May 2005 — Vol. 80 No: 3

Guest Editorial Eden - A Simple Question of Observation

TIM SMIT

pp: 279 — See abstract

Soluble carbohydrates and variation in vase-life of cut rose cultivars 'Delilah' and 'Sonia'

KAZUO ICHIMURA, MASAYUKI KISHIMOTO, RYO NORIKOSHI, YOSHIHIKO KAWABATA and KUNIO YAMADA

pp: 280-286 — See abstract

Physical mapping of 45S rDNA to metaphase chromosomes in 30 taxonomically diverse plant species

B. LIU, C. B. CHEN, X. L. LI, R.Y. CHEN and W. Q. SONG

pp: 287-290 — See abstract

Analysis of genetic diversity among papaya cultivars using Single Primer Amplification Reaction (SPAR) methods

SANGEETA SAXENA, RAMESH CHANDRA, ANUJ P. SRIVASTAVA, M. MISHRA, R.K. PATHAK and S.A. RANADE

pp: 291-296 — See abstract

Influence of propagation temperature, photosynthetic photon flux density, auxin treatment and cutting position on root formation, axillary bud growth and shoot development in Schlumbergera 'Russian Dancer'

KELL KRISTIANSEN, NIELS BREDMOSE and BJARNE NIELSEN

pp: 297-302 — See abstract

Far-red light filtering by plastic film, greenhouse-cladding materials: effects on growth and flowering in Petunia and Impatiens

J.M. FLETCHER, A. TATSIOPOULOU, M. MPEZAMIHIGO, J.G. CAREW, R.G.C. HENBEST and P. HADLEY

pp: 303-306 — See abstract

Variations in firmness and sugar content in 'Huanghua' pear (Pyrus Pyrifolia 'Nakai')

JUN WANG and KUICHUAN SHENG

pp: 307-312 — See abstract

Effect of training-pruning regimes on Eutypa dieback and performance of 'Cabernet Sauvignon' grapevines

SANLIANG GU, ROBERT C. COCHRAN, GUOQIANG DU, ABDUL HAKIM, KENNETH C. FUGELSANG, JOHN LEDBETTER, CHUCK A. INGLES and PAUL S. VERDEGAAL

pp: 313-318 — See abstract

Low temperature storage of corms extends the flowering season of saffron (Crocus sativus L.)

R.V. MOLINA, M. VALERO, Y. NAVARRO, A. GARCÍA-LUIS and J.L. GUARDIOLA

pp: 319-326 — See abstract

Somatic embryogenesis from nucellar callus of cashew

SHIRLY RAICHAL ANIL and THIMMAPPAIAH

pp: 327-331 — See abstract

Effects of sucrose and silver thiosulphate pulsing on stem-base cracking and vase-life in Leucojum aestivum flowers

MURAT ZENCÍRKIRAN

pp: 332-334 — See abstract

Sugar and acid concentrations associated with several qualitative traits in unselected Prunus persica × P. davidiana progenies

B. H. WU, S. H. LI, B. QUILOT, M. GÉNARD, J. KERVELLA and L. GOMEZ

pp: 335-339 — See abstract

Peach fruit growth in relation to the leaf-to-fruit ratio, early fruit size and fruit position

B. H. WU, M. BEN MIMOUN, M. GÉNARD, F. LESCOURRET, J. BESSET and C. BUSSI

pp: 340-345 — See abstract

Scheduling primocane-fruiting raspberries (Rubus idaeus L.) for year-round production in greenhouses by chilling and Summer-pruning of canes

A. DALE, S. PIRGOZLIEV, E. M. KING and A. SAMPLE

pp: 346-350 — See abstract

Changes in quality and yield of tomato fruit with ammonium, bicarbonate and calcium fertilisation under saline conditions

J. M. NAVARRO, P. FLORES, M. CARVAJAL and V. MARTINEZ

pp: 351-357 — See abstract

Effect of low light on the activity of sucrose synthase in leaves of Nectarine

XIUQIN WANG, WEIDONG HUANG and JICHENG ZHAN

pp: 358-362 — See abstract

Pre-storage application of polyamines improves shelf-life and fruit quality of mango

A. U. MALIK and ZORA SINGH

pp: 363-369 — See abstract

Effect of branch scoring on fruit development in loquat

M. AGUSTÍ, N. GARIGLIO, M. JUAN, V. ALMELA, C. MESEJO and A. MARTÍNEZ-FUENTES

pp: 370-374 — See abstract

Evaluation of eight spring onion genotypes, sulphur nutrition and soil-type effects with an electronic nose

L. ABBEY, D. C. JOYCE, J. AKED and B. SMITH

pp: 375-381 — See abstract

Molecular marker analyses of pistachio rootstocks by Simple Sequence Repeats and Sequence-Related Amplified Polymorphisms

R. AHMAD, L. FERGUSON and S. M. SOUTHWICK

pp: 382-386 — See abstract