List price   € 57     This title is available in ActaHort CD-rom format only - not available in print format Convener   M.A. Nichols  Editor   M.A. Nichols  Publication date   25 April 2005  ISBN   978-90-66055-68-1  ISSN   0567-7572  Number of articles   26  Volumes   1  Place   Palmerston North, New Zealand  Online articles: FOREWORD AND PREFACE (M.A. Nichols) ESCAPING THE COMMODITY TRAP - POTATO PROCESSORS AND CONSUMERS IN AUSTRALASIA (M. Heap) SWEETPOTATO PRODUCTION WORLDWIDE: ASSESSMENT, TRENDS AND THE FUTURE (S.J. Kays) CARROTS, THE UK AND EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE (P. Wright) TRADITIONAL ANDEAN CULTIVATION SYSTEMS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE LAND USE (S.R.P. Halloy, R. Ortega, K. Yager, A. Seimon) RESISTANCE TO POWDERY SCAB (SPONGOSPORA SUBTERRANEA) IN POTATOES - A KEY COMPONENT OF INTEGRATED DISEASE MANAGEMENT (R.A. Genet, R.E. Falloon, W.F. Braam, A.R. Wallace, J.M.E. Jacobs, S.J. Baldwin) SWEETPOTATO VINE RESISTANCE TO SCLEROTINIA ROT (S.L. Lewthwaite, P.J. Wright) RESISTANCE TO TUBER MOTH FOLLOWING THE TRANSFER TO POTATO OF A CRY9AA2 GENE UNDER THE CONTROL OF CONSTITUTIVE AND LIGHT-INDUCIBLE PROMOTERS (S. Meiyalaghan, M.F.G. Takla, P.J. Barrell, R.M. Keijzer, J.M.E. Jacobs, A.J. Conner) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF YACON (SMALLANTHUS SONCHIFOLIUS) PRODUCTION IN NEW ZEALAND (J.A. Douglas, M.H. Douglas, B. Deo, J.M. Follett, J.J.C. Scheffer, I.M. Sims, R.A.S. Welch) DEVELOPMENT OF NEW OCA LINES IN NEW ZEALAND (R.J. Martin, G.P. Savage, B. Deo, S.R.P. Halloy, P.J. Fletcher) EVALUATION OF DIOSCOREA ALATA FOR TUBER YIELD AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS ON TWO TYPES OF SOIL IN MALAYSIA - A PRELIMINARY OBSERVATION (A. Aminah, S.L. Tan, I. Hasim) NOVEL APPROACHES TO MINIMIZING THE INCIDENCE OF CARROT (DAUCUS CAROTA L.) SPLITTING (A.J. Gracie, P.H. Brown) MANAGING POTATO CROPS FOR CULINARY QUALITY (B.P. Searle, P. Jarvis, R.J. Lucas) YIELD RESPONSE OF CALIFORNIA-GROWN RUSSET NORKOTAH POTATOES AND ITS LINE SELECTIONS TO NITROGEN FERTILIZATION (M.R. Johnstone, R.E. Voss, H.A. Phillips) THE CARROT CALCULATOR: A DECISION SUPPORT TOOL FOR CARROT CROP MANAGEMENT (J.B. Reid) DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPUTER-BASED EXTENSION SUPPORT TOOL FOR DIAGNOSING PROBLEMS IN SWEETPOTATO CROPS (J.O. O'Sullivan, G. Norton, V. Amante, E. Vasquez) PARJIB_EXPRESS - SOFTWARE PROVIDING AN ECONOMIC BASIS FOR FERTILISER RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ROOT AND TUBER CROPS (J.B. Reid, T.J. van der Weerden, M.W. Willimott) THE CRISPING PERFORMANCE AND RESISTANCE TO COLD INDUCED SWEETENING IN DIFFERENT POTATO LINES DURING LONG TERM COOL STORAGE (J.A.D. Anderson, R.A. Genet, C.M. Triggs, M.J. McKenzie) MICROPROPAGATION OF SWEET POTATO UNDER CO2-ENRICHED CONDITION BY USING A NOVEL DISPOSABLE, GAS-PERMEABLE FILM CULTURE VESSEL (D. Thi Thanh Giang, M. Tanaka) FACTORS AFFECTING THE PRODUCTION AND QUALITY OF JAPANESE TARO CORMELS (J.J.C. Scheffer, J.A. Douglas, C.M. Triggs) RESEARCH ON KONJAC (AMORPHOPHALLUS KONJAC) PRODUCTION IN NEW ZEALAND (J.A. Douglas, J.M. Follett, J.E. Waller) EFFECT OF PLANTING DATE ON ULLUCO YIELD (R.J. Martin, J.J.C. Scheffer, B. Deo, S.R.P. Halloy) ADAPTATION AND YIELD STABILITY OF SWEETPOTATO CLONES FOR HUMAN AND PIG FOOD IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS OF JAYAWIJAYA, IRIAN JAYA, INDONESIA (M. Jusuf Yakub, D. Peters) OBSERVATIONS ON ALTERNARIA MONITORING IN CARROTS AND ON CONTROL OF ROOT FORKING IN CARROTS AND PARSNIPS (C. Greenacre, J. Hipperson, P. Wright) AEROPONICS AND POTATOES (M.A. Nichols) RECENT TRENDS IN THE EUROPEAN AND US POTATO MARKETS (D. Hudson) TEN STEPS TO CARROT CRUNCHING GOOD CROPS!! (D. Martin)