| FOREWARD (B. Carlile) |
| PORE FRACTION ANALYSIS: A NEW TOOL FOR SUBSTRATE TESTING (M.S. Drzal, D. Keith Cassel, W.C. Fonteno) |
| THE EFFECTS OF STONEWOOL QUALITY AND CULTIVATION SYSTEM ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE THICK ROOT SYNDROME WITH CUCUMBER PLANTS (W. Verkerke, J.A. Kipp) |
| A COMPARISON OF QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE PRODUCTIVITY PARAMETERS BETWEEN A SWEET PEPPER CROP GROWING ON “ENARENADO ALMERIENSE” AND ON ROCKWOOL (M. Urrestarazu, M. Guzmán, A. Sanchez, G. Carrasco) |
| STANDARDIZATION OF SUBSTRATES (W. Schie) |
| AIR/WATER MANAGEMENT IN ROCKWOOL SLABS (C. Blok) |
| TOMATO PRODUCTION IN OPEN OR CLOSED ROCKWOOL CULTURE SYSTEMS WITH NFT OR ROCKWOOL NUTRIENT FEEDINGS (A.P. Papadopoulos, X. Hao, J.C. Tu, J. Zheng) |
| YIELD, QUALITY AND PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVITY OF GREENHOUSE-GROWN 'MADELON' ROSES ON PERLITE-ZEOLITE SUBSTRATE MIXTURES. (E. Maloupa, C. Samartzidis, P. Couloumbis, A. Komninou) |
| WATER AND NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT IN PEAT-BASED MEDIA A PROGRAM REVIEW AND PERSPECTIVE (J. Biernbaum, W. R. Argo, Mark V. Yelanich) |
| CHARACTERISATION OF THE HYDROPHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF PRESSED BLOCKS FOR TRANSPLANTING (G. Wever, E. Eymar) |
| RELATIVE BREAKDOWN OF PEAT AND NON-PEAT GROWING MEDIA (M. Prasad, J. O'Shea) |
| CHARACTERISATION OF THE WETTABILITY OF ORGANIC SUBSTRATES (PEAT AND COMPOSTED BARK) BY ADSORPTION MEASUREMENTS (J.C. Michel, M.N. Bellon-Fontaine, L.M. Rivière) |
| TRANSPLANT ADAPTATION IN LANDSCAPE OF ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS IN RELATION WITH SUBSTRATE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND CONTAINER SIZE (J. Narciso Pastor, R. Savé, O. Marfà, S. Burés, Josep M. Pagès) |
| CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE COCONUT-FIBER SUBSTRATE AND THE GROWTH AND PRODUCTIVITY OF TOMATO (LYCOPERCICON ESCULENTUM MILL.) PLANTS (Y. Shinohara, T. Hata, T. Maruo, M. Hohjo, T. Ito) |
| CEC AND THE SATURATION OF THE ADSORPTION COMPLEX OF COIR DUST (J.B.G.M. Verhagen) |
| ROOT DISCOLORATION, GROWTH AND MICRO ELEMENT UPTAKE OF CHRYSANTHEMUM IN AEROPONICS AS AFFECTED BY IRON CHELATES AND PYTHIUM (C. de Kreij, S.J. Paternotte) |
| TWO INDUSTRIAL WATER-DERIVED WASTES AS POTENTIAL POTTING AMENDMENTS (C. Chong) |
| CELLULOSE ACETATE AS A SOILLESS MEDIUM FOR THE PRODUCTION OF VEGETABLE TRANSPLANTS (C.S. Vavrina) |
| EFFECT OF SEVERAL PARAMETERS ON THE GROWTH OF CHRYSANTHEMUM STOCK PLANTS IN AEROPONICS (H. Molitor, M. Fischer) |
| FURTHER EXPERIENCES WITH RECYCLED ZEOLITE AS A SUBSTRATE FOR THE SWEET PEPPER CROP (J. Harland, S. Lane, D. Price) |
| ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND MICRO-ORGANISMS IN CLOSED, HYDROPONIC CULTURE: OCCURRENCE AND EFFECTS ON PLANT GROWTH AND MINERAL NUTRITION (B. Waechter-Kristensen, S. Caspersen, S. Adalsteinsson, P. Sundin, P. Jensén) |
| APPLICATION OF MIXTURE THEORY FOR THE OPTIMISATION OF THE COMPOSITION OF NUTRIENT SOLUTIONS FOR HYDROPONIC CROPPING: PRACTICAL USE (G. De Rijck, E. Schrevens) |
| ALTERNATIVE VEGETABLES GROWN IN HYDROPONIC SYSTEMS (F.-G. Schröder) |
