List price   € 100   Buy this book   This title is available in ActaHort USB-drive or e-Acta format - not available in print Conveners   R.K. Prange, F. Weibel  Editors   R.K. Prange, S.D. Bishop  Publication date   31 March 2008  ISBN   978-90-66051-77-5  ISSN   0567-7572 (print)   2406-6168 (electronic)  Number of articles   53  Volumes   1  Place   Seoul, Korea  Online articles: SUSTAINABLE HORTICULTURE AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (R. Lal) NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN GREENHOUSE TECHNOLOGY CAN MITIGATE THE WATER SHORTAGE PROBLEM OF THE 21ST CENTURY (O. van Kooten, E. Heuvelink, C. Stanghellini) OPTIMIZING PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION AND MOISTURE REGIMES CAN ENHANCE WATER USE EFFICIENCY IN CARROTS (A. Thiagarajan, R.R. Lada, A. Adams) LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA) AND FOOD MILES - AN ENERGY BALANCE FOR FRUIT IMPORTS VERSUS HOME-GROWN APPLES (M.M. Blanke) STUDIES ON THE FEASIBILITY OF COMPOSTED AGRICULTURAL CAST-OFFS AS GROWING MEDIA ( Liu Qingchao, Wang Kuiling, Liu Qinghua, Zhang Qixiang, Pan Huitang, Liang Shule, Yue Momo) BIODIVERSITY IN ORGANIC HORTICULTURE – AN INDI-CATOR FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND A TOOL FOR PEST MANAGEMENT (E. Wyss, L. Pfiffner) POTENTIAL FOR ORGANIC MANGO PRODUCTION IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA USING WEAVER ANTS, OECOPHYLLA SMARAGDINA, (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) (R.K. Peng, K. Christian) ADAPTATION OF ANNUAL AND PERENNIAL LEGUMES AND GRASSES UTILISED AS COVER CROPS IN AN OLIVE GROVE AND A VINEYARD IN SOUTHERN ITALY (A. Corleto, E. Cazzato) EXTRACTION METHODS AFFECT ALLELOPATHIC ACTIVITY OF PEPPERMINT AND THYME EXTRACTS ON WEED SEED GERMINATION (M. Azizi, A. Mosavi, T. Nazdar) ELABORATION OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL TECHNIQUES AGAINST KEY PESTS OF FRUIT GROWING IN HUNGARY (T. Tóth, T. Lakatos, F. Inántsy) SUSTAINABLE HORTICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT: MORE THAN JUST ORGANIC PRODUCTION (J. Sumner) ORGANIC AS A DIVERSIFICATION INTO SUSTAINABLE APPLE PRODUCTION ON THE SWEDISH MARKET (L. Ekelund, F. Fernqvist) SUSTAINABLE VEGETABLE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS (P. Juroszek, T.A. Lumpkin, M.C. Palada) EVALUATION OF CHILI ROOTSTOCKS FOR GRAFTED SWEET PEPPER PRODUCTION DURING THE HOT-WET AND HOT-DRY SEASONS IN TAIWAN (M.C. Palada, D.L. Wu) THE POTENTIAL OF CULTIVAR MIXTURES IN ORGANIC LETTUCE PRODUCTION (H.J. Schärer) EFFECTS OF MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY ON GROWTH AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS OF FLOWERING CHINESE CABBAGE ( Houcheng Liu, Ximing Chen, Riyuan Chen, Shiwei Song, Guangwen Sun) SOIL AMENDMENT AND FERTILIZER MANAGEMENT FOR FRUIT AND SEED YIELD OF TOMATO AT TWO LOCATIONS IN NORTHEAST THAILAND (S. (Sungcom) Techawongstien, S. (Suchila) Techawongstien, H. Bolkan) EFFICACY OF PRO-MIX® WITH BIOFUNGICIDE AGAINST ROOT DISEASES CAUSED BY PYTHIUM SPP. AND RHIZOCTONIA SPP. (C. Martinez, A. Bourassa, G. Roy, M.-C. Desbiens, P. Bussières) SUSCEPTIBLE ONION GROWTH STAGES FOR SELECTIVE AND ECONOMIC PROTECTION FROM ONION THRIPS INFESTATION (M.M. Waiganjo, J.M. Mueke, L.M. Gitonga) INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT ON SWEET PEPPER IN INDONESIA:BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AND CONTROL THRESHOLDS FOR THRIPS (L. Prabaningrum, T.K. Moekasan, B.K. Udiarto, E. den Belder, A. Elings) SUSTAINABLE CARROT PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES: THE INTERACTIVE EFFECTS OF SOIL MOISTURE AND NITROGEN FERTILIZATION ON THE YIELD AND RECOVERY OF SLICER CARROTS (R.R. Lada, A. Adams) THE HISTORY OF MELON AND CUCUMBER GRAFTING IN JAPAN (Y. Sakata, T. Ohara, M. Sugiyama) BIOLOGICAL PEST AND DISEASE CONTROL IN GREENHOUSE VEGETABLE PRODUCTION ( Hui-lian Xu, Rongyan Xu, Feifei Qin, Gang Ma, Yi Yu, Shailendra Kumar Shah) EFFECT OF PLASTIC FILM MULCH ON THE PRODUCTION OF BUTTERHEAD LETTUCE CULTIVARS UNDER PROTECTED CULTIVATION (R. Castoldi, H.C.O. Charlo, L.A. Ito, L.T. Braz) EFFECT OF WINTER COVER CROPS AND NO-TILL ON THE YIELD OF ORGANICALLY-GROWN BELL PEPPER (CAPSICUM ANNUUM L.) (J.C. Díaz-Pérez, J. Silvoy, S.C. Phatak, J. Ruberson, R. Morse) CADMIUM UPTAKE CHARACTER AND STRESS EFFECT ON THE GROWTH AND ANTIOXIDANT ENZYMES ACTIVITIES IN RAPHANUS SATIVUS ( Jinlan Yang, Liwang Liu, Yiqin Gong, Lingli He, Xiaoyan Li, Limin Chen) PLANT VIGOUR AND YIELDS OF ORGANICALLY AND CONVENTIONALLY GROWN TOMATO CROPS IN TAIWAN (P. Juroszek, D. Ledesma, C.H. Ma, R.Y. Yang, H.M. Lumpkin, C.C. Lin, H.H. Tsai, D.L. Wu, P.M. Hanson, M.C. Palada) BIODEGRADABLE MULCHING IN AN ORGANIC TOMATO PRODUCTION SYSTEM (L. Martín-Closas, M.A. Bach, A.M. Pelacho) NECTAR PRODUCTION AND NECTAR SUGAR COMPOSITION OF THREE OILSEED RAPE (BRASSICA NAPUS) CULTIVARS IN HUNGARY (A. Farkas) STRATEGIES FOR THE BREEDING OF EGGPLANTS WITH IMPROVED NUTRITIONAL QUALITY (J. Prohens, J.E. Muñoz-Falcón, A. Rodríguez-Burruezo, F. Nuez) SUSTAINABLE HORTICULTURE IN FRUIT PRODUCTION (D. Granatstein, E. Kupferman) EFFECT OF BIOLOGICAL SOIL AMENDMENTS ON TREE GROWTH AND MICROBIAL ACTIVITY IN POME FRUIT ORCHARDS (L. van Schoor, P.J.C. Stassen) EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT SOIL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON PRODUCTION, QUALITY AND SOIL PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF AN OLIVE GROVE IN SOUTHERN ITALY (A. Corleto, E. Cazzato) BIOCONTROL OF POSTHARVEST FUNGAL APPLE DECAY AT 20°C WITH MUSCODOR ALBUS VOLATILES (A.A. Ramin, R.K. Prange, P.G. Braun, J.M. Delong) SOIL-PLANT AND FRUIT QUALITY RELATIONSHIPS IN INTEGRATED AND ORGANIC APPLE PRODUCTION (J. Racskó, P.T. Nagy, Z. Szabó, I. Gonda, M. Soltész, J. Nyéki, M.C. Dussi) THE REGULATION OF ROOT PRUNING AND SOIL WATER CONTENT AFFECTS APPLE LEAF WATER USE EFFICIENCY ( Yuling Jie, Hongqiang Yang, Lianzhong Zhang, Xinsuo Luo) TWO SCAB RESISTANT COLUMNAR APPLE CULTIVARS (N. Braniste, M. Militaru, S. Budan) METSCHNIKOWIA PULCHERRIMA, A NEW YEAST WITH POTENTIAL FOR BIOCONTROL OF POSTHARVEST FRUIT ROTS (I. Grebenisan, P. Cornea, R. Mateescu, C. Cimpeanu, V. Olteanu, GH. Campenu, L.A. Stefan, F. Oancea, C. Lupu) NITROGEN TRANSPORT BY HYPHAE OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI BETWEEN GRAPEVINE AND COVER CROP (VULPIA MYUROS) (H. Motosugi, S. Terashima) FRUIT MORPHOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL TRAITS INFLUENCE CALCIUM TRANSPORT AND ACCUMULATION IN KIWIFRUIT (C. Xiloyannis, B. Dichio, G. Montanaro, A. Lang, G. Celano, M. Mazzeo ) THE DIURNAL CHANGE OF LEAF WATER USE EFFICIENCY IN SIX FRUIT TREES ( Yuling Jie, Hongqiang Yang, Ma Fangfang) DIFFERENT RESPONSE OF TWO GOLDEN DELICIOUS CLONES TO JUNCTION HEIGHT VARIATIONS AND THREE PLANTING DENSITIES (N. Magazin, D. Gvozdenović, Z. Keserović) INFLUENCE OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHYZAL FUNGI ON FRUIT ROOTSTOCKS (J. Druzic Orlic, Z. Cmelik, S. Redzepovic) SOME RESULTS OF THE APPLE BREEDING PROGRAMME IN BULGARIA (V. Dzhuvinov (Djouvinov), I. Slavov) EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT APPLE HYBRIDS FOR RESISTANCE TO APHIDS (DYSAPHIS PLANTAGINEA PASS. AND APHIS POMI DE GEER) IN BULGARIA: PRELIMINARY RESULTS (H. Kutinkova, V. Dzhuvinov (Djouvinov)) SEASONAL MONITORING OF TWO XYLOPHAGOUS ORCHARD PESTS BY PHEROMONE TRAPS IN BULGARIA (H. Kutinkova, M. Tóth, G. Szőcs, M. Subchev, F. Rama) ROOT ARCHITECTURE OF APPLE TREES UNDER DIFFERENT SOIL CONDITIONS ( Weiguo Fan, Hongqiang Yang) EFFECTS OF PHOSPHATE UPTAKE ON ROOT ARCHITECTURE OF APPLE SEEDLINGS IN WATER CULTURE ( Weiguo Fan, Hongqiang Yang) MYCORRHIZAL DEVELOPMENT IN A CHESTNUT ORCHARD INTRODUCED BY A SOD CULTURE SYSTEM WITH VULPIA MYUROS L. C. C. GMEL. (T. Ishii, T. Aketa, H. Motosugi, A.F. Cruz) LATERAL DEVELOPMENT INFLUENCED BY POSITION ON THE SHOOT-REASSESSMENT ON APPLE SHOOTS BENT DURING ACTIVE GROWTH AND IN THE FOLLOWING WINTER (H.H. Han, P.E. Lauri, C. Coutand) GROWTH AND YIELD RESPONSE OF YELLOW PASSION FRUIT TO ORGANIC AND INORGANIC FERTILIZERS IN SOUTH WESTERN NIGERIA (I.O.O. Aiyelaagbe, I.O. Abiola) EFFECT OF SOIL SOLARIZATION AND FUMIGATION ON PRODUCTIVITY AND FRUIT QUALITY OF STRAWBERRY (M.E. Ragab, K.H.A. Okasha, S.M. El-Miniawy, M.S. Mohamed) OBSERVATION OF ATTACHMENT OF AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS TO ROSE CELL SURFACE USING TEM IN RELATION TO RESISTANCE RESPONSES TO CROWN GALL DISEASE ( Lianhua Li, Biansee Tan , Wenjin Yu, Y. Ishiguro, H. Fukui, K. Kageyama, S. Matsumoto)