List price   € 147   Buy this book   This title is available in ActaHort USB-drive or e-Acta format - not available in print Convener   J.M. Audergon  Editor   J.M. Audergon  Publication date   28 February 2006  ISBN   978-90-66053-27-4  ISSN   0567-7572 (print)   2406-6168 (electronic)  Number of articles   129  Volumes   2  Place   Avignon, France  Online articles: PERCEPTION AND CONSUMPTION OF APRICOTS IN FRANCE (M.A. Moreau-Rio ) COMMUNITY PLANT VARIETY RIGHTS AND NEW APRICOT CULTIVARS (S.F.A. Semon) THE ´ORANGERED STAR´® STRATEGY OR HOW TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE EXCEPTIONAL FLAVOUR SPECIFICITY OF ´ORANGERED´® FRUIT (P. Charlet, D. Thevenon) HOW TO INTEGRATE KNOWLEDGE ON TREE BIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY IN FUTURE RESEARCH? (E. Costes) RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUGAR COMPOSITION OF THE BUDS AND FROST TOLERANCE IN APRICOT CULTIVARS (A. Pedryc, J. Korbuly, E. Sardi) CHARACTERISATION AND INFLUENCE OF FLORAL ABORTION IN FRENCH APRICOT CROP AREA (J.M. Legave, J.C. Richard, D. Fournier) CHANGES IN ANTIOXIDANT COMPOUNDS IN FLOWER BUDS OF TWO APRICOT CULTIVARS DURING WINTER SEASON. (S. Bartolini, G.C. Zanol, R. Viti) IN VITRO INVESTIGACIONS ON POLLEN QUALITY, PRODUCTION AND SELF INCOMPATIBILITY OF SOME APRICOT VARIETIES IN MALATYA - TURKEY (S. Paydas, S. Eti, R. Gülcan, K. Derin, K.U. Yilmaz) GERMINATION OF APRICOT SEEDS (L. Kramarenko) PHYSIOLOGICAL AND GENETIC STUDIES ON APRICOT/PRUNUS ROOTSTOCKS GRAFT COMPATIBILITY (J.L. Poëssel, M. Faurobert, M. Loonis, M.N. Corre, G. Olivier, V. Restier, J.M. Audergon, M. Masse) THERMAL REQUIREMENT FROM BLOOMING TO RIPENING IN SOME APRICOT CULTIVARS (R. Guerriero, P. Monteleone) EVALUATION OF END OF DORMANCY IN SEVERAL APRICOT CULTIVARS ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES (R. Guerriero, P. Monteleone, R. Viti) ARCHITECTURAL DIVERSITY OF APRICOT TREES: WHICH MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS CAN BE USED TO CLASSIFY CULTIVARS? (E. Costes, D. Fournier, J.M. Audergon, J.M. Legave, G. Clauzel) SEASONAL PROTEIN VARIATIONS IN APRICOT BARK (M. Faurobert, L. Gomez) COMPARISON OF APRICOT TREE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THREE FRENCH GROWING AREAS (D. Fournier, J.C. Salles, E. Costes, J.M. Broquaire, G. Marboutie) INHERITANCE OF FLORAL ABORTION IN PROGENIES OF ´STARK EARLY ORANGE´ APRICOT (J.M. Legave, J.C Richard, R. Viti) DIVERSITY OF APRICOT VARIETIES BASED ON TRAITS DETERMINING WINTER HARDINESS AND EARLY SPRING FROST TOLERANCE OF FLORAL BUDS (L. Szalay, J. Papp, A. Pedryc, Z. Szabo) XYLEM