List price   € 99     This title is available both in print and ActaHort CD-rom format Conveners   J-M. Lee, D. Zhang  Editors   J-M. Lee, D. Zhang  Publication date   1 December 2003  ISBN   978-90-66054-00-4  ISSN   0567-7572  Number of articles   57  Volumes   1  Place   Toronto, Canada  Online articles: FOREWORD AND PREFACE (J-M. Lee, D. Zhang, ISHS Board of Directors) HISTORY OF ASIAN HORTICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY (J. Janick) TOWARDS A DATABASE OF EAST ASIAN CULTIVATED PLANT SPECIES (H. Knüpffer, K. Hammer, H.-D. Hoang) HISTORY AND STATUS OF THE VEGETABLE INDUSTRY IN CHINA (D. Qu) THE IMPORTANCE OF PHOTOPERIOD IN CULTIVAR AND SITE SELECTION FOR PRODUCTION OF MYOGA (ZINGIBER MIOGA ROSCOE): DETERMINATION OF CRITICAL DAYLENGTH (K.J. Stirling, R.J. Clark) NEW LEAF VEGETABLE PRODUCTION SYSTEM USING AUTOMATIC REAPING HARVESTER AND RAIL SYSTEM (T. Maruo, S. Akimoto, N. Wada, M. Ito, M. Takagaki, Y. Shinohara) APPLICATION OF REAPING METHOD FOR HARVESTING LEAFY VEGETABLES GROWN IN CAPILLARY HYDROPONIC SYSTEM (M. Takagaki, S. Amuka, T. Maruo, S. Sukprahan, Y. Shinohara) CHANGES IN GLUCOSINOLATE CONCENTRATIONS DURING GROWING STAGES OF TAI TSAI (BRASSICA CAMPESTRIS L. SSP. CHINENSIS VAR. TAI-TSAI HORT.) AND POTHERB MUSTARD (BRASSICA JUNCEA COSS.) (H. He, G. Fingerling, W.H. Schnitzler) EVALUATION OF GLUCOSINOLATE COMPOSITION AND CONTENTS IN CHINESE BRASSICA VEGETABLES (H. He, L. Liu, S. Song, X. Tang, Y. Wang) PRODUCTION AND MARKET EVALUATION OF CONVENTIONALLY AND ORGANICALLY GROWN BITTER MELON AND ASIAN EGGPLANT IN OHIO (M.D. Kleinhenz, S.A. Miller, P. Bierman, B. Bergefurd, M. Fout, M.L. Lewis Ivy) EFFECT OF CULTIVAR AND LOCATION ON YIELD, TUBER QUALITY, AND STORABILITY OF JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE (HELIANTHUS TUBEROSUS L.) I. GROWTH, YIELD, AND TUBER CHARACTERISTICS (M.E. Ragab, K.A. Okasha, I.I. El-Oksh, N.M. Ibrahim) CHANGES IN ANTIOXIDANT ENZYMES AND POLYAMINES IN RESPONSE TO LOW TEMPERATURE CHILLING IN WATERMELON PLANTS (S.W. Kwon, B.R. Ko, D.G. Bai) EFFECT OF LIPOXYGENASE AND JASMONIC ACID ON ETHYLENE BIOSYNTHESIS DURING TOMATO FRUIT RIPENING (J. Sheng, J. Ye, L. Shen, Y. Luo) PREPARATION OF KIMCHI AND OTHER PRESERVED VEGETABLES (S.K. Lee) GENETIC RESOURCES OF ASIAN TEMPERATE FRUITS (T. Sanada, Y. Sato) NATIVE TROPICAL ASIAN FRUITS (P. Anupunt, S. Somsri, S. Chaikiattiyos, U. Kumscha) EVALUATION OF GERMPLASM RESOURCES AND BREEDING OF FLAT PEACH (R. Ma, M. Yu, P. Du, H. Guo, H. Song) GENETIC DIVERSITY IN EUROPEAN COLLECTION OF LOQUAT (ERIOBOTRYA JAPONICA