List price   € 68   Buy this book   This title is available in ActaHort USB-drive or e-Acta format - not available in print Convener   M. Schwarz  Editors   A. Bar-Tal, Z. Plaut  Publication date   30 June 2001  ISBN   978-90-66058-54-5  ISSN   0567-7572 (print)   2406-6168 (electronic)  Number of articles   38  Volumes   1  Place   Ma'ale Hachamisha, Israel  Online articles: Opening Remarks (M. Schwarz) ROOT ZONE PARAMETERS CONTROLLING PLANT GROWTH IN SOILLESS CULTURE (U. Kafkafi) DISINFESTATION EFFECTS ON THE CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF TUFF (A. Silber, M. Raviv) INVESTIGATION OF PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF WOOD FIBER SUBSTRATES UNDER PRESS POT CONDITIONS (N. Gruda, CH. Sippel, W.H. Schnitzler) INFLUENCE OF POLYACRYLAMIDE ON PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF A PEAT-PERLITE MIX AND ON THE GROWTH OF ARGYRANTHEMUM CORONOPIFOLIUM (F.X. Martínez, F. Contreras, N. López) POLYESTER FLEECE AS SUBSTRATE FOR SOILLESS CULTURE (F.G. Schroeder, R. Foerster) GRAPE MARC COMPOST AS AN ALTERNATIVE GROWING MEDIA FOR GREENHOUSE TOMATO (M. Reis, H. Inácio, A. Rosa, J. Caccedil;o, A. Monteiro) SUBSTRATES FOR TOBACCO TRANSPLANTS PRODUCTION IN FLOAT SYSTEM (G. Carrasco, P. Rebolledo, P. Valverde, M. Urrestarazu) USE OF RECYCLED HYDROPONIC ROCKWOOL SLABS FOR HYDROPONIC PRODUCTION OF CUT ROSES (B.R. Jeong, S.J. Hwang) RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BLOSSOM- END ROT AND WATER AVAILABILITY AND CA FERTILIZATION IN BELL PEPPER FRUIT PRODUCTION (A. Bar-Tal, M. Keinan, B. Aloni, L. Karni, Y. Oserovitz, S. Gantz, A. Hazan, M. Itach, N. Tratakovski, A. Avidan, I. Posalski) EXPERIENCE WITH IRON NUTRITION IN NFT CULTURE OF BUTTER-HEAD LETTUCE USING POLYPHOSPHATES AND LIGNOSULFONATES (A. Demeyer, N. Ceustermans, F. Benoit, M. Verloo) NUTRIENT SUPPLY AND CONTAINER SIZE EFFECTS ON FLOWERING, FRUITING, ASSIMILATE ALLOCATION, AND WATER RELATIONS OF SWEET PEPPER (G. Xu, U. Kafkafi) ION UPTAKE AND DISTRIBUTION IN TOMATO PLANTS GROWN IN SAND AND IRRIGATED WITH BRACKISH WATER (A. Grava, E. Matan, CH. Yehezkel, A. Abitan, D. Samuel, Z. Plaut) EFFECTS OF N, P AND K NUTRITION ON GROWTH, YIELD AND NUTRIENT UPTAKE OF MASHUA PLANTS GROWN IN SAND (A. Rodríguez-Delfín, D. Gómez, E. Fernández, M. Chang) HYDROPONIC CULTIVATION OF LEAFY VEGETABLES IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER (K.K. Chow, J.Y. Wang, J.H. Tay) GAS CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT IN HORTICULTURAL GROWING MEDIA (G. Wever, R. Baas, J.C. Marques, L.J. van Aanholt) OXYGEN SUPPLY AND CONSUMPTION IN SOILLESS CULTURE: EVALUATION OF AN OXYGEN SIMULATION MODEL FOR CUCUMBER (R. Baas, G. Wever, A.J. Koolen, E. Tariku, K.J. Stol) OXYGEN SUPPLY IN THE ROOT ZONE OF SOILLESS CULTURE SYSTEMS FOR INDOOR LANDSCAPING (H.D. Molitor, M. Fischer) NUTRITIONAL MANAGEMENT OF GERBERA (GERBERA