VESSEL DIFFERENTIATION AND MICROSPOROGENESIS EVOLUTION IN ´CANINO´ CULTIVAR GROWING IN THREE DIFFERENT CLIMATIC AREAS: ITALY, MOROCCO AND TURKEY (S. Bartolini, R. Viti, M. Laghezali, H.A. Olmez) THE COLD HARDINESS OF FLOWER BUDS IN TWO APRICOT CULTIVARS (S. Bartolini, G. Zanol, R. Viti) CHILLING, THERMAL TIME AND METABOLIC CHANGES IN FIVE APRICOT VARIETIES (N. Valentini, E. Ruffa, G. Me, F. Spanna, M. Lovisetto) PARAMETERS FOR DESCRIPTION OF THE GROWTH HABIT OF APRICOT CULTIVARS (R. Viti, R. Guerriero) COMPATIBILITY STATUS OF DIFFERENT PRUNUS CLONES AND SEEDLING ROOTSTOCKS WITH SOME APRICOT CULTIVARS (M. Bas, S. Paydas) INVESTIGATIONS ON FERTILIZATION BIOLOGY OF IMPORTANT DRIED APRICOT CULTIVARS (A. Misirli, H. Saglam, R. Gülcan, H.A. Ölmez, M. Sahin) THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STOMATA DENSITY AND FRUIT QUALITY OF SOME APRICOT VARIETIES GROWING IN DIFFERENT ALTITUDES IN MALATYA PROVINCE (H.A. Ölmez, B.E. Ak, R. Gülcan) A RESEARCH ON PHENOLIC AND CYANOGENIC COMPOUNDS IN SWEET AND BITTER KERNELLED APRICOT VARIETIES (F. Sefer, A. Misirli, R. Gülcan) MOLECULAR MARKERS FOR VARIABILITY ASSESSMENT AND MAP COMPARISON IN PRUNUS (P. Arus) APRICOT GERMPLASM RESOURCES IN CHINA (W. Yu-Zhu, L. Qi-Zhi) PROPERTIES OF TURKISH APRICOT LAND RACES (R. Gülcan, A. Misirli, H. Saglam, U. Yorgancioglu, S. Erkan, M. Gümüs, H.A. Olmez, K. Derin, S. Paydas, S. Eti, T. Demir) MAINTENANCE OF BIODIVERSITY OF APRICOT TREE PHENOTYPES IN ROMANIA (V. Balan, M. Oprea, S. Drosu, C. Chireceanu, V. Tudor, C. Petrisor) THE INTRODUCTION OF APRICOTS IN PREDBAIKALIA (T. Eremeeva) USE OF MORPHOLOGICAL AND AFLP MARKERS TO ASSESS POSSIBLE SYNONYMY BETWEEN APRICOT ACCESSIONS (F. Geuna, D. Bassi, O. Failla, I. Mignani) APRICOT BREEDING IN MOSCOW (L. Kramarenko) SUSCEPTIBILITY TO SHARKA (PLUM POX POTYVIRUS) IN PRUNUS MANDSHURICA × PRUNUS ARMENIACA SEEDLINGS (F. Dicenta, M. Rubio, P. Martinez-Gomez) BEHAVIOUR OF SIX PRUNUS ROOTSTOCKS IN PRESENCE OF SHARKA (PLUM POX POTYVIRUS) (P. Martinez-Gomez, M. Rubio, M. Gambin, F. Dicenta) RELATIONSHIP AMONG APRICOT CULTIVARS FROM HUNGARY AND A SOUTH EUROPEAN POOL DETERMINED BY SSR MARKERS (C. Romero, G. Llacer, M.L. Badenes, A. Pedryc) IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF TUNISIAN APRICOT CULTIVARS (L. Krichen, M. Ben Mimoun, R. Hellali) EVALUATION OF THE RESISTANCE OF SOME APRICOT VARIETIES GROWING IN MALATYA TO WINTER HARDINESS AND LATE SPRING FROST (K. Ozturk, H.A. Ölmez, U. Guloglu, A. Kuden) IDENTIFYING CULTIVARS AND GENETIC DIVERSITY OF APRICOT BY MOLECULAR MARKERS (D. Struss, R. Ahmad, M. Aman, S.M. Southwick) GENETIC