List price   € 83   Buy this book   This title is available in ActaHort USB-drive or e-Acta format - not available in print Conveners   J.A. Pascual, F. Pérez Alfocea  Editors   J.A. Pascual, F. Pérez Alfocea  Publication date   30 June 2011  ISBN   978-90-66051-59-1  ISSN   0567-7572 (print)   2406-6168 (electronic)  Number of articles   41  Volumes   1  Place   Murcia and Almería, Spain  Online articles: MANNITOL PRIMING INDUCES BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES AND ENHANCES GERMINATION CAPACITY AND SEEDLING VIGOR IN MARIGOLD (TAGETES SPP.) (I. Afzal, S. Ashraf, M. Qasim, S.M.A. Basra, M. Shahid, B. Hussain) STUDIES ON DETERIORATION AND GERMINATION OF BITTER GOURD SEED (MOMORDICA CHARANTIA L.) DURING STORAGE (H. Hemal Fonseka, R.M. Fonseka) PRELIMINARY STUDY ON CHANAEROPS HUMILIS L. PROPAGATION (M. Airò, G. Giardina, G. Farruggia, G.V. Zizzo, A. Giovino) TREATMENTS FOR IMPROVING SEED GERMINATION IN EGGPLANT AND RELATED SPECIES (C. Gisbert, J. Prohens, F. Nuez) POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE REGULATION DURING SEED GERMINATION AND STAND ESTABLISHMENT (C. Martínez-Andújar, R.C. Martin, G.W. Bassel, M.B. Arun Kumar, W.E. Pluskota, H. Nonogaki) HORMONAL SIGNALLING OF THE TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM-INDUCED RESISTANCE TO FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM AND GROWTH PROMOTION EFFECT IN MELON PLANTS (A. Martínez-Medina, A. Roldán, A. Albacete, F. Pérez-Alfocea, J.A. Pascual) EFFECT OF ACCELERATED AGEING ON GERMINATION IN CAPER (CAPPARIS SPINOSA L.) SEEDS (N. Pascual-Seva, A. San Bautista, S. López-Galarza, J.V. Maroto, B. Pascual) STUDY OF GERMINATION CHARACTERISTICS FOR GERMPLASM PROTECTION AND EXPLOITATION OF SOME BROOMS PRESENT IN SICILY (ITALY) (S. Aprile, M. Airò, G.V. Zizzo, S. Lazzara, C. Trapani, G. Giardina) STANDARDIZED PROTOCOL FOR EGGPLANT SEED REGENERATION AND SEED STORAGE AT AVRDC - THE WORLD VEGETABLE CENTER (A.W. Ebert , Tien-hor Wu) VEGETABLE GERMPLASM CONSERVATION AND UTILIZATION AT AVRDC - THE WORLD VEGETABLE CENTER (A.W. Ebert) SEED REGENERATION OF MELON GERMPLASM (J. Esteva, J.J. Martinez-Sanchez, M.J. Vicente, D. Migliaro) FLOWERING NATIVE PLANTS ABLE TO WITHSTAND ELEVATED ABIOTIC SALT STRESS (S.D. Nelson, L. Rock, M. Sètamou, J. Lloyd-Reilley) STUDY OF IN SITU GERMINATION OF ESCONTRIA CHIOTILLA (WEBER) ROSE AND STENOCEREUS GRISEUS HAWORTH, CACTI FROM THE ARID TROPICAL SCRUB IN MEXICO (J. Ramírez Galindo, C. Barbosa Martínez, L. Ponce de León) COMPARISON OF MORPHOLOGICAL, AFLP AND SSR MARKERS FOR THE PROTECTION OF EGGPLANT GERMPLASM (J. Prohens, J.E. Muñoz-Falcón, S. Vilanova, F. Nuez) USE OF WINERY-DISTILLERY COMPOSTS IN PROPAGATION OF TWO AROMATIC CROPS (E. Agulló, R. Moral, J. Bartual, M. Ortiz, M.A. Bustamante, M.D. Pérez-Murcia, A. Pérez-Espinosa, J.A. Cecilia, C. Paredes) USE OF WINERY-DISTILLERY COMPOSTS FOR LETTUCE AND WATERMELON SEEDLING PRODUCTION (M.A. Bustamante, R. Moral, E. Agulló, M.D. Pérez-Murcia, A. Pérez-Espinosa, E.M. Medina, C. Paredes) ORGANIC LEEK SEED PRODUCTION - SECURING SEED QUALITY (L.C. Deleuran, B. Boelt) USE OF COMPOSTS FROM MUNICIPAL WASTES AS SUBSTRATES TO PRODUCE TOMATO AND MELON SEEDLINGS IN NURSERIES (M. Díaz-Pérez, F. González, O. Moreno, F. Camacho) GARDEN COMPOST AS A SUBSTRATE FOR VEGETABLE TRANSPLANT PRODUCTION (M. Ghanbari Jahromi, A. Aboutalebi) POTENTIAL USE OF VERMICOMPOST AND COMPOST FROM INTENSIVE HORTICULTURAL WASTES AS CUCUMBER SEEDBEDS (R. Melgar, M.I. Pascual-Alex) EARTHWORM-PROCESSED OR COMPOSTED AGRICULTURAL WASTES AS INGREDIENTS FOR THE