Compilation of papers from a workshop with the same title held in June 2001 at Babtai, Lithuania.
Introduction, Ramdane Dris; fractionation of wheat gliadins, Krkoskova Bernedetta and Macova Eva; characterization and inhibition of polyphenoloxidase of yellow mombin fruit, Narendra Narain and Pushkar Singh Bora; floral morphogenesis of tomato plants subjected to application of bioactice substances, Stan Nistor et al; influence of PPO activity on quality of pear, Zhang Jingfang; comparative study between coloured and white blossom-field pea in Latvia, M. Vitjazkova; chip quality determination traits - variability and heritability in potato clone population, Ilze Skrabule; sink activity of cytokinins and plant productivity, E.S. Ronzhina; columnar growth in apple breeding, Michael Turunen; characterization of Latvian red and white currant genetic resources, Kaspars Kampuss and Sarmite Strautina; "Phaseolus" germplasm collection management system in Belarus, Ivan Russkikh; flowering and productivity stimulation of "Pisum sativum" L. plants after spraying with potassium orate, Daniela Traykova et al; low temperature effects on dry matter partitioning and yield of cassava clones, S.O. Akparobi et al; "bacillus subtilis" BS 934 antagonistic action upon soft rot and black leg agents, Boris M. Sharga et al; cytogenetic analysis of cell abnormalities in root meristem of peas after treatment with herbicides, Y.I. Kozhuro and N.P. Maximova; highly productive and adaptative common bean samples from the collection of Belarus state university, Ivan Russkikh; in vitro preliminary test - antagonism of some microbial organisms and "Pseudomonas syringae", Ivan Russkikh et al; potentialities of gametophytic generation in conventional plant breeding methods - a synergy for rapid plant improvement, Tejaswini et al; pollen response as marker (PRM) and pollen selection - novel tools in crop improvement, R.L. Ravikumar and B.S. Patil; study of antifungal effect and nature of suppressive volatile produced by "Bacillus subtilis" BS 2924, Boris M. Sharga; alternative method for evaluation of soybean - advance lines based on genotype ranking, T.N. Shivananda et al; accumulation and preservation of the gene fund of flower, breeds and hybrids developed by Lithuanian selectionists, Gitana Indrisiunaite; introduction and selection of fruit plants in pomology department of Vilnius botanical garden, Silva Zilinskaite et al; study on inheritance of character related to phosphorus efficiency in varieties of spring wheat, Huang Yaqun et al; evaluation of ornamentation of gladioli cultivars in Vilnius University botanical garden, Gitana Indrisiunaite; standardization of in-vitro pollen screening for osmotic stress in sorghum, B.S. Patil et al; factors affecting chip quality of potato, Ilze Skrabule.