List price   € 90     This title is available both in print and ActaHort CD-rom format Convener   D.I. Leskovar  Editor   D.I. Leskovar  Publication date   29 February 2008  ISBN   978-90-66050-59-4  ISSN   0567-7572  Number of articles   49  Volumes   1  Place   San Antonio, Texas, USA  Online articles: GENETIC ANALYSIS OF LETTUCE SEED THERMOINHIBITION (J. Argyris, P. Dahal, M.J. Truco, O. Ochoa, D.W. Still, R.W. Michelmore, K.J. Bradford) SUGAR BEET GERMINATION: PHENOTYPIC SELECTION AND MOLECULAR PROFILING TO IDENTIFY GENES INVOLVED IN ABIOTIC STRESS RESPONSE (J.M. McGrath, A. Elawady, D. El-Khishin, R.P. Naegele, K.M. Carr, B. de los Reyes) REGULATION OF SEED GERMINATION AND STAND ESTABLISHMENT - IMPORTANCE OF REPRESSION OF DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAMS (H. Nonogaki, P.-P. Liu, J.R. Hewitt, R.C. Martin) GENETIC VARIABILITY IN LETTUCE (LACTUCA SATIVA) GERMPLASM USING MORPHOLOGIC AND MOLECULAR ANALYSES (M.J. Vicente, E. Conesa, J.A. Franco, J. Esteva, J.J. Martínez-Sánchez) MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF RUBUS SEED (S. Wada, B.M. Reed) VIGOR TESTING IN SMALL-SEEDED HORTICULTURAL CROPS (R.L. Geneve ) USING THE SEED VIGOR IMAGING SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING STAND ESTABLISHMENT (M.B. McDonald, A.F. Evans, M.A. Bennett, K. Fujimura, Y. Sako, L. Xu, A. Hoffmaster) HYDROGEN PEROXIDE AND COLOR SORTING IMPROVES GERMINATION AND VIGOR OF EASTERN GAMAGRASS (TRIPSACUM DACTYLOIDES) SEEDS (J.D. Klein, L.A. Wood, R.L. Geneve) A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION ON THE EFFECT OF SEED PHYSIOLOGICAL STAGE, CONCENTRATION AND DURATION OF EXPOSURE TO CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE ON IN VITRO GERMINABILITY AND SEEDLING DEVELOPMENT OF PHALAENOPSIS AMABILIS ORCHIDS (A.M. Mweetwa, G.E. Welbaum, D. Tay) INTACT FRUIT OF CAPER (CAPPARIS SPINOSA) IS AN IMPROVED SEED PROPAGATION METHOD (B. Pascual, A. San Bautista, S. López-Galarza, J. Alagarda, J.V. Maroto) GERMINATION OF CRITHMUM MARITIMUM UNDER SALINE CONDITIONS (E. Conesa, M.J. Vicente, J.J. Martínez-Sánchez, M. Munuera, J.A. Franco) FACTORS AFFECTING GERMINATION OF DALMATIAN SAGE (SALVIA OFFICINALIS) SEED (I. Zutic, N. Dudai) ONION SEED TREATMENT AND COATING TECHNOLOGIES (A.G. Taylor, C.A. Hoepting, B.A. Nault, J.W. Lorbeer, M.R. McDonald) PRIMED LETTUCE SEEDS EXHIBIT INCREASED SENSITIVITY TO MOISTURE DURING AGING (H. Hill, K.J. Bradford, J. Cunningham, A.G. Taylor) NEW PERSPECTIVES ON SEED ENHANCEMENT (G. Jamieson) SEED COAT PERMEABILITY AND UPTAKE OF APPLIED SYSTEMIC COMPOUNDS (Y.A. Salanenka, A.G. Taylor) INFLUENCE OF