Book reviewed in this article:Quantitative Approaches to PhytogeographyP.L. Nimis and T.J. CrovelloTransplant Production Systems. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Transplant Production Systems, Yokohama, Japan, 21–26 July 1992K. Kurata and T. Kozai (eds)Towards Rational Use of High Salinity Tolerant Plants. Vol. 1H. Lieth and A.A. Al Masoom (eds)Hybrid Wheat: Results and Problems. Advances in Plant Breeding: Fortschritte der Pflanzenzüchtung, Band 15. Adrian A. Pickett.Pigment‐Protein Complexes in Plastids: Synthesis and AssemblyChrister Sundqvist&Margareta Ryberg (eds).Plant Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyPeter J. Lea and Richard C. Leegood (eds).Cellular and Molecular Aspects of the Plant Hormone EthyleneJ.C. Pech, A. Latché and C. Balagué (eds).Molecular and Cell Biology of the Plant Cell CycleJ.C. Ormrod and D. Francis (eds).Sexual Plant ReproductionM. Cresti and A. Tiezzi (eds).Biotechnology in AgricultureC. You, Z. Chen and Y. Ding (eds).Exkursionsflora für die Kanarischen InselnA. Hohenester and W. Weiss.Progress in Botany, Vol. 54H.‐D. Behnke, U. Lüttge, K. Esser, J.W. Kadereit and M. R