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Volume 43 (2008): Issue 1 (Feb 2008)

in HortScience

Print ISSN:: 0018-5345

Online ISSN:: 2327-9834

Issue Contents

Organic Apple Systems: Constraints and Opportunities for Producers in Local and Global Markets: Introduction to the Colloquium

By: Kathleen Delate, Andrea McKern, Robert Turnbull, James T.S. Walker, Richard Volz, Allan White, Vincent Bus, Dave Rogers, Lyn Cole, Natalie How, Sarah Guernsey and Jason Johnston

Pages: 6–11
Organic Apple Production in Two Humid Regions: Comparing Progress in Pest Management Strategies in Iowa and New Zealand

By: Kathleen Delate, Andrea McKern, Robert Turnbull, James T.S. Walker, Richard Volz, Allan White, Vincent Bus, Dave Rogers, Lyn Cole, Natalie How, Sarah Guernsey and Jason Johnston

Pages: 12–21
Organic Quarantine Treatments for Tree Fruits

By: Lisa G. Neven

Pages: 22–26
Use of the Cover Crop Weed Index to Evaluate Weed Suppression by Cover Crops in Organic Citrus Orchards

By: Jose Linares, Johannes Scholberg, Kenneth Boote, Carlene A. Chase, James J. Ferguson and Robert McSorley

Pages: 27–34
Postharvest Challenges for Organically Grown Orchard Fruit

By: Penelope Perkins-Veazie and Gene Lester

Pages: 35–37
In Search of Key Soil Functions to Assess Soil Community Management for Sustainable Sweet Cherry Orchards

By: Jennifer Moore-Kucera, Anita Nina Azarenko, Lisa Brutcher, Annie Chozinski, David D. Myrold and Russell Ingham

Pages: 38–44
Mulching Options for Northwest Organic and Conventional Orchards

By: David Granatstein and Kent Mullinix

Pages: 45–50
Developing an Organic Production System for Highbush Blueberry

By: William Sciarappa, Sridhar Polavarapu, James Barry, Peter Oudemans, Mark Ehlenfeldt, Gary Pavlis, Dean Polk and Robert Holdcraft

Pages: 51–57
Anthracnose on Strawberry: Its Etiology, Epidemiology, and Pathology, Together with Management Strategies for Strawberry Nurseries: Introduction to the Workshop

By: E. Barclay Poling

Pages: 59–65
Management, Survival Strategies, and Host Range of Colletotrichum acutatum on Strawberry

By: Stanley Freeman

Pages: 66–68
Epidemiology and Pathology of Strawberry Anthracnose: A North American Perspective

By: Barbara J. Smith

Pages: 69–73
The Role of Micropropagation in Producing Specific Pathogen-tested Plants

By: Adam Dale, Becky R. Hughes and Danielle Donnelly

Pages: 74–77
Special Problems in Nursery Propagation of Day-neutral Strawberry Cultivars Susceptible to Colletotrichum acutatum

By: Thomas M. Sjulin

Pages: 78–80
Controlling Ethylene's Action: Impact of 1-Methylcyclopropane on Agriculture: Introduction to the Colloquium

By: Penelope M. Perkins-Veazie and Sylvia Blankenship

Pages: 82
A Brief History of 1-Methylcyclopropene

By: Michael S. Reid and George L. Staby

Pages: 83–85
Overview of 1-Methylcyclopropene Trials and Uses for Edible Horticultural Crops

By: Christopher B. Watkins

Pages: 86–94
Use of 1-Methylcyclopropene in Ornamentals: Carnations as a Model System for Understanding Mode of Action

By: Michael S. Reid and Fisun G. Çelikel

Pages: 95–98
How 1-Methylcyclopropene Has Altered the Washington State Apple Industry

By: James P. Mattheis

Pages: 99–101
Application of 1-Methylcyclopropene in Fresh-cut/Minimal Processing Systems

By: Peter M.A. Toivonen

Pages: 102–105
Suppression of Ethylene Responses Through Application of 1-Methylcyclopropene: A Powerful Tool for Elucidating Ripening and Senescence Mechanisms in Climacteric and Nonclimacteric Fruits and Vegetables

By: Donald J. Huber

Pages: 106–111
1-Methylcyclopropene Applications in Preharvest Systems: Focus on Citrus

By: Jacqueline K. Burns

Pages: 112–114
Morphological Characterization of Three Intergeneric Hybrids Among Gloriosa superba ‘Lutea’, Littonia modesta, and Sandersonia aurantiaca (Colchicaceae)

By: Junji Amano, Sachiko Kuwayama, Yoko Mizuta, Masaru Nakano, Toshinari Godo and Hajime Okuno

Pages: 115–118
Identification of Climacteric and Nonclimacteric Phenotypes of Asian Pear Cultivars by CAPS Analysis of 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carboxylate Synthase Genes

By: Akihiro Itai and Naoko Fujita

Pages: 119–121
Genetic Resistance to Cucurbit Leaf Crumple Virus in Melon

By: James D. McCreight, Hsing-Yeh Liu and Thomas A. Turini

Pages: 122–126
Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis Provides Strategies for Improvement of Bitter Gourd (Momordica charantia L.)

