List price   € 58   Buy this book   This title is available in ActaHort USB-drive or e-Acta format - not available in print Convener   XXV IHC - Brussels  Editors   H. Challa, A.A. Monteiro, E. Heuvelink, P. Aguiar Pinto  Publication date   1 January 2000  ISBN   978-90-66058-33-0  ISSN   0567-7572 (print)   2406-6168 (electronic)  Number of articles   29  Volumes   1  Place   Brussels, Belgium  Online articles: PREFACE (H. Challa) COMPUTER APPLICATIONS AND "PHYTOTECHNOLOGY" IN HORTICULTURE (H. Murase) DEVELOPMENT OF AN AUTOMATIC WATERING SYSTEM FOR PLUG SEEDLING PRODUCTION WITH ESTIMATION OF EVAPOTRANSPIRATION BY WEIGHING (T. Shibuya, M. Nakahara, T. Kozai) MODELING OF CUCUMBER GROWTH USING THE L-SYSTEM (T. Higashide, M. Takaichi, H. Shimaji) ESTIMATION OF ONION (ALLIUM CEPA, L.) BIOMASS AND LIGHT INTERCEPTION FROM REFLECTANCE MEASUREMENTS AT FIELD LEVEL (A.D. Bosch Serra, D. Casanova) DEVELOPMENT OF A MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION: SIMULATED SWEETPOTATO CUTTING PRODUCTION AS AFFECTED BY PROPAGATION METHODS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS (C. Kubota, T. Kozai) EFFECT OF LIGHT REGIME ON MARGINAL BRACT NECROSIS IN POINSETTIA (A.H. Wissemeier, A.-K. Püschel, F. Weinhold, W.J. Horst) THE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE, FRUIT LOAD AND SALINITY ON DEVELOPMENT RATE OF TOMATO FRUIT (Ad N.M. de Koning) MODELLING ABOVE-GROUND DRY MATTER AND AREA DISTRIBUTIONS OF GREEN BEANS (PHASEOLUS VULGARIS L.) FOR PROCESSING UNDER MEDITERRANEAN CONDITIONS (M.E. Ferreira, M.I. Vieira, J.P.d.M. Abreu, V.V. Bianco, A.A. Monteiro) STUDIES ON APPLE YIELD FORECASTING ON THE BASIS OF BUD EXAMINATION (R.P. Awasthi, Shashi K. Sharma) THE EFFECT OF WINTER CHILLING ON CELL DIVISION AND - MULTIPLICATION PRE-ANTHESIS AND THUS ON FINAL FRUIT SIZE OF ROYAL GALA APPLES IN SOUTH AFRICA (E. Grebeye, O. Berg) VALIDATION OF A PRELIMINARY MODEL FOR TOMATO FRUIT TASTE BASED ON INSTRUMENTAL MEASUREMENTS (W. Verkerke, M. Kersten) IDENTIFICATION OF DYNAMIC PLANT GROWTH AS A FUNCTION OF LIGHT QUANTITY (B. Nielsen) GROWTH AND MAINTENANCE RESPIRATION OF CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS L. ESTIMATED FROM CO2 EXCHANGE (M.W. van Iersel) TOMPOUSSE, A MODEL OF YIELD PREDICTION FOR TOMATO CROPS: CALIBRATION STUDY FOR UNHEATED PLASTIC GREENHOUSES (P. Abreu, J.F. Meneses, C. Gary) APPLICATION OF THE PENMAN-MONTEITH MODEL TO CALCULATE THE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION OF HEAD LETTUCE (LACTUCA SATIVA L. VAR. CAPITATA) IN GLASSHOUSE CONDITIONS (S. Pollet, P. Bleyaert, R. Lemeur) TEMPERATURE INTEGRATION ON A 24-HOUR BASE: A MORE EFFICIENT CLIMATE CONTROL STRATEGY (A.A. Rijsdijk, J.V.M. Vogelezang) EQUIVALENCE OF THE TEMPERATURE INTEGRAL AND THE CARBON DYNAMICS CONCEPTS IN PLANTS: UTILITY FOR CONTROL (M. Tchamitchian, I. Ioslovich) CHARACTERISTICS OF THE THERMAL ENVIRONMENT IN SLOPING GREENHOUSES (H. Kawashima, M. Nonaka) DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A REAL-TIME DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF DYNAMIC TEMPERATURE MODELS IN A HYDROPONIC GREENHOUSE (P.M. Ferreira, A.E.B. Ruano, E.A. Faria) EVALUATION OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY INDICATORS IN BELGIAN GREENHOUSE HORTICULTURE (L. De Cock, D. Van Lierde) INFORMATION-MANAGEMENT-SYSTEM FOR GROWTH CONTROL OF FICUS BENJAMINA (M.W.C. Dijkshoorn-Dekker, J. Meuleman) BOWAS: A WEATHER-BASED WARNING SYSTEM FOR THE CONTROL OF BOTRYTIS BLIGHT IN LILY (J.E. van den Ende, M.G. Pennock-Vos, C. Bastiaansen, A.T.H.J. Koster, L.J. van der Meer) HOPLICCS : HORTICULTURAL PLANNING AND INTEGRATED COST CONTROL SYSTEMS (L. Callewaert, T. Lippert) AN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY ANALYSIS OF MELON PRODUCTION USING PLASTICULTURE (L.B.B. Baker, J.C. Henning, S. Jenni, K.A. Stewart) EVALUATION OF RESOURCE FLOWS OF TOMATO PRODUCTION SYSTEMS UNDER GLASS ACCORDING TO THE METHOD OF EMERGY ANALYSIS (C. Lagerberg) PRODUCTION PLANNING IN HORTICULTURAL FIRMS - TODAY AND TOMORROW (B. Håkansson) THE DEVELOPMENT OF HORTBASE, A GLOBAL INFORMATION SYSTEM (J.L. Green) DIAGNOSTIC DATABASE DEVELOPMENT - TOWARDS EXPERT SYSTEMS ON THE WEB (John D. Lea-Cox, Tamela D. Michaels, A. Sindermann, Ethel M. Dutky) USE OF CD-ROMS IN THE TEACHING OF VEGETABLE PRODUCTION COURSES (K.A. Stewart)