May 2010 — Vol. 85 No: 3

Green-life of pink banana (Musa spp., cv. Figue Rose Naine): determination of the optimum harvesting date

P. TIXIER, F. SALMON and C. BUGAUD

pp: 167-170 — See abstract

Cultural practices to speed the growth of microgreen arugula (roquette; Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa)

CARRIE J. MURPHY and WALLACE G. PILL

pp: 171-176 — See abstract

Influence of temperature on plant morphology traits and their relationship to relative growth rate in wild and cultivated Capsicum accessions

E.A.M. DE SWART, P. STAM, R.E. VOORRIPS and L.F.M. MARCELIS

pp: 177-184 — See abstract

Effect of post-harvest treatment with BTH on fruit decay, microbial populations, and the maintenance of quality in strawberry

S.F. CAO, Z.C. HU, Y.H. ZHENG, X.W. LI, H.O. WANG and B. PANG

pp: 185-190 — See abstract

Induction of drought tolerance by salicylic acid in seedlings of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

BAHRAM BANINASAB

pp: 191-196 — See abstract

A two-step procedure for in vitro rooting of micropropagated tea [Camellia sinensis L. (O) Kuntze] microshoots

NILADRI BAG and LOK MAN S. PALNI

pp: 197-204 — See abstract

High-frequency genetic transformation of Phalaenopsis amabilis orchid using tomato extract-enriched medium for the pre-culture of protocorms

E. SEMIARTI, A. INDRIANTO, A. PURWANTORO, I.N.A. MARTIWI, Y.M.L. FERONIASANTI, F. NADIFAH, I.S. MERCURIANA, R. DWIYANI, H. IWAKAWA, Y. YOSHIOKA, Y. MACHIDA and C. MACHIDA

pp: 205-210 — See abstract

Large-scale in vitro propagation of Impatiens repens Moon., a critically endangered medicinal plant in Sri Lanka

H.M.I. HERATH and D.S.A. WIJESUNDARA

pp: 211-214 — See abstract

Inheritance of self-compatibility conferred by the S^e-haplotype of Japanese plum and development of S^e-RNase gene-specific PCR Primers

K. BEPPU, K. SYOGASE, H. YAMANE, R TAO and I. KATAOKA

pp: 215-218 — See abstract

Cloning, biochemical identification, and expression analysis of a gene encoding S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase in navel orange (Citrus sinensis Osbeck)

JING WANG, JI-HONG LIU, TOSHIHITO KUROSAWA, KAZUYOSHI NADA, YUSUKE BAN and TAKAYA MORIGUCHI

pp: 219-226 — See abstract

Analysis of phylogenetic relationships in some species of the genus Lens using ITS sequences

M. TAVAKKOLI, A. HAGHNAZARI, J. MOZAFFARI, B. GHAREYAZIE and M. OSFOORI

pp: 227-230 — See abstract

Genetic diversity and genetic similarities between Iranian rose species

L. SAMIEI, R. NADERI, A. KHALIGHI, A.A. SHAHNEJAT-BUSHEHRI, V. MOZAFFARIAN, G.D. ESSELINK, S. KAZEMPOUR OSALOO and M.J.M. SMULDERS

pp: 231-237 — See abstract

Pre-sowing seed treatment with a temperature-drop influences plant growth and flowering in marigold and pansy

M.I. SYSOEVA, E.F. MARKOVSKAYA, E.G. SHERUDILO and T.G. SHIBAEVA

pp: 238-240 — See abstract

Exogenous salicylic acid prevents nitrogen dioxide-induced oxidative injury and nitrate accumulation in Brassica campestris L. ssp. chinensis seedlings

CHUNYAN MA, SHUDAN FENG, LINLI HUANG, YAN WANG, NA LI, XIN XU, BING ZHOU, KUN JIAO, QIANG XU, RUNGUO LI, STEPHEN J. HERBERT and LIN HAO

pp: 241-247 — See abstract

Influence of seed coat removal and chilling on abscisic acid content and germination in ornamental peach (Prunus persica Batsch) seeds

A. PAWASUT, K. YAMANE, N. FUJISHIGE, K. YONEYAMA, Y.T. YAMAKI and H. HONJO

pp: 248-252 — See abstract

Effects of storage temperature and abscisic acid treatment on the vase-life of cut 'First Red' and 'Akito' roses

NEKTARIOS E. POMPODAKIS, LEON A. TERRY, DARYL C. JOYCE, MICHALIS D. PAPADIMITRIOU, DIMITRIS E. LYDAKIS and ANASTASIOS I. DARRAS

pp: 253-259 — See abstract

Low night-temperatures affect the metabolism of raffinose-family oligosaccharides in melon (Cucumis melo L.) leaves during fruit expansion

J.H. HAO, T.L. LI, T. XU, H.Y. QI and M.F. QI

pp: 260-266 — See abstract