RESOURCES OF PRUNUS ARMENIACA IN APULIA (G. Russo, L. D'Andrea) PROSPECTION, CHARACTERIZATION AND ASSESSMENT OF APRICOT GENETIC RESSOURCES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION FOR THE PRODUCTION IN ARID AND SEMI-ARID AREAS (J.M. Audergon, M.J. Asins, R. Guerriero, R. Viti, P. Monteleone, S. Bartolini, M.D. Laghezali, A. Mamouni, M.D. Mlika, R. Hellali, M. Ben Mimoun, L. Krichen, R. Gülcan, S. Paydas, G. Albagnac, S. Bureau, B. Gouble, M. Grotte, M. Reich, J.M Legave) VARIABILITY IN CULTIVAR CHARACTERISTICS AS FACTORS INFLUENCING PRODUCTIVITY IN APRICOT (N. Albuquerque, L. Burgos, J. Egea) BEGINNING OF THE FERTILE PERIOD AND THE VARIABILITY OF FLOWERING PHENOPHASE IN APRICOTS (PRUNUS ARMENIACA L.) (Z. Vachun) APRICOT BREEDING: UPDATE AND PERSPECTIVES (D. Bassi, J.M Audergon) EVALUATION OF A MAPPING STRATEGY BASED ON SYNTENY: USING THE PRUNUS REFERENCE MAP FOR APRICOT (P. Lambert, L.S. Hagen, J.M. Audergon, P. Arus) GENETIC LINKAGE MAPS OF TWO APRICOT CULTIVARS (PRUNUS ARMENIACA L.) BASED ON RAPD AND AFLP MARKERS (M.A. Hurtado, G. Llacer, M.L. Badenes, A.G Abbott) BREEDING PROGRAMME FOR MONILINIA LAXA (ADERH. ET RUHL.) RESISTANCE ON APRICOT (A. Nicotra, L. Conte, L. Moser, P. Fantechi, I. Barbagiovanni, M.L. Corazza, S. Vitale, A. Magnotta) EVALUATION OF RESISTANCE OF APRICOT PROGENY (´VESTA´ × ´SEO´) TO PLUM POX VIRUS (B. Krska, I. Oukropec, J.M. Audergon, J. Polak, P. Kominek) OPTIMISATION OF APRICOT BREEDING BY A JOINT CONVENTIONAL AND MOLECULAR APPROACH APPLIED TO THE MAIN AGRONOMIC TRAITS - ABRIGEN PROJECT (J.M. Audergon, A. Giard, P. Lambert, A. Blanc, F. Gilles, V. Signoret, J.C. Richard, G. Albagnac, S. Bureau, B. Gouble, M. Grotte, M. Reich, J.M Legave, G. Clauzel, F. Dicenta, M. Scortichini, A.M. Simeone, R. Guerriero, R. Viti, P. Monteleone) 45 YEARS OF APRICOT ROOTSTOCK BREEDING IN BULGARIA (M. Dimitrova) ´AIDEMIRSKA´ A NEW ROOTSTOCK FOR APRICOT IN BULGARIA (M. Dimitrova, P. Marinov) NATIONAL AGREEMENT FOR THE EVALUATION OF FRUIT TREE CULTIVARS AND ROOTSTOCKS (J. Lichou, J.M. Audergon, C. Pinet, C. Chamet, J.M. Broquaire) BREEDING FOR COMPATIBLE APRICOT ROOTSTOCKS CUMULATING RESISTANCE TO PLUM POX VIRUS AND ROOT-KNOT NEMATODES: THE P × DASYCARPA WAY (J.L. Poëssel, M. Faurobert, D. Esmenjaud, E. Dirlewanger, M.C. Lemoine, F. Gurrieri, P. Michelot, S. Lafond) RESISTANT TO SHARKA DISEASE (PPV) APRICOT HYBRIDS OF HIGH QUALITY, SELECTED IN GREECE (I. Karayiannis, A. Mainou, D. Styianidis, T. Thonidis, N.I. Karayiannis, A. Tsaftaris) APRICOT BREEDING IN PISA: SOME NEW SELECTIONS FOR ITALIAN GROWERS (R. Guerriero, P. Monteleone, C. Iacona) PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS ON THE BIOLOGICAL AND HORTICULTURAL BEHAVIOUR OF DIFFERENT APRICOT ROOTSTOCKS (F. Pennone, V. Abbate) EVOLUTION OF THE APRICOT INDUSTRY IN ITALY AND THE NATIONAL PROGRAM (MIPAF-REGIONS) ´LIST OF RECOMMENDED FRUITS VARIETIES´ (F. Pennone, R. Guerriero, G. Bassi, G. Borraccini, L. Conte, A. De Michele, B. Mattatelli, G. Ondradu, S. Pellegrino, P. Pirazzini) 50 YEARS OF APRICOT VARIETIES BREEDING IN ROMANIA (V. Cociu) ADAPTATION OF SOME NEW APRICOT CULTIVARS IN SOUTH-EAST BARAGAN (STEPPE) (P. Gaidanov, V. Cociu) NEW SEEDLING ROOTSTOCKS FOR APRICOT TREE (A. Indreias, M.C. Burtoiu) NEW APRICOT SELECTIONS WITH VERY EARLY RIPENING MATURITY OBTAINED UNDER RUMANIAN CONDITIONS (E. Topor, M.C. Burtoiu) BEHAVIOUR OF SOME APRICOT AND HYBRIDS FROM NATIONAL COLLECTION TO THE MONILINIA LAXA (ADERH ET RUHL) HONEY INFECTION (M. Trandafirescu, G. Teodorescu) APRICOT BREEDING IN SLOVAK REPUBLIC FOR FRUIT QUALITY AND RESISTANCE TO DISEASE - NEW SLOVAK APRICOT CULTIVARS CREATED BY RBS VESELÉ (D. Benedikova) RESISTANCE TO SHARKA TRAIT IN A FAMILY FROM SELFPOLLINATION OF ´LITO´ APRICOT CULTIVAR (M.L. Badenes, T.A. Moustafa, J. Martinez-Calvo, G. Llacer) NEW PROMISING APRICOT HYBRIDS IN TURKEY (R. Gülcan, A. Misirli, H. Saglam, H.A. Ölmez, T. Demir) APRICOT BREEDING IN SOUTH AFRICA - CHANGING OF CLIMATES? (H. Ham, C. Smith) ´SOLÉDANE´, ´FLORILÈGE´ AND ´BERGAROUGE ®´AVIRINE: THREE NEW APRICOT CULTIVARS FOR FRENCH COUNTRY (J.M. Audergon, J.M. Duffillol, F. Gilles, A. Giard, A. Blanc, G. Clauzel, D. Chauffour, J.M. Broquaire, B. Moulon) NEW SPANISH APRICOT SELECTIONS (J. Egea, F. Dicenta, L. Burgos) APRICOT PATHOLOGY: TASKS AND PROSPECTS (J.M.S. Martins) VIRUSES AND VIROIDS OF APRICOT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN: INCIDENCE AND BIODIVERSITY (A. Myrta, B. Di Terlizzi, V. Pallas, V. Savino) NATURAL POPULATION OF RECOMBINANT PLUM POX VIRUS OCCURS IN SLOVAKIA (M. Glasa, O. Kudela, V. Marie-Jeanne, G. Labonne, F. Dosba, J.B. Quiot) THE BEHAVIOUR OF ALATE APHIDS INSIDE A PRUNUS ORCHARD: AN ELEMENT TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IN PLUM POX VIRUS SPREAD? (G. Labonne, J.B. Quiot) SUSCEPTIBILITY OF ´REAL FINO´ AND ´CANINO´ APRICOT SEEDLINGS TO CAPNODE (F. Dicenta, J.A. Canovas, A. Soler, V. Berenguer) SENSITIVITY OF SOME APRICOT VARIETIES TO THE ATTACK OF GNOMONIA ERYTHROSTOMA (L. Ivanova) STUDIES ON THE CONTROL OF APRICOT ALTERNARIA BLIGHT (ALTERNARIA TENUISSIMA) (L. Ivanova) BACTERIAL CANKER OF STONE FRUIT TREES: APRICOT SUSCEPTIBILITY AND WINTER ROOT RESPIRATION (A. Vigouroux, C. Bussi, T. Girard) EVALUATION OF APRICOT SELECTIONS FOR RESISTANCE TO PLUM POX VIRUS (A. Myrta, B. Di Terlizzi, T. Amenduni, V. Savino, D. Bassi) PRELIMINARY RESULTS ON IDENTIFICATION OF MOLECULES INDUCED IN APRICOT TREES AFTER ESFY PHYTOPLASMA INOCULATION BY GRAFTING (M. Pastore, E. Raffone, A. Bertaccini, S. Botti, V. Lattanzio, R. Terzano, A. De Paolis, G. D'hallewin) COMPARISON OF TWO METHODS OF ARTIFICIAL INOCULATION IN THE EVALUATION OF APRICOT GENOTYPES FOR RESISTANCE TO PLUM POX VIRUS (M. Glasa, O. Kudela, Z. Glasova, D. Benedikova) A NEW PROBLEM OF APRICOT: WHITE FLECK (S. Baloglu, M.A. Yilmaz, H.M. Sipahioglu) THE INCIDENCE OF PRUNUS NECROTIC RINGSPOT (PNRSV) AND APPLE CHLOROTIC LEAFSPOT (ACLSV) VIRUSES ON STONE FRUITS GROWN IN EAST ANATOLIA REGION OF TURKEY (H.M. Sipahioglu, S. Baloglu) DEVELOPMENT OF A TECHNIQUE FOR EVALUATING THE WEIGHT OF CROWN GALLS ON APRICOT STEMS (J. Tsiantos, P. Psallidas, J.M.S. Martins) VIRUSES AND CERTIFICATION OF APRICOT TREES IN BASILICATA REGION (SOUTHERN ITALY) (A. Crescenzi, A. Fanigliulo, S. Comes, R. Pacella, P. Piazzolla, V. Vitelli) PLUM POX VIRUS SUSCEPTIBILITY OF SEVERAL PRUNUS ROOTSTOCKS USED FOR APRICOT (M. Boeglin, S. Dallot, J.B. Quiot) LOCATION OF PLUM POX VIRUS IN PEACH AND APRICOT TREES (J.B. Quiot, F. Tab, G. Labonne, C. Adamolle, M. Boeglin) CHARACTERIZATION AND INHERITANCE OF APRICOT LEAF NECROSIS OBSERVED ON ´MANICOT´ CULTIVAR AFTER SHARKA INOCULATION (I. Guillet-Bellanger, P. Saussac, J.M. Audergon) CHARACTERIZATION OF APRICOT CULTIVARS INFECTED WITH PLUM POX VIRUS USING VIRUS CONCENTRATION IN LEAVES (I. Guillet-Bellanger, J.M. Audergon) POST-HARVEST QUALITY MAINTENANCE OF FRESH APRICOTS (F. Mencarelli, R. Botondi, D. De Santis, K. Vizovitis) FRUIT RIPENING OF CONTRASTED APRICOT VARIETIES: PHYSICAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES (S. Bureau, H. Chahine, B. Gouble, M. Reich, G. Albagnac, J.M. Audergon) MODELING THE APRICOT SUGAR CONTENTS IN RELATION TO FRUIT GROWTH (M. Génard, F. Lescourret, J.M. Audergon, M. Reich, G. Albagnac) INFLUENCES OF RIPENING STAGE ON QUALITY INDEXES IN APRICOT FOR FRESH MARKET AND PROCESSING (C. Dinnella, N. Cicco, M.T. Gargaro, E. Monteleone, V. Infantino, V. Lattanzio, C. Xiloyannis) APPLICATION OF SENSORY ANALYSIS TO THE DETERMINATION OF THE DETERMINATION OF THE OPTIMUM QUALITY AND HARVESTING MOMENT IN APRICOTS (J. Egea, F. Romojaro, M.T. Pretel, M.C. Martinez-Madrid, E. Costell, A. Cascales) PREDICTION OF SENSORY DATA BY INSTRUMENT MEASUREMENTS OF REPRESENTATIVE APRICOT (PRUNUS ARMENIACA L.) CULTIVARS (K. Robini, L. Hashim, D. Ladeveze, S. Bureau, B. Gouble, M. Reich, G. Jacquemin, G. Albagnac, F. Gurrieri, J.M. Audergon) THE EFFECT OF GA, RETAIN® AND CALCIUM ON FRUIT FIRMNESS IN APRICOT (S.M. Southwick, K. Glozer, J.T. Yeager) THE REGULATION MECHANISMS OF CAROTENOID BIOSYNTHESIS IN APRICOT (PRUNUS ARMENIACA) (G. Sarkissian, I. Marty, S. Bureau, M. Reich, B. Gouble, M.J Amiot, J.M. Audergon, G. Albagnac) THE APRICOT COLOUR CHART: FOR A PICKING AT OPTIMAL MATURITY (J. Lichou, M. Jay, C. Chamet, C. Pinet, J.M. Broquaire) EVALUATION OF APRICOT HYBRIDS RESISTANT TO PPV FOR THEIR SUITABILITY FOR CANNING (N.I. Karayiannis, I. Karayiannis) CHEMICAL, PHYSICAL AND SENSORY ANALYSIS FOR EVALUATING QUALITY OF APRICOT CULTIVARS (N. Valentini, M.G. Mellano, I. Antonioni, R. Botta) CHROMATICITY DIFFERENCES IN EVALUATION OF FRUIT QUALITY OF SOME APRICOT GENOTYPES FOR FRESH CONSUMPTION (V. Balan, C. Petrisor, V. Lazar, M. Popescu, I. Vlaicu) INFLUENCE OF THE POST-HARVEST TREATMENT WITH CALCIUM SALTS UPON THE QUALITY OF APRICOT FRUIT (A. Chira, L. Chira, V. Balan) MEASUREMENT OF ORGANOLEPTIC QUALITY OF APRICOT (J. Rossier, C. Darbellay, R. Azodanlou, J.C. Villettaz) EFFECT OF HARVEST DATES AND FORCED AIR COOLING ON POST-HARVEST QUALITY OF APRICOT CV. ´PRECOCE DE TYRINTHE´ (T. Agar, S. Paydas, O. Ozkaya, O. Buyukalaca, F. Ekinci) REGULATION BY ETHYLENE OF CAROTENOID BIOSYNTHESIS IN FRUITS OF TWO CONTRASTED APRICOT VARIETIES (S. Bureau, B. Gouble, M. Reich, J.M Audergon, G. Albagnac) CHARACTERIZATION OF ´ORANGÉ DE PROVENCE´ APRICOT (PRUNUS ARMENIACA L.) FRUITS AT A COMMERCIAL MATURE STAGE FROM A PRODUCTION AREA (S. Bureau, B. Gouble, M. Reich, G. Jacquemin, G. Albagnac, K. Robini, L. Hashim, D. Ladeveze, J.M. Audergon, F. Gurrieri) EFFECT OF 1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE ON THE POST-HARVEST BEHAVIOUR OF APRICOT CV. ´CANINO´ (A. Salvador, J. Cuquerella, A. Monterde) SENSORY EVALUATION ON APRICOT: DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS (N. Lespinasse, J. Lichou, M. Jay) ANALYSIS OF CONSUMER PREFERENCES (D. Scandella, S. Vénien, N. Lespinasse, J. Lichou, M. Jay) POST-HARVEST CHANGES OF APRICOT: INFLUENCE ON FRUIT QUALITY (M. Jay, J. Lichou, N. Lespinasse, P. Bony) INHIBITION OF APRICOT ETHYLENE BIOSYNTHESIS BY CO2 (B. Gouble, M. Reich, P. Varoquaux, G. Albagnac, D. Mbeguie-A-Mbeguie, J.M. Audergon) ORCHARD MANAGEMENT TO PRESERVE SOIL FERTILITY AND IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF WATER AND MINERAL RESOURCES (C. Xiloyannis, B. Dichio, G. Celano) IDENTIFICATION OF THE MAIN FACTORS INVOLVED IN NATURAL BENDING OF APRICOT-TREE STEMS (T. Alméras, J.C. Salles, G. Costes) MANAGEMENT