March 2006 — Vol. 81 No: 2

Guest Editorial: Genomics Meets Horticulture

Dr Graham B. Seymour

pp: 173 — See abstract

Review Article: The influence of temperature on growth and development of chrysanthemum cultivars: a review

A. VAN DER PLOEG and E. HEUVELINK

pp: 174-182 — See abstract

Chromosome duplication and ploidy level determination in African nightshade Solanum villosum Miller

C.O. OJIEWO, S.G. AGONG and M. MASUDA

pp: 183-188 — See abstract

The effect of genotype, location and their interaction on early growth and branching in apricot trees

J.M. LEGAVE, V. SEGURA, D. FOURNIER and E. COSTES

pp: 189-198 — See abstract

The influence of root zone temperature on growth and flavour precursors in Allium cepa L.

TIMOTHY W. COOLONG and WILLIAM M. RANDLE

pp: 199-204 — See abstract

Genetic diversity in ber (Ziziphus spp.) revealed by AFLP markers

A.K. SINGH, R.K. SHARMA, N.K. SINGH, K.C. BANSAL, K.R. KOUNDAL and T. MOHAPATRA

pp: 205-210 — See abstract

Comparison of growth potentials of epicormic shoots of nectarine trees grown on size-controlling and vigorous rootstocks

F. PERNICE, L. SOLARI and T.M. DEJONG

pp: 211-218 — See abstract

Cuticular penetration characteristics of urea in citrus leaves

BHASKAR R. BONDADA, PETER D. PETRACEK, JAMES P. SYVERTSEN and L.G. ALBRIGO

pp: 219-224 — See abstract

The presence of oxalate in the pericarp and fruit pedicel is not linked to a shortage of fruit calcium and increase in cracking incidence in litchi

XU-MING HUANG, HUI-CONG WANG, JIAN-GUO LI, WEI-QUNN YUAN, JIE-MEI XLU, HUI-BAI HUANG, SHI XLUO and JIN-HUA YIN

pp: 225-230 — See abstract

Cell wall modifications in the pericarp of litchi (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) cultivars that differ in their resistance to cracking

XU-MING HUANG, HUI-CONG WANG, XUE-JUAN LU, WEI-QUN YUAN, JIE-MEI LU, JIAN-GUO LI and HUI-BAI HUANG

pp: 231-237 — See abstract

Leaf area estimation from linear measurements in zucchini plants of different ages

Y. ROUPHAEL, C.M. RIVERA, M. CARDARELLI, S. FANASCA and G. COLLA

pp: 238-241 — See abstract

Genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships in plum germplasm resources revealed by RAPD markers

W.S. LIU, D.C. LIU, C.J. FENG, A.M. ZHANG and S.H. LI

pp: 242-250 — See abstract

Flower-bud failure in olive and the involvement of amoeboid protists

C. MEDEIRA, I. MAIA and T. CARVALHO

pp: 251-258 — See abstract

Arbuscular-mycorrhizal fungi alleviate transplantation shock in micropropagated grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.)

HARE KRISHNA, S.K. SINGH, V.B. MINAKSHI, R.N. PATEL, P.S. KHAWALE and P.C. DESHMUKH

pp: 259-263 — See abstract

In vitro cloning of two cumin landrace lines via shoot-tip culture

A.A. TAWFIK and M.F. MOHAMED

pp: 264-268 — See abstract

Genetic diversity of Poncirus accessions as revealed by amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP)

X.M. PANG, X.P. WEN, C.G HU and X.X. DENG

pp: 269-275 — See abstract

Determining the probability of bitter pit in 'Golden Delicious' apples through the post-harvest mineral content of individual fruit

E. LÖTZE, A. SADIE and K.I. THERON

pp: 276-280 — See abstract

Development and characterisation of diagnostic AFLP markers in Prunus persica for its response to peach tree short life syndrome

A.V. BLENDA, W.P. WECHTER, G.L. REIGHARD, W.V. BAIRD and A.G. ABBOTT

pp: 281-288 — See abstract

Girdling increases carbohydrate availability and fruit-set in citrus cultivars irrespective of parthenocarpic ability

F. RIVAS, Y. ERNER, E. ALÓS, M. JUAN, V. ALMELA and M. AGUSTÍ

pp: 289-295 — See abstract

Differentiation of the dynamic variables affecting rooting ability in juvenile and mature cuttings of cherry (Prunus avium)

J. McP. DICK and R.R.B. JLEAKEY

pp: 296-302 — See abstract

The rate of pistillate and staminate flower differentiation and development of mono- and multi-pistillate-type cucumbers

S. HIKOSAKA, P. BOONKORKAEW, Y. SOCHI and N. SUGIYAMA

pp: 303-309 — See abstract

Effect of agar, galactomannan and indole-butyric acid on in vitro rooting of the pear cultivar 'Durondeau' and apple rootstock cultivar 'Marubakaido'

N. LUCYSZYN, M. QUOIRIN, L.L.F. RIBAS and M.-R. SIERAKOWSKI

pp: 310-314 — See abstract