Abstracts received so far:
ABDUL-SALIM, KOBINAH. - Biogeography of Symphonia (Clusiaceae): support for an African origin? [Poster]
BAGHAI-RIDING, NINA LUCILLE. - Using Microwave Popcorn to Teach Scientific Methodology. [Poster]
BAIRD, WM. VANCE*, GINGER SWIRE-CLARK, SUSANA S. NEVES, ASHLEY L. ST. JOHN, PRIYESH PATEL, LAUREN YARROW, AND KHIDIR W. HILU. - Evolution in Eleusine with emphasis on polyploid species using ITS and trnT-F sequence information. [Poster]
BUCK, MEGHAN*, TERESA HINZ, GERRY SAUNDERS, AND ROBERT REINSVOLD. - Effect of magnesium chloride on Pinus contorta seedlings. [Poster]
CULLEY, THERESA M.*, LISA E. WALLACE, KARLA M. GENGLER-NOWAK, AND DANIEL J. CRAWFORD. - A comparison of two methods of calculating GST , a genetic measure of population differentiation. [Poster]
DEWITT, K.G.* AND T.J. AYERS. - Leaf Anatomy of Lysipomia (Campanulaceae): Response to Harsh Environmental Conditions in the High Andes. [Poster]
FLORES, MYRIAM*, MARGARET F. LAND, SANDRA D. SIMONS, AND ALICE L. HEMPEL. - South Texas diabetes study: herbal product usage in a multiethnic population. [Poster]
GORELICK, ROOT* AND ROY OSBORNE. - Inducing sex change and organogenesis from tissue culture in the endangered African cycad Encephalartos woodii (Cycadales, Zamiaceae). [Poster]
HEJRAT, MINOO. - Researches & Experiments in Herbal Medicine. [Poster]
HOCKMAN, AARON W.*, SHERI CHAVEZ, ERICKA AGUILAR, AND ROLSTON ST. HILAIRE. - Water deficit stress affects physiological, anatomical, and growth traits of Nepeta cataria L. [Poster]
KUNZLI, STEPHANIE L.* AND JACK BROWN. - Gene flow between herbicide resistant canola (Brassica napus L.) and a related weed species in the Pacific Northwest. [Poster]
LEE, HAE-LIM* AND KI-JOONG KIM. - Molecular phylogeny and character evolution of Jasminum (Oleaceae). [Poster]
LEE, JI-YOUNG* AND JOHN L. BOWMAN. - Reticulate evolution and reduction in stamen number within Lepidium L. (Brassicaceae). [Poster]
MCKOWN, ATHENA D.*, ORIANA PEGORARO, AND DAVID D. CASS. - Band plasmolysis in leaf epidermal cells of Clivia miniata (Amaryllidaceae). [Poster]
MCMAHON, MICHELLE* AND LARRY HUFFORD. - Phylogeny of Amorpheae (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae) inferred from matK and ITS. [Poster]
MORELLATO, L.PATRICIA C.* AND M.A. PIZO. - A new rain-operated seed dispersal mechanism in Bertolonia mosenii (Melastomataceae), a Neotropical rainforest herb. [Poster]
SHER, ANNA A., DEBORAH E. GOLDBERG*, AND ARIEL NOVOPLANSKY. - Pulsed-resource gradient effects on productivity and competitive response in desert and Mediterranean grass species in Israel. [Poster]
SKINNER, JOHN J.* AND MARY N. PUTERBAUGH. - An association between sex expression in the liverwort Frullania eboracensis and Bdelloid rotifers occupying lobular leaves. [Poster]
SMITH II, JAMES L.*, ADOLFO E. GARCIA, AND THOMAS A. MAYER. - Reduced height and pre-mature mortality of Brassica rapa (Brassicaceae) grown in a pressurized environment. [Poster]
SOSA, VICTORIA* AND MARK, W. CHASE. - Phylogeny of the Crossosomataceae based on rbcL sequence data. [Poster]
SULTANA, MUNIRA. - Arsenic Terrorism : Macrophytes Are Also Terrified. [Poster]
TAYLOR, ROBIN M. - The Phylogeny and Adaptive Radiation of Salvia pachyphylla (Lamiaceae). [Poster]
TOMPKINS, ROBERT D.* AND JASON FARRIS. - An ecological study of Magnolia macrophylla in Gaston Co., NC. [Poster]
TORKE, BENJAMIN M.* AND BARBARA A. SCHAAL. - Preliminary phylogenetic, evolutionary, and monographic investigations in Swartzia (Leguminosae). [Poster]
TORRELL, MONTSERRAT AND JOAN VALLèS.* - Studies on genome evolution in the genus Artemisia L. (Asteraceae, Anthemideae, Artemisiinae). [Poster]
VERA-CALETTI, PATRICIA* AND HEIKE VIBRANS. - Variation in the White Sapote (Casimiroa edulis LaLlave, Rutaceae) in Mexico. [Poster]
WEEKS, ANDREA* AND BERYL B. SIMPSON. - The presence of Commiphora (Burseraceae) in the New World is confirmed. [Poster]
WENGER, JONATHAN P.* AND JOHN C. LA DUKE. - Genetic structure and isolation-by-distance suggest a role for riparian corridors in the post-glacial natural history of Napaea dioica L. (Malvaceae). [Poster]
YAKUBOV, BAKHTIYOR*, AVIV SHACHACK, ODED SHOSEYOV, AND AVI GOLAN-GOLDHIRSH. - Molecular cloning and characterization of the Pistacia vera dehydrin gene. [Poster]
ZYATS, VASIL A.* AND PETER V. SHMARGOVICH. - The way of plant productivity improvement. [Poster]