 | FOREWORD AND PREFACE (A.D. Webster, ISHS Board of Directors) |
| FUTURE ROLE OF PLANT BIOREGULATORS IN FRUIT PRODUCTION (KEYNOTE) (W. Rademacher) |
| EFFECTS OF UREA AND DEFOLIANT-CUEDTA IN A SINGLE OR A MIXED APPLICATION IN THE AUTUMN ON N RESERVES AND REGROWTH PERFORMANCE OF YOUNG 'FUJI'/M26 APPLE TREES (S. Dong, L. Cheng, L.H. Fuchigami) |
| THE CONCEPT OF CENTRIFUGAL TRAINING IN APPLE AIMED AT OPTIMIZING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GROWTH AND FRUITING (P.-E. Lauri, M. Willaume, G. Larrive, J.-M. Lespinasse) |
| GAS EXCHANGE AND WATER RELATIONS IN 'FUJI' APPLE TREES GROWN UNDER DEFICIT IRRIGATION (L. Lombardini, H.W. Caspari, D.C. Elfving, T.D. Auvil, J.R. McFerson) |
| EFFECT OF TIMING OF ROOT PRUNING AND ROOT IBA APPLICATION ON LEAF MINERAL CONCENTRATION AND CANOPY LIGHT INTERCEPTION OF 'COX'S' ORANGE PIPPIN' APPLE TREES (J.B. Retamales, N.A. Hipps, C.J. Atkinson) |
| KEY PROCESSES IN LEAF SENESCENCE OF FRUITING APPLE TREES (I. Tartachnyk, M. Blanke) |
| EXPERIENCES WITH THE BIOREGULATOR PROHEXADIONE-CA USED IN APPLE AND PEAR ORCHARDS (T. Bubán, L. Csiszár, P. Sallai, A. Varga) |
| GROWTH AND FLOWERING RESPONSE OF SWEET CHERRY CULTIVARS TO PROHEXADIONE-CALCIUM AND ETHEPHON (D.C. Elfving, M.D. Whiting, G.A. Lang, D.B. Visser) |
| LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE OF OWN-ROOTED 'CHANDLER' WALNUT COMPARED TO 'CHANDLER' WALNUT ON PARADOX ROOTSTOCK (J.K. Hasey, B.B. Westerdahl, B. Lampinen) |
| INFLUENCE OF ONCE-IN-ALL OR GRADUAL REDUCTION AND BRANCH TYING DOWN OF OVERLAPPING CANOPIES ON THE GROWTH AND FRUITING OF OVERCROWDED APPLE TREES (Y.-K. Kim, H.-H. Han, C.-H. Lee) |
| EFFECTS OF ROOT PRUNING AND SUPPLEMENTAL IRRIGATION ON NET CARBON EXCHANGE, TRANSPIRATION AND WATER RELATIONS OF PEACH (S.K. Kurtural, B.H. Taylor) |
| COMPARISON OF SELF-ROOTED AND TIP-GRAFTED SEEDLINGS OF (PRUNUS CERASUS X P.FRUTICOSA) HYBRIDS AND AMELANCHIER ALNIFOLIA (Q.J. Lu, R.H. Bors) |
| HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY OF PEACH CULTIVARS AS AFFECTED BY NANKING CHERRY (PRUNUS TOMENTOSA THUNB.) ROOTSTOCK (M. Nakano, T. Tanaka, H. Motosugi, T. Ishii) |
| FEATHERING CONTROL IN SWEET CHERRY (PRUNUS AVIUM L.) NURSERY, BY DEBLADING AND CYTOKININ (D. Neri, M. Mazzoni, F. Zucconi, G. Dradi) |
| CHARACTERIZATION OF XYLEM VESSELS IN SWEET CHERRIES (PRUNUS AVIUM L.) ON DWARFING ROOTSTOCKS (M.A. Olmstead, N.S. Lang, G.A. Lang, F. Ewers, S. Owens) |
| PRELIMINARY RESULTS ON THE EFFICACY OF APPLE TREES TREATED WITH THE GROWTH RETARDANT PROHEXADIONE-CALCIUM (APOGEE®) IN EASTERN CANADA (J.-P. Privé, E. Fava, J. Cline, C. Embree, D. Nichols, M. Byl) |
