July 2007 — Vol. 82 No: 4

Guest Editorial: Perspectives on Horticultural Science

DR OLE CALLESEN

pp: 495-496 — See abstract

Benzothiadiazole- or methyl jasmonate-induced resistance to Colletotrichum musae in harvested banana fruit is related to elevated defense enzyme activities

SHIJIANG ZHU and BAOCHENG MA

pp: 500-506 — See abstract

Spring temperatures have a major effect on early stages of peach fruit growth

G. LOPEZ and T.M. DEJONG

pp: 507-512 — See abstract

RAPD markers for resistance to Alternaria solani (early blight) in cultivated tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.)

E.S. RAO, A.D. MUNSHI, P. DASH and M.S. MADHAV

pp: 513-520 — See abstract

Root pruning as a means to encourage root growth in two ornamental shrubs, Buddleja davidii 'Summer Beauty' and Cistus 'Snow Fire'

T. BLANUSA, E. PAPADOGIANNAKIS, R. TANNER and R.W.F. CAMERON

pp: 521-528 — See abstract

Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) landraces in Catalonia, a Mesoamerican germplasm hotspot to be preserved

E. SÁNCHEZ, A. SIFRES, F. CASAÑAS and F. NUEZ

pp: 529-534 — See abstract

Effect of foliar applications of gibberellic acid or daminozide on plant growth, tuberisation, and carbohydrate accumulation in tubers grown from true potato seed

A.A. ALEXOPOULOS, G. AIVALAKIS, K.A. AKOUMIANAKIS and H.C. PASSAM

pp: 535-540 — See abstract

Evaluation of 52 almond (Prunus amygdalus Batsch) cultivars from the Apulia region in Southern Italy

D. DE GIORGIO, L. LEO, G. ZACHEO and N. LAMASCESE

pp: 541-546 — See abstract

Boron toxicity in grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) in conjunction with salinity and rootstock effects

U. YERMIYAHU, A. BEN-GAL, P. SARIG and E. ZIPILEVITCH

pp: 547-554 — See abstract

Productivity of olive orchards in response to tree density

M. PASTOR, M. GARCÍA-VILA, M.A. SORIANO, V. VEGA and E. FERERES

pp: 555-562 — See abstract

Effect of ice nucleation-active bacteria on the physiology and ultrastructure of apricot floral organs

J.M. YANG, Q.R. MENG, Y.Q. LIANG, W.F. WANG, F.Z. SUN, T.C. ZHAO, W.X. PENG and S.H. LI

pp: 563-570 — See abstract

Evaluation of genetic diversity of the USDA Lablab purpureus germplasm collection using simple sequence repeat markers

M.L. WANG, J.B. MORRIS, N.A. BARKLEY, R.E. DEAN, T.M. JENKINS and G.A. PEDERSON

pp: 571-578 — See abstract

Production of fruits with attached flowers in zucchini squash is correlated with the arrest of maturation of female flowers

A. PEÑARANDA, M.C. PAYAN, D. GARRIDO, P. GÓMEZ and M. JAMILENA

pp: 579-584 — See abstract

Rapid plant regeneration protocol for cluster bean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L.Taub.)

N. AHMAD and M. ANIS

pp: 585-589 — See abstract

Multiple introduction of honeybee colonies increases crosspollination, fruit-set and yield of 'Black Diamond' Japanese plum (Prunus salicina Lindl.)

G. SAPIR, M. GOLDWAY, S. SHAFIR and R.A. STERN

pp: 590-596 — See abstract

Annual patterns of total soluble sugars and proteins related to coldhardiness in olive (Olea europaea L. 'Gemlik')

ATILLA ERIS, HATICE GULEN, ERDOGAN BARUT and ASUMAN CANSEV

pp: 597-604 — See abstract

Effect of light conditions and salinity on germination behaviour and early growth of umbrella pine (Pinus pinea L.) seed

P.P. GANATSAS and M.N. TSAKALDIMI

pp: 605-610 — See abstract

Comparison of sampling strategies for determining fruit mineral concentrations in 'Hass' avocado (Persea americana Mill.)

L.M. BOYD, A. HANCOCK, A.B. WOOLF, N. DE SILVA, T.G. THORP and I.B. FERGUSON

pp: 611-621 — See abstract

Calcium starvation increases salt susceptibility in olive plants but has no effect on susceptibility to water stress

J.C. MELGAR, M. BENLLOCH and R. FERNÁNDEZ-ESCOBAR

pp: 622-626 — See abstract

Molecular characterisation and expression of L-galactono-1,4-lactone dehydrogenase and L-ascorbic acid accumulation during fruit development in Rosa roxburghii

H.M. AN, W.G. FAN, L.G. CHEN, S. ASGHAR and Q.L. LIU

pp: 627-635 — See abstract

Induction of hairy roots by Agrobacterium rhizogenes in relation to L-theanine production in Camellia sinensis

G.H. ZHANG, Y.R. LIANG, J. JIN, J.L. LU, D. BORTHAKUR, J.J. DONG and X.Q. ZHENG

pp: 636-640 — See abstract

Slope-based and ratio-based approaches to determine fertiliser-derived N in plant tissues for established perennial plants

TIMOTHY L. RIGHETTI, DAN DALTHORP, DAVID R. SANDROCK, BERNADINE STRIK and PILAR BANADOS

pp: 641-647 — See abstract

Productivity of olive trees with different water status and crop load

R. GUCCI, E. LODOLINI and H.F. RAPOPORT

pp: 648-656 — See abstract

Effects of two pre-harvest calcium treatments on physiological and quality parameters in 'Vogue' cherries during storage

E. TSANTILI, D. ROUSKAS, M.V. CHRISTOPOULOS, V. STANIDIS, J. AKRIVOS and D. PAPANIKOLAOU

pp: 657-663 — See abstract

Moderating water stress in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) plants by application of specific nitrogen doses

A.L. GARCÍA, R. MADRID, N. NICOLÁS, V. MARTÍNEZ and J.A. FRANCO

pp: 664-670 — See abstract