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

• Dedication: Normal Willison Simmonds: Plant Breeder, Teacher,Administrator (W. Spoor & F. England). The Origin of Maize: Evidence for Tripsacum Ancestry (M.Eubanks). History of Public Onion Breeding Programs in the United States (I.Goldman, et al.). Current and Future Issues in Lettuce Breeding (E. Ryder). Cactus Pear Domestication and Breeding (C. Jacobo). Somatic Hybridization and Applications in Plant Breeding (A.Johnson & R. Veilleux). Indexes.

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

• Dedication: Normal Willison Simmonds: Plant Breeder, Teacher,Administrator (W. Spoor & F. England). The Origin of Maize: Evidence for Tripsacum Ancestry (M.Eubanks). History of Public Onion Breeding Programs in the United States (I.Goldman, et al.). Current and Future Issues in Lettuce Breeding (E. Ryder). Cactus Pear Domestication and Breeding (C. Jacobo). Somatic Hybridization and Applications in Plant Breeding (A.Johnson & R. Veilleux). Indexes.