January 2008 — Vol. 83 No: 1

The Flight from Science and Reason

DICK TAVERNE

pp: 1-3 — See abstract

Expression of highly immunogenic tuberculosis proteins in plants using a versatile Potato virus X-based expression system

X.W. ZENG, K. ZHANG, C.Y. LI, Y. ZHOU, L. BO, X.M. ZHANG and Y.G. HONG

pp: 4-8 — See abstract

Light-scattering shade net increases branching and flowering in ornamental pot plants

ADA NISSIM-LEVI, LILACH FARKASH, DAVID HAMBURGER, RINAT OVADIA, IZHAK FORRER and SIMA KAGAN

pp: 9-14 — See abstract

Nursery irrigation regimes affect the seedling characteristics of Silene vulgaris as they relate to potential performance following transplanting into semi-arid conditions

J.A. FRANCO, J. ARREOLA, M.J. VICENTE and J.J. MARTÍNEZ-SÁNCHEZ

pp: 15-22 — See abstract

Producing garden cress (Lepidium sativum L.) for the fresh-cut chain using a soilless culture system

EMANUELA FONTANA and SILVANA NICOLA

pp: 23-32 — See abstract

Effects of temperature and moisture content of the substrate during storage on embryo development and germination in seeds of Musa velutina Wendl. & Drude

S. NAGANO, G. MORI and M. ODA

pp: 33-36 — See abstract

Assimilate partitioning between the flesh and the rind is responsible for purple spot in loquat fruit

N.F. GARIGLIO, C. REIG and M. AGUSTÍ

pp: 37-42 — See abstract

Ultraviolet radiation effects on fruit surface respiration and chlorophyll fluorescence

D. MICHAEL GLENN, JENS WÜNSCHE, IAN McIVOR, ROBERT NISSEN and ALAN GEORGE

pp: 43-50 — See abstract

Chloroplast DNA variations in Mediterranean olive

GUILLAUME BESNARD

pp: 51-54 — See abstract

AFLP identification of Berberis thunbergii cultivars, inter-specific hybrids, and their parental species

JESSICA D. LUBELL, MARK H. BRAND and JONATHAN M. LEHRER

pp: 55-63 — See abstract

Effects of ammonium and nitrate nutrition on yield and quality in endive

A. BONASIA, G. CONVERSA, M. GONNELLA, F. SERIO and P. SANTAMARIA

pp: 64-70 — See abstract

Effect of growing system and cultivar on yield and water-use efficiency of greenhouse-grown tomato

V. VALENZANO, A. PARENTE, F. SERIO and P. SANTAMARIA

pp: 71-75 — See abstract

Selecting models of apple flowering time and understanding how global warming has had an impact on this trait

J.M. LEGAVE, I. FARRERA, T. ALMERAS , P. SANTAMARIA and M. CALLEJA

pp: 76-84 — See abstract

Alterations in protein expression associated with the development of mealiness in peaches

D.M. OBENLAND, W.H. VENSEL and W.J. HURKMAN

pp: 85-93 — See abstract

Walnut grafting success and bleeding rate as affected by different grafting methods and seedling vigour

R. REZAEE, K. VAHDATI, V. GRIGOORIAN and M. VALIZADEH

pp: 94-99 — See abstract

Changes in ascorbic acid concentration, ascorbate oxidase activity, and apoplastic pH in relation to fruit development in pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) and the occurrence of blossom-end rot

B. ALONI, L. KARNI, G. DEVENTURERO, E . TURHAN and H. AKTAS

pp: 100-105 — See abstract

In vitro induction of shoots and roots from Jatropha curcas L. explants

NANNAPAT THEPSAMRAN, CHOCKPISIT THEPSITHAR and AREE THONGPUKDEE

pp: 106-112 — See abstract

Removal of bunch, leaves, or pseudostem alone, or in combination, influences growth and bunch weight of ratoon crops in two banana cultivars

K.R. DENS, R.A. ROMERO, R. SWENNEN and D.W. TURNER

pp: 113-119 — See abstract

Variations in free polyamines and their effect on adventitious rooting of peach cuttings

G. BARTOLINI, M.A. TOPONI and G. DI MONTE

pp: 120-124 — See abstract

Senescence in rose (Rosa hybrida L.): role of the endogenous antioxidant system

NAVEEN KUMAR, GIRISH CHAND SRIVASTAVA and KIRAN DIXIT

pp: 125-131 — See abstract

Biological control of the post-harvest pathogens Alternaria solani, Rhizopus stolonifer, and Botrytis cinerea on tomato fruit by Pichia guilliermondii

Y. ZHAO, K. TU, X.F. SHAO, W. JING, J.L. YANG and Z.P. SU

pp: 132-136 — See abstract

Neoformed growth responses to dormant pruning in mature and immature pistachio trees grown on different rootstocks

TIMOTHY M. SPANN, ROBERT H. BEEDE and THEODORE M. DEJONG

pp: 137-142 — See abstract