Dedication

Introduction

V. Alexieva, S. Ivanov, I. Sergiev, E. Karanov - INTERACTION BETWEEN STRESSES.

Atanassov A., K. Georgieva - BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE - PARTERSHIP, NOT CONFLICT.

D. Atkinson - SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE: MORE THAN ONE WAY AHEAD.

S. O. Kotchoni, D. Bartels - WATER STRESS INDUCES THE UP-REGULATION OF A SPECIFIC SET OF GENES IN PLANTS: ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASES AS AN EXAMPLE.

A. C. Cassells, B. M. Doyle - GENETIC ENGINEERING AND MUTATION BREEDING FOR TOLERANCE TO ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC STRESSES: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SAFETY.

S. A. Quarrie, D. Dodig, S. Pekiç, J. Kirby, B. Kobiljski - PROSPECTS FOR MARKER-ASSISTED SELECTION OF IMPROVED DROUGHT RESPONSES IN WHEAT.

M. B. Jackson - AERATION STRESS IN PLANT TISSUE CULTURES.

L. A. J. Mur, I. E. Santosa, L.-J. J. Laarhoven, F. Harren, A. R. Smith - A NEW PARTNER IN THE DANSE MACABRE: THE ROLE OF NITRIC OXIDE IN THE HYPERSENSITIVE RESPONSE.

St. Neill, R. Desikan, J. Hancock - NITRIC OXIDE AS A MEDIATOR OF ABA SIGNALLING IN STOMATAL GUARD CELLS.

L. Popova, E. Ananieva, V. Hristova, K. Christov, K. Georgieva, V. Alexieva, Zh. Stoinova - SALICYLIC ACID - AND METHYL JASMONATE - INDUCED PROTECTION ON PHOTOSYNTHESIS TO PARAQUAT OXIDATIVE STRESS.

A. R. Smith, H. E. Johnson, M. Hall - METABOLIC FINGERPRINTING OF SALT-STRESSED TOMATOES.

R. Stikic, S. Popovic, M. Srdic, D. Savic, Z. Jovanovic, Lj. Prokic, J. Zdravkovic - PARTIAL ROOT DRYING (PRD): A NEW TECHNIQUE FOR GROWING PLANTS THAT SAVES WATER AND IMPROVES THE QUALITY OF FRUIT.

A. Swiatek, A. Azmi, E. Witters, H. Van Onckelen - STRESS MESSENGERS JASMONIC ACID AND ABSCISIC ACID NEGATIVELY REGULATE PLANT CELL CYCLE.

G. Vasilevski - PERSPECTIVES OF THE APPLICATION OF BIOPHYSICAL METHODS IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE.

I. Yordanov, V. Velikova, T. Tsonev - PLANT RESPONSES TO DROUGHT AND STRESS TOLERANCE

E. Zažímalová, J. Petrášek, and D. A. Morris - THE DYNAMICS OF AUXIN TRANSPORT IN TOBACCO CELLS.

E. D. Ananiev, G. Abdulova, P. Grozdanov, L. Karagyozov - HORMONAL REGULATION OF RIBOSOMAL RNA GENE EXPRESSION IN EXCISED COTYLEDONS OF CUCURBITA PEPO L. (ZUCCHINI).

O. V. Olinevich, L. P. Khokhlova - THE EFFECTS OF LOW TEMPERATURE AND AN ANTIMITOTIC DRUG ON THE CONTENT AND THE LOCALIZATION OF Ca²⁺-BINDING PROTEINS OF THE ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM IN WHEAT.

S. Van Oevelen, R. De Wachter, E. Robbrecht, E. Prinsen - INDUCTION OF A CRIPPLED PHENOTYPE IN PSYCHOTRIA (RUBIACEAE) UPON LOSS OF THE BACTERIAL ENDOPHYTE.

O. Timofeeva, L. Khokhlova, Y. Chulkova, L. Garaeva - CYTOSKELETON-INDUCED ALTERATIONS OF LECTIN ACTIVITY IN MODIFICATION OF THE CALCIUM SIGNALING SYSTEM.

A. M. Avalbaev, M. V. Bezrukova, A. R. Kildibekova, R. A., Fatkhutdinova, F. M. Shakirova - WHEAT GERMAGGLUTININ RESTORES CELL DIVISION AND GROWTH OF WHEAT SEEDLINGS UNDER SALINITY.

T. Djakovic, Z. Jovanovic - THE ROLE OF CELL WALL PEROXIDASE IN THE INHIBITION OF LEAF AND FRUIT GROWTH.

B. M. Doyle, J. F. Roycroft, A. C. Cassells - THE EFFECTS OF STRESS ON THE QUALITY OF PELARGONIUM PROPAGULES DURING SHIPMENT AS MEASURED USING CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE.

L. N. Kalituho, N. L. Pshybytko, L. F. Kabashnikova, P. Jahns - PHOTOSYNTHETIC APPARATUS AND HIGH TEMPERATURE: ROLE OF LIGHT.

K. Kocheva, G. Georgiev - EVALUATION OF THE REACTION OF TWO CONTRASTING BARLEY (HORDEUM VULGARE L.) CULTIVARS IN RESPONSE TO OSMOTIC STRESS WITH PEG 6000.

N. Palcut - THE BEHAVIOUR OF SOME LATE CORN HYBRIDS UNDER THE PEDO-CLIMATIC CONDITIONS OF THE CRISURILOR RIVER PLAIN.

N. L. Pshybytko, L. N. Kalituho, L. F. Kabashnikova - THE VARIOUS MECHANISMS OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS LIMITATION IN HEAT-TREATED BARLEY SEEDLINGS OF DIFFERENT AGES.

A. R. Sakhabutdinova, D. R. Fatkhutdinova, M. V. Bezrukova, F. M. Shakirova - SALICYLIC ACID PREVENTS THE DAMAGING ACTION OF STRESS FACTORS ON WHEAT PLANTS.

L. Szilagyi - INFLUENCE OF DROUGHT ON SEED YIELD COMPONENTS IN COMMON BEAN.

G. E. Tsvetkova, G. I. Georgiev - EFFECT OF PHOSPHORUS NUTRITION ON THE NODULATION, NITROGEN FIXATION AND NUTRIENT - USE EFFICIENCY OF BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM – SOYBEAN (GLYCINE MAX L. MERR.) SYMBIOSIS.

V. Urechean - THE INFLUENCE OF STRESS INDUCED BY NaCl ON MORPHOGENETIC ASPECTS OF THE CALLUS INITIATED FROM IMMATURE MAIZE EMBRYOS.

D. Veselov, G. Kudoyarova, M. Symonyan, St. Veselov - EFFECT OF CADMIUM ON ION UPTAKE, TRANSPIRATION AND CYTOKININ CONTENT IN WHEAT SEEDLINGS.

S. Veselova, R. Farhutdinov, A. Mitrichenko, M. Symonyan, W. Hartung - THE EFFECT OF ROOT COOLING ON HORMONE CONTENT, LEAF CONDUCTANCE AND ROOT HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY OF DURUM WHEAT SEEDLINGS (TRITICUM DURUM L.).

Gr. T. Zehirov, G. I. Georgiev - EFFECTS OF BORON STARVATION ON THE APOPLASTIC AND TOTAL SOLUTE CONCENTRATIONS INFLUENCING NODULE GROWTH AND ACETYLENE REDUCTION RATE.

Abstracts (not submitted as papers).

Author Index