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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830232103321

Titolo

Horticultural reviews . Volume 13 / / edited by Jules Janick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , [1992]

©1992

ISBN

1-282-68646-1

9786612686467

0-470-65050-8

0-470-76796-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (466 p.)

Collana

Horticultural reviews, , 0163-7851

Disciplina

635

Soggetti

Horticulture

Botany

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

HORTICULTURAL REVIEWS, VOLUME 13; Contents; Contributors; Dedication; 1: Integrated Pest Management of Greenhouse Crops in Northern Europe; I. INTRODUCTION; II. INTEGRATED CONTROL BY PEST TYPE; III. NOVEL METHODS AND SPRAY APPLICATION; IV. THE FUTURE; LITERATURE CITED; 2: Polygalacturonase and Tomato Fruit Ripening; I. INTRODUCTION; II. THE BIOCHEMISTRY OF POLYGALACTURONASE; III. TOMATO FRUIT RIPENING MUTATIONS; IV. FUNCTION OF POLYGALACTURONASE DURING TOMATO FRUIT RIPENING; V. ANALYSIS; LITERATURE CITED; 3: Crop Physiology of Cassava; I. INTRODUCTION; II. LEAF CHARACTERISTICS

III. PHOTOSYNTHESISIV. MECHANISM OF DROUGHT RESISTANCE; V. STARCH AND DRY MATTER ACCUMULATION IN ROOTS; VI. CYANIDE CONTENT; VII. PROPAGATION; VIII. CONCLUDING REMARKS AND FUTURE RESEARCH; LITERATURE CITED; 4: Preplant Physiological Seed Conditioning; I. INTRODUCTION; II. ON TERMINOLOGY OF LOW WATER POTENTIAL SEED HYDRATION TREATMENTS; III. SEED HYDRATION IN LIQUID MEDIUM OR HUMID AIR; IV. SEED HYDRATION WITH MOISTENED SOLID CARRIERS; V. INTEGRATION OF SEED TREATMENTS; VI. PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ASPECTS; VII. CONCLUDING



REMARKS; LITERATURE CITED

5: Environmental Influences on Seed Size and CompositionI. INTRODUCTION; II. SEED SIZE AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; III. FIELD EVIDENCE; IV. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; V. CONCLUDING REMARKS; LITERATURE CITED; 6: Formation and Spread of Ice in Plant Tissues; I. INTRODUCTION; II. ICE NUCLEATION; III. ICE NUCLEATION IN PLANT TISSUES; IV. ICE CRYSTALLIZATION; V. ICE CRYSTALLIZATION WITHIN PLANT TISSUES; VI. CONCLUDING REMARKS; LITERATURE CITED; 7: Responses of Fruit Crops to Flooding; I. INTRODUCTION; II. PLANT TOLERANCE; III. CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL CHANGES IN SOIL; IV. PLANT RESPONSES

V. EFFECTS OF FLOODING ON SOILBORNE DISEASESVI. CONCLUSIONS; LITERATURE CITED; 8: Developmental Morphology and Anatomy of Grape Flowers; I. INTRODUCTION; II. FLORAL DEVELOPMENT; III. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; LITERATURE CITED; 9: Developmental Physiology of Rabbiteye Blueberry; I. INTRODUCTION; II. VEGETATIVE GROWTH FOLLOWING FRUIT HARVEST; III. FLOWER BUD INITIATION; IV. DORMANCY; V. ANTHESIS; VI. FRUIT DEVELOPMENT AND RIPENING; VII. MODEL INTEGRATION; LITERATURE CITED; 10: Maturity Indices for Apple and Pear; I. INTRODUCTION; II. METHODS FOR ASSESSING MATURITY

III. SOME EXISTING MATURITY ASSESSMENT PROGRAMSIV. CONCLUSIONS; LITERATURE CITED; Subject Index; Cumulative Subject Index; Cumulative Contributor Index

Sommario/riassunto

Horticultural Reviews present state-of-the-art reviews on topics in horticultural sciences. The emphasis is on applied topics including the production of fruits, vegetables, nut crops, and ornamental plants of commercial importance. It is a serial that appears in the form of one hardbound volume per year.