List price   € 90   Buy this book   This title is available in ActaHort USB-drive or e-Acta format - not available in print Convener   F. Sottile  Editor   F. Sottile  Publication date   30 September 2010  ISBN   978-90-66055-43-8  ISSN   0567-7572 (print)   2406-6168 (electronic)  Number of articles   54  Volumes   1  Place   Palermo, Italy  Online articles: OPENING ADDRESS (W. Hartmann) PLUM PRODUCTION IN ITALY: STATE OF THE ART AND PERSPECTIVES (F. Sottile, E. Bellini, V. Nencetti, C. Peano, U. Palara, P. Pirazzini, B. Mezzetti, F. Capocasa, C. Mennone, L. Catalano) BIODIVERSITY OF SICILIAN FRUIT TREES: STUDIES ON PLUMS (F.M. Impallari, M. Monte, V. Girgenti, M.B. Del Signore, F. Sottile) INHERITANCE OF SOME FRUIT CHARACTERS IN PLUM (PRUNUS DOMESTICA L.) (S.H. Hjeltnes, L. Nornes, O.A. Rognli) BREEDING OF NEW PLUM CULTIVARS IN ROMANIA (M. Butac, I. Zagrai, M. Botu) ESTABLISHING A PPV ISOLATE COLLECTION AS A PREREQUISITE FOR AN EFFECTIVE SELECTION PROCESS IN BREEDING PLUMS FOR DURABLE RESISTANCE AGAINST SHARKA (J. Hadersdorfer, M. Neumüller, T. Fischer, D. Treutter) THE HIGH-QUALITY 'PRUGNA DI LENTIGIONE' PROCESSING PLUM (M. Grandi Jr., M. Grandi, S. Lugli, S. Venturi, S. Sansavini) BREEDING HIGH-QUALITY PLUMS AT BOLOGNA UNIVERSITY'S CMVF-DCA (S. Lugli, R. Correale, M. Grandi Jr., S. Sansavini) A SURVEY OF SELF-ROOTED OLD PLUM TYPES IN NORWAY (S.H. Hjeltnes, A. Asdal) EFFECT OF POTASSIUM FOLIAR SPRAY ON TWO PLUM TREES CULTIVARS: 'STRIVAL' AND 'BLACK STAR' (M. Ghanem, M. Ben Mimoun) THE EFFECT OF FOLIAR FERTILIZATION WITH POTASSIUM AND MAGNESIUM ON FRUIT QUALITY IN PLUMS (PRUNUS DOMESTICA L.): PRELIMINARY RESULTS (E. Vangdal, S.B. Flatland, I.K. Mehl) A PRELIMINARY TRANSCRIPTOMIC APPROACH TO ELUCIDATE POST HARVEST RIPENING OF PLUM FRUIT (G.A. Manganaris, C. Bonghi, A. Ramina, V. Ziosi, G. Costa, P. Tonutti) USING SPRING WEATHER DATA TO PREDICT HARVEST DATE FOR 'IMPROVED FRENCH' PRUNE (C. DeBuse, G. Lopez, T. DeJong) POSSIBILITIES FOR ORGANIC PRODUCTION OF PLUM FRUITS FROM THE 'CACANSKA LEPOTICA' CULTIVAR BY APPLYING TRENCH PLANTING (H. Dinkova, K. Dragoyski, B. Stefanova, P. Mihaylova, I. Vitanova, A. Rusenov) FRUIT FLESH FIRMNESS IN TWO PLUM CULTIVARS: COMPARISON OF TWO PENETROMETERS (L. Sekse, U. Wermund) CRITERIA FOR PICKING PLUMS (PRUNUS DOMESTICA L.) AT THE OPTIMUM MATURITY STAGE FOR THE FRESH FRUIT MARKET (E. Vangdal, S.B. Flatland) EFFECT OF POST HARVEST FRUIT CONDITIONING OF TWO DIFFERENT PLUM CULTIVARS: FIRST RESULTS ON QUALITATIVE TRAITS EVOLUTION (V. Girgenti, F.M. Impallari, M. Monte, N. Giuggioli, G. Reita) SOME EVIDENCE ABOUT THE PHYSIOLOGICAL BASIS OF FLESH REDDENING SYMPTOMS IN PLUM FRUIT (G.A. Manganaris, A.R. Vicente, C.H. Crisosto, J.M. Labavitch) NEW STRATEGY TO IMPROVE PLUM YIELDS AND FRUIT QUALITY USING BIOREGULATORS (V. Chitu, M. Butac, S. Nicolae) PHENOLOGICAL EXPRESSION IN PRUNUS SALICINA LINDL. GENOTYPES AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH INSECT ATTRACTION AND POLLINATION (S. Radice, E. Giordani, V. Nencetti, E. Bellini) SELF-COMPATIBILITY IN THE JAPANESE PLUM CULTIVAR 'HONEY ROSA' (K. Beppu, I. Endo, I. Kataoka) HIGH TEMPERATURES DURING BLOOM CAN INHIBIT POLLEN GERMINATION AND TUBE GROWTH, AND ADVERSELY AFFECT FRUIT SET IN THE PRUNUS DOMESTICA CULTVARS 'IMPROVED FRENCH' AND 'MUIR BEAUTY' (M.T. DeCeault, V.S. Polito) SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY IN JAPANESE PLUM – S-ALLELE GENOTYPING OF CULTIVARS (M.E. Guerra, J. Rodrigo, A. Wünsch, M. López-Corrales) ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON SOME PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES IN PLUM TREE (S. Cosmulescu, A. Baciu, M. Gruia) PRELIMINARY CYTOGENETIC STUDIES IN PRUNUS SALICINA LINDL. (M.E. Totaro, A. Fernández, S. Radice, E. Giordani, V. Nencetti, E. Bellini) INFLUENCE OF POLLINATION ON THE LOW FRUIT SET IN JAPANESE PLUM (M.E. Guerra, A. Wünsch, J. Rodrigo, M. López-Corrales) FLOWERING AND POLLINATION STUDIES WITH EUROPEAN PLUM (PRUNUS DOMESTICA L.) CULTIVARS (E. Koskela, H. Kemp, M.C.A. van Dieren) POLLINATION IN JAPANESE PLUM (V. Nencetti, E. Giordani, E. Bellini, S. Radice) POSSIBILITY OF REDUCING CHEMICAL TREATMENTS AIMED AT CONTROL OF PLUM INSECT PESTS (R. Andreev, H. Kutinkova) BREEDING FOR SHARKA RESISTANCE AND HIGH FRUIT QUALITY IN EUROPEAN PLUM (PRUNUS DOMESTICA L.) AT WEIHENSTEPHAN: BREEDING STRATEGY AND SELECTION TOOLS (M. Neumüller, D. Treutter, W. Hartmann) CONTROL OF SHARKA BY BREEDING (W. Hartmann, M. Neumüller) EVALUATION OF PPV SYMPTOMS IN PLUM GERMPLASM AFTER ARTIFICIAL INFECTION (F. Paprstein, A. Matejicek, J. Kaplan, J. Sedlak) IN VITRO GRAFTING AS A TOOL FOR INVESTIGATING THE HYPERSENSITIVITY OF EUROPEAN PLUM (PRUNUS DOMESTICA L.) TO THE PLUM POX VIRUS (L. Lichtenegger, M. Neumüller, D. Treutter) IN VITRO GERMINATION OF PRUNUS DOMESTICA SEEDS (K. Paskaš, M. Neumüller, D. Treutter) THE GROWTH AND YIELDS OF EIGHT PLUM CULTIVARS GRAFTED ON TWO ROOTSTOCKS IN CENTRAL POLAND (E. Rozpara, A. Głowacka, Z.S. Grzyb) EARLY PERFORMANCE OF TWO EUROPEAN PLUM CULTIVARS ON THIRTEEN PLUM ROOTSTOCKS (B.H. Pedersen) THE ITALIAN PLUM ROOTSTOCK TRIAL: RESULTS FOR SICILIAN ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS (M. Monte, F.M. Impallari, G. Sala, F. Sottile, A. De Michele) PLUM CULTIVAR TESTING IN THE WESTERN PART OF SLOVENIA (N. Fajt, V. Usenik) THE PLUM CULTIVAR 'JOJO' GROWN UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF THE CENTRAL BALKAN MOUNTAINS IN BULGARIA (B. Stefanova, K. Dragoyski, H. Dinkova, V. Dzhuvinov (Djouvinov)) PERFORMANCE OF 'ERUNOSID' AND 'WALA' – NEW POLISH SEEDLING ROOTSTOCKS FOR PLUM AND PRUNE TREES (M. Sitarek, Z.S. Grzyb, J. Lis) NEW CULTIVARS AND ELITES FOR PLUM CULTURE IN ROMANIA (M. Botu, G. Achim, I. Botu, S. Preda, A. Baciu) PLUM ROOTSTOCKS FOR INTENSIVE PLUM CULTURE (G. Achim, I. Botu, M. Botu, S. Preda, A. Baciu) 'PLOVDIVSKA RENKLODA' – A NEW PLUM CULTIVAR (A. Zhivondov) EVALUATION OF SOME INTRODUCED PLUM CULTIVARS IN RIMSA TROYAN (K. Dragoyski, I. Minev, H. Dinkova, T. Stoyanova, P. Minkov) POMOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SOME BULGARIAN PLUM CULTIVARS (I. Vitanova, S. Dimkova, N. Marinova, D. Ivanova, H. Kutinkova) NEW SELECTIONS OF YELLOW JAPANESE PLUM OBTAINED IN FLORENCE AT THE DOFI (E. Bellini, V. Nencetti, L. Natarelli) JAPANESE AND EUROPEAN PLUM CULTIVAR EVALUATION IN THE PO VALLEY OF ITALY: YIELD AND CLIMATE INFLUENCE (A. Liverani, D. Giovannini, N. Versari, S. Sirri, F. Brandi) POMOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF DESSERT PLUM CULTIVARS IN LATVIA (E. Kaufmane, L. Ikase, D. Seglina) NEW BULGARIAN PLUM CULTIVARS (A. Zhivondov, V. Bozhkova) EVALUATION OF VIGOROUS AND DWARF PLUM ROOTSTOCKS IN THE HIGH DENSITY ORCHARD IN CENTRAL POLAND (Z.S. Grzyb, M. Sitarek, E. Rozpara) FRUIT QUALITY AND PRODUCTIVITY EVALUATION OF NINE PLUM CULTIVARS (H. Jänes, K. Kelt, K. Kahu, L. Klaas, A. Kikas, P. Ardel) PLUM CULTURE IN ROMANIA: PRESENT SITUATION AND PERSPECTIVES (I. Botu, M. Botu, G. Achim, A. Baciu) PLUM PRODUCTION IN BULGARIA (I. Vitanova, N. Marinova, D. Ivanova, S. Dimkova, H. Kutinkova) JAPANESE PLUM (PRUNUS SALICINA LINDL.) PRODUCTION IN EXTREMADURA (SPAIN) (M.E. Guerra, J. Rodrigo, A. Wünsch, M. López-Corrales)