List price   € 55     This title is available in ActaHort CD-rom format only - not available in print format Conveners   N. Nito, N.E. Looney, D.J. Nevins  Editors   N. Nito, N.E. Looney, D.J. Nevins, A.H. Halevy  Publication date   1 September 1995  ISBN   978-90-66054-86-8  ISSN   0567-7572  Number of articles   38  Volumes   1  Place   Kyoto, Japan  Online articles: PREFACE (Norman E. Looney, Donald J. Nevins, N. Nito) PLANT BIOREGULATOR USAGE IN FRUIT PRODUCTION: SOME NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS (N.E. Looney) PERSPECTIVES ON THE USE OF PLANT BIOREGULATORS IN VEGETABLE CROP PRODUCTION (D.J. Nevins) THE USE OF PLANT BIOREGULATORS IN ORNAMENTAL CROPS (A. H. Halevy) DESIGNER GIBBERELLINS: THE QUEST FOR SPECIFIC ACTIVITY (L.N. Mander, D. Camp, L.T. Evans, R.W. King, R.P. Pharis, M. Sherburn, B. Twitchin) GROWTH RETARDANTS: BIOCHEMICAL FEATURES AND APPLICATIONS IN HORTICULTURE (W. Rademacher) EVOLUTION OF A NOVEL UREA-TYPE CYTOKININ :HORTICULTURAL USES OF FORCHLORFENURON (Y. Arima, K. Oshima, K. Shudo) METHYL JASMONATE IN RELATION TO ETHYLENE PRODUCTION AND OTHER PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES IN SELECTED HORTICULTURAL CROPS (M. Saniewski) ESTIMATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF APPLE SEED GIBBERELLINS IN THE EARLY STAGES OF FRUIT DEVELOPMENT (H. Ramírez) FLOWER THINNING EFFECT OF SYNTHETIC AUXINS ON ‘FUJI’ APPLE (K. Yokota, K. Murashita, S. Takita, M. Nonaka, S. Kato, T. Suyama) TRANSLOCATION AND DISTRIBUTION PATTERN OF 14C-GA3 IN GEOTROPICALLY STIMULATED 'STARKING DELICIOUS' APPLE (MALUS DOMESTICA BORKH.) SHOOTS (N. Sharma, K.K. Jindal) BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF A NEW CHEMICAL AGENT FOR PEACH FLOWER THINNING (G. Costa, G. Vizzotto, C. Malossini, A. Ramina) THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH DENSITY CHERRY ORCHARD ON STANDARD ROOTSTOCKS USING PACLOBUTRAZOL FOR GROWTH CONTROL (Warren E. Somerville) COMMERCIAL CHEMICAL THINNING OF STONE FRUIT IN CALIFORNIA BY GIBBERELLINS TO REDUCE FLOWERING (S. M. Southwick, R. Jr.) EFFECTS OF CPPU AND GA3 ON FRUIT QUALITY OF SULTANINA TABLE GRAPE (J. Retamales, F. Bangerth, T. Cooper, R. Callejas) ETHYLENE BIOSYNTHESIS INHIBITOR IMPROVES FIRMNESS OF KIWIFRUIT (J. Retamales, A. Pérez-Villarreal, R. Callejas) ETHYCHLOZATE ACCELERATES COLOURATION AND ENHANCES FRUIT QUALITY OF EARLY SATSUMA MANDARIN (CITRUS UNSHIU MARC.) GROWN IN PLASTIC GREENHOUSES (S. Tominaga, I. Kozaki, S. Iwahori) STRESS AND ETHYLENE INDUCED PATHOGENESIS-RELATED PROTEINS IN CITRUS (O. Sagee, Y. Dahan) SEX EXPRESSION OF CV. IRWIN MANGO FLOWERS AFFECTED BY TEMPERATURE, SOIL WATER STRESS AND PLANT BIOREGULATORS (N. Utsunomiya, K. Sogawa, K. Sasaki) ETHYLENE