With one new volume each year, this series keeps scientists and advanced students informed of the latest developments and results in all areas of botany.The present volume includes reviews on structural botany, plant taxonomy, physiology, genetics and geobotany.

Review.- Fungal Genetics: From Fundamental Research to Biotechnology.- A. Structural Botany.- I. Cytology and Morphogenesis of the Prokaryotic Cell.- II. Cell Morphogenesis of the Algae: Cell Coverings and Extracellular Mucilage.- III. Comparative Morphology, Anatomy, and Function of the Stem and Root of the Flowering Plants.- B. Physiology.- I. The in Situ Analysis of Intracellular Aluminium in Plants.- II. Regulatory Interaction of Carbon- and Nitrogen Metabolism.- III. Regulation of Sulfur Metabolism in Plants: First Molecular Approaches.- IV. Photosynthesis. Carbon Metabolism: The Carbon Metabolisms of Unstressed and Stressed Plants.- V. Functions and Responses of the Leaf Apoplast Under Stress.- VI. Secondary Plant Substances. Diterpenes.- VII. The Pore/Plasmodesm Unit: Key Element in the Interplay Between Sieve Element and Companion Cell.- C. Genetics.- I. Replication: Arrest of Prokaryotic DNA Replication.- II. Recombination: Meiotic Recombination in Fungi.- III. Mutation: Site-Directed Mutagenesis for Structure-Function Analyses of the Photosystem II Reaction Center Protein D1.- IV. Function of Genetic Material Molecular Biology of Environmentally Stressed Plants.- V. Extranuclear Inheritance: Genetics and Biogenesis of Mitochondria.- VI. Genetics of Phytopathogenic Bacteria.- VI. Biotechnology with Plants - an Overview.- VIII. Genetics of Grapevine Breeding.- D. Taxonomy.- I. Systematics of the Bryophytes.- II. Molecular Systematics: 1994–1995.- E. Geobotany.- I. Vegetation Science in Northern Europe.- F. Special Topics.- I. Mycorrhizae: Ectotrophic and Ectendotrophic Mycorrhizae.- II. Mycorrhizae: Endomycorrhizae.