List price   € 70     This title is available in ActaHort CD-rom format only - not available in print format Conveners   C.S. Vavrina, J. Nowak, S. Nicola  Editors   S. Nicola, J. Nowak, C.S. Vavrina  Publication date   1 March 2004  ISBN   978-90-66055-57-5  ISSN   0567-7572  Number of articles   35  Volumes   1  Place   Toronto, Canada  Online articles: FOREWORD AND PREFACE (S. Nicola, J. Nowak, C.S. Vavrina, ISHS Board of Directors) COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN SEED TECHNOLOGY (Y. Sako, A. Hoffmaster, K. Fujimura, M.B. McDonald, M.A. Bennett) NEW SUPPORT FOR THE INVOLVEMENT OF ETHYLENE IN LETTUCE GERMINATION AT SUPRA-OPTIMAL TEMPERATURE (I. Kozareva, D.J. Cantliffe, R.T. Nagata, H.J. Klee) TRACE GAS PRODUCTION FOR RAPID NON-DESTRUCTIVE DETERMINATION OF SEED VIABILITY (J.D. Klein, E. Santosa, L.J. Laarhoven, E.I. Boamfa, F.J.M. Harren, Y. Hebbe) ELEVATED LEVELS OF ETHYLENE DURING GERMINATION REDUCES THE TIME TO EMERGENCE IN IMPATIENS (M. Dutt, S. Kester, R. Geneve) COATING TECHNOLOGIES FOR SEED TREATMENT APPLICATIONS (A.G. Taylor, D.H. Paine, N. Suzuki, B.A. Nault, A. McFaul) INTERACTIVE IDENTIFICATION TO GENUS OF LEGUME (FABACEAE) FRUITS AND SEEDS VIA THE INTERNET (J.H.JR. Kirkbride, C.R. Gunn, M.J. Dallwitz) MOISTURE SORPTION ISOTHERMS OF FOUR VEGETABLE SEEDS AS INFLUENCED BY STORAGE CONDITIONS (A.M. Alhamdan, A.A. Alsadon) AN ULTRASTRUCTURAL STUDY OF SEED RESERVES IN TRIPLOID WATERMELONS (T. Wang, B.G. Cobb, H. Sittertz-Bhatkar, D.I. Leskovar) ONION SEED CROP POLLINATION: A MISSING DIMENSION IN MOUNTAIN HORTICULTURE (R.S. Chandel, R.K. Thakur, N.R. Bhardwaj, N. Pathania) EFFICACY TESTING OF ONION SEED TREATMENTS IN THE GREENHOUSE AND FIELD (M.R. McDonald, A.G. Taylor, J.W. Lorbeer, J.J. van der Heide) EFFECTS OF OSMOPRIMING TREATMENTS ON SEED GERMINATION OF TWO TYPES OF RADICCHIO (CICHORIUM INTYBUS VAR. SILVESTRE) (P. Sambo, G. Gianquinto, F. Pimpini) STAND ESTABLISHMENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR PROCESSING CARROTS (R. Lada, A. Stiles, M.A. Surette, C. Caldwell, J. Nowak, J. Nowak, A.V. Sturz, T.J. Blake) STAND ESTABLISHMENT OF PROCESSING TOMATO UNDER TROPICAL CONDITIONS (W.M. Nascimento, R.R. Fontes, J.B.C. Silva) TOMATO PLANT GROWTH DURING ESTABLISHMENT AS AFFECTED BY ROOT ZONE TEMPERATURE UNDER COLORED MULCHES (J.C. Diaz-Perez, D. Granberry, D. Bertrand, D. Giddings) USE OF FAR-RED LIGHT FILTERING FILM DURING TRANSPLANT PRODUCTION REDUCES TOMATO SEEDLING HEIGHT AND MAY INFLUENCE SUBSEQUENT FRUIT YIELD (W.B. Evans, M. McMahon) THE USE OF UV RADIATION TO CONTROL ARCHITECTURE OF CUCURBITS TRANSPLANT (R. Farnesi, L. Bertram, B. Lercari) EXOGENOUS TREHALOSE INHIBITS HYPOCOTYL ELONGATION OF ALYSSUM AND MUSKMELON SEEDLINGS (Z.