List price   € 248   Buy this book   This title is available in ActaHort USB-drive or e-Acta format - not available in print Convener   T.L. Robinson  Editor   T.L. Robinson  Publication date   1 August 2011  ISBN   978-90-66052-97-0  ISSN   0567-7572 (print)   2406-6168 (electronic)  Number of articles   170  Volumes   2  Place   Geneva, NY, USA  Online articles: CHANGING CONCEPTS OF EFFICIENCY IN ORCHARD SYSTEMS (J.W. Palmer) REFLECTIONS ON MY 40 YEARS OF FRUIT RESEARCH (F. Lenz) IMPLEMENTATION OF MOLECULAR MARKER TECHNOLOGIES IN THE APPLE ROOTSTOCK BREEDING PROGRAM IN GENEVA - CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES (G. Fazio, H.S. Aldwinckle, T.L. Robinson, Y. Wan) DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW APPLE ROOTSTOCK FRAMEWORK MAP (K.M. Evans, F. Fernández-Fernández, C.L. Govan, J.B. Clarke, K.R. Tobutt) MAPPING GENES EXPRESSED PREFERENTIALLY IN APPLE ROOTSTOCKS (A.M. Baldo, G. Fazio, Y. Wan, K. Gasic, S. Korban) MOLECULAR MARKERS FOR DURABLE FIRE BLIGHT RESISTANCE IN APPLE (J.L. Norelli, D.A. Lalli, C.L. Bassett, M.E. Wisniewski, S.E. Gardiner, J.M. Celton, D.R. Bowatt, C.M. Carlisl, M. Malnoy, H.S. Aldwinckle, R.E. Farrell Jr., M.B. Horner, V.G.M. Bus, A.M. Baldo, G. Fazio) ROOTSTOCK-REGULATED GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING IN APPLE TREES REVEALS GENES WHOSE EXPRESSION LEVELS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH FIRE BLIGHT RESISTANCE (P.J. Jensen, T.W. McNellis, N. Halbrendt, J.W. Travis, N. Altman, C.A. Praul, S.N. Maximova, R.M. Crassweller, I. Makalowska) CONFIRMATION BY QTL MAPPING OF THE MALUS ROBUSTA ('ROBUSTA 5') DERIVED POWDERY MILDEW RESISTANCE GENE PL1 (Y. Wan, G. Fazio) A RAPD MARKER LINKED TO THE RESISTANCE GENE TO ALTERNARIA LEAF SPOT (ALTERNARIA MALI ROBERTS) IN 'QINGUAN' APPLE (L. Zhao, Y. Zhao, Y. Wan, Z. Dang) NON-DORMANT EVERGROWING PEACH AS A TOOL FOR DISCOVERING GENES INVOLVED IN VEGETATIVE GROWTH CESSATION (S. Jimenéz, Z. Li, G.L. Reighard, D.G. Bielenberg) PEACH ROOTSTOCKS INDUCING DIFFERENT VIGOUR REFLECT GENOMIC, PHYSIOLOGICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL DIVERSITY IN ROOTS (R. Muleo, M.C. Intrieri, C. Iacona, E. Maggi, F. Loreti) THE DISTRIBUTION OF WILD APPLE GERMPLASM IN NORTHWEST CHINA AND ITS POTENTIAL APPLICATION FOR APPLE ROOTSTOCK BREEDING (Y. Wan, D. Li, Z. Zhao, L. Mei, M. Han, H. Schwaninger, G. Fazio) BREEDING OF APPLE ROOTSTOCKS IN POLAND - THE LATEST RESULTS (E. Zurawicz, P. Bielicki, A. Czynczyk, B. Bartosiewicz, M. Buczek, M. Lewandowski) THE RESULTS OF THE ESTONIAN APPLE ROOTSTOCK BREEDING PROGRAM (T. Univer, N. Univer, K. Tiirmaa) 'QINGZHEN 1' AND 'QINGZHEN 2', TWO APPLE ROOTSTOCKS WITH HIGH APOMITIC FRUIT SETTING ABILITY (G.L. Sha, X.H. Gong, Y. Huang, Y.C. Shao, T. Yin, Y.J. Hao , H.R. Shu) MALUS XIAOJINENSIS - A PROMISING APPLE ROOTSTOCK WITH RESISTANCE TO FE CHLOROSIS (Z.H. Han, X.F. Xu, T. Shen, Y. Wang, T.Z. Li, J. Kong, X.Z. Zhang) A DWARFING APPLE ROOTSTOCK: 'LIAOZHEN 2' (Z. Rong, K. Yi, F. Yang, Z. Liu, X. Li, D. Wan, Y. Wan) COLD-AND-DROUGHT