December 2003 — Vol. 78 No: 6

Summer pruning reduces whole-canopy carbon fixation and transpiration in apple trees

KUO-TAN LI, ALAN N. LAKSO, RICHARD PICCIONI and TERENCE ROBINSON

pp: 749-754 — See abstract

Summer pruning effects on fruit size, fruit quality, return bloom and fine root survival in apple trees

KUO-TAN LI, ALAN N. LAKSO, RICHARD PICCIONI and TERENCE ROBINSON

pp: 755-761 — See abstract

Effect of pre-harvest calcium fertilizer application on the control of internal browning development during the cold storage of pineapple 'Mauritius' (Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.)

H. M. I. HERATH, D. C. BANDARA and D. M. G. ABEYSINGHE BANDA

pp: 762-767 — See abstract

Hydraulic conductance of peach trees grafted on rootstocks with differing size-controlling potentials

B. BASILE, J. MARSAL, L. I. SOLARI, M. T. TYREE, D. R. BRYLA and T. M. DEJONG

pp: 768-774 — See abstract

Fruit growth patterns and abortion in multi-pistillate type cucumbers

S. HIKOSAKA and N. SUGIYAMA

pp: 775-779 — See abstract

The effect of spraying essential oils of Cymbopogon nardus, Cymbopogon flexuosus and Ocimum basilicum on postharvest diseases and storage life of Embul banana

SULALI ANTHONY, KRISHANTHI ABEYWICKRAMA and SHANTHI WILSON WIJERATNAM

pp: 780-785 — See abstract

The effect of light source and gelling agent on micropropagation of Rosa damascena Mill. and Rhynchostylis retusa (L.) Bl.

ANIL KUMAR, L. M. S. PALNI and S. K. NANDI

pp: 786-792 — See abstract

Effects of multiple applications of methyl jasmonate on fruit ripening, leaf gas exchange and vegetative growth in fruit trees

ABED JANOUDI and JAMES A. FLORE

pp: 793-797 — See abstract

Soil pasteurization and inoculation with Glomus intraradices alters flower production and bulb composition of Zephyranthes spp.

C. F. SCAGEL

pp: 798-812 — See abstract

Fruitlet size and position within the cluster influence apple fruitlet susceptibility to chemical thinners

R. P. MARINI

pp: 813-820 — See abstract

Compositional and quality changes in white cabbage during harvest period and storage

TERHI SUOJALA

pp: 821-827 — See abstract

Effects of rootstock vigour and in-row spacing on stem and root growth, conformation and dry-matter distribution of young apple trees

R. LO BIANCO, M. POLICARPO and L. SCARIANO

pp: 828-836 — See abstract

Characterization of atpA and orf220 genes distinctively present in a cytoplasmic male-sterile line of tuber mustard

MING-FANG ZHANG, LI-PING CHEN, BING-LIANG WANG, JING-HUA YANG, ZHU-JUN CHEN and YUTAKA HIRATA

pp: 837-841 — See abstract

Pollen tube growth in styles of apple and almond flowers after spraying with pesticides

W. YI, S. E. LAW and H. Y. WETZSTEIN

pp: 842-846 — See abstract

Nutrient deficiencies in carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) grown in solution culture

P. J. CORREIA, M. PESTANA and M. A. MARTINS-LOUCAO

pp: 847-852 — See abstract

Spring growth of almond nursery trees depends upon nitrogen from both plant reserves and spring fertilizer application

G. BI, C. F. SCAGEL, L. CHENG, S. DONG and L. H. FUCHIGAMI

pp: 853-858 — See abstract

Response of 'Star Ruby' grapefruit on two rootstocks to NaCl salinity

F. GARCIA-SANCHEZ, MICAELA CARVAJAL, ANTONIO CERDA and VICENTE MARTINEZ

pp: 859-865 — See abstract

Aroma volatiles emission in relation to chilling injury in 'Kensington Pride' mango fruit

SURESH NAIR, ZORA SINGH and S. C. TAN

pp: 866-873 — See abstract

Adventitious bud formation and plantlet regeneration from leaves of fig (Ficus carica L.)

H. YAKUSHIJI, N. MASE and Y. SATO

pp: 874-878 — See abstract

Phylogeny of the genus Phalaenopsis (Orchidaceae) with emphasis on the subgenus Phalaenopsis based on the sequences of the internal transcribed spacers 1 and 2 of rDNA

C. C. TSAI, S. C. HUANG, P. L. HUANG and C. H. CHOU

pp: 879-887 — See abstract

Biocontrol of postharvest blue mould rot of pear by Cryptococcus laurentii

HONG-YIN ZHANG, XIAO-DONG ZHENG and YU-FANG XI

pp: 888-893 — See abstract

Some physiological changes in strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa 'Camarosa') plants under heat stress

HATICE GULEN and ATILLA ERIS

pp: 894-898 — See abstract

Delayed ripening of 'Bartlett' pears treated with nitric oxide

GABRIEL O. SOZZI, GUSTAVO D. TRINCHERO and ADELA A. FRASCHINA

pp: 899-903 — See abstract

Substrate temperature fluctuation and dry-weight partitioning of Lantana grown in four green roof growing media

PANAYIOTA TSIOTSIOPOULOU, PANAYIOTIS A. NEKTARIOS and IOANNIS CHRONOPOULOS

pp: 904-910 — See abstract

Performance of hybrid segregating populations of pepino (Solanum muricatum) and its relation to genetic distance among parents

A. RODRÍGUEZ-BURRUEZO, J. PROHENS and F. NUEZ

pp: 911-918 — See abstract