Jules Janick is the James Troop Distinguished Professor of Horticulture at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN, USA.

• Dedication: Royce S. Bringhurst--Pre-Eminent Strawberry Breeder (J.Hancock). The Diallel Cross: Design, Analysis, and Use for Plant Breeders (B.Christie & V. Shattuck). Biochemical and Molecular Markers in Plant Breeding (C.Stuber). Homeotic Floral Mutations (G. Acquaah, et al.). Recurrent Restricted Phenotypic Selection (G. Burton). Recurrent Selection in Maize (A. Hallauer). Breeding of Quality Protein Maize (QPM) (M. Bjarnason & S.Vasal). Breeding Potatoes for Long-Day, Temperate Climates (T. Tarn, etal.). Genetics of Apple (S. Brown). Pollen-Incompatibility and Self-Fertility in Sweet Cherry (G.Tehrani & S. Brown). Indexes.