RESISTANT DWARFING APPLE ROOTSTOCKS FROM MALUS BACCATA (T. Yang, Q. Wang, J. Gao, K. Li, F. Han, J. Tian) DEVELOPMENT OF COLD RESISTANT APPLE ROOTSTOCKS IN CHINA (M.J. Zhang, L.H. Ding, Q. Wang, Y.B. Li, X.K. Yan, G.J. Xing) ST JEAN 84 (SJ84) DWARF WINTER HARDY APPLE ROOTSTOCK SERIES (S. Khanizadeh, Y. Groleau, R. Granger, G.L. Rousselle, J.P. Privé, C.G. Embree) OTTAWA 3 AMÉLIORÉ (O.3A) APPLE ROOTSTOCK (S. Khanizadeh, Y. Groleau, R. Granger, G.L. Rousselle, J.P. Privé, C.G. Embree) ST JEAN MORDEN (SJM) DWARF WINTER HARDY ROOTSTOCK SERIES (S. Khanizadeh, Y. Groleau, R. Granger, G.L. Rousselle, J.P. Privé, C.G. Embree) HYBRIDIZING 'MCINTOSH WIJCIK' AND HEAT-TOLERANT APPLE CULTIVARS TO DEVELOP PRECOCIOUS SEEDLING TREES WITH IMPROVED TREE ARCHITECTURE (J.M. Harshman, C.S. Walsh, J. Daberkow, K. Sparks, M.J. Newell, G.R. Welsh) THE HISTORY OF APPLE BREEDING IN PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (H. Gao, Z. Dang, D. Li, L. Mei, Y. Wan, L. Wang, Z. Zhao, G. Fazio) INRA-IRTA PEAR ROOTSTOCK BREEDING PROGRAM: AIMING FOR TOLERANCE TO IRON CHLOROSIS (L. Asín, I. Iglesias, R. Dolcet-Sanjuan, E. Claveria, P. Vilardell, J. Bonany, M.H. Simard) PROGRESS IN DEVELOPING ARMILLARIA RESISTANT ROOTSTOCKS FOR USE WITH PEACH (T.G. Beckman) CONTROLLER 5, CONTROLLER 9 AND HIAWATHA PEACH ROOTSTOCKS: THEIR PERFORMANCE AND PHYSIOLOGY (T.M. DeJong, R.S. Johnson, K.R. Day) BREEDING OF STONE FRUIT ROOTSTOCKS ADAPTED TO SOUTH AFRICAN SOIL AND CLIMATIC CONDITIONS (S. Booi, H. Ham) SELECTING AND FINGERPRINTING THE NEXT GENERATION OF SIZE-CONTROLLING ROOTSTOCKS FOR SWEET CHERRY (J.W. Olmstead, M.D. Whiting, A.M. Sebolt, A.F. Iezzoni) EVALUATION OF APRICOT BREEDING SELECTION RESISTANCE TO PATHOGEN ATTACK (M. Trandafirescu, A. Indreias, I. Trandafirescu) PERFORMANCE OF GENEVA® ROOTSTOCKS IN ON-FARM TRIALS IN NEW YORK STATE (T.L. Robinson, S.A. Hoying, G. Fazio) FRENCH EVALUATION OF THE CG ROOTSTOCKS: HISTORY AND RESULTS (M.H. Simard, C. Cattanéo, S. Codarin, L. Roche, H.S. Aldwinckle) EVALUATION OF DWARFING ROOTSTOCKS IN WASHINGTON APPLE REPLANT SITES (T.D. Auvil, T.R. Schmidt, I. Hanrahan, F. Castillo, J.R. McFerson, G. Fazio) PERFORMANCE OF GENEVA® 30 APPLE ROOTSTOCK IN NOVA SCOTIA (K.D. Fuller, C.G. Embree, S.A.E. Fillmore, E. St. George, D.S. Nichols, L. Lutz) PERFORMANCE OF CORNELL GENEVA APPLE ROOTSTOCKS IN SOUTH AFRICA (C. Costa) COLD TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE OF G.16 AND G.935 APPLE ROOTS (R.E. Moran, D. Zhang, Y. Sun) DEGREE OF DWARFING AND PRODUCTIVITY OF EIGHT APPLE ROOTSTOCKS WITH WINTER HARDY SCIONS (E. Hoover, S. McKay, A. Telias, D. Bedford) EARLY PERFORMANCE OF 'BUCKEYE GALA' GRAFTED ON 13 APPLE ROOTSTOCKS IN MEXICO (C.H. Chávez-González, R.A. Parra-Quezada, M.R. Ramírez-Legarreta, J.L. Jacobo-Cuellar) COMPARISON OF THREE CG, APPLE ROOTSTOCKS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF 'JONAGOLD', 'NOVASPY' AND 'MCINTOSH' IN ATLANTIC CANADA (J.P. Privé, A. LeBlanc , C.G. Embree) PERFORMANCE OF 'GALA' APPLE TREES ON SUPPORTER 4 AND DIFFERENT STRAINS OF B.9, M.9, AND