PREPARATION OF CUTTING PROPAGATION MIXES (D. Mendoza-Hernández, R. García-de-la-Fuente, R.M. Belda, F. Fornes, M. Abad) USE OF BEEKEEPING RESIDUES FOR TOMATO SEEDLING PRODUCTION (R. Morales-Corts, M.A. Gómez-Sánchez, R. Pérez-Sánchez) ADDED-VALUE OF TRICHODERMA AMENDED COMPOST AS BIOPESTICIDE ORGANIC SUBSTRATES: ALTERNATIVE TO TRADITIONAL ORGANIC SUBSTRATES (R. López-Mondéjar, M. Ros, J.A. Pascual) ISSUES FACING ORGANIC TRANSPLANT PRODUCTION IN EUROPE (S. Nicola, G. Tibaldi, E. Fontana) PREDICTING PURSLANE (PORTULACA OLERACEA L.) HARVEST IN A HYDROPONIC FLOATING SYSTEM (J. Ochoa, D. Niñirola, E. Conesa, L. Lara, J. López-Marín, J.A. Fernández) ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS AS SUBSTRATES FOR SEEDLINGS PRODUCTION (A.M. Miglierina, M.E. Ayastuy, R.A. Rodríguez, J.A. Fernández, A. Van Konijnenburg) CHLORINATION RATES UTILIZED IN TOMATO (SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM 'SUNNY') TRANSPLANT PRODUCTION IN A FLOATATION IRRIGATION SYSTEM (S.K. Saha, C.S. Vavrina, D.J. Cantliffe) HYDROGEN PEROXIDE AS AN INDUCER OF SEED GERMINATION: ITS EFFECTS ON ANTIOXIDATIVE METABOLISM AND PLANT HORMONE CONTENTS IN PEA SEEDLINGS (G. Barba-Espín, P. Díaz-Vivancos, M.J. Clemente-Moreno, M. Faize, A. Albacete, F. Pérez-Alfocea, J.A. Hernández) FOLIAR ABA SPRAYS CONTROLLED GROWTH AND IMPROVED SURVIVAL AND DESICCATION TOLERANCE OF VEGETABLE TRANSPLANTS (D.I. Leskovar, S. Agehara, J. Jifon, K. Crosby, C. Rush, S.G. Ban) FROM SEED TO SALAD: IMPACTS OF ACC DEAMINASE-CONTAINING PLANT GROWTH PROMOTING RHIZOBACTERIA ON LETTUCE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT (R.G. Teijeiro, I.C. Dodd, E.D. Elphinstone, V.I. Safronova, A.A. Belimov) THE USE OF PLANT GRAFTING AND PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS FOR ENHANCING ABIOTIC STRESS TOLERANCE IN VEGETABLE TRANSPLANTS (B. Aloni, L. Karni, G. Deventurero, R. Cohen, N. Katzir, M. Edelstein, H. Aktas) WATERMELON AND MELON GRAFTING IN COLIMA, MEXICO AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO SOIL DISINFECTION WITH METHYL BROMIDE (F. Camacho, M. Ricárdez, M.V. Huitrón) EFFECT OF DOSE AND KIND OF COMPOST ON THE QUALITY OF SEEDLINGS OF WATERMELON GRAFTED ONTO PUMPKIN IN INDUSTRIAL SEEDBED (M. Díaz-Pérez, M. de Cara, F. Camacho) APPLICATION OF 1-MCP FOR LONG DISTANCE TRANSPORTATION OF HIGH QUALITY TOMATO SEEDLINGS (C. Kubota, M. Kroggel) DOUBLE GRAFTING AS A METHOD TO SOLVE AFFINITY PROBLEMS IN 'PIEL DE SAPO' MELON CULTIVARS (A. Miguel, J.I. Marsal, A. San Bautista, S. López-Galarza, B. Pascual, J.V. Maroto) IMPROVING THE AFFINITY OF TOMATO GRAFTED ON SOLANUM TORVUM USING AN INTERMEDIATE ROOTSTOCK (A. Miguel, J.I. Marsal, R. Goto, A. San Bautista, S. López-Galarza, B. Pascual, J.V. Maroto) FIELD PERFORMANCE OF MELON SEEDLINGS HARDENED BY BRUSHING OR WITH PACLOBUTRAZOL (M.E. Ayastuy, L.F. Hernández, R.A. Rodríguez, J.A. Fernández, M.A. Cantamutto) PHYSIOLOGICAL SEED QUALITY AND STAND ESTABLISHMENT OF HOT PEPPER (CAPSICUM BACCATUM L. VAR. PENDULUM) UNDER TROPICAL CONDITIONS (W.M. Nascimento, P.P. Silva, E.V. Justino, R.A. Freitas) IMPROVEMENT OF SEED GERMINATION AND STAND ESTABLISHMENT OF GLOBE ARTICHOKE UNDER SALT STRESS CONDITIONS (S.A. Saleh) BREAK-EVEN POINT ASSESSMENT OF NEW ARTICHOKE CULTIVARS WITH SEXUAL REPRODUCTION (F. Alcón, M.D. de Miguel, N. Arcas, L.F. Condés, J.A. Fernández) BAPTISM OF TOMATO SEEDLINGS BY OSMOTIC STRESS ALTERS ABA RELATIONS AND IMPROVES TOLERANCE TO SALT AND WATER STRESS AFTER TRANSPLANT (C. Martínez-Andújar, A. Albacete, A. Roldán, J.A. Pascual, I.C. Dodd, F. Pérez-Alfocea)