LINDL.) (M.L. Badenes, T. Canyamas, C. Romero, J.M. Soriano, J. Martinez, G. Llácer) INVESTIGATION OF FRUIT GERMPLASM RESOURCES WITH COLD RESISTANCE IN JILIN PROVINCE, CHINA (B. Zhang, H. Liu, H. Song, Y. Zhang) INVESTIGATION ON THE VARIATION OF WILD MALUS HUPEHENSIS VAR. PINGYITIANCHA (X. Shen, J.B. Wang, Q.P. Wei, H.R. Shu) KOREAN PINE AS A NUT PRODUCTION SPECIES IN CHINA - PRESENT SITUATION AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT (H.L. Shen) BARBERRY GROWING IN IRAN (A. Tehranifar) EFFECT OF RAINFALL INTERCEPTION ON SOIL MOISTURE, TREE SAP FLOW, AND FRUIT QUALITY IN PEACH (PRUNUS PERSICA) (D.G. Choi, D.C. Choi, D.H. You, H.G. Kim, J. Ryu, S.D. Oh) STORAGE OF CHINESE WINTER JUJUBE FRUIT (J. Sheng, L. Yunbo, S. Lin) REGULATION OF ABSCISIC ACID AND ITS BIOSYNTHESIS INHIBITORS ON POMEGRANATE POLLEN GERMINATION AND TUBE GROWTH (H.-Q. Yang, Y.-L. Jie, L.-X. Liu, W.-Y. Tang, M.-G. Yu) SELECTIVE CONTROL OF DODDER (CUSCUTA MONOGINA L.) PARASITIZING POMEGRANATE TREES (PUNICA GRANATU L.) (S. Rassoulzadeh, S.M. Saneii, M.A. Asgarii) DENDRANTHEMA SPECIES AS CHRYSANTHEMUM GENETIC RESOURCES (S. Fukai) BREEDING OF FLORICULTURAL CROPS AT NHRI, KOREA (H.Y. Joung, H.D. Kim, H.K. Shin, S.Y. Choi, J.Y. Kim) GENETIC DIVERSITY OF DENDRANTHEMA PACIFICUM (NAKAI) KITAM. NATIVE TO JAPAN (M.S. Roh, H. Ikeda) INHERITANCE AND VARIATION OF NONBRANCHING HABIT IN CHRYSANTHEMUM (H.K. Shin, S.Y. Choi, H.Y. Joung) EFFECTS OF BULB MATURITY, SIZE, AND COLD TREATMENT ON PHYLLOTACTIC TRANSITION IN LILIUM ORIENTAL ‘CASA BLANCA’ (K.J. Kim, Y.J. Kim, H.K. Rhee, D.H. Goo, K.S. Kim) FORCING OF CAMPANULA MEDIUM CHAMPION CULTIVARS (J.S. Song, C.S. Bang, Y.D. Chang, H.T. Jang, J.S. Lee) EFFECTS OF COLD AND GA3 TREATMENT ON FLOWERING OF EIGHT PERENNIALS NATIVE TO KOREA (J.S. Song, C.S. Bang, Y.D. Chang, H.T. Jang, J.S. Lee) GROWTH RESPONSES OF SPATHIPHYLLUM CULTIVARS TO ELEVATED PRODUCTION TEMPERATURES (D.B. McConnell, J. Chen, R.J. Henny, S.V. Pennisi, M.E. Kane) EFFECTS OF PRE-HARVEST TEMPERATURE DURING THE INDUCTION PERIOD OF DORMANCY ON GROWTH, DORMANCY DEVELOPMENT, AND PUPATION IN FREESIA HYBRIDA CORMS (J.-J. Lee, J.-S. Jeong, J.-S. Choi, Y.-R. Kwon, H.-B. Bark) INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE ON GROWTH AND FLOWERING OF FOUR MECONOPSIS GENOTYPES (S. Still, S. Kitto, J. Swasey, J. Harbage) EFFECT OF BULB SCALE REMOVAL ON VEGETATIVE GROWTH, FLOWERING AND FLOWER QUALITY OF LILIUM SPP. (H.-J. Kim, D.-C. Choi, J.-M. Kim, S.-Y. Seo, J.-S. Choi, Y.