M.26 ROOTSTOCKS AS PART OF THE 2002 NC-140 APPLE ROOTSTOCK TRIAL (W. Autio, T.L. Robinson, W. Cowgill, C. Hampson, M. Kushad, G. Lang, J. Masabni, D.D. Miller, R.A. Parra-Quezada, R. Perry, C. Rom) PERFORMANCE OF SEVERAL DWARFING ROOTSTOCKS WITH 'FUJI' AND 'MCINTOSH' AS SCION CULTIVARS IN THE 1999 NC-140 DWARF APPLE ROOTSTOCK TRIALS (W. Autio, T.L. Robinson, T. Bradshaw, J. Cline, R.M. Crassweller, C.G. Embree, E. Hoover, G. Lang, J. Masabni, M.L. Parker, R. Perry, G.L. Reighard, J. Schupp, M. Warmund) PERFORMANCE OF SEVERAL SEMI-DWARFING ROOTSTOCKS WITH 'FUJI' AND 'MCINTOSH' AS SCION CULTIVARS IN THE 1999 NC-140 SEMI-DWARF APPLE ROOTSTOCK TRIALS (W. Autio, T.L. Robinson, J. Cline, R.M. Crassweller, C.G. Embree, E. Hoover, G. Lang, J. Masabni, M.L. Parker, R. Perry, G.L. Reighard, M. Warmund) PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF SUPPORTED AND FREE STANDING 'HONEYCRISP' TREES ON 24 APPLE ROOTSTOCKS (J.P. Privé, A. LeBlanc, C.G. Embree) PERFORMANCE OF EIGHT SEMI-DWARF APPLE ROOTSTOCKS AT THREE APPLE GROWING REGIONS IN EASTERN CANADA (J.P. Privé, C.G. Embree, S. Khanizadeh) FRUIT ROOTSTOCK RESEARCH IN EUROPE PERFORMED BY EUFRIN ROOTSTOCK GROUP (D. Kviklys) SEARCH FOR A MORE DWARFING ROOTSTOCK FOR 'JONAGOLD' APPLE (J. Vercammen, A. Gomand) APPLE ROOTSTOCKS IN LATVIAN ORCHARDS - SITUATION AND TENDENCIES (M. Skrivele, E. Rubauskis, L. Ikase) EVALUATION AND SELECTION OF FRUIT ROOTSTOCKS IN BELARUS (Z.A. Kazlouskaya, V.A. Samus) SCREENING OF APPLE ROOTSTOCKS FOR RESPONSE TO APPLE PROLIFERATION DISEASE (C. Lankes, G. Baab) OVERVIEW OF APPLE ROOTSTOCKS IN SOUTH AFRICA (C. Costa, P.J.C. Stassen) EFFECT OF ROOTSTOCK ON LEAF AND FRUIT MACRO-ELEMENT COMPOSITION IN 'REINDERS GOLDEN DELICIOUS' APPLE (J. Joubert, P.J.C. Stassen, J. Wooldridge) ROOTSTOCK EFFECTS ON FRUIT DROP AND QUALITY OF 'GALA GALAXY' AND 'GOLDEN DELICIOUS REINDERS' APPLES (D.D. Miller, J. Racsko) EFFECT OF ROOTSTOCK ON TASTE-RELATED PROPERTIES OF NORDIC APPLE CULTIVARS (L. Mainla, M. Noormets, U. Moor, K. Karp, M. Jalakas) EFFECT OF DIFFERENT GROWTH INDUCING ROOTSTOCKS ON ALTERNATE BEARING OF 'ROYAL GALA' AND 'VISTA BELLA' APPLES (J. Racsko, D.D. Miller) INTERACTIONS OF APPLE ROOTSTOCK AND PLANTING HEIGHT IN THE YOUNG ORCHARD (D. Kviklys) INVESTIGATION OF APPLE ROOTSTOCKS IN THE NURSERY (D. Kviklys, J. Lanauskas, J. Sakalauskaite, N. Kvikliene, N. Uselis) EFFECT OF INDOLE-3-BUTYRIC ACID ON CUTTINGS OF MM.106 AND MM.111 APPLE ROOTSTOCKS (A.H. Pandit, K.M. Bhat, M.S. Wani, M.A. Mir, S.M. Wani, M.R. Dalal, B.N. Dar) EFFECT OF INTERSTOCK ON JUVENILITY AND TREE SIZE OF 'AMBRI' APPLE (Z.A. Bhat, A.H. Pandit, W.M. Wani, J.A. Rather) AGRONOMICAL PERFORMANCE AND FRUIT QUALITY OF 'CONFERENCE' PEAR GRAFTED ON CLONAL QUINCE AND PEAR ROOTSTOCKS (I. Iglesias, L. Asín) PERFORMANCE OF 'COSCIA' PEAR (PYRUS COMMUNIS) ON NINE ROOTSTOCKS IN THE NORTH OF ISRAEL (R.A. Stern, I. Doron) EVALUATION OF THE OHXF SELECTIONS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO QUINCE ROOTSTOCKS FOR PEAR: AGRONOMICAL PERFORMANCE OF 'CONFERENCE' AND 