""Front Matter""; ""Contents""; ""Plant genomics and our food supply: An introduction""; ""Comparative genetics in the grasses""; ""Grass genomes""; ""Down-regulation of RFL, the FLOyLFY homolog of rice, accompanied with panicle branch initiation""; ""Toward a plant genomics initiative: Thoughts on the value of cross-species and cross-genera comparisons in the grasses""; ""Plant genomics: More than food for thought""; ""Assisting developing countries toward food self-reliance""; ""Toward a successful multinational crop plant genome initiative""
""Quantitative trait loci and metabolic pathways""""Genome projects and gene pools: New germplasm for plant breeding?""; ""Relationships of cereal crops and other grasses""; ""Plant genome values: How much do we know?""; ""Importance of anchor genomes for any plant genome project""; ""Functional genomics: Probing plant gene function and expression with transposons""; ""The rice genome project in Japan""; ""Potentials of the National Corn Genome Initiative""