| ADVANTAGES GAINED BY CONTROLLING ROOT GROWTH IN A NEWLY-DEVELOPED HYDROPONIC GROWING SYSTEM (J. Benton Jones Jr) |
| EFFECTS OF LACTATE, HUMATE AND BACILLUS SUBTILIS ON THE GROWTH OF TOMATO PLANTS IN HYDROPONIC SYSTEMS (M. Böhme) |
| NUTRIENT DYNAMICS AND pH / CHARGE-BALANCE RELATIONSHIPS IN HYDROPONIC SOLUTIONS (J.D. Lea-Cox, G.W. Stutte, W.L. Berry, R.M. Wheeler) |
| THE GROWTH OF WHEAT IN THREE NUTRIENT-PROVIDING SUBSTRATES UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR SPACEFLIGHT APPLICATION (Howard G. Levine) |
| TOMATO AND SOYBEAN PRODUCTION ON A SHARED RECIRCULATING HYDROPONIC SYSTEM (C.L. Mackowiak, G.W. Stutte, R.M. Wheeler, L.M. Ruffe, N.C. Yorio) |
| GROWING NITRATE FREE ENDIVE IN SOILLESS SYSTEMS (A. Elia, F. Serio, M. Gonnella, P. Santamaria) |
| NUTRIENT SOLUTIONS IN TWO STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT OF TOMATO PLANTS (A. Lara, G.A. Baca, J.L. Tirado, J.D. Etchevers, J. Kohashi-Shibata, A. Martínez) |
| A CONTROLLED WATER TABLE IRRIGATION SYSTEM FOR HYDROPONIC LETTUCE PRODUCTION (Jack W. Buxton, W. Jia) |
| STRAWBERRY PRODUCTION IN SOILLESS CULTURE SYSTEMS (F. Takeda) |
| CHRYSANTHEMUMS GROWN IN HYDROPONICS; TOWARD DEVELOPMENT OF A COST EFFECTIVE, AUTOMATED PRODUCTION SYSTEM (R. Hansen) |
| DEVELOPMENT OF NUTRIENT FILM TECHNIQUE “NFT” IN CHILE: THE USE OF INTERMITTENT RECIRCULATION REGIMES (G. Carrasco, E. Rodríguez, P. Escobar, J. Izquierdo) |
| HYDROPONICS IN TROPICAL HUMID AREAS: EXAMPLE OF MARTINIQUE (C. Langlais) |
| NUTRIENT CULTURE FOR KOREAN GINSENG (PANAX GINSENG C. A. MEYER) (K.W. Park, G.P. Lee, Y.G. Park) |
| OPTIMISATION OF LAWSONIA INERMIS L. AND INDIGOFERA ARTICULATA GOUAN. NUTRIENT SOLUTION IN OPEN-AIR HYDROPONICS (S.K. Mairapetyan, A.H. Tadevosyan) |
| EFFECT OF COOLING THE NUTRIENT SOLUTION, LIGHTING AND ETHREL SPRAYING ON PURPLE COLOURING IN NFT- LOLLO ROSSA LETTUCE (F. Benoit, N. Ceustermans) |
| A UNIVERSAL ALGORITHM FOR CALCULATION OF NUTRIENT SOLUTIONS (C. Sonneveld, W. Voogt, L. Spaans) |
| PLANT NUTRITION DEMYSTIFIED (P. Adams) |
| THE ROLE OF CALCIUM ON SEVERAL ASPECTS OF PLANT AND FLOWER QUALITY FROM A FLORICULTURAL PERSPECTIVE (Hans R. Gislerød) |
| DIFFERENT WAYS OF MONITORING THE IRRIGATION OF CONTAINER AND POT PLANTS (L. Rivière, G. Chasseriaux) |
| PLANT NUTRITION MANAGEMENT: PRESENTATION OF A NUTRIENT DELIVERY SYSTEM CONNECTED TO REAL GROWTH (P. Chagvardieff, M. Pean, C. Ravel, J.C. Vidal) |
| NITROGEN CYCLE AND MICROORGANISMS IN A HYDROPONIC SYSTEM AS INFLUENCED BY THE AMOUNT OF NITROGEN APPLIED (D. Schwarz, S. Ruppel, R. Kuchenbuch) |
| NITROGEN AND SULFUR INTERACTION IN FLORICULTURAL CROPS (Ellen T. Paparozzi) |
| TOMATO GROWTH (LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM MILL), AND NUTRIENT UTILIZATION IN RESPONSE TO VARYING FERTIGATION PROGRAMS (G.G. Alcántar, M.R. Villarreal, A.S. Aguilar) |
| IRRIGATION AND SENSITIVE STAGES OF ROSE DEVELOPMENT (D. Chimonidou-Pavlidou) |
| MANAGING IRRIGATION BY ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY (T.E. Bilderback, S.L. Warren, J.H. Daniels) |