'DOYENNÉ DU COMICE' (J.M. Alonso, J. Gómez-Aparisi, J.M. Ansón, M.T. Espiau, M. Carrera) EVALUATION OF SEVEN PEAR ROOTSTOCKS IN LATVIA (J. Lepsis, I. Drudze) PERFORMANCE OF PRUNUS ROOTSTOCKS IN THE 2001 NC-140 PEACH TRIAL (G.L. Reighard, T.G. Beckman, R. Belding, B.L. Black, J. Cline, W. Cowgill, R. Godin, R.S. Johnson, J. Kamas, M. Kaps, H. Larsen, T. Lindstrom, D. Ouellette, R. Pokharel, L. Stein, K. Taylor, C.S. Walsh, D. Ward, M.D. Whiting) GUARDIAN® PEACH ROOTSTOCK PERFORMANCE AND PREPLANT SOIL FUMIGATION EFFECTS IN A FALLOW SITE (M.L. Parker, D. Ritchie, G.L. Reighard) PERFORMANCE OF NECTARINE ROOTSTOCKS ON DIFFERENT SOIL TYPES (P.J.C. Stassen) FIELD PERFORMANCE OF DIFFERENT SPECIES AND HYBRIDS AS ROOTSTOCKS FOR PEACH (F.R. De Salvador) INFLUENCE OF THE ROOTSTOCK ON THE AGRONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF 'JESCA' PEACH UNDER REPLANT CONDITIONS (J.M. Alonso, J.L. Espada) PEACH ROOTSTOCKS DIFFER IN THEIR GROWTH RESPONSES TO BOTH HIGH AND LOW ROOT TEMPERATURES (P. Malcolm, I. Barchia, P. Holford, B. McGlasson) PERFORMANCE OF SOME PEACH ROOTSTOCKS IN THE NURSERY IN SOUTHEAST ROMANIA (A. Indreias) INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ROOTSTOCK AND SCION GROWTH AND PRODUCTIVITY OF PEACH (A. Indreias) INTERSTEMS BUT NOT GRAFTING HEIGHT CONTROL VEGETATIVE GROWTH OF YOUNG 'REDHAVEN' PEACH TREES (A.M. Weibel, G.L. Reighard) GISELA® CHERRY ROOTSTOCKS COMPARED FOR VIRUS TOLERANCE AND FIELD PERFORMANCE (C. Lankes) ELEVEN-YEAR EVALUATION OF THE GISELA AND WEIROOT SERIES OF CHERRY ROOTSTOCKS IN BULGARIA (V. Lichev, A. Papachatzis) THE EFFECT OF EIGHT CLONAL ROOTSTOCKS ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF 'KORDIA' SWEET CHERRY TREES (M. Sitarek, Z.S. Grzyb, L. Sas-Paszt) EFFECT OF ROOTSTOCK AND INTERSTOCK ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF THREE SWEET CHERRY CULTIVARS (E. Rozpara, Z.S. Grzyb, A. Glowacka) KRYMSK®1 (VVA-1), A DWARFING ROOTSTOCK SUITABLE FOR HIGH DENSITY PLUM ORCHARDS IN THE NETHERLANDS (F.M. Maas, J.M.T. Balkhoven, G. Heijerman-Peppelman, P.A.H. van der Steeg) PERFORMANCE OF ROOTSTOCKS FOR PLUMS (PRUNUS SALICINA) ON DIFFERENT SOIL TYPES (P.J.C. Stassen, E.Y. Reinten) EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT CITRUS ROOTSTOCKS ON GROWTH, YIELD, QUALITY AND GRANULATION OF 'HAMLIN' ORANGE IN OMAN (A.S. Al-Hosni, S. Mustafa, K. Al-Busaidi, M. Al-Jabri, H. Al-Azri) THE TALL SPINDLE PLANTING SYSTEM: PRINCIPLES AND PERFORMANCE (T.L. Robinson, S.A. Hoying, G.H. Reginato) BI-AXIS: AN ALTERNATIVE TO SLENDER SPINDLE FOR APPLE ORCHARDS (A. Dorigoni, P. Lezzer, N. Dallabetta, S. Serra, S. Musacchi) AN ARCHITECTURAL-BASED TREE TRAINING AND PRUNING - IDENTIFICATION OF KEY FEATURES IN THE APPLE (P.E. Lauri, B. Hucbourg, M. Ramonguilhem, D. Méry) EFFECTS OF PRUNING ON THE APPLE TREE: FROM TREE ARCHITECTURE TO MODELING (D. Fumey, P.E. Lauri, Y. Guédon, C. Godin, E. Costes) CHANGES IN FRUITING BEHAVIOUR AND VEGETATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF 'SCIFRESH' APPLE IN RESPONSE TO ARTIFICIAL SPUR EXTINCTION