JAMESONII) GROWN IN A CLOSED SOILLESS CULTURE SYSTEM (D. Savvas) RECYCLING OF NUTRIENT SOLUTIONS FOR ROSE (Rosa hybrida) IN SOILLESS CULTURE (R. Brun, A. Settembrino, C. Couve) GYPSOPHILA PANICULATA RESPONSE TO LEACHATE RECYCLING IN A GREENHOUSE IN ISRAEL (B. Bar-Yosef, T. Markovich, I. Levkovich, Y. Mor) EFFECT OF CONTINUOUS AND INTERMITTENT SOLUTION CIRCULATION ON TOMATO PLANTS GROWN IN NFT (A. Gül, I.H. Tüzel, Y. Tüzel, R.Z. Eltez) RECIRCULATING NUTRIENT SOLUTION CULTURE OF MELON (Cucumis melo L.): PHYSIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL ASPECTS (A. Pardossi, F. Malorgio, L. Incrocci, F. Tognoni, C.A. Campiotti) COMPARISON OF OPEN AND CLOSED SYSTEMS ON YIELD, WATER AND NUTRIENT CONSUMPTION AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT (I.H. Tüzel, Y. Tüzel, A. Gül, M.K. Meriç, O. Yavuz, R.Z. Eltez) THE EFFECT OF ROOT-ZONE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF COIR AND UC MIX ON PERFORMANCE OF CUT ROSE (CV. KARDINAL) (M. Raviv, J.H. Lieth, R. Wallach) TRANSPIRATION OF ROSES IN GREENHOUSES (E. Dayan, M. Fuchs, Z. Plaut, E. Presnov, A. Grava, E. Matan, A. Solphoy, U. Mugira, N. Pines) DOES CARBOHYDRATE ACCUMULATION AFFECT THE PHOTOSYNTHETIC EFFICIENCY OF TOMATO LEAVES? (M. Dorais, O. Ayari, G. Samson, A. Gosselin) EVAPOTRANSPIRATION OF TWO GERBERA JAMESONII CULTIVARS IN HYDROPONICS: ADJUSTMENT OF MODELS FOR GREENHOUSES (L. Mascarini, O.S. Delfino, F. Vilella) LETTUCE PRODUCTION IN A PERUVIAN MODIFIED DFT SYSTEM (A. Rodríguez-Delfín, M. Chang, M. Hoyos) THE USE OF SOLAR ENERGY FOR A SMALL RECIRCULATING HYDROPONIC SYSTEM (N.J.J. Combrink, T.M. Harms) HYDROPONICS TECHNOLOGY AS A TOOL FOR PLANT FRESH FOOD SUPPORT IN ANTARCTICA (C. Campiotti, R. Balducchi, L. Incrocci, A. Pardossi, K. Popovski, S.V. Popovska) SIMPLIFIED HYDROPONICS TO REDUCE GLOBAL HUNGER (P. Bradley, C. Marulanda) SOILLESS GREENHOUSE PRODUCTION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS IN NORTH EASTERN CANADA (M. Dorais, A.P. Papadopoulos, X. Luo, S. Leonhart, A. Gosselin, K. Pedneault, P. Angers, L. Gaudreau) SPREAD OF SOILLESS CULTIVATION IN THE AREA OF RAGUSA (ITALY) (A. Nucifora, P. Vasquez, F. Giuffrida) IMPORTANCE AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE BIOLOGICAL COMPONENT IN SLOW FILTERS (T. Brand, W. Wohanka) DISEASE SUPPRESSIVE SOILLESS CULTURE SYSTEMS; CHARACTERISATION OF ITS MICROFLORA (J. Postma, M.J.E.I.M. Willemsen-de Klein, H. Rattink, E.A. van Os) LETHAL TEMPERATURES OF SOILBORNE PATHOGENS IN RECIRCULATION WATER FROM CLOSED CULTIVATION SYSTEMS (W.T. Runia, J.J. Amsing) EVOLUTION OF PYTHIUM SPP. POPULATIONS IN SOILLESS CULTURES AND THEIR CONTROL BY ACTIVE DISINFECTING METHODS (P. Rey, F. Déniel, V. Vasseur, Y. Tirilly, N. Behamou) DISINFECTION SYSTEMS OF RECYCLED EFFLUENTS IN FLOWER CROPS (C. Poncet, M. Offroy, C. Antonini, A. Bettachini, G. Bonnet, J.M. Drapier, D. Hericher, P. Julien)