Modern Methods of Plant Analysis When the handbook Modern Methods of Plant Analysis was first introduced in 1954 the considerations were: 1. the dependence of scientific progress in biology on the improvement of ex isting and the introduction of new methods; 2. the difficulty in finding many new analytical methods in specialized jour nals which are normally not accessible to experimental plant biologists; 3. the fact that in the methods sections of papers the description of methods is frequently so compact, or even sometimes so incomplete that it is dif ficult to reproduce experiments. These considerations still stand today. The series was highly successful, seven volumes appearing between 1956 and 1964. Since there is still today a demand for the old series, the publisher has decided to resume publication of Modern Methods of Plant Analysis. It is hoped that the New Series will be just as acceptable to those working in plant sciences and related fields as the early volumes undoubtedly were. It is difficult to single out the major reasons for success of any publication, but we believe that the methods published in the first series were up-to-date at the time and presented in a way that made description, as applied to plant material, com plete in itself with little need to consult other publications. Contribution authors have attempted to follow these guidelines in this New Series of volumes.

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Genotype Determination in Almond Nuts for Paternity Analysis.- Identification of Cereal Varieties by Gel Electrophoresis of the Grain Proteins.- Identification of Cultivars of Grasses and Forage Legumes by SDS-PAGE of Seed Proteins.- Analysis of Seed Proteins, Isozymes, and RFLPs for Genetic and Evolutionary Studies in Phaseolus.- Determination of the Nitrogen-to-Protein Conversion Factor in Cereals.- Protein Analysis of Wheat by Monoclonal Antibodies and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.- Electrophoretic Analyses of Soybean Seed Proteins.- Analysis of Storage of Proteins in Rice Seeds.- Protein and Fat Determination in Corn.- Analysis of Cereal Starches.- Food Properties of Amaranth Seeds and Methods for Starch Isolation and Characterization.- Glycolipid Analysis in Wheat Grains.- Proteinaceous Inhibitors of Lipase Activities in Soybean and Other Oil Seeds.- Conductivity Testing of Seeds.- Determination of the Surface Areas of Seed.- The Discrimination of Seeds by Image Processing.- Physicochemical Analysis of Wheat Starch.- The Isolation of Wheat Mitochondrial DNA and RNA.- Analysis of Limonoids in Citrus Seeds.