-840. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hanna Skubatz and Dennis D. Kunkel

Further studies of the glandular tissue of the Sauromatum guttatum (Araceae) appendix
Am. J. Bot. 1999 86: 841-854. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tammy L. Sage, Fanny Strumas, William W. Cole, and Spencer C. H. Barrett

Differential ovule development following self- and cross-pollination: the basis of self-sterility in Narcissus triandrus (Amaryllidaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 1999 86: 855-870. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Maria Bosch and Nickolas M. Waser

Effects of local density on pollination and reproduction in Delphinium nuttallianum and Aconitum columbianum (Ranunculaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 1999 86: 871-879. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Junichi Akimoto, Tatsundo Fukuhara, and Kihachiro Kikuzawa

Sex ratios and genetic variation in a functionally androdioecious species, Schizopepon bryoniaefolius (Cucurbitaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 1999 86: 880-886. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Structure and Development:

Mark D. Lazzaro

Microtubule organization in germinated pollen of the conifer Picea abies (Norway spruce, Pinaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 1999 86: 759-766. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Karl J. Niklas, Francisco Molina-Freaner, and Clara Tinoco-Ojanguren

Biomechanics of the columnar cactus Pachycereus pringlei
Am. J. Bot. 1999 86: 767-775. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Systematics:

Emmanuel J. P. Douzery, Alec M. Pridgeon, Paul Kores, H. P. Linder, Hubert Kurzweil, and Mark W. Chase

Molecular phylogenetics of Diseae (Orchidaceae): a contribution from nuclear ribosomal ITS sequences
Am. J. Bot. 1999 86: 887-899. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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