Volume 24, Horticultural Reviews

HORTICULTURAL REVIEWS: Volume 24......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Contributors......Page 11
Dedication: Haruyuki Kamemoto......Page 13
1: Bioreactor Technology for Plant Micropropagation......Page 17
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 18
II. PLANT DEVELOPMENTAL PATHWAYS IN BIOREACTORS......Page 22
III. PLANT CELL AND TISSUE GROWTH IN BIOREACTORS......Page 28
IV. PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL FACTORS IN LIQUID CULTURES......Page 30
V. CELL AND AGGREGATE DENSITY, FOAMING AND MEDIUM RHEOLOGY IN BIOREACTORS......Page 38
VI. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS......Page 39
LITERATURE CITED......Page 40
2: Biogenesis of Floral Scents......Page 47
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 48
II. PATHWAYS AND SITE OF SYNTHESIS......Page 50
III. MOLECULAR GENETIC CONTROL......Page 54
IV. VARIATION IN BIOSYNTHESIS AND EMISSION OVER TIME......Page 58
V. CONCLUSIONS......Page 66
LITERATURE CITED......Page 67
3: Triazoles as Plant Growth Regulators and Stress Protectants......Page 71
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 72
II. TRANSLOCATION AND EFFICACY OF APPLICATION METHODS......Page 75
III. GENERAL PLANT RESPONSES TO TRIAZOLES......Page 77
IV. MODE OF ACTION......Page 82
V. STRESS PROTECTION......Page 92
VI. POTENTIAL AND CURRENT APPLICATIONS......Page 97
VII. A NOVEL SEED TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY......Page 131
VIII. SUMMARY......Page 132
LITERATURE CITED......Page 134
4: Ecologically-based Practices for Vegetable Crops Production in the Tropics......Page 155
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 156
II. INTEGRATED CULTURAL MANAGEMENT......Page 162
III. NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT AND SOIL CONSERVATION......Page 172
IV. ECOLOGICALLY-BASED PEST MANAGEMENT......Page 188
V. CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS......Page 217
LITERATURE CITED......Page 219
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 245
II. SEED STRUCTURE......Page 247
III. GERMINATION......Page 248
IV. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AFFECTING GERMINATION......Page 249
V. RESTRICTION OF LETTUCE SEED GERMINATION AT HIGH TEMPERATURE......Page 252
VI. INCREASING THERMOTOLERANCE IN LETTUCE SEED......Page 258
VII. CHANGES IN THE EMBRYO AND ENDOSPERM DURING GERMINATION......Page 270
VIII. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS......Page 279
LITERATURE CITED......Page 280
6: Viroid Dwarfing for High Density Citrus Plantings......Page 293
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 294
II. CAUSAL AGENT......Page 296
III. USE OF VIROIDS FOR TREE SIZE CONTROL......Page 300
IV. VEGETATIVE GROWTH......Page 307
V. REPRODUCTIVE GROWTH......Page 311
VI. INTENSIVE VIROID-DWARFED PLANTINGS......Page 313
VII. ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS......Page 319
VIII. MANAGEMENT......Page 322
IX. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS......Page 327
LITERATURE CITED......Page 328
7: Growth, Development, and Cultural Practices for Young Citrus Trees......Page 335
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 336
II. GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT......Page 337
III. TREE SELECTION AND PLANTING......Page 345
IV. IRRIGATION......Page 346
V. FERTILIZATION......Page 354
VI. FREEZE HARDINESS AND PROTECTION......Page 359
VII. PRUNING......Page 363
VIII. BIOTIC FACTORS......Page 364
IX. SUMMARY......Page 377
LITERATURE CITED......Page 378
8: Fruit Growth Measurement and Analysis......Page 389
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 390
II. FRUIT DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES......Page 395
III. INDICES OF FRUIT GROWTH......Page 399
IV. GROWTH MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES......Page 404
V. APPROACHES TO FRUIT GROWTH ANALYSIS......Page 406
VI. APPLICATIONS OF FRUIT GROWTH DATA......Page 425
VII. SOME PROBLEMS IN FRUIT GROWTH MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS......Page 429
VIII. SUMMARY AND PROSPECTS......Page 430
LITERATURE CITED......Page 435
Subject Index......Page 449
Cumulative Subject Index......Page 450
Cumulative Contributor Index......Page 472