1. Introduction: instructions to contributors notes from the editor

2. Lotus Activities: reports and abstracts

• Nora Altier Studies on fusarium crown and root rot of birdsfoot trefoil in Uruguay and the prospects for resistance breeding.
• M. Banchero and N. Altier Estimation of soil population of Fusarium spp. under different crop rotation systems.
• Walter Kelman and Kevin Smith Recent research on condensed tannin content of Lotus uliginosus Schkuhr.
• M. Laura Locatelli, Miguel A. Aon, and Alberto A. Iglesias Characterization of Lotus spp. grown in the Salado River Basin at reproductive stage and evaluation of trefoil seed chalcid (Bruchophagus platypterus) damage.
• S. Giorgieri, K. Panak, G. Etchepare, L. Diaz, and O.A. Ruiz Analysis of storage proteins of Lotus spp. seeds by capillary gel electrophoresis.
• A. Hopkins and P. J. Murray Acceptability of Lotus corniculatus and Lotus uliginosus as a food source for non-pest butterfly larvae.
• M.M. Mujica, M. Colares, and C.P. Rumi Potential of Lotus glaber Mill.(=Lotus tenuis Waldst. et Kit. ex Wild.) for vegetative propagation by rooting of stems and leaves in floating conditions over the surface of a water medium.

3. Current Literature

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