Table 4 

           Genetic Phenomena NRI Plant Genome Awards 1991-1994


  Abscission enzyme synthesis
  Abscission zone formation
  Acylsugar biosynthesis
  Agrobacterium mediated transformation
  Amylase activation & repression
  Annual growth rate
  Anthocyanin biosynthesis
  Apomixis, asexual reproduction
  Blue-light signal transcription
  Cell growth
  Centromere organization
  Chromosome recombination
  Chromosome sorting libraries
  Cloning disease resistance genes
  Cold resistance
  Cytokinin MRNA regulation
  Cytokinin response
  Developmental regulation
  Disease resistance
  Drought tolerance
  Endodormancy & chilling requirement
  Ethylene biosynthesis
  Fertility restoration/CMS cytoplasm
  Flower sex determination
  Fruit/ flower development
  Gametophytic lethal screening
  Gene effects on chromatin structure
  Gene tagging for insect resistance
  Genetic engineered sterility
  Gene/chromosome identification
  Gibberellin synthesis
  Growth rate
  Homologous recombination
  Homozygous deletion stocks
  Hormonal control of seed maturation
  Hormonal RRNA transcription
  Hypersensitive disease response
  In situ hybridization
  Infloresence development, flowering
  Lipid desaturation
  Maysin synthesis
  Metabolic transport
  Microsatellite sequences
  Mitochondrial DNA replication
  Mitochondrial sequencing
  mRNA stability in dicots
  Mutation via transposable elements
  Nematode resistance
  Nodulation & N fixation
  Nuclear targeting of DNA
  Nuclear & organelle DNA variation
  Nuclear-plastid communication
  Nucleolar dominance
  Oxidase expression
  Photorespiration, nitrogen assimilation
  Photosynthesis
  Phytoalexin enzyme induction
  Phytochrome A, MRNA degradation
  Phytochrome gene control
  Plant transformation/YACs
  Plasmid directed conjugation
  Polyadenylation
  Position effects
  Proline degradation
  Purine metabolism
  Pyramiding resistance genes
  Repeat induced gene silencing
  RNA editing
  Root Nodule morphogenesis
  Seed oil synthesis
  Self incompatibility
  Sequence repeats, microsatellites
  Signal transduction
  Simple sequence repeats
  Site directed mutagenesis
  Somatic mutation
  Spatial organization of genome
  Starch metabolism & transport
  Tandem repeat sequences
  Targeted DNA integration
  Thylakoid membrane biogenesis
  Transformation disease resistance
  Transformation drought tolerance
  Transformation insect resistance
  Transformation virus resistance
  Translation control
  Transposable elements
  Transposon tagging
  Triacylglycerol biosynthesis
  T-DNA transfer, and transport
  Ubiquitin activating enzymes
  Winter hardiness
  Wound inducible insect resistance
  YAC size DNA