USING CENTRIFUGAL TRAINING (D.S. Tustin, G.A. Dayatilake, R.E. Henriod, K.C. Breen, M. Oliver) THE PRODUCTIVITY AND ECONOMIC COMPARISON OF HIGH-DENSITY PRODUCTION SYSTEMS FOR 'CRIPPS PINK' AND 'CRIPPS RED' APPLES IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA (P. James, S. Middleton) INFLUENCE OF TRAINING SYSTEM ON PRODUCTION OF THREE APPLE CULTIVARS (R.M. Crassweller, D.E. Smith) MILLENNIUM PLANTING DENSITY TRIAL OF 'BRAMLEY'S SEEDLING' APPLE ON M.9 AND M.27 ROOTSTOCKS 2000-2007 (S. Mac an tSaoir, G. Cross, R. Harun) EFFECTS OF TWO PLANTING SYSTEMS ON 'FLORINA' AND 'GENEROS' APPLE TREES GRAFTED ON M.26 ROOTSTOCK (I. Platon, F. Stănică) HIGH DENSITY ORCHARD SYSTEM OF COMPACT 'BRAMLEY'S SEEDLING' APPLE CLONES ON M.9 AND M.27 ROOTSTOCKS (S. Mac an tSaoir, J. Mansfield, F. Ward, J. Archer) THE EFFECT OF PLANTING DENSITY OF 'BRAMLEY'S SEEDLING' APPLE ON MM.111/M.9 ROOTSTOCKS WITH AN M.9 CONTROL IN SITES SUFFERING FROM APPLE REPLANT DISEASE (S. Mac an tSaoir, J. Mansfield, G. Cross, R. Harun) EFFECTS OF THREE PLANTING SYSTEMS ON APPLE TREE GROWTH AND PRODUCTIVITY (F. Stănică, I. Platon) ANNUAL LARGE LIMB REMOVAL FOR MANAGING THE KENTVILLE FREE STANDING TREE WALL (C.G. Embree) THE EFFECT OF ORGANIC AND CONVENTIONAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS ON APPLE AND ASIAN PEAR TREE GROWTH, PRODUCTIVITY, EXPENSES AND REVENUES IN A HOT, HUMID CLIMATE (C.S. Walsh, A.R. Ottesen, M.J. Newell, J.C. Hanson, E.H. Leone) APPLE CROP AND FRUIT QUALITY INFLUENCED BY LOW AND HIGH PLANTING DENSITIES ON M.9 AND M.27 ROOTSTOCKS IN NORTHERN GERMANY (R. Stehr) DORMANT SPUR-WOOD PRUNING SEVERITY IMPACTS ON VEGETATIVE GROWTH, BLOSSOM INTENSITY AND FRUIT WEIGHT OF 'HONEYCRISP' APPLE TREES (D.S. Nichols, C.G. Embree, S.A.E. Fillmore) PERFORMANCE OF 'GOLDEN RUSSET BOSC' PEAR ON FIVE TRAINING SYSTEMS AND NINE ROOTSTOCKS (R.B. Elkins, T.M. DeJong) EFFECT OF ROOTSTOCK, MULCHING AND NITROGEN APPLICATION ON GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT, YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY OF 'FORELLE' PEAR (M.S. North, K. de Kock, R. Rhode) DIFFERENT PLANTING SYSTEMS FOR 'CONFERENCE' PEAR (J. Vercammen) A MULTI-CULTIVAR ANNUAL TOPWORKING SYSTEM FOR ASIAN PEAR PRODUCTION IN SUBTROPICAL CHINESE TAIPEI (K.T. Li, J.C. Chang) EFFECT OF TIMING OF TOPPING TO REDUCE TREE HEIGHT ON SUBSEQUENT YEAR VIGOR OF EARLY-SEASON 'ARCTIC STAR' NECTARINE (K.R. Day, R.S. Johnson, T.M. DeJong) HIGH TUNNEL SWEET CHERRY STUDIES: INNOVATIVE INTEGRATION OF PRECISION CANOPIES, PRECOCIOUS ROOTSTOCKS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY (G. Lang, T. Valentino, H. Demirsoy, L. Demirsoy) COMPARING THE ECONOMICS OF MECHANICAL AND TRADITIONAL SWEET CHERRY HARVEST (C.F. Seavert, M.D. Whiting) EARLY FRUIT GROWTH AND DROP - THE ROLE OF CARBON BALANCE IN THE APPLE TREE (A.N. Lakso) PREDICTING CHEMICAL THINNER RESPONSE WITH A CARBOHYDRATE MODEL (T.L. Robinson, A.N. Lakso) USING CONCEPT-BASED COMPUTER SIMULATION MODELING TO STUDY AND DEVELOP AN INTEGRATED UNDERSTANDING OF TREE CROP PHYSIOLOGY (T.M. DeJong, R. Favreau, Y.L. Grossman, G. Lopez) CROP LOAD MANAGEMENT OF TREE FRUITS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST OF USA (T.R. Schmidt, T.D. Auvil, I. Hanrahan, F. Castillo, J.R. McFerson) THE INFLUENCE OF CROP LOAD, SHOOT TYPE, CANOPY STRUCTURE, AND LEAF ZONAL CHLOROSIS ON LEAF PHOTOSYNTHESIS OF 'HONEYCRISP' APPLE TREES (S. Fleck, C.G. Embree, D.S. Nichols) SELECTIVE MECHANICAL THINNING TO REGULATE FRUIT SET, IMPROVE QUALITY AND OVERCOME ALTERNATE BEARING IN FRUIT CROPS (D. Veal, L. Damerow, M.M. Blanke) THINNING EFFECTS ON 'SCIFRESH' APPLE FRUIT QUALITY AT HARVEST AND AFTER STORAGE (R.E. Henriod, D.S. Tustin, K.C. Breen, M. Oliver, G.A. Dayatilake, J.W. Palmer, S. Seymour, R. Diack, J. Johnston) IMPROVEMENT OF THE FRUIT SET OF 'JONAGOLD' APPLE (J. Vercammen, A. Gomand) DOES AVAILABILITY OF SOLUBLE CARBOHYDRATE RESERVES DETERMINE APPLE FRUIT SET? (D.D. Archbold, M. Nosarzewski, B. Wu, P. Vuppalapati) SORBITOL AVAILABILITY AND SORBITOL DEHYDROGENASE EXPRESSION DURING APPLE BUD DEVELOPMENT FROM BUDBREAK TO BLOOM (M. Nosarzewski, D.D. Archbold) THE EFFECT OF TIME OF SCORING ON YIELD, FRUIT AND SHOOT GROWTH AND REPRODUCTIVE BUD DEVELOPMENT ON 'ROYAL GALA', 'FUJI' AND 'CRIPPS' PINK' APPLE TREES (J.J.B. Pretorius, K.I. Theron, S.J.E. Midgley) DORMANT CARBOHYDRATE RESERVES OF TWO PEACH CULTIVARS GRAFTED ON DIFFERENT VIGOR ROOTSTOCKS (A.M. Weibel, G.L. Reighard, N.C. Rajapakse, T.M. DeJong) CROP LOAD ALTERS WATER POTENTIAL AND DAILY VASCULAR FLOWS IN PEACH FRUIT (B. Morandi, P. Losciale, L. Manfrini, M. Zibordi, L. Corelli Grappadelli) PEACH FLOWER BUDS THINNED WITH DORMANT APPLICATIONS OF VEGETOIL® ADJUVANT PLUS ETHEPHON (G.L. Reighard, D. Ouellette, K. Brock) BLOSSOM THINNING OF 'REDHAVEN' AND 'BABYGOLD 5' PEACHES WITH DIFFERENT CHEMICALS (T.M. Yoon, T.L. Robinson, J.L. Osborne) PROHEXADIONE-CALCIUM AND NAA SPRAYS INCREASE FRUIT WEIGHT OF 'CASTLEBRITE' APRICOT (G.H. Reginato, K.G. Mesa) CROP REGULATION AND CYTOKININ SPRAYS TO IMPROVE 'SWEETHEART' SWEET CHERRY FRUIT SIZE (G.H. Reginato, T.L. Robinson, T.M. Yoon) INITIAL ALTERATION OF SHOOT ARCHITECTURE BY DWARFING APPLE ROOTSTOCKS INVOLVES SHOOT/ROOT/SHOOT SIGNALLING BETWEEN AUXINS, GIBBERELLINS AND CYTOKININS (B.M. van Hooijdonk, D.J. Woolley, I.J. Warrington, D.S. Tustin) PHYSIOLOGICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF SIZE-CONTROLLING ROOTSTOCKS ON 'FUJI' APPLE SCIONS (T. Tworkoski, G. Fazio) REDUCTION OF SHOOT GROWTH AND WINTER PRUNING IN APPLE TREES TREATED WITH PROHEXADIONE CALCIUM (J.L. Petri, G. Berenhauser-Leite, F.J. Hawerroth, C. Basso) THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SHOOT LENGTH AND UTILIZATION OF RESERVE NUTRITION AFTER HEADING CUTS IN YOUNG APPLE TREES (O. Arakawa, J. Xu, T. Asada) EFFECT OF SOIL TYPE ON ROOT ARCHITECTURE AND NUTRIENT UPTAKE BY ROOTS OF YOUNG APPLE ROOTSTOCKS (W. Fan, H. Yang) APPLE TREE DEVELOPMENT AFFECTED BY SOIL TEXTURE AND VERTICAL SOIL VOLUME (Y. Hu, J. Zhao, X. Shen, Z. Mao, F. Sun, Y. Zhang, H.R. Shu) ANATOMIC FEATURES OF THE YOUNG GRAFTED APPLE TREES (V. Zamorskyi) STUDIES ON TREE ARCHITECTURE IN YOUNG 'RED FUJI' APPLE TREE (J. Yuanmao, P. Futian, S. Huairui) FERTILITY LEVEL AFFECTS APPLE ROOTSTOCK STRUCTURE AND ROOT:SHOOT RATIO (Y. Hu, X. Zhang, Z. Mao, X. Shen, L. Guo, H.R. Shu) THE IMPACT OF ROOTSTOCK AND IRRIGATION ON WATER USE, TREE GROWTH, NUTRITION, YIELD, AND FRUIT QUALITY OF 'PACIFIC GALA' APPLE (E. Fallahi, B. Fallahi, B. Shafii, J.R. McFerson) RELATIONSHIP OF PIGMENTS AND SUGARS IN FRUIT PEELS OF 'RED FUJI' APPLES AT VARIOUS DEBAGGING TIMES (H. Zhao, Y. Wang, X.F. Xu, T.Z. Li, J. Kong, X.Z. Zhang, Z.H. Han, H. Liu) HEXOSE CHARACTERISTICS OF PEACH FRUIT AND LEAVES (B. Wu, J. Yang, Y. Wang, J. Niu, S. Li, J. Zhao) THE PEDICEL'S ROLE IN POSTHARVEST WEIGHT LOSS OF TWO SWEET CHERRY CULTIVARS (E.D. Smith, M.D. Whiting) INFLUENCE OF THE ROOTSTOCK ON THE MORPHOLOGICAL DIFFERENTIATION OF THE FLOWER BUDS IN TWO CHERRY CULTIVARS (A. Papachatzis, V. Lichev) SAMPLING TO COMPARE RELATIVE ROOT DISTRIBUTION IN FRUIT TREES (B.L. Black, D. Drost, T. Lindstrom, G.L. Reighard) INITIAL RESULTS FOR LOW-CHILLING NECTARINE CULTURE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS OF SOUTHEAST SPAIN (J. Garcia-Brunton, M.C. Sánchez-Jácome, J. Garcia-Garcia, A. Soler-Montoya) DIFFERENCES IN MINERAL NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION OF DORMANT CHERRY SPURS AS AFFECTED BY ROOTSTOCK, SCION, AND ORCHARD SITE (G. Lang, T. Valentino, T.L. Robinson, J. Freer, H. Larsen, R. Pokharel) CONTRIBUTIONS OF SHORT- AND LONG-SHOOTS TO YIELD OF 'KERMAN' PISTACHIO (T.M. Spann, R.H. Beede, T.M. DeJong) STUDIES ON THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF FLOWERING IN LONGAN (DIMOCARPUS LONGAN) (P. Tiyayon, M. Hegele, J.N. Wünsche, K. Pongsriwat, P. Sruamsiri, A. Samach) ASPECTS OF MACADAMIA FLOWERING AND THE APPLICATIONS TO CANOPY MANAGEMENT (J.D. Wilkie, M. Sedgley, T. Olesen) ESTABLISHMENT AND GROWTH PARAMETERS OF SOME WILD ALMONDS IN IRAN (A. Rahemi, R. Fatahi, A. Ebadi, D. Hasani, J. Chaparro, T. Gradziel) POSSIBLE PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS OF PREMATURE FRUIT DROP IN MANGO (MANGIFERA INDICA L.) IN NORTHERN VIETNAM (M.G. Roemer, M. Hegele, J.N. Wünsche, P.T. Huong) EFFECT OF FOLIAR APPLICATION OF BORON AND ZINC ON FRUIT SET AND PRODUCTIVITY OF ALMOND (A.H. Pandit, M.S. Wani, M.A. Mir, K.M. Bhat, S.M. Wani, A.R. Malik) REGULATION OF CALCIUM UPTAKE AND TRANSLOCATION IN PLANTS (H. Yang, Y. Jie, X. Shao) EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT WEED CONTROL MEASURES ON WEED POPULATION AND GROWTH PARAMETERS OF APPLE NURSERY PLANTS (M.R. Dalal, A.H. Pandit, W.M. Wani, M.A. Mir, K.M. Bhat, A.R. Malik) EFFECTS OF HIGH TEMPERATURE AND HIGH SOLAR IRRADIANCE ON SUNBURN, QUALITY, AND SKIN PIGMENTS OF APPLE FRUIT (L.E. Schrader, C.B. Kahn, D.A. Felicetti, J. Sun, J. Xu, J. Zhang) INFLUENCE OF CULTIVARS AND ROOTSTOCKS ON THE INCIDENCE OF SUNBURN DAMAGE ON APPLE FRUIT IN THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN HEMISPHERES (J. Racsko, D.D. Miller, S.J.E. Midgley, L. Lakatos, M. Soltész, Z. Szabó, J. Nyéki, C. Costa) VARIETAL