| USE OF PROMALIN® ON ONE-YEAR OLD TREES OF THE APPLE CV. 'CATARINA' (A.D. Rossi, L. Rufato, C.L. Giacobbo, F.R.C. Gomez, J.C. Fachinello) |
| GUM INDUCTION BY METHYL JASMONATE IN FRUITS, STEMS AND PETIOLES OF PRUNUS DOMESTICA L. (M. Saniewski, K. Miyamoto, J. Ueda) |
| LATE SEASON LEAF GAS EXCHANGE OF THREE YOUNG CHERRY CULTIVARS GROWING ON FIVE ROOTSTOCKS (A. Santos, J.M. Moutinho-Pereira) |
| THE RESPONSE OF APPLE ROOTSTOCKS P.22, M.9 AND M.26, AND APPLE TREE CULTIVARS 'JONAGOLD' AND 'GALA' TO SOIL ACIDIFICATION (L. Sas Paszt, S. Mercik) |
| STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF BRANCHES OF 'ROYAL GALA' APPLE GRAFTED ON DIFFERENT ROOTSTOCKS/INTERSTOCK COMBINATIONS (A. Seleznyova, G. Thorp, M. White, S. Tustin, E. Costes) |
| THE INFLUENCE OF SCION-ROOTSTOCK COMPATIBILITY ON PEAR PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERITICS (A.M. Sylayeva, A.V. Dolid, V.I. Saiko) |
| CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RESPIRATION CHAIN IN RELATION TO FLOODING TOLERANCE IN PEAR ROOTSTOCKS (F. Tamura, K. Tanabe, A. Itai) |
| CHILLING AND HEAT REQUIREMENT IN APRICOT AND PEACH VARIETIES (N. Valentini, G. Me, F. Spanna, M. Lovisetto) |
| BRASSINOSTEROID BIOSYNTHESIS INHIBITION AS A SIDE EFFECT OF THE COMMONLY USED IMIDAZOLE FUNGICIDE IMAZALIL (S.P.O. Werbrouck, P.C. Debergh) |
| THE EFFECT OF IBA ON THE CA2+ ABSORPTION AND CA2+-ATPASE ACTIVITY AND THEIR ULTRACYTOCHEMICAL LOCALIZATION IN APPLE ROOTS (Y. Hong-Qiang, J. Yu-Ling, Z. Lian-Zhong, C. Ming-Gang) |
| THE SIGNALING CASCADES OF WATER LOSS TO ABSCISIC ACID ACCUMULATION IN APPLE ROOTS (Y. Hong-Qiang, J. Yu-Ling, J. Wen-Suo, Z. Da-Peng) |
| INVESTIGATING THE INFLUENCES OF SCION BUDS ON WALNUT IN SITU GRAFTING BY FEEDING 32P (Y. Zhang, G. Li, W. Liu, T. Gao) |
| INTERNAL REGULATION OF FRUIT GROWTH AND ABSCISSION (KEYNOTE) (F.K. Bangerth) |
| GROWTH REDUCTION AND FLOWER BUD QUALITY ON PEAR TREES (T. Deckers, H. Schoofs) |
| ROOTSTOCKS GENOTYPE AFFECTS FLOWER DISTRIBUTION AND DENSITY OF 'HEDELFINGER' SWEET CHERRY AND 'MONTMORENCY' SOUR CHERRY (K. Maguylo, G.A. Lang, R.L. Perry) |
| CARBOHYDRATE ALLOCATION IN APPLE STEMS CAN BE ALTERED BY FRUIT LOAD (J.C. McQueen, P.E.H. Minchin, W.B. Silvester, T.G.A. Green) |
| RESPONSE OF 'VICTORIA' PLUMS TO CHEMICAL BLOOM THINNING (M. Meland) |
| BETWEEN YEAR AND WITHIN YEAR VARIATION IN CHEMICAL FRUIT THINNING EFFICACY OF APPLE DURING COOL SPRINGS (T.L. Robinson, A.N. Lakso) |
| CHEMICAL REST BREAKING AGENTS FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN POME AND STONE FRUIT INDUSTRY (C. Costa, P.J.C. Stassen, J. Mudzunga) |
