List price   € 132     This title is available both in print and ActaHort CD-rom format Convener   C. Xiloyannis  Editor   C. Xiloyannis  Publication date   31 May 2010  ISBN   978-90-66053-56-4  ISSN   0567-7572  Number of articles   99  Volumes   1  Place   Matera, Italy  Online articles: FOOD AND HEALTH (L.M. Doninia, C. Savina) RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF APRICOT BREEDING IN SLOVAK REPUBLIC (D. Benedikova) GENETIC DIVERSITY OF A COLLECTION OF GREEK AND FOREIGN APRICOT CULTIVARS AND HYBRIDS USING MOLECULAR MARKERS ( M. Hagidimitriou, E. Rousakis, K. Tripolitsiotis, A. Linos, I. Karayiannis) APRICOT GERMPLASM RESOURCES AND THEIR UTILIZATION IN CHINA ( W. Liu, N. Liu, X. Yu, Y. Zhang, M. Sun, M. Xu) RESOURCES AND BREEDING OF ORNAMENTAL APRICOT IN CHINA ( W. Liu, N. Liu, X. Yu, Y. Zhang, M. Sun, M. Xu) GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF APRICOT CULTIVARS USING RAPD-PCR MARKER ( C. Di Vaio, A. Tramontano, M. Iannaccone, M. Parlato, R. Capparelli) MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF APRICOT VARIETIES INCLUDED IN THE "ALBICOCCA VESUVIANA" PGI REGULATION ( R. