List price   € 81     This title is available both in print and ActaHort CD-rom format Conveners   V. Galán Saúco, L.G. Albrigo, V. Souza-Machado  Editors   L.G. Albrigo, V. Galán Saúco  Publication date   29 February 2004  ISBN   978-90-66055-87-2  ISSN   0567-7572  Number of articles   47  Volumes   1  Place   Toronto, Canada  Online articles: FOREWORD AND PREFACE (V. Galán Saúco, L.G. Albrigo, ISHS Board of Directors) DOMESTICATING PRIORITY MIOMBO INDIGENOUS FRUIT TREES AS A PROMISING LIVELIHOOD OPTION FOR SMALL-HOLDER FARMERS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA (F.K. Akinnifesi, F.R. Kwesiga, J. Mhango, A. Mkonda, T. Chilanga, R. Swai) CITRUS IMPROVEMENT BY HYBRIDIZATION IN CUBA: BEHAVIOUR OF THE SELECTIONS OBTAINED (L. Bello, G. Sosa, M. Aranguren, I. Martínez) EVALUATION OF DATE PALM MALES USING POLLEN VIABILITY AND ULTRASTRUCTURE (M.A. Shaheen) ADAPTATION AND PERFORMANCE OF 15 AVOCADO CULTIVARS GROWN IN ANTALYA PROVINCE IN SOUTHERN TURKEY (A. Demirkol, S. Bayram, I. Baktir) BREEDING AND SELECTION FOR EARLY BEARING PAPAYAS (T.W. Zimmerman, J.A. Kowalski) BREEDING PAPAYA FOR RESISTANCE TO RINGSPOT VIRUS DISEASE IN MALAYSIA (Y.K. Chan) POTENTIAL OF BRAZILIAN EUGENIA MYRTACEAE- AS ORNAMENTAL AND AS A FRUIT CROP (L.C. Donadio, F.V. Moro) JIOTILLA PLANT (ESCONTRIA CHIOTILLA [WEBER] BRITT. & ROSE) AS A NEW RESOURCE NATIVE TO SOUTH MEXICO (L. Yáñez, M.A. Armella, C. Pelayo, J. Soriano, G. Ramírez, D.M. Sánchez, A. Juarez, L. Garcí) BREEDING GUAVA (PSIDIUM GUAJAVA) FOR RESISTANCE TO RUST CAUSED BY PUCCINIA PSIDII (I.J.A. Ribeiro, C.V. Pommer) FLOWER BUD INDUCTION, FLOWERING AND FRUIT-SET OF SOME TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL FRUIT TREE CROPS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO CITRUS (L. Gene Albrigo, V. Galán Saúco) RESTRICTIONS ON THE EXOGENOUS CONTROL OF FLOWERING IN CITRUS (A. Martínez-Fuentes, C. Mesejo, M. Juan, V. Almela, M. Agustí) POLLINATION EFFECTS ON QUALITY IN 'OROVAL CLEMENTINE' MANDARIN IN AUSTRALIA (H.M. Wallace) RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND RESPIRATION IN GRAPEFRUIT AND KUMQUAT LEAVES (C. Germanà, .A. Continella, E. Tribulato) THE PHYSIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF CITRUS CREASING (J.P. Bower) PHYSIOLOGICAL BEHAVIOUR OF SOME SUBTROPICAL SPECIES IN MEDITERRANEAN AREA (C. Germanà, A. Continella) NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL POLLINATION OF ATEMOYA IN BRAZIL (M.R. Melo, C.V. Pommer, R. Kavati) PERICARP STRUCTURE IN RELATION TO FRUIT CRACKING RESISTANCE IN LITCHI (LITCHI CHINENSIS SONN.) (X. Huang, H. Wang, J. Li, W. Yuan, H. Huang) QUALITY OF CITRUS FOR FRESH CONSUMPTION AS AFFECTED BY WATER RELATIONSHIPS (M. Agustí, V. Almela, M. Juan, A. Martinez-Fuentes, C. Mesejo) EFFECT OF GIBBERELLIC ACID, UREA AND KNO3 ON YIELD AND ON COMPOSITION AND NUTRITIONAL QUALITY OF CLEMENTINE MANDARIN FRUIT JUICE (M. El-Otmani, A. Ait-Oubahou, C.J. Lovatt, F. El-Hassainate, A. Kaanane) ROOTSTOCKS AND PLANT WATER RELATIONS AFFECT SUGAR ACCUMULATION OF 'VALENCIA' SWEET ORANGE VIA OSMOTIC ADJUSTMENT (G.H. Barry, W.S. Castle, F.S. Davies) IMPROVED USE OF FOLIAR ON CLEMENTINE MANDARIN TO MANIPULATE CROPPING IN A SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION SYSTEM (M. El-Otmani, F.-Z. Taibi, B. Lmoufid, A. Ait-Oubahou, C.J. Lovatt) SELECTED CULTURAL TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE PRODUCTION OF SOME SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL FRUIT CROPS (J.H. Crane) EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT PLANTING DENSITIES ON THE VEGETATIVE GROWTH, YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY OF LOQUAT (A.A. Polat, C. Durgac, O. Kamiloglu, O. Caliskan) EFFECTS OF MANUAL AND CHEMICAL FRUIT THINNING ON FRUIT SIZE OF 'SIMETO' MANDARIN (S. La Malfa, Z.N. Deng, G. Distefano, E. Tribulato) MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF FRUIT SET ON BREADFRUIT (ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS) TREES (L.B. Roberts-Nkrumah) SUSTAINABLE LITCHI (LITCHI CHINENSIS SONN.) PRODUCTION IN WEST BENGAL, INDIA (S.K. Mitra) PLANTING DISTANCES FOR CITRUS IN RED FERRALITIC SOILS OF JAGÜEY GRANDE, MATANZAS, CUBA (R. Rodríguez, N. del Valle, M. Aranguren, M.E. García, R. Pérez, K. Rodríguez, J. Rodríguez) APPLICATIONS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY TO CITRUS IMPROVEMENT IN SPAIN (L. Navarro, O. Olivares-Fuster, J. Juárez, P. Aleza, J.A. Pina, J.F. Ballester-Olmos, M. Cervera, C. Fagoaga, N. Duran-Vila, L. Peña) MORPHOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF ROLABC GENES INTO CITRUS GENOME (A. Gentile, Z.N. Deng, S. La Malfa, F. Domina, C. Germanà, E. Tribulato) AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS-MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION OF YELLOW PASSION FRUIT (PASSIFLORA EDULIS F. FLAVICARPA WITH THE CME-ACOL GENE (M. Quoirin, L.M. Winkler, R. Ayub) STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF MAJOR IONS AND BENZYLAMINOPURINE ON PROLIFERATION IN VITRO OF MICROSHOOTS OF APPLE, PLUM, TRIFOLIATA ORANGE AND BLACK CURRANT BY A SYSTEMATIC VARIANCE METHOD (O.A. Leontiev-Orlov, L.A. Leontieva-Orlova, A. Mossi, R.L. Cansian) TRANSFER OF A POTENTIAL CANKER RESISTANCE GENE INTO CITRUS PROTOPLASTS USING GFP AS THE SELECTABLE MARKER (W.W. Guo, J.W. Grosser) MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF SEVERAL INTERGENERIC SOMATIC HYBRIDS BETWEEN CITRUS AND ITS RELATED GENERA (W.W. Guo, Y.J. Cheng, C.L. Chen, C.H. Fu, X.X. Deng) EXPRESSION ANALYSIS OF GENES ENCODING CELL WALL MODIFYING ENZYMES DURING RIPENING OF FIG FRUIT (FICUS CARICA L. CV MASUI DAUPHINE) (W.O. Owino, H. Yuge, R. Nakano, Y. Kubo, A. Inaba) GENETIC INTERACTION BETWEEN DIFFERENT TISSUES IN CITRUS PERICLINAL CHIMERAS (J. Zhou, H. Yutaka, H. Shiotani, T. Ito) IN VITRO SHOOT BUD INDUCTION AND PLANTLET REGENERATION IN GUAVA AS INFLUENCED BY GENOTYPE (N. Joshee, M. Mutua, A.K. Yadav, F. Zee) VIROID INDUCED CHANGES IN THE YIELD COMPONENTS OF PERSIAN LIME TREES (CITRUS LATIFOLIA TAN.) (M. Aranguren, R. Pérez, D. Rodríguez) EFFECTS OF VIROID INOCULATION ON 'SRA-58 PERSIAN' LIME TREES (CITRUS LATIFOLIA TAN.) GRAFTED ON CITRUS MACROPHYLLA WEST. UNDER CUBAN CONDITIONS. I: PROMOTION STAGE (R. Pérez, M.E. García, N. del Valle, E. Correa, D. Rodríguez, K. Velázquez, J.M. Pérez) TROPICAL FRUIT POSTHARVEST: THE IMPACT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY (R.E. Paull, N.J. Chen) EFFECT OF PREHARVEST SPRAY OF CA AND K ON QUALITY, PEEL PITTING AND PEROXIDASES ACTIVITY OF 'FORTUNE' MANDARIN FRUIT IN LOW TEMPERATURE STORAGE (F. El-Hilali, A. Ait-Oubahou, A. Remah, O. Akhayat) EFFECTS OF POLYAMINES AND SALICYLIC ACID ON POSTHARVEST STORAGE OF 'PONKAN' MANDARIN (Y. Zheng, Q. Zhang) CAROTENOIDS AND VITAMIN C CHANGES BY SEMI-COMMERCIAL ULTRA-LOW OXYGEN STORAGE IN GRAPEFRUIT (B.S. Patil, K.C. Shellie) EFFECT OF EDIBLE COATINGS ON STORAGE LIFE OF MEXICAN LIMES (CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA SWINGLE) HARVESTED IN TWO DIFFERENT PERIODS (E. Bosquez-Molina, J. Domínguez-Soberanes, L.J. Pérez-Flores, F. Díaz-de-Léon-Sánchez, J. Vernon-Carter) MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE STORAGE AND ETHYLENE ABSORBENT ENABLES PROLONGED STORAGE OF 'HAYWARD' KIWIFRUITS (M. Pekmezci, M. Erkan, H. Gübbük, I. Karaşahin, I. Uzun) EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS TO CONTROL GREEN MOLD IN CITRUS FRUIT (G. Lanza, E. di Martino Aleppo, M.C. Strano) FRUIT QUALITY OF 'KARTHACOLOMBAN', 'AMPALAVI' AND 'WILLARD' MANGOES (MANGIFERA INDICA) IN JAFFNA, SRI LANKA (N. Krishnapillai) STUDY ON FLAVONOID CONTENTS IN FRUITS OF DIFFERENT OF CITRUS GENOTYPES (M.A. Germanà, V. Mineo, B. Chiancone)