| MULTILOCATION ANALYSIS OF ATS AND BA THINNING EFFICACY ON 'GOLDEN DELICIOUS' (G. Costa, J. Bonany, J. Carbo, M. Casals, M. Stopar, G. Lafer, A. Dorigoni, G. Vizzotto, C. Bomben) |
| COMPARISON OF NEW BLOSSOM THINNERS FOR APPLES UNDER CONDITIONS OF INTERMOUNTAIN WEST OF THE UNITED STATES (E. Fallahi, B. Fallahi) |
| PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ATTRACTANTS OF FLOWERS IN PEAR PYRUS BETULIFOLIA (A. Farkas, ZS. Orosz-Kovács) |
| FRUITLET THINNING OF THE PEAR CULTIVAR 'ABBE FETEL' WITH NAPHTHALENEACETIC ACID (P.I. Garriz, H.L. Alvarez, G.M. Colavita) |
| BLOSSOM THINNING AS A STRATEGY IN CHEMICAL THINNING OF APPLES IN NEW ENGLAND (D.W. Greene) |
| THINNING OF FUJI AND GALA APPLE WITH LIME SULPHUR AND OTHER CHEMICALS (S. Guak, M. Beulah, N.E. Looney) |
| SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY IN JAPANESE PEARS: PECULIAR INHIBITORY ACTION OF S-RNASE ON SELF POLLEN-TUBE GROWTH IN VITRO (S. Hiratsuka, A. Hirano, Y. Kawai, S.-L. Zhang) |
| INDIVIDUAL VARIABILITY OF NECTAR SECRETION IN THE FLOWERS OF PLUM CV. 'REINE-CLAUDE D'ALTHANN' (A. Horváth, ZS. Orosz-Kovács) |
| POSSIBLE ROLES OF SUGAR CONCENTRATION AND ITS METABOLISM IN THE REGULATION OF FLOWER BUD INFORMATION IN JAPANESE PEAR (PYRUS PYRIFOLIA) (A. Ito, H. Hayama, Y. Kashimura) |
| POLLINATION EXPERIMENT WITH THE PEAR CULTIVAR 'CLARA FRIJS' (B. Falk Kühn, M. Bertelsen) |
| HISTOLOGICAL STUDIES ON PISTACHIO VEGETATIVE ORGANS AS RELATED TO FRUCTIFICATION (F.P. Marra, L. Li Vigni, E. Barone, A. Motisi, A. Fabbri) |
| EFFECT OF ROOTSTOCKS ON FLORAL AND POLLINATION BIOLOGICAL TYPES OF APPLE CULTIVARS (E. Nagy Tóth, ZS. Orosz-Kovács) |
| INVESTIGATION ON THE ADAPTATION OF SOME LOW-CHILL APRICOT CULTIVARS TO KIRIKHAN (TURKEY) ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS (A.A. Polat, C. Durgac, O. Kamiloglu, O. Caliskan) |
| FRUIT AND SHOOT GROWTH FOLLOWING COMBINED GIRDLING AND THINNING OF 'ROYAL GALA' APPLE TREES (J.J.B. Pretorius, S.J.E. Wand, K.I. Theron) |
| GIBBERELLINS AND CYTOKININS RELATED TO FRUIT BUD INITIATION IN APPLE (H. Ramírez, A. Benavides, V. Robledo, R. Alonso, J. Gómez) |
| NECTAR ANALYSIS, POLLEN PRODUCTION AND ANTHOCYANIN MEASUREMENTS, REVEALED DISTINCT VARIATIONS IN PEARS (M. Sharifani, J.F. Jackson) |
| FRUIT DEVELOPMENT IN DECIDUOUS TREE CROPS AS AFFECTED BY PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS (KEYNOTE) (L. Corelli-Grappadelli, A.N. Lakso) |
| EARLY APPLE FRUIT DEVELOPMENT AND SORBITOL DEHYDROGENASE (D.D. Archbold, M. Nosarzewski, A.M. Clements, A.B. Downie) |
| TEMPERATURE EFFECTS ON FRUIT AND SHOOT GROWTH IN THE APPLE (MALUS DOMESTICA) EARLY IN THE SEASON (G. Calderón-Zavala, A.N. Lakso, R.M. Piccioni) |
| ETHYLENE INTENSIFIES BUT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT FOR METHYL JASMONATE-ENHANCED ANTHOCYANIN SYNTHESIS BY 'FUJI' APPLE FRUIT (J.P. Mattheis, D.R. Rudell, D.A. Buchanan) |
| CELL DIVISION AND EXPANSION IN THE OLIVE FRUIT (H.F. Rapoport, T. Manrique, R. Gucci) |
| EFFECTS OF LEAF AREA REMOVAL ON SWEET CHERRY VEGETATIVE GROWTH AND FRUIT QUALITY (M.D. Whiting, G.A. Lang) |
| DEVELOPMENT OF TEXTURE IN APPLE FRUIT - A BIOPHYSICAL PERSPECTIVE (R.K. Volz, F.R. Harker, I.C. Hallet, A. Lang) |
| EXAMINING THE INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT LEAF POPULATIONS ON SWEET CHERRY FRUIT QUALITY (M. Ayala, G.A. Lang) |
| EFFECT OF GIBBERELLIC ACID DURING DEVELOPMENT OF SWEET CHERRY FRUIT: PHYSIOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR CHANGES (C. Choi, P. Toivonen, P.A. Wiersma, F. Kappel) |
| X-RAY MICROANALYSIS OF APPLES TREATED WITH KAOLIN INDICATES WAX-EMBEDDED PARTICULATE IN THE CUTICLE (E. Curry, D. Baer, J. Young) |
| THE EFFECT OF PARTICLE FILM TECHNOLOGY ON YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY (A. Erez, D.M. Glenn) |
| PARTICLE FILM TECHNOLOGY: AN OVERVIEW OF HISTORY, CONCEPTS AND IMPACT IN HORTICULTURE (D.M. Glenn, G. Puterka) |
| THE POSITIVE INFLUENCE OF YEAR-ROUND REFLECTIVE MULCH ON APPLE YIELD AND QUALITY COMMERCIAL ORCHARDS (B.W.W. Grout, C.V. Beale, T.P.C. Johnson) |
| EFFECT OF FERTILIZATION ON THE CONCENTRATION OF N, P, K, CA, MG, FE, MN, CU, ZN AND PHENYLALANINE AMMONIO-LYASE ACTIVITY IN FRUIT OF 'ZACATECAS'-TYPE PEACH (PRUNUS PERSICA (L.) BATSCH) (A.D. Hernández-Fuentes, M.T.L. Colinas, J.M. Pinedo-Espinoza) |
| EFFECT OF CLIMATIC AND SOIL CONDITIONS ON SUGARS AND ORGANIC ACIDS CONTENT OF PEAR FRUITS (PYRUS COMMUNIS L.) CVS. 'WILLIAMS' AND 'CONFERENCE' (M. Hudina, F. Štampar) |
| EFFECT OF PROMALIN AND MIXTATOL ON FRUIT GROWTH, YIELD EFFICIENCY AND QUALITY OF 'STARKING DELICIOUS' APPLE (K.K. Jindal, S. Pal, P.S. Chauhan, M.S. Mankotia) |
| CHANGES OF JASMONIC ACID DURING RIPENING IN PEAR FRUIT AND INTERACTIONS BETWEEN JASMONIC ACID AND ABSCISIC ACID (S. Kondo, H. Seto) |
| EFFECT OF KAOLIN APPLICATIONS ON APPLE FRUIT QUALITY AND GAS EXCHANGE OF APPLE LEAVES (M. le Grange, S.J.E. Wand, K.I. Theron) |
| EFFECT OF PARTICLE FILM ON FRUIT SUNBURN, MATURITY AND QUALITY OF 'FUJI' AND 'HONEYCRISP' APPLES (J.R. Schupp, E. Fallahi, I.-J. Chun) |
| SYNTHETIC CYTOKININS INCREASE FRUIT SIZE OF 'ROYAL GALA' (MALUS DOMESTICA) APPLE IN ISRAEL (R.A. Stern, M.A. Flaishman) |
| 'SURROUND' PARTICLE FILM APPLICATIONS - EFFECTS ON WHOLE CANOPY PHYSIOLOGY OF APPLE (J.N. Wünsche, L. Lombardini, D.H. Greer) |
| INTEGRATING KNOWLEDGE OF TREE BIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY INTO MODELS OF FRUIT TREE DEVELOPMENT: A REVIEW (KEYNOTE) (E. Costes) |
| SWEET CHERRY FRUIT DISTRIBUTION AND LEAF POPULATIONS: MODELING CANOPY DYNAMICS AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES (G.A. Lang, J.W. Olmstead, M.D. Whiting) |
| INTEGRATING APPLE TREE AERIAL AND ROOT ARCHITECTURE IN A STRUCTURE - FUNCTION APPROACH (C. Massonnet, E. García-Villanueva, E. Costes, J.L. Regnard) |
| COLORNETS: A NEW APPROACH FOR LIGHT MANIPULATION IN FRUIT TREES (Y. Shahak, E.E. Gussakovsky, Y. Cohen, S. Lurie, R. Stern, S. Kfir, A. Naor, I. Atzmon, I. Doron, Y. Greenblat-Avron) |
| INSIGHT INTO ALTERNATE BEARING OF PECAN (B.W. Wood, P.J. Conner, R.E. Worley) |
| SUNBURN ON APPLES - CAUSES AND CONTROL MECHANISMS (J.N. Wünsche, J. Bowen, I. Ferguson, A. Woolf, T. McGhie) |
| CYBERNETICS OF TERRESTRIAL PLANTS: AUTONOMY OF PLANT DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATED WITH SHOOT-ROOT INTERACTION (F. Zucconi) |
| INFLUENCE OF FERTIGATION WITH NITROGEN ON GROWTH AND CROPPING OF 'JONAGOLD' APPLE TREES (Z. Cmelik, S. Tojnko) |
| METHODS FOR EARLY FORECASTING APPLE SIZE AT HARVEST (G. Costa, M. Noferini, F. Bucchi, L. Corelli-Grappadelli) |
| WILL HIGH DENSITY WORK FOR PROCESSING APPLES? (R.M. Crassweller, D.E. Smith) |
| EFFECT OF IN-ROW SPACING ON INDIVIDUAL TREE GROWTH, YIELD AND ORCHARD PRODUCTIVITY ON DIFFERENT ROOTSTOCKS (K. Hrotkó) |
| PERFORMANCE OF 'CONFERENCE' PEAR IN FIVE INTENSIVE PLANTING SYSTEMS IN THE NORTH EAST OF SPAIN (I. Iglesias, R. Montserrat, P. Vilardell, J. Bonany) |
| GROWTH AND CROPPING EVALUATION OF SOME POPULAR TRAINING SYSTEMS FOR ASIAN PEAR CV. NIITAKA' (PYRUS PYRIFOLIA) (J.-Y. Lee, J.-H. Jung, Y.-K. Kim, H.-H. Han, C.-H. Lee) |
| SHOOT ARCHITECTURE OF THE OLIVE TREE: EFFECT OF CULTIVAR ON THE NUMBER AND DISTRIBUTION OF VEGETATIVE AND REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS ON BRANCHES (N. Moutier, G. Garcia, P.E. Lauri) |
| ORCHARD SYSTEMS FOR PILLAR AND UPRIGHT PEACH PHENOTYPES (G.L. Reighard, D.R. Ouellette, K.H. Brock, R. Scorza) |
| WHICH HIGH-DENSITY ORCHARD PLANTING SYSTEM FOR REPLANT SITES IN NEW YORK STATE IS MOST PRODUCTIVE AND PROFITALBE? (T.L. Robinson, S.A. Hoying) |
| EVALUATION OF VEGETATIVE AND PRODUCTIVE RESPONSE OF TWO PEACH TRAINING SYSTEMS (Y SYSTEM AND CENTRAL LEADER) IN AN ICM ORCHARD (L. Rufato, A.D. Rossi, L. Picolotto, E. Parizoto, J.C. Fachinello) |