-X. Shen, G.E. Welbaum) STUDIES ON IRRIGATION SYSTEMS TO GROW LETTUCE (LACTUCA SATIVA L.) TRANSPLANTS (S. Nicola, J. Hoeberechts, E. Fontana) PACLOBUTRAZOL SOAKED ORNAMENTAL KALE SEEDS PRODUCE SHORT SEEDLINGS (C.C. Pasian, M.A. Bennett) CONTAINERIZED TRANSPLANTS AND SUBSURFACE DRIP IMPROVED YIELD AND QUALITY OF SHORT-DAY ONIONS (D.I. Leskovar, K. Kolenda, K.S. Yoo, L.M. Pike) RECENT ISSUES ON VEGETABLE GRAFTING (C. Leonardi, D. Romano) THE USE OF IN VITRO THERMOTHERAPY TO OBTAIN TURNIP MOSAIC VIRUS-FREE HORSERADISH PLANTS (M. Uchanski, R.M. Skirvin, M.A. Norton) EFFECT OF GROWTH REGULATORS ON HUPERZIA LUCIDULUM EXPLANTS IN VITRO (T. Dwyer, A.S. Waegel) CULTURAL TECHNIQUES TO OPTIMIZE THE THYME (THYMUS VULGARIS) PROPAGATION (S. Nicola, E. Fontana, J. Hoeberechts) EXCLUSION OF FAR RED LIGHT BY PHOTOSELECTIVE GREENHOUSE FILMS REDUCES HEIGHT OF VEGETABLE SEEDLINGS (N.C. Rajapakse, S. Li) MICROPROPAGATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF MITE-BORNE VIRUS-FREE GARLIC (ALLIUM SATIVUM) (A. Bertaccini, S. Botti, D. Tabanelli, G. Dradi, C. Fogher, A. Previati, F. Da Re) A COMPARISON OF PLANT AND ANIMAL BASED FERTILISER FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ORGANIC VEGETABLE TRANSPLANTS (M. Koller, T. Alföldi, M. Siegrist, F. Weibel) APPLICATION FOR RHIZOBACTERIA IN TRANSPLANT PRODUCTION AND YIELD ENHANCEMENT (J.W. Kloepper, M.S. Reddy, R. Rodríguez-Kabana, D.S. Kenney, N. Kokalis-Burelle, N. Martinez-Ochoa) USE OF COMMERCIAL SYSTEMIC ACQUIRED RESISTANCE (SAR) INDUCERS IN THE STAND ESTABLISHMENT OF TOMATO; IMPACT ON PLANT GROWTH, DISEASE AND NEMATODE SUPPRESSION (C.S. Vavrina, P.D. Roberts, N. Kokalis-Burelle) HYDROGEN FERTILIZER: BACTERIA OR FUNGI? (P. Irvine, M. Smith, Z. Dong) BIOFUNCTIONAL COMPOSTS AND BIOTIZATION (S.M. Rafferty, J.G. Murphy, A.C. Cassells) ENDOPHYTE ENHANCEMENT OF TRANSPLANT PERFORMANCE IN TOMATO, CUCUMBER AND SWEET PEPPER (J. Nowak, J. Nowak, V.K. Sharma, E. A'Hearn) CHANGES IN PLANT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT BY RHIZOSPHERE BACTERIA THAT MODIFY PLANT ETHYLENE LEVELS (B.R. Glick) MYCORRHIZAL INOCULATION OF TOMATO AND ONION TRANSPLANTS IMPROVES EARLINESS (D.J. Makus) TRANSPLANT QUALITY, DISEASE CONTROL AND YIELD IN FRESH MARKET TOMATO AS AFFECTED BY PACLOBUTRAZOL AND COMMERCIAL BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS (S. Dikshit, M.A. Bennett, R.J. Precheur, M.D. Kleinhenz, R.M. Riedel)