| EFFECT OF TEMPORARY CA DEFICIENCY ON FRUIT GROWTH AND ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS IN THE PETIOLE SAP OF TOMATO (Y.Q. He, S. Terabayashi, T. Namiki) |
| EFFECTS OF TEMPORARY CALCIUM DEFICIENCY ON THE INCIDENCE OF A NUTRITIONAL DISORDER IN MELON (I. Jean-Baptiste, P. Morard, A. Bernadac) |
| GROWTH OF PLUG SEEDLINGS OF CAPSICUM ANNUUM AS AFFECTED BY ION CONCENTRATION AND NH4: NO3 RATIO OF NUTRIENT SOLUTION (B. Jeong, E. Lee) |
| THE EFFECTS OF POTTING MEDIA AND CONCENTRATION OF NUTRIENT SOLUTION ON GROWTH AND NUTRIENT CONTENT OF THREE FICUS SPECIES CULTIVATED ON EBB-AND-FLOW BENCHES (J. Treder, B. Matysiak, J.S. Nowak, J. Nowak) |
| STRATEGIES TO MATCH GREENHOUSES TO CROP PRODUCTION (F. Tognoni, A. Pardossi, G. Serra) |
| IMPROVEMENT OF TOMATO FRUIT QUALITY BY CALCIUM NUTRITION (Lim C. Ho, David J. Hand, M. Fussell) |
| SUPPLEMENTAL LIGHTING OF GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES: LIMITATIONS AND PROBLEMS RELATED TO LONG PHOTOPERIODS (D. Demers, A. Gosselin) |
| HORTICULTURAL AND ENGINEERING CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE DESIGN OF INTEGRATED GREENHOUSE PLANT PRODUCTION SYSTEMS (Gene A. Giacomelli, K.C. Ting) |
| HYDROPONIC TOMATO PRODUCTION: GROWING MEDIA REQUIREMENTS (Logan S. Logendra, Harry W. Janes) |
| THE EFFECTS OF NACL ADDITION AND MACRONUTRIENT CONCENTRATION ON FRUIT QUALITY AND FLAVOR VOLATILES OF GREENHOUSE TOMATOES (W.C. Lin, A.D.M. Glass) |
| EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT DAY / NIGHT CONDUCTIVITIES ON BLOSSOM-END ROT, QUALITY AND PRODUCTION OF GREENHOUSE TOMATOES (E. Nederhoff) |
| COCO COIR VERSUS GRANULATED ROCKWOOL AND 'ARCHING' VERSUS TRADITIONAL HARVESTING OF ROSES IN A RECIRCULATING SYSTEM (Theo J. Blom) |
| CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT IN GREENHOUSE-GROWN MELONS WHEN EXPOSED TO VARIOUS CONCENTRATIONS OF SODIUM CHLORIDE IN HYDROPONICS (G.N. Mavrogianopoulos, J. Spanakis, P. Tsikalas) |
| SLOW SAND FILTRATION: A POTENTIAL METHOD FOR THE ELIMINATION OF PATHOGENS AND NEMATODES IN RECIRCULATING NUTRIENT SOLUTIONS FROM GLASSHOUSE-GROWN CROPS (E.A. van Os, J.J. Amsing, A.J. van Kuik, H. Willers) |
| RECIRCULATING WATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR CLOSED-CYCLE PLANT GROWTH SYSTEMS - THE SPF TREATMENT SYSTEM (R. Evans, B. Vestergard) |
| OPTIMIZATION OF SLOW FILTRATION AS A MEANS FOR DISINFECTING NUTRIENT SOLUTIONS (W. Wohanka, H. Luedtke, H. Ahlers, M. Luebke) |
| AERATION IN GROWING MEDIA: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS (J. Caron, V.K.N. Nkongolo) |
| EFFECTS OF NUTRIENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRE-TREATMENTS ON THE OCCURRENCE OF ROOT INJURY OF LETTUCE CAUSED BY CHLORAMINE (S. Date, T. Hataya, T. Namiki) |
| THE INFLUENCE OF NITROGEN ON SEEDLESS CUCUMBER RESISTANCE AND SUSCEPTIBILITY TO WESTERN FLOWER THRIPS (D. Hunt, N. Carter, C. Drury) |
| EFFECT OF THE NFT NUTRIENT SOLUTION PH ON ROOT TRANSMISSION OF TOMATO BACTERIAL CANKER (CLAVIBACTER MICHIGANENSIS SUBSP. MICHIGANENSIS) (R. Huang, J.C. Tu) |
| THE RELATIONSHIP OF PYTHIUM ROOT ROT AND RHIZOSPHERE MICROORGANISMS IN A CLOSED CIRCULATING AND AN OPEN SYSTEM IN ROCKWOOL CULTURE OF TOMATO (J.C. Tu, A.P. Papadopoulos, X. Hao, J. Zheng) |
| THE EFFECTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT LOBBY ON THE SELECTION AND USE OF GROWING MEDIA (W.R. Carlile) |
| CANADIAN PEAT HARVESTING AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT (G. Hood) |
| WASTEWATER RE-USE IN HORTICULTURAL CROPS GROWING IN SOIL AND SOILLESS MEDIA (E. Maloupa, K. Traka-Mavrona, A. Papadopoulos, F. Papadopoulos, D. Pateras) |
| AUTOMATED ECOLOGICAL FERTILIZATION AND IRRIGATION OF SOIL GROWN CROPS IN GREENHOUSES WITH A COMPUTER CONTROLLED SYSTEM (KLIWADU) (K. Kell, M. Beck, F.-W. Frenz) |
| HEAVY METAL ACCUMULATION IN BEANS AND ITS IMPACT ON GROWTH AND YIELD UNDER SOILLESS CULTURE (P.G. Sánchez, L.P. Fernández, L.T. Trejo, G.G. Alcántar, J.D. Cruz) |
| STRATEGIC PLANNING: KEY TO FUTURE MARKET GROWTH AND ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY IN THE GREENHOUSE VEGETABLE INDUSTRY (Glenn H. Sullivan, Kevin B. Garleb) |
| AN ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF SINGLE STEM CUT ROSE PRODUCTION (Robert G. Anderson, T. A. Woods) |
| FEASIBILITY OF TOMATO AND SWEET PEPPER GROWING IN SOILLESS MEDIA IN ARGENTINA (M. Duplancic, E. Rodriguez) |
| GREENHOUSE CROP STRESS MANAGEMENT (Mary M. Peet) |
| NUTRIENT, ACID AND WATER BUDGETS OF HYDROPONICALLY GROWN CROPS (R.M. Wheeler, J.C. Sager, W.L. Berry, C.L. Mackowiak, G.W. Stutte, N.C. Yorio, L.M. Ruffe) |
| THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY AND THE NEED FOR DECISION SUPPORT (J.L. Shipp, N.D. Clarke) |
| THE BURLINGTON COUNTY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GREENHOUSE (W. J. Roberts, D. Specca) |
| CARBON TOXICITY IN PLANTS (M. Schwarz) |
| EFFECT OF THE PACKING DENSITY ON THE MECHANICAL IMPEDANCE OF ROOT MEDIA (A. N. Kämpf, P. Allen Hammer, T. Kirk) |
| BREEDING OF VEGETABLE CROPS FOR PROTECTED GROWING CONDITIONS (X.D. Meng, H. Ma, M. Wei, Y.X. Xing) |
| EFFICIENCY OF PHOSPHORENE (AS A SOURCE OF PHOSPHATE SOLUBILIZING BACTERIA) IN ENHANCING GROWTH AND P NUTRITION OF CHEMLALI OLIVE SEEDLINGS (F. F. Ahmed, Gamal M. El-Dawwy) |
| AUTOMATIC ION CONTROL OF NUTRIENT SOLUTIONS (H. Inden, Y. Kubota, S. Awaya) |
| FERTILIZATION AND GROWTH OF HIBISCUS STOCK PLANTS CULTIVATED AT HIGH LIGHT INTENSITIES (F. Bjørnå) |
| HYDROPONICS WORLDWIDE (Merle H. Jensen) |
| STATUS OF THE COMMERCIAL HYDROPONIC INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (D. Brentlinger) |
| STATUS OF THE GREENHOUSE INDUSTRY IN MEXICO (M. Steta) |
| STATUS OF THE GREENHOUSE VEGETABLE INDUSTRY AND HYDROPONICS IN ONTARIO, CANADA (S. Khosla) |
| STATUS OF THE GREENHOUSE INDUSTRY IN QUEBEC, CANADA (A. Carrier) |
| AN OVERVIEW OF THE GREENHOUSE VEGETABLE INDUSTRY IN ALBERTA, CANADA (M. Mirza, M. Younus) |
| DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPECT OF HYDROPONICS IN CHINA (Y.X. Xing, X.D. Meng) |
| THE GREENHOUSE AND HYDROPONIC INDUSTRIES OF JAPAN (T. ITO) |
| STATE OF THE ART OF DUTCH AND BELGIAN GREENHOUSE HORTICULTURE AND HYDROPONICS (E. Os, F. Benoit) |
| GREENHOUSE INDUSTRY IN ITALY (A. Pardossi, F. Tognoni) |
| PROTECTED HORTICULTURE IN GREECE (G. Mavrogianopoulos) |
| HYDROPONIC VEGETABLE PRODUCTION IN BRAZIL (P.R. Furlani) |