PRODUCTION AND ACC OXIDASE ACTIVITY IN BROCCOLI FLOWER BUDS AND THE EFFECT OF ENDOGENOUS ETHYLENE ON THEIR SENESCENCE (H. Hyodo, S. Morozumi, C. Kato, K. Tanaka, H. Terai) ENDOGENOUS GIBBERELLINS AND BOLTING IN CULTIVARS OF JAPANESE RADISH (T. Nishijima, M. Koshioka, H. Yamazaki, H. Miura, L.N. Mander) INCREASE IN EARLY FRUIT YIELD OF STRAWBERRY BY TREATMENT WITH GROWTH RETARDANTS (H. Miura, M. Yoshida, A. Yamasaki, Y. Matsuno) MODIFICATION OF TOMATO FRUIT RIPENING BY TRANSFORMATION WITH SENSE OR ANTISENSE CHIMERIC 1-AMINOCYCLOPROPANE-1-CARBOXYLATE SYNTHASE GENES (M. Nagata, H. Mori, Y. Tabei, T. Sato, M. Hirai, H. Imaseki) REGULATION BY CO2 OF WOUND-INDUCED ACC SYNTHASE GENE EXPRESSION IN MESOCARP TISSUE OF WINTER SQUASH FRUIT (Y. Kubo, Y. Yamashita, T. Ono, F.M. Mathooko, H. Imaseki, A. Inaba) EFFECT OF SUPRAOPTIMAL ROOT TEMPERATURE ON ABA LEVELS IN CUCUMBER PLANTS AND ITS CONTROL BY ABA APPLIED TO ROOTS (Y.C. Du, S. Tachibana) INDUCING PARTHENOCARPIC FRUIT OF WATERMELON WITH PLANT BIOREGULATORS (Y. Hayata, Y. Niimi, N. Iwasaki) STIMULATION OF ASPARAGUS SPEAR SPROUTING WITH BENZYLADENINE (T. UESUGI, M. KOSHIOKA, T. NISHIJIMA, H. YAMAZAKI) EFFECT OF GIBBERELLIC ACID (GA3) ON SEEDSTALK DEVELOPMENT AND FLOWERING IN CARROT (DAUCUS CAROTA L. VAR. SATIVA DC) (P.M.S. Bandara, K.K. Tanino) PHENYLUREA DERIVATIVES FOR MICROPROPAGATION OF GARLIC MERISTEMS (V. Rossi, F. Marani, A.L. Rabiti) WEEPING HABIT AND GIBBERELLIN IN PRUNUS (T. Nakamura, M. Saotome, H. Tanaka) ETHYLENE PRODUCTION BY JAPANESE MORNING GLORY (PHARBITIS NIL) FLOWERS AND THE EFFECT OF ENDOGENOUS ETHYLENE ON FLOWER SENESCENCE (H. Iwahashi, H. Hyodo) PROLONGATION OF THE VASE LIFE OF CUT CARNATION FLOWERS BY TREATMENT WITH A COMBINATION OF CIS-PROPENYLPHOSPHONIC ACID AND α-AMINOISOBUTYRIC ACID (K. Yamamoto, Y. Yokoo, Y. Makimoto, Y. Arima, K. Oshima) CHARACTERISTICS OF 1-AMINOCYCLOPROPANE-1-CARBOXYLATE SYNTHASE ISOLATED FROM SENESCING CARNATION FLOWER PETALS (S. Satoh, T. Yoshioka, Y. Kosugi) THE ROLE OF ETHYLENE IN METHYL JASMONATE-INDUCED GUM FORMATION IN STEM OF TULIPS (M. Saniewski, E. Wegrzynowicz-Lesiak) METHYL JASMONATE-INDUCED LEAF ABSCISSION IN KALANCHOE BLOSSFELDIANA (M. Saniewski, E. Wegrzynowicz-Lesiak) ENHANCED WINTER FLOWERING OF PLUMERIA WITH ETHEPHON (R. A. Criley) EFFECTS OF UNICONAZOLE ON THE GROWTH AND FLOWERING OF FUCHSIA X HYBRIDA 'CORALLINA' (H.Y. Kim) 1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE, A NOVEL GASEOUS INHIBITOR OF ETHYLENE ACTION, IMPROVES THE LIFE OF FRUITS, CUT FLOWERS AND POTTED PLANTS (M. Serek, E.C. Sisler, M.S. Reid) CONTROL OF PLANT HEIGHT IN CAMPANULA ISOPHYLLA BY TEMPERATURE ALTERNATIONS; INVOLVEMENT OF GAS (H. Ihlebekk, S. Eilertsen, S. Junttila, G. Grindal, R. Moe)