Sidebar: IR-4 Project targets specialty crops

Also in this issue:

Life history of the incense cedar scale, Xylococculus macrocarpae (Homoptera: Margarodidae), on incense cedar in California with a description of the larvae of one of its common predators, Eronyxa expansus Van Dyke (Coleoptera: Trogositidae)

Challenges and opportunities for horticultural biotechnology

Transgenic acreage grows amid changing regulation

Conventionally bred papaya still possible, even in California

UC researchers evaluating genetically engineered alfalfa

World trade rules affect horticultural biotechnology

Letters

Horticultural biotechnology faces significant economic and market barriers

Sidebar: Transgenic produce slow to enter evolving global marketplace

Sidebar: Diversity of horticultural biotech crops contributes to market hurdles

Despite benefits, commercialization of transgenic horticultural crops lags

Sidebar: Virus-resistant transgenic papaya helps save Hawaiian industry

Sidebar: Biotechnology expands pest-management options for horticulture

Sidebar: Transgenic trap crops and rootstocks show potential

Consumer knowledge and acceptance of agricultural biotechnology vary

Sidebar: Words matter

Sidebar: Consumers purchase Bt sweet corn

Regulatory challenges reduce opportunities for horticultural biotechnology

Sidebar: China aggressively pursuing horticulture and plant biotechnology

Public-private partnerships needed in horticultural research and development

Access to intellectual property is a major obstacle to developing transgenic horticultural crops

Sidebar: Nonprofit institutions form intellectual-property resource for agriculture