OF APRICOT TREE PLANTATIONS ON THE BASIS OF ´INTEGRATED FRUIT PRODUCTION´ CONCEPT (V. Balan, M. Roman, P. Gherghe, C. Petrisor, V. Lazar, F. Miu, V. Tudor, M. Oprea, S. Drosu, C. Chireceanu, S. Stefan, I. Gavriluta, A. Nitu) INEFFECTIVENESS OF POLLEN DISPENSERS TO IMPROVE APRICOT POLLINATION (B.E. Vaissaire, N. Morison, M. Subirana) FERTIRRIGATION OF APRICOT TREES TO IMPROVE QUALITY AND MINIMIZE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT (B. Dichio, C. Xilovannis, G. Celano, M. Ventimiglia) REGENERATION ABILITY OF THE ROOT SYSTEM (D. Vego) KEY-PESTS OF APRICOT AND CONTROL (L. Ivanova) EFFECT OF PLANTING DENSITY ON VEGETATIVE AND REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR OF APRICOT TREES (P.M. Marinov, M.D. Chokoeva) EFFECT OF SOME DORMANCY BREAKING AGENTS ON PRODUCTIVITY, FRUIT QUALITY AND POWDERY MILDEW SEVERITY OF APRICOT (H.A.H. Mahrous, E.M.M. El-Fakhrani) INFLUENCE OF GRAFTING TECHNIQUE ON MACROSCOPICAL GRAFT INCOMPATIBILITY SYMPTOMS: COMPARISONS OF CHIP BUDDING AND RING BUDDING (F. Gurrieri, G. Olivier, M. Faurobert, J.L. Poëssel) APRICOT YIELD IN RELATION TO LEAF NUTRIENT LEVELS IN NORTHERN GREECE (D. Almaliotis, D. Velemis, S. Bladenopoulou, N. Karapetsas) THE INFLUENCE OF THE ROOTSTOCKS ON THE BEHAVIOUR OF ´SAN CASTRESE´ APRICOT CULTIVAR IN SOUTH SARDINIA (G. Ondradu, G. Casula, B. Scalas) PREVENTING LIMB BARENESS IN YOUNG ´SUNDROP´ APRICOT TREES (T. Jacyna, K.G. Dodds) THE INFLUENCE OF APRICOT SUMMER PRUNING ON METABOLISM IN DORMANT PERIOD (M.C. Burtoiu, E. Topor, A. Indreias, R. Bercu) THE IDENTIFICATION OF ENTOMOPHAGOUS COMPLEX IN THE APRICOT TREE ORCHARDS IN SOUTH-EASTERN ROMANIA (G. Teodorescu, M. Trandafirescu) GROWTH AND FRUIT QUALITY OF THREE APRICOT CULTIVARS (PRUNUS ARMENIACA L.) UNDER TRICKLE IRRIGATION AND HYDROGEN CYANAMID (DORMEX® ) APPLICATION (J.G. Brunton, L. Rincon, D. Ruiz) DETERMINATION OF SOME FRUIT, TREE AND MACHINE CHARACTERISTICS IN TERMS OF MECHANICAL APRICOT HARVESTING IN TURKEY (I. Gezer) EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT IRRIGATION REGIMES ON YOUNG TREE DEVELOPMENT AND WATER CONSUMPTION OF ´HACIHALILOGLU´ APRICOT VARIETY (H.A. Ölmez, M. Sahin, N. Demirtas, S. Colak, R. Kamber) EFFECTS OF POTASSIUM NITRATE ON COLD RESISTANCE OF ´CATALOGLU´ APRICOT VARIETY (K. Ozturk, H.A. Ölmez, S. Colak, B. Celik) EFFECT OF INTERSTOCK ON SEASONAL CHANGES IN MICROELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS IN APRICOT LEAF (T. Milosevic) THE EFFECT OF REDUCED BEE POLLINATION PERIOD TO THE FRUIT SET OF APRICOTS (P. Benedek, Z. Erdös, I. Skola, J. Nyéki, L. Szalay)