January 2010 — Vol. 85 No: 1

Post-harvest vase solutions and storage effects on cut Nerium oleander inflorescences

A. AKOUMIANAKI-IOANNIDOU, A.I. DARRAS and A. DIAMANTAKI

pp: 1-6 — See abstract

Differences in growth and ornamental parameters between young Chamaerops humilis L. and Washingtonia robusta H.Wendl palm trees in response to salinity

M.D. SIMÓN, M. NIEVES-CORDONES and M. NIEVES

pp: 7-11 — See abstract

Effect of hot-air treatment on the ripening of 'Qingnai' plum (Prunus salicina Lindl.)

ZISHENG LUO, LI ZHANG, TINGQIAO XU, JING XIE and YUFANG XI

pp: 12-16 — See abstract

Effect of nitric oxide on the sensitivity of banana fruit slices to ethylene

E. YANG, S.Y. YANG, W.J. LU, J.Y. CHEN, H.X. QU, Y.M. JIANG, D.C. JOYCE and X.W. DUAN

pp: 17-22 — See abstract

Involvement of root ethylene and oxidative stress-related activities in pre-conditioning of tomato transplants by increased salinity

L. KARNI, H. AKTAS, G. DEVETURERO and B. ALONI

pp: 23-29 — See abstract

Uniconazole reduces fruit set and hand-thinning, and increases fruit size in 'Canino' apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.)

AMIR RAZ, MARTIN GOLDWAY and RAPHAEL A. STERN

pp: 30-34 — See abstract

Early application of the synthetic auxin 2,4-DP enhances the red colouration of 'Cripp¿s Pink' apple

RAPHAEL A. STERN, RAIA KORCHINSKY, RUTH BEN-ARIE and YUVAL COHEN

pp: 35-41 — See abstract

Molecular characterisation of Vesuvian apricot cultivars: implications for the certification and authentication of protected plant material

R. RAO, M. BENCIVENNI, M. LA MURA, T. ARAUJO-BURGOS and G. CORRADO

pp: 42-47 — See abstract

Bench-grafting of Persian walnut as affected by pre- and post-grafting heating and chilling treatments

B. DEHGHAN, K. VAHDATI, D. HASSANI and R. REZAEE

pp: 48-52 — See abstract

Characterisation of RNaseH-LTR sections of Ty1-copia retrotransposons in apple and fingerprinting of four apple clones by S-SAP analysis

J. SUN, J.G. FANG, F. WANG, Q.B. SUN and Z. ZHANG

pp: 53-58 — See abstract

Initial alteration of scion architecture by dwarfing apple rootstocks may involve shoot-root-shoot signalling by auxin, gibberellin, and cytokinin

B.M. VAN HOOIJDONK, D.J. WOOLLEY, I.J. WARRINGTON and D.S. TUSTIN

pp: 59-65 — See abstract

Post-harvest quality of 'Green Gage' European plum in integrated production: effects of year and fruit maturity

M. GUERRA and P.A. CASQUERO

pp: 66-70 — See abstract

Effect of ethylene and 1-MCP on post-harvest physiology and on expression of the ethylene receptor genes PpETR3 and PpERS2 in pear (Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai 'Kikusui') fruit

Z.Q. LI, Y.S. QIAO, Z.G. TONG, J. ZHOU and Z. ZHANG

pp: 71-77 — See abstract

AFLP-based bulk segregant analysis for tagging the slow-ripening trait in peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch]

G. TATARANNI, A. SPADA, C. POZZI and D. BASSI

pp: 78-82 — See abstract

Effect of abscisic acid on the distribution of exogenous carbon derived from sucrose applied to cut Eustoma flowers

H. SHIMIZU-YUMOTO, M. KONDO, Y. SANOH, A. OHSUMI and K. ICHIMURA

pp: 83-87 — See abstract