General preface. Preface. 1. Some concepts and new methods for molecular mapping in plants*; B. Burr. 2. PCR-based marker systems; R. Reiter. 3. Constructing a plant genetic linkage map with DNA markers; N.D. Young. 4. Use of DNA markers in introgression and isolation of genes associated with durable resistance to rice blast; D.-H. Chen, et al. 5. Mapping quantitative trait loci; S.J. Knapp. 6. Comparative mapping of plant chromosomes; A.H. Paterson, J.L. Bennetzen. 7. Breeding multigenic traits; C.W. Stuber. 8. Information systems approaches to support discovery in agricultural genomics; B.W.S. Sobral, et al. 9. Introduction: molecular marker maps of major crop species; R.L. Phillips, I.K. Vasil. 10. Molecular marker analyses in alfalfa and related species; E.C. Brummer, et al. 11. An integrated RFLP map of Arabidopsis thaliana*; H.M. Goodman, et al. 12. An integrated map of the barley genome; A. Kleinhofs, A. Graner. 13. DNA-based marker maps of Brassica, C.F. Quiros. 14. Molecular genetic map of cotton; A.H. Paterson. 15. Maize molecular maps: Markers, bins, and database; E.H. Coe, et al. 16. RFLP map of peanut; H.T. Stalker, et al. 17. Phaseolus vulgaris - The common bean integration of RFLP and RAPD-based linkage maps; C.E. Vallejos, et al. 18. RFLP map of the potato; C. Gebhardt, et al. 19. Rice molecular map; S.R. McCouch. 20. A framework genetic map of sorghum containing RFLP, SSR and morphological markers; J.L. Bennetzen, et al. 21. RFLP map of soybean; R.C. Shoemaker, et al. 22. Genetic mapping in sunflowers; S.J. Knapp, et al. 23. The molecular map of tomato; A. Frary, S.D. Tanksley. 24. Molecular-marker maps of the cultivated wheats and other Triticum species; G.E. Hart. 25. Molecular marker linkage maps in diploid and hexaploid oat (Avena sp.); S.F. Kianian, et al. 26. A compilation of molecular genetic maps of cultivated plants; O. Riera-Lizarazu, et al. List of Contributors. Subject Index.