ISHS Acta Horticulturae 201: Manipulation of Ethylene Responses in Horticulture, XXII IHC
FOREWORD |
| Authors: | Heiko H. van der Borg, M.S. Reid |
| Abstract:
The Programme Committee of the XXIInd International Horticultural Congress in Davis decided in consultation with the American Society for Horticultural Science and the ISHS to publish the papers of the one-day symposia and of some of the workshops held during this Congress. The ASHS will publish the proceedings of 23 symposia and one workshop in HortScience while the ISHS will publish in 12 volumes of Acta Horticulturae 8 symposia, 3 workshops and a compilation of papers on different economic aspects presented in different sessions. We will publish these volumes in the first half of 1987. This will be made possible with the important assistance we have received from the moderators and from the authors by using the proposed ISHS-publishing system. The Programme Committee and the ISHS are very grateful for the work done by Prof.
M.S. Reid for this Acta number 201, titled Manipulation of Ethylene Responses in Horticulture. In recent years, much has been learned about the bio-synthesis and action of ethylene in plants, and a number of techniques have been developed to permit its production and action to be manipulated. The practical application of these findings formed the basis for the Symposium, entitled "Manipulation of Ethylene Responses in Horticulture" held during the XXIInd International Horticultural Congress in Davis. This volume contains review papers by speakers at the Symposium, as well as many of the papers relating to this subject which were presented at other sessions of the Congress. This assembly of papers indicates clearly the wide range of phenomena induced by or affected by ethylene and the importance, to horticulturists, of the ability to modify ethylene production and action. The papers have been organized in sections relating to the review papers of the symposium. The table of contents shows that major horticultural emphasis at this time is in stimulating ethylene effects using chemicals, such as ethephon, which break down to release ethylene in the plant. Half of the papers deal with the practical use of these compounds. The impressive effects of some of the inhibitors of ethylene action and synthesis detailed in the review papers will not be of great practical interest, until less expensive and toxic inhibitors are available.
The search for such inhibitors is obviously important to further practical manipulation of plant responses to ethylene. | |