SEED TREATMENT ON GERMINATION AND SEEDLING VIGOUR OF PHYLLANTHUS NIRURI (A. Shakila, C. Ponni) PRIMING OF MIMOSA BIMUCRONATA SEEDS – A TROPICAL TREE SPECIES FROM BRAZIL (P.H.S. Brancalion, A.D.L.C. Novembre, R.R. Rodrigues, D. Tay) MULTIPLE PLANTS PER TRANSPLANT PLUG IN PROCESSING TOMATOES: IS THERE A BENEFIT? (G. Miyao, M. Le Strange, M. Murray) EVALUATING GROWING MEDIA FOR A SHALLOW-ROOTED VEGETABLE CROP PRODUCTION SYSTEM ON A GREEN ROOF (J. Elstein, G.E. Welbaum, D.A. Stewart, D.R. Borys) NITROGEN FERTILIZATION OF EGGPLANT (SOLANUM MELONGENA L. VAR. ESCULENTUM) TRANSPLANTS AND THEIR IMPACT ON CROP GROWTH AFTER TRANSPLANTING (J. De Grazia, P.A. Tittonell, A. Chiesa) NITROGEN FERTILIZATION METHODS AFFECT GROWTH OF SWEET PEPPER (CAPSICUM ANNUUM L.) TRANSPLANTS (J. De Grazia, P.A. Tittonell, A. Chiesa) EFFECT OF PLUG TRANSPLANT AGE AND PHOTOPERIOD TREATMENT AT SEEDLING STAGE ON CUT FLOWER QUALITY OF CELOSIA CRISTATA L. (T. Goto, Y. Muraoka) EFFECT OF SEED GERMINATION METHODS ON SEEDLING EMERGENCE AND EARLINESS OF PURSLANE (PORTULACA OLERACEA L.) CULTIVARS IN A HYDROPONIC FLOATING SYSTEM (J.A. Fernández, A. Navarro, M.J. Vicente, D. Peñapareja, V. Plana) IS IT POSSIBLE TO PRODUCE HEALTHY ORGANIC HERBAL PLUG SEEDLINGS THROUGH DIFFERENT PROPORTIONS OF ORGANIC MATERIALS? (D.S. Pitchay, J.C. Diaz-Perez) TRANSPLANT GROWTH AND STAND ESTABLISHMENT OF BELL PEPPER (CAPSICUM ANNUUM L.) PLANTS AS AFFECTED BY COMPOST-AMENDED SUBSTRATE (J.C. Diaz-Perez, D.M. Granberry, P. Germishuizen) PREDATORY MITES RELEASED ON TRANSPLANTS CAN PROTECT GREENHOUSE-GROWN PEPPERS FROM EARLY BROAD MITE INFESTATIONS (E. Jovicich, D.J. Cantliffe, P.J. Stoffella, L.S. Osborne) EFFECT OF VARIOUS BOTANICALS AND ORGANIC SOAKS ON THE GERMINATION AND SEEDLING VIGOUR OF AMBRETTE (A. Shakila, R. Rajeswari) ORGANIC TOMATO TRANSPLANT PRODUCTION IN COMPOST-AMENDED SUBSTRATE (J.C. Díaz-Pérez, J. Silvoy, S.C. Phatak, D.S. Pitchay, R. Morse) ORGANIC SEED PRODUCTION OF CARROT IN BRAZIL (W.M. Nascimento, J.V. Vieira, F.V. Rezende, A. Reis, M.F.B. Muniz, F.N. Silva) ABA TO ENHANCE WATER STRESS TOLERANCE OF VEGETABLE TRANSPLANTS (D.I. Leskovar, S. Goreta, J.L. Jifon, S. Agehara, T. Shinohara, D. Moore) INCREASING VEGETATIVE GROWTH, YIELD AND SEED QUANTITY IN TOMATO BY INDUCING PLANT VIGOUR AT THE EARLIEST SEEDLING STAGE (A.A. Albacete, C. Martínez-Andújar, J.A. Pascual, M. Acosta, F. Pérez-Alfocea) GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF EARLY ROOT VIGOR IN MELON (CUCUMIS MELO L.) TO ENHANCE STAND ESTABLISHMENT (K.M. Crosby, J.L. Jifon, D.I. Leskovar) EVALUATION OF THE FUNGAL ENDOPHYTE CLONOSTACHYS ROSEA AS AN