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Editor-in-Chief Christian Wilhelm, Leipzig Submissions from Europe (incl. former Soviet Union countries), Africa, Middle East should be sent to Manuscript Managing Officer Christina Schindler, University of Leipzig, Institute of Botany, Department of Plant Physiology Johannisallee 21-23, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany Editor-in-Chief Franz Hoffmann, Irvine Submissions from The Americas, Asia, Australia and Oceania should be sent to Manuscript Managing Officer ShyunShyun Hoffmann-Tsay, Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California - Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-2300, USA Subject Editors Biochemistry: Peter Bramley, School of Biological Sciences, Royal Halloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK Functional Biotechnology: Uwe Sonnewald, Chair of Biochemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nu¨rnberg, Studtstrasse 5, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany Molecular Biology: Franc¸ois Widmer, Laboratory of Plant Biology, University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland Physiology: La´szlo´ Erdei, University of Szeged, Department of Plant Physiology, P.O. Box 654, H-6701 Szeged, Hungary Review Articles: Andre´ La¨uchli, University of California, Department of Land, Air & Water Resources, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8627, USA

Editorial Board Taiji Adachi, Osaka, Japan Richard Arteca, University Park, PA, USA Claudia Bu¨chel, Frankfurt/M., Germany Judy Callis, Davis, CA, USA John Cushman, Reno Nevada, NV, USA Wilfried H. O. Ernst, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Rafael Garces, Sevilla, Spain Thomas Gaspar, Lie`ge, Belgium Curtis V. Givan, Durham, NH, USA Antonio Granell, Valencia, Spain Peter M. Gresshoff, Brisbane, Australia Robert Hall, Wageningen, The Netherlands Gederts levinsh, Salaspils, Latvia Hans Jo¨rg Jacobsen, Hannover, Germany Zbigniew Krupa, Lublin, Poland Jochen Kumlehn, Gatersleben, Germany Lorenzo Lamattina, Mar del Plata, Argentina Hartmut K. Lichtenthaler, Karlsruhe, Germany Mary Ann Lila, Urbana, IL, USA Ulrich Lu¨ttge, Darmstadt, Germany Brigitte Mauch, Neuchatel, Switzerland Bryan D. McKersie, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA Ralf Mendel, Braunschweig, Germany Michael R. Mulligan, Irvine, CA, USA Flavia Navari-Izzo, Pisa, Italy Claude Penel, Gene`ve, Switzerland Xavier Perret, Gene`ve, Switzerland Linus H. W. van der Plas, Wageningen, The Netherlands Raoult Ranjeva, Toulouse, France Maria del C. Risueno, Madrid, Spain Roberto Rodriguez, Oviedo, Spain Frank Salisbury, Salt Lake City, UT, USA Renate Scheibe, Osnabru¨ck, Germany Reto J. Strasser, Jussy-Lullier, Gene`ve, Switzerland Edith Taleisnik, Co´rdoba, Argentina Ingrid Ticha, Prague, Czech Republic Kazimier Trebacz, Lublin, Poland Claus Wasternack, Halle, Germany Alicja Ziemienowisz, Krakow, Poland

Book-Review-Editor Torsten Jakob, University of Leipzig, Institute of Botany, Department of Plant Physiology Johannisallee 21-23, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany

Aims & Scope The ‘‘Journal of Plant Physiology’’ publishes original papers, reviews and short communications dealing with all aspects of plant biochemistry, molecular biology, physiology and basic aspects of plant biotechnology. All papers are published in English. The main focus of the journal is to disseminate original and high quality information governing basic plant processes in plant physiology and development. The journal also invites the submission of papers which bridge basic research in functional plant sciences with applied aspects of plant biotechnology. Papers will be accepted only after peer review. They will be expected to adhere to high scientific quality standards. As an additional feature, and in order to promote rapid publication of urgent and outstanding papers, a credit point system will be used to define the priority of publication of the accepted manuscripts. We have streamlined the review process as well as the time for printing. Abstracted/Indexed in Biochemistry & Biophysics Citation Index; Bioscience Information System (BIOSIS); CAB Abstracts; Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA); Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS); Current Awareness in Biological Sciences (CABS); Current Contents/Life Sciences; Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences; Engineering Information/ Compendex (CPX); Food Science and Technology Abstracts (FSTA); MEDLINE; Reference Update; Research Alert; Science Citation Index; SciExpanded; SciSearch; ZSPPAD