By: Ambika B. Gaikwad, Tusar Kanti Behera, Anand K. Singh, Devanshi Chandel, Jawahir L. Karihaloo and Jack E. Staub

Pages: 127–133
Growth and Photosynthetic Responses of Three Lycoris Species to Levels of Irradiance

By: Panpan Meng, Ying Ge, Qianjin Cao, Jie Chang, Peng Pan, Chi Liu, Yijun Lu and Scott X. Chang

Pages: 134–137
A Survey of Watermelon Germplasm for Inhibitory Seed Exudates

By: Howard F. Harrison Jr, Amnon Levi and C.S. Kousik

Pages: 138–142
Effects of Fertilizer Rate on Growth and Fruiting of Containerized Southern Highbush Blueberry

By: Wendy L. Wilber and Jeffrey G. Williamson

Pages: 143–145
Potassium Nutrition Affects Leaf Growth, Anatomy, and Macroelements of Guzmania

By: Chao-Yi Lin and Der-Ming Yeh

Pages: 146–148
Effect on Production and Quality of Intensifying Triploid Watermelon Crops Using ‘Temporary Trellises’ and CPPU for Fruit Development

By: Francisco Javier Núñez, Maria Victoria Huitrón, Manuel Díaz, Fernando Diánez and Francisco Camacho-Ferre

Pages: 149–152
Effect of Fertigation on the ‘Manzanilla de Sevilla’ Table Olive Quality Before and After “Spanish-style” Green Processing

By: A. Morales-Sillero, R. Jiménez, J.E. Fernández, A. Troncoso and L. Rejano

Pages: 153–158
Enhancement of Tomato Fruit Lycopene by Potassium Is Cultivar Dependent

By: Henry Taber, Penelope Perkins-Veazie, Shanshan Li, Wendy White, Steven Rodermel and Yang Xu

Pages: 159–165
Growing Degree-day Requirements for Scheduling Flowering of Scadoxus multiflorus subsp. katharinae (Baker) Friis & Nordal

By: Keith A. Funnell

Pages: 166–169
Tolerance of Eight Sweet Corn (Zea mays L.) Hybrids to Pyroxasulfone

By: Sarah R. Sikkema, Nader Soltani, Peter H. Sikkema and Darren E. Robinson

Pages: 170–172
Effects of Forchlorfenuron and Abscisic Acid on the Quality of ‘Flame Seedless’ Grapes

By: M. Cecilia Peppi and Matthew W. Fidelibus

Pages: 173–176
Chemical Alternatives to Methyl Bromide for Weed Control and Runner Plant Production in Strawberry Nurseries

By: Eva García-Méndez, David García-Sinovas, Maximo Becerril, Antońeta De Cal, Paloma Melgarejo, Anselmo Martínez-Treceño, Steven A. Fennimore, Carmen Soria, Juan J. Medina and Jóse M. López-Aranda

Pages: 177–182
The Effect of Live Plants and Window Views of Green Spaces on Employee Perceptions of Job Satisfaction

By: Andrea Dravigne, Tina Marie Waliczek, R.D. Lineberger and J.M. Zajicek

Pages: 183–187
Stability of Resistance to Root-knot Nematodes in ‘Charleston Belle’ and ‘Carolina Wonder’ Bell Peppers in a Sub-tropical Environment

By: Judy A. Thies, Don W. Dickson and Richard L. Fery

Pages: 188–190
Response of Weeds and Ornamental Plants to Potting Soil Amended with Dried Distillers Grains

By: Rick A. Boydston, Harold P. Collins and Steven F. Vaughn

Pages: 191–195
Grape Cultivar Feeding Preference of Adult Japanese Beetles

By: Sanjun Gu and Kirk W. Pomper

Pages: 196–199
Black Currant Clonal Identity and White Pine Blister Rust Resistance

By: Todd A. Burnes, Robert A. Blanchette, Jason A. Smith and James J. Luby

Pages: 200–202
Effect of Two Fire Retardants on Postharvest Drying and Flammability of Douglas Fir and Fraser Fir Christmas Trees

By: Gary Chastagner, L. Eric Hinesley and Jeff Owen

Pages: 203–205
Static Liquid Culture of Doritaenopsis Seedlings

By: Wei-Ting Tsai and Chien-Young Chu

Pages: 206–210
Somatic Embryogenesis and Plant Regeneration from Immature Persimmon (Diospyros kaki Thunb.) Embryos

By: Akira Sugiura, Yoshiko Matsuda-Habu, Mei Gao, Tomoya Esumi and Ryutaro Tao

Pages: 211–214
In Vitro Regeneration of Castor (Ricinus Communis L.) Using Cotyledon Explants

By: Yeh-Jin Ahn and Grace Qianhong Chen

Pages: 215–219
In Vivo Shoot Regeneration Promoted by Shading the Cut Surface of the Stem in Tomato Plants

By: Masafumi Johkan, Genjirou Mori, Kazuhiko Mitsukuri, Keiichirou Mishiba, Toshinobu Morikawa and Masayuki Oda

Pages: 220–222
Modeling the Effects of Temperature and Gibberellic Acid Concentration on Red Huckleberry Seed Germination

By: Omar A. Lopez, Danny L. Barney, Bahman Shafii and William J. Price

Pages: 223–228
Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Soil Moisture in Drip-irrigated Vineyards

By: Joan R. Davenport, Robert G. Stevens and Kelly M. Whitley

Pages: 229–235
Silicon Supplements Affect Horticultural Traits of Greenhouse-produced Ornamental Sunflowers

By: Sophia Kamenidou, Todd J. Cavins and Stephen Marek

Pages: 236–239
Timing the Establishment of Kentucky Bluegrass : Perennial Ryegrass Mixtures for Football Fields

By: John C. Stier, Eric J. Koeritz and Mark Garrison

Pages: 240–244

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