Horticultural reviews . Volume 17 / / edited by Jules Janick

• Pubblicazione: New York, : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1995
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (472 p.)
• Disciplina: 635; 635/.05
• Soggetto topico: Horticulture
• Altri autori: JanickJules <1931->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: HORTICULTURAL REVIEWS: Volume 17; Contents; Contributors; Dedication: Silviero Sansavini; 1: Mechanical Stress Regulation of Plant Growth and Development; I. INTRODUCTION; II. DEVELOPMENTAL RESPONSES TO MECHANICAL STRESS; III. MECHANICAL STRESS-ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTIONS; IV. METABOLIC, PRODUCTIVITY, AND COMPOSITIONAL CHANGES; V. HORMONAL INVOLVEMENT IN MECHANICAL STRESS PHYSIOLOGY; VI. MECHANOPERCEPTION/EARLY TRANSDUCTION MECHANISMS; VII. APPLICATIONS IN AGRICULTURE; VIII. RESEARCH IMPLICATIONS; LITERATURE CITED; 2: Volatile Emissions from Plants; I. INTRODUCTION; II. CHEMISTRY OF VOLATILES ; III. SOURCES OF VOLATILESIV. FACTORS INFLUENCING VOLATILE EMISSIONS; V. ECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF PLANT VOLATILES; VI. FATE OF ATMOSPHERIC PLANT VOLATILES; VII. PLANT VOLATILE RESEARCH; LITERATURE CITED; 3: A Physiological-Genetic Model of Photoperiod-Temperature Interactions in Photoperiodism, Vernalization, and Male Sterility of Plants; I. INTRODUCTION; II. CONTROL OF DEVELOPMENT BY PHOTOPERIOD AND TEMPERATURE; III. MODEL FOR RESPONSE TO PHOTOPERIOD AND TEMPERATURE OF TIME TO FLOWERING; IV. NODE-TO-FLOWER IN RESPONSE TO PHOTOPERIOD AND TEMPERATURE ; V. FURTHER EVIDENCE OF PHOTOPERIOD AND TEMPERATURE MODULATIONS OF GENE ACTIVITYVI. INTERPRETATION OF VERNALIZATION; VII. INTERPRETATION OF PHOTOPERIOD-SENSITIVE MALE STERILITY; VIII. CLASSIFICATION OF PHOTOTHERMAL RESPONSES BY THE MODEL; IX. SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION; LITERATURE CITED; 4: Environmental Control and Photoautotrophic Micropropagation; I. INTRODUCTION; II. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN VITRO; III. CHALLENGES WITH CONVENTIONAL MICROPROPAGATION; IV. ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN VITRO; V. ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL AND PHOTOAUTOTROPHIC MICROPROPAGATION ; VI. CONCLUDING REMARKSLITERATURE CITED; 5: Leaf Blackening in Cut Protea Flowers; I. INTRODUCTION; II. BOTANY AND HORTICULTURE OF PROTEA; III. OCCURRENCE OF LEAF BLACKENING; IV. THE PHYSIOLOGICAL CAUSES OF LEAF BLACKENING; V. BIOCHEMISTRY OF LEAF BLACKENING; VI. CONCLUSIONS; LITERATURE CITED; 6: Low-Temperature Sweetening in Roots and Tubers; I. INTRODUCTION; II. STARCH STORAGE AND DEGRADATION; III. SUCROSE METABOLISM; IV. STRESS-INDUCED MEMBRANE CHANGES; V. CONCLUSIONS; LITERATURE CITED; 7: Jojoba Domestication and Commercialization in Israel; I. INTRODUCTION ; II. ADOPTION OF JOJOBA AS A NEW CROPIII. PRESENT STATUS OF JOJOBA IN ISRAEL; IV.FUTURE OF JOJOBA IN ISRAEL; LITERATURE CITED; 8: Growth and ripening of strawberry fruit; I. INTRODUCTION; II. FRUIT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; III. FRUIT RIPENING; IV. SUMMARY; LITERATURE CITED; 9: Control of Phytophthora Diseases of Tree Crops Using Trunk-Injected Phosphonates; I. INTRODUCTION; II. PHOSPHONATES; III. PHOSPHONATE INJECTION IN TREE CROPS; IV. PROSPECTS FOR FURTHER APPLICATIONS; LITERATURE CITED; 10: Origin and Dissemination of Peach; I. INTRODUCTION; II. CLASSIFICATION; III. CHINA, THE NATIVE CENTER ; IV. EURASIA
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Horticultural reviews
• ISBN: 1-282-68638-0; 9786612686382; 0-470-65058-3; 0-470-65057-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910877011403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Horticultural Reviews