-G. Choi) INVESTIGATION ON POLLINATION METHODS FOR THE INTERGENERIC HYBRID BETWEEN HEMEROCALLIS AND LILIUM (M.S. Ahn, K.J. Lee, J.S. Jeong, D.C. Choi, H.C. Lim, S.R. Choi, J.S. Choi, Y.G. Choi) RESISTANCE TO FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F.SP. LILII IN LILIUM (J.H. Lim, H.K. Rhee, Y.J. Kim, K.B. Lim, J.M. van Tuyl) THE RELATIONSHIP OF STORAGE AND VIABILITY OF LILY POLLEN (H.K. Rhee, J.H. Lim, H.R. Cho, J.M. van Tuyl) PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES DURING PUPATION OF FREESIA HYBRIDA CORMS IN RESPONSE TO STORAGE TEMPERATURE (J.-J. Lee, Y.-G. Choi, J.-C. Kim) PLANT REGENERATION FROM LEAF EXPLANTS AND EFFICIENT AGROBACTERIUM-MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION SYSTEM OF CHRYSANTHEMUM (DENDRANTHEMA GRANDIFLORUM) (S.Y. Seo, D.C. Choi, J.M. Kim, H.C. Lim, H.J. Kim, J.S. Choi, Y.G. Choi) DIFFERENTIATION OF GLADIOLUS PLANTLETS FROM CALLUS AND SUBSEQUENT FLOWERING (D.H. Goo, H.Y. Young, K.W. Kim) SHORTENING BREEDING CYCLES OF SPIDER LILIES (LYCORIS SPP.) THROUGH EMBRYO CULTURE AND DIKARYOTYPE HYBRIDIZATION BETWEEN LYCORIS AUREA AND “A” KARYOTYPE SPECIES (M.S. Yuan, M.C. Wu, C.T. Shii) NARCISSUS TAZETTA VAR. CHINENSIS: CAN DNA ANALYSIS REVEAL ITS ORIGIN? (S. Ohki, A. Tanaka, U. Suzukawa, K. Sakamoto) DEHYDRATION OF ANNUAL CHRYSANTHEMUM (C. CORONARIUM) (D.S. Dahiya, D. Unnikrishnan, A.K. Gupta, S.K. Sehrawat, S. Siddiqui) ORNAMENTAL PLANT RESOURCES FROM CHINA (L. Zhao, D. Zhang) THE IMPORTANCE OF ASIA-ORIGINATED PLANTS TO THE GROWTH OF THE FOLIAGE PLANT INDUSTRY (J. Chen, D.B. McConnell, R.J. Henny) AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO REALIZING THE POTENTIAL OF ASIAN PLANT GERMPLASM (K. Kim) GENETIC RESOURCES FOR NEW CULTIVAR BREEDING OF SELECTED ASIAN ORNAMENTALS (K.-K. Shim, Y.-M. Ha) THE GERMPLASM PRESERVATION OF ORNAMENTAL PEACH CULTIVARS (D. Hu, Z. Zhang, X. Zhang, Q. Zhang) HUNAN (CHINA) FLORA WITH RICH ORNAMENTAL PLANTS (K. Liu, D. Zhang, X. Wang) GERMINATION OF STYRAX JAPONICUS SEEDS AS INFLUENCED BY STORAGE AND SOWING CONDITIONS (M.S. Roh, J.-A. Bentz) PHENOLOGY OF SOME LANDSCAPE TREE SPECIES UNDER SEMI-ARID CONDITIONS OF HARYANA STATE, INDIA (D.S. Dahiya) THE GLOBALIZATION OF GINSENG (W.G. Bailey, J.T.A. Proctor) THE HISTORY OF GINSENG CULTIVATION IN THE ORIENT (H. Park) ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY OF BERRY CROPS, CULINARY HERBS AND MEDICINAL HERBS (S.Y. Wang) A CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF ANTIOXIDANT VITAMINS IN FRESH CURRY LEAF (MURRAYA KOENIGII) BY REVERSED PHASE HPLC WITH UV DETECTION (U.R. Palaniswany, C. Caporuscio, J.D. Stuart)