DIFFERENCE OF APPLE PEEL IN RESPONSE TO HIGH TEMPERATURE AND HIGH LIGHT STRESS AS EVALUATED BY CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE (P. Li, L. Cheng) WHY DO EARLY HIGH SPRING TEMPERATURES REDUCE PEACH FRUIT SIZE AND YIELD AT HARVEST? (G. Lopez, K.R. Day, T.M. DeJong) WEATHER CONDITIONS AFFECT FRUIT WEIGHT, HARVEST DATE AND SOLUBLE SOLIDS CONTENT OF 'CRESTHAVEN' PEACHES (S. Johnson, M.J. Newell, G.L. Reighard, T.L. Robinson, K. Taylor, D. Ward) HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS ON CITRUS ORANGE LEAF GAS EXCHANGE, FLOWERING, FRUIT QUALITY AND YIELD (A. Otero, C. Goni, J.L. Jifon, J.P. Syvertsen) THE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE AND DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE ON CARBON DIOXIDE EXCHANGE OF ATTACHED 'ROYAL GALA', 'FUJI' AND 'CRIPPS' PINK' APPLE FRUITS (J.J.B. Pretorius, K.I. Theron, S.J.E. Midgley) EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE AND LIGHT LEVEL ON EFFICIENCY OF CHEMICAL THINNER ON 'EMPIRE' APPLE TREES (T.M. Yoon, T.L. Robinson, G.H. Reginato) REFLECTIVE GROUND COVERS INCREASE YIELDS OF TARGET FRUIT OF APPLE AND PEAR (I. Hanrahan, T.R. Schmidt, F. Castillo, J.R. McFerson) IMPROVING LIGHT CONDITIONS BY USE OF REFLECTIVE MULCH CLOTH (EXTENDAYTM) IN AN APPLE ORCHARD UNDER HAIL NETS (A.A. Solomakhin, M.M. Blanke) EFFECTS OF SHOOT AND LEAF DISTRIBUTION ON MICROCLIMATE AND FRUIT QUALITY IN 'FUJI' APPLE (Q. Wei, X. Wang, Z. Sun, Q. Zhang, J. Lu, S. Liu) YIELD PREDICTION IN FRUIT CROPS USING IMAGE ANALYSIS (D. Stajnko, M.M. Blanke) EFFECTS OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE ON APPLE 'GOLDEN DELICIOUS' PHENOLOGY - BASED ON 50 YEARS OF METEOROLOGICAL AND PHENOLOGICAL DATA IN KLEIN-ALTENDORF (A. Kunz, M.M. Blanke) CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE WESTERN CAPE OF SOUTH AFRICA: TRENDS, PROJECTIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CHILL UNIT ACCUMULATION (S.J.E. Midgley, E. Lötze) MODEL PREDICTION OF THE SPRING PHENOLOGY FOR 'FUJI' APPLE (T. Asakura) EFFECTS OF ROW ORIENTATION AND CANOPY INCLINATION ON GAS EXCHANGE AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT IN THE ASYMMETRIC PEACH ORCHARD (P. Losciale, L. Manfrini, M. Zibordi, L. Corelli Grappadelli) INFLUENCE OF COLOURED HAILNETS ON LIGHT SPECTRA, LIGHT TRANSMISSION AND MICROCLIMATE AS WELL AS MICROMORPHOLOGY AND PERMEABILITY OF ASTOMATOUS CUTICLES OF APPLE LEAVES (M.M. Blanke, M. Hunsche) MODIFICATIONS TO PEACH PHENOLOGY BY INOCULATION WITH SINGLE AND MULTIPLE GRAFT-TRANSMISSIBLE AGENTS (P.G. Gibson, G.L. Reighard, S.W. Scott, D. Marini) A SURVEY OF DAMAGE OF CITRUS IN THE MAZANDARAN REGION OF IRAN FOLLOWING THE JANUARY 2008 FREEZE (H. Sadeghi, A. Ghanbari) WHOLE-CANOPY PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND TRANSPIRATION IN FIELD-GROWN PAPAYA PLANTS (T.M. Ferraz, E. Campostrini, A. Torres-Netto, F.O. Reis, E.F. de Sousa, D.M. Glenn) AN APPLE-SPECIFIC ET MODEL (D. Dragoni, A.N. 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