INOCULANT TO ENHANCE GROWTH, FITNESS AND PRODUCTIVITY OF CROP PLANTS (J.C. Sutton, W. Liu, J. Ma, W.G. Brown, J.F. Stewart, G.D. Walker) EFFECT OF PRE-CONDITIONING WATER REGIMES DURING NURSERY PRODUCTION ON SEEDLING ROOT SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS OF SILENE VULGARIS (J. Arreola, J.J. Martínez-Sánchez, E. Conesa, J.A. Franco) CONTROLLING VEGETABLE TRANSPLANT HEIGHT USING OSMOTICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (S. Faltenovich, G.E. Welbaum) INFLUENCE OF DEFICIT IRRIGATION AND PACLOBUTRAZOL ON PLANT GROWTH AND WATER STATUS IN LONICERA IMPLEXA SEEDLINGS (A. Navarro, M.J. Vicente, J.J. Martínez-Sánchez, J.A. Franco, J.A. Fernández, S. Bañón) THE EFFECT OF MOISTURE CONTENT IN THE SUBSTRATE ON ROOTING OF SEEDLINGS IN PLUG TRAYS (T.J. Blom, D. Kerec, N. Al-Batal) POSSIBLE MECHANISMS FOR GRAFT INCOMPATIBILITY BETWEEN MELON SCIONS AND PUMPKIN ROOTSTOCKS (B. Aloni, L. Karni, G. Deventurero, Z. Levin, R. Cohen, N. Katzir, M. Lotan-Pompan, M. Edelstein, H. Aktas, E. Turhan, D.M. Joel, C. Horev, Y. Kapulnik) RESPONSE OF GRAFTED AND NON-GRAFTED MELON PLANTS TO EFFLUENT AND BORON UNDER GREENHOUSE CONDITIONS (M. Edelstein, M. Ben-Hur, Z. Plaut) POSSIBLE PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS FOR RESISTANCE TO VINE DECLINE DISEASES IN GRAFTED WATERMELONS (J.L. Jifon, K.M. Crosby, D.I. Leskovar, M. Miller) PERFORMANCE OF FOUR TRIPLOID WATERMELON CULTIVARS GRAFTED ONTO FIVE ROOTSTOCK GENOTYPES: YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY UNDER COMMERCIAL GROWING CONDITIONS (K.E. Cushman, J. Huan) COST BENEFIT ANALYSES OF USING GRAFTED WATERMELON TRANSPLANTS FOR FUSARIUM WILT DISEASE CONTROL (M. Taylor, B. Bruton, W. Fish, W. Roberts) EFFECT OF ROOT SUBSTRATE FORMULATIONS ON THE GROWTH OF GRAFTED TOMATO PLUG SEEDLINGS (J.M. Choi, C.S. Kang, J.W. Ahn) INFLUENCE OF GRAFTING ON YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY OF PEPPER (CAPSICUM ANNUUM L.) GROWN UNDER GREENHOUSE CONDITIONS (G. Colla, Y. Rouphael, M. Cardarelli, O. Temperini, E. Rea, A. Salerno, F. Pierandrei) EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE AND FERTIGATION ON LETTUCE SEEDLING PRODUCTION USING PEAT BLOCKS (A. Maltais, A. Gosselin, N. Tremblay, D. Van Winden) YIELD AND QUALITY OF CANTALOUPES GROWN FROM TRANSPLANTS AS AFFECTED BY METHYL JASMONATE AND UV-REFLECTIVE MULCHING (J.M. Fonseca) SEED GERMINATION METHODS AND ESTABLISHMENT OF SAW-PALMETTO, SERENOA REPENS, IN SOUTH TEXAS (D.J. Makus) ESTABLISHMENT OF GREENHOUSE-GROWN TAGETES PATULA AND PETUNIA ×HYBRIDA IN 'WHOLETREE' SUBSTRATES (G.B. Fain, C.H. Gilliam, J.L. Sibley, C.R. Boyer)