List price   € 59   Buy this book   This title is available in ActaHort USB-drive or e-Acta format - not available in print Convener   XXV IHC - Brussels  Editors   N.S.P. de Groot, E.H.J.M. de Kleijn, A.A. Csizinsky, J. Weerts  Publication date   1 March 2000  ISBN   978-90-66058-83-5  ISSN   0567-7572 (print)   2406-6168 (electronic)  Number of articles   34  Volumes   1  Place   Brussels, Belgium  Online articles: PREFACE CHANGES IN THE COST OF PRODUCTION OF FIELD-GROWN NURSERY PLANTS IN USDA PLANT HARDINESS ZONES 5 AND 6 SINCE 1985 (R.E. McNiel) ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES OF ORGANIC VEGETABLE FARMS IN THE NETHERLANDS (C.G.M. Geven) ANALYSIS OF ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF PESTICIDE APPLICATION WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO VEGETABLE PRODUCTION (J.M. Kim) TRADE BETWEEN SLOVENIA AND THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT MEMBER COUNTRIES: THE CASE OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES (S. Bojnec) INTERNATIONAL TRENDS IN PLANT PATENTS AND PLANT BREEDER'S RIGHTS (J.J. Ruiz, M. Holtmann, F. Nuez) ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE INTRODUCTION OF RESISTENT CUCUMBER VARIETIES (CUCUMIS SATIVUS SP.) TO WESTERN FLOWER THRIPS (FRANKLINIELLA OCCIDENTALIS) (L.G.J. van Horen) ECONOMIC REVIEW ON DWARF APPLE FARM BY ESTABLISHING TYPE (B.N. Lee, K.H. Kang, S.G. Woo, B.S. Lee) DETERMINING INFLUENCING FACTORS OF HARDY ORNAMENTAL NURSERY STOCK (HONS) SALES (U. Wermund, H. Wainwright) HORTICULTURAL ECONOMICS IN TURKEY: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE CURRENT SITUATION AND SOME IMPLICATIONS (F. Akkaya, B. Ozkan) QUALITY PERCEPTION OF VEGETABLES BY BELGIAN CONSUMERS (J. Viaene, W. Verbeke, X. Gellynck) CONSUMER ATTITUDE TO INTEGRATED QUALITY MANAGEMENT THROUGHOUT THE VEGETABLE CHAIN (J. Viaene, W. Verbeke, X. Gellynck) THE DECISION PROCESS AND THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS DETERMINING ALMOND DEMAND IN SPAIN (S. Ekinci, A. Gracia, L.M. Albisu) TECHNOLOGICAL ADOPTION AMONG ORGANIC SPANISH FARMERS (A. Laajimi, L.M. Albisu) JAPAN'S RECENT INCREASING IMPORT OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCE (T. Kawano) A MULTINOMIAL LOGIT MODEL OF FLORAL CHOICE (P.P. Oppenheim, T.R.L. Fry) ALTERNATIVE FINANCING IN AGRICULTURE: A CASE FOR THE CSA METHOD (S.F. Sabih, L.B.B. Baker) COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES IN THE SECTOR OF GREENHOUSE TOMATO PRODUCTION IN BELGIUM (N. Taragola, D. Van Lierde) THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HORTICULTURAL SECTOR IN EASTERN GERMANY SINCE 1990 (W. Bokelmann, W. Lentz) THE COMPETITIVENESS MONITOR APPLIED ON THE CUT FLOWER INDUSTRY (M.D. Hack) CHAIN PRODUCTION COSTS OF FRUIT VEGETABLES: A COMPARISON BETWEEN SPAIN AND THE NETHERLANDS (A.P. Verhaegh, N.S.P. de Groot) GLOBALISATION PROCESS AND ADAPTATION OF FRESH PRODUCE COMMODITY SYSTEMS: THE CASE OF COMPAGNIE FRUITIERE (J.-C. Montigaud) FRUIT MARKETING PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT (K. Vadnal) THE U.S. WHOLOSALE PRODUCE INDUSTRY: STRUCTURE, OPERATIONS AND COMPETITION (K.S. Park, E.W. McLaughlin) FUNDING, MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION: THE KEY ISSUES FACING RESEARCH IN HORTICULTURE TODAY AND TOMORROW (S. Sansavini) A RECENT EXPERIENCE FOR CO-OPERATIVE HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA (RADHORT) (N. Silva, A. Rouamba, P.A. Seck, E.V. Coly) INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION: A KEY REQUIREMENT FOR PUBLIC/PRIVATE HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS TO SUCCEED (D.J. Cantliffe) CONSERVATION AND UTILISATION OF HORTICULTURAL GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE - ISSUES AND CONSTRAINTS (U.G. Menini) THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN THE HUNGARIAN SPICE PAPRIKA BREEDING PROGRAM (N. Somogyi) A BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN CHINA (C. Hang) US-HUNGARIAN RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR STRESS-TOLERANT LANDSCAPE PLANTS (Paul E. Read, G. Schmidt, E. Szendrak, Donald H. Steinegger, Todd M. Morrissey, B. Hamar, G. Vinis) THE SOUTH AFRICAN INDIGENOUS FLOWER INDUSTRY: CHALLENGES AND LIMITATIONS (J.H. Coetzee, W.J.H. Eigenhuis, G.M. Littlejohn) KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT OF GROWERS IN CROP PROTECTION PROBLEMS (J.S. Buurma) BIOBREES: EXPERIENCES WITH A NORTH-SOUTH CO-OPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAMME (G.J.H. Grubben, P. Sastropranoto) DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGRATED CROP MANAGEMENT WITH SMALL HOLDER VEGETABLE PRODUCERS IN ZANZIBAR (TANZANIA) (A.A. Laurense)