The Plant Molecular Biology Reporter is a quarterly publication of the International Society for Plant Molecular Biology. The journal provides ISPMB members with a forum to publish items of general and scientific interest such as letters reviews protocols reports or announcements of meetings. Issues of the Reporter prior to 15(3) are available on the World Wide Web http://www.uga.edu/òispmb. Starting with issue 15(4) the Web address of the Reporter is http://www.wkap.nl/journals/reporter.