List price   € 80     This title is available in ActaHort CD-rom format only - not available in print format Conveners   P.L. Forsline, C. Fideghelli  Editors   P.L. Forsline, C. Fideghelli, H. Knuepffer, A. Meerow, J. Nienhus, K. Richards, A. Stoner, E. Thörn, A.F.C. Tombolato, D. Williams  Publication date   23 July 2003  ISBN   978-90-66051-67-6  ISSN   0567-7572  Number of articles   40  Volumes   1  Place   Toronto, Canada  Online articles: FOREWORD AND PREFACE (P. Forsline, C. Fideghelli) LOOKING FORWARD TO A BETTER USE OF PLANT GENETIC DIVERSITY (M.D.M. Santos) OVERVIEW OF THE INTERNATIONAL TREATY ON PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE WITH EMPHASIS ON ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR HORTICULTURAL CROPS (B. Fraleigh, C.G. Davidson) SHIFTS IN THE USE OF UTILITY PATENTS AND PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION TO PROTECT PLANT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN THE UNITED STATES (M.A. Mutschler, W. Lesser) IN SITU TECHNIQUES FOR EFFICIENT GENETIC CONSERVATION AND USE: A CASE STUDY FOR LATHYRUS (N. Maxted, L. Guarino, A. Shehadeh) SPECIFIC FEATURES OF THE STRATEGY FOR IN SITU CONSERVATION OF WILD RELATIVES OF CULTIVATED PLANTS IN RUSSIA (T.N. Smekalova, I.G. Chukhina, N.N. Luneva) ETHNOBOTANICAL AND ETHNOBIODIVERSITY STUDIES FOR IN SITU PROTECTION OF HORTICULTURAL PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES IN ALP-BALKAN-CARPATH-DANUBE AREA (A.T. Szabó, I. Szabó, J. Péntek, L. Balogh, N. Bauer, K. Frendl) RESCUING OF OLD FRUIT LANDRACES IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC (J. Paprstein, J. Kloutvor, J. Blazek, V. Holubec) PHENOTYPIC AND GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF CUCUMIS MELO L. LANDRACES COLLECTED IN APULIA (ITALY) AND ALBANIA (L. Ricciardi, C. De Giovanni, P. Dell'Orco, C. Lotti, A.R. Marcotrigiano) CONSERVATION OF GENETIC DIVERSITY IN APRICOT IN THE COLD ARID REGIONS OF INDIA (S.K. Dwivedi, D.P. Attrey, E. Paljor, B. Singh) PRESENT DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HORTICULTURAL LANDRACES FOR HUMAN NUTRITION USE FROM THE COMUNIDAD DE MADRID (P.V. Mauri, Y. Higuero, R. Salces, J. Ibañez, J. Borrego, G. Vergara, F.J. Sánchez) EMPLOYING GENOMICS AND BIOINFORMATICS TO CONSERVE GENE, GENOME, AND GENEPOOL DIVERSITY (S. Kresovich) BIOINFORMATICS: A STRATEGY TO LINK IN SITU CONSERVATION AND TO REWARD PEOPLE ( Tejaswini, T.N. Prakash, S. Archak) UNIBASE (R): A UNIVERSAL DATABASE FOR ANY TYPE OF HORTICULTURAL CROP, PEST, INSECT, ANIMALS OR CHEMICAL PRODUCT (S. Khanizadeh, J. Ghavami) USE OF THE CHALCONE SYNTHASE GENE INTRON IN CHARACTERIZING PETUNIA TAXA (R.J. Griesbach, R.M. Beck) MARKER-ASSISTED REDUCTION OF REDUNDANCY IN GERMPLASM COLLECTIONS: GENETIC AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS (R. van Treuren, T.J.L. van Hintum) MOLECULAR GENOME ANALYSES AS TOOLS FOR EFFICIENT EX SITU-CONSERVATION AND UTILIZATION OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES (K.J. Dehmer) ESTIMATING GENETIC DIVERSITY IN NEW GUINEA IMPATIENS USING AFLP MARKERS (J. Carr, M. Xu, S.S. Korban) MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF OLIVE GERMPLASM IN IRAN BY USE OF RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA (RAPD) AND CORRELATION WITH PHENOTYPIC STUDIES: PRELIMINARY RESULTS (S.M. Samaee, Z.S. Shobbar, H. Ashrafi, M. Hosseini-Mazinani, M. Sheidai) PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION STRATEGIES: PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS (J.M.M. Engels) POTATO CRYOPRESERVATION IN GERMANY - USING THE DROPLET METHOD FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW LARGE COLLECTION (E.R.J. Keller, M. Dreiling) GERMPLASM PRESERVATION IN ALLIUM SPECIES: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO STORE MORPHOLOGICALLY CHARACTERISED VIRUS-FREE PLANT MATERIAL VIA CRYOPRESERVATION (E.R.J. Keller, A. Senula) CRYOPRESERVATION OF TEMPERATE FRUIT SPECIES: QUALITY OF PLANT MATERIALS AND METHODOLOGIES FOR GENE BANK CREATION (C. Damiano, A. Frattarelli, M.A. Shatnawi, Y. Wu, C. Forni, F. Engelmann) THE CONSERVATION ACTIVITY ON FRUIT TREE GERMPLASM IN ITALY (A. Sartori, F. Grassi, F. Vitellozzi, M.G. Piazza, C. Fideghelli) CRYOPRESERVATION OF PELARGONIUM SHOOT TIPS BY ENCAPSULATION-DEHYDRATION: EFFECTS OF SUCROSE CONCENTRATION, DEHYDRATION DURATION AND GENOTYPE (A. Grapin, D. Dumet, H. Holota, N. Dorion) COLLECTION OF HYDRANGEA: GENETIC RESOURCES CHARACTERISATION (E. Mortreau, H. Bertrand, C. Lambert, J. Lallemand) EVALUATION OF FRUIT TREE GENETIC RESOURCES IN A MEDITERRANEAN SECONDARY CENTER OF BIODIVERSITY (I. Chessa, G. Nieddu) LOW TEMPERATURE STORAGE AND CRYOPRESERVATION OF THE GRAPE ROOTSTOCK KOBER 5BB (C. Benelli, M. Lambardi, A. Fabbri) PARTNERSHIPS PROMOTING THE CONSERVATION OF FRUIT GENETIC RESOURCES (K.E. Hummer) EVALUATION AND UTILIZATION OF VEGETABLE GENETIC RESOURCES FOR THE TROPICS (L.M. Engle, S. Shanmugasundaram, P. Hanson) MALUS GERMPLASM FROM ASIA AND ITS EVALUATION AT THE GERMAN FRUIT GENEBANK (M. Geibel, B. Hohlfeld) EVALUATION OF VITIS AESTIVALIS AND RELATED TAXA AS SOURCES OF RESISTANCE TO ROOT-KNOT NEMATODES (L.E. Boyden, P. Cousins) EVALUATION OF GENETIC RESOURCES OF PEACH AND NECTARINE FOR POWDERY MILDEW RESISTANCE BY PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS (S. Toma, A. Ivascu, V. Balan, E. Delian, M. Oprea) BIODIVERSITY OF SNAP BEAN (PHASEOLUS VULGARIS L.) ON THE COAST OF THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION IN ANTALYA (N. Ozcelik, A.F. Firat, H.F. Boyaci) DIVERSITY OF PHENOLIC ANTIOXIDANT CONTENT AND RADICAL SCAVENGING CAPACITY IN THE USDA APPLE GERMPLASM CORE COLLECTION (C. Stushnoff, A.E. McSay, J. Luby, P.L. Forsline) SEGREGATION OF RESISTANCE TO ROOT-KNOT NEMATODES IN A VITIS VULPINA HYBRID POPULATION (P. Cousins, M. Lauver) RESPONSE TO ROOT-KNOT NEMATODES IN A VITIS MONTICOLA HYBRID POPULATION (P. Cousins, M. Lauver) GENETIC RESOURCES OF UNDER-UTILIZED FRUITS IN PUNJAB SUBTROPICS (J.S. Bal) IDENTIFICATION OF GENETIC STRAINS OF MEDJOOL AND DEGLET NOOR DATE PALM CULTIVARS IN CALIFORNIA USING AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM (AFLP) MARKERS (P.S. Devanand, C.T. Chao) VARIATION IN PLOIDY LEVEL, FERTILITY, AND BREEDING BEHAVIOR IN CULTIVATED SCHLUMBERGERA (CACTACEAE) (C. Parks, T.H. Boyle) GENETIC DIVERSITY OF CHINESE JUJUBE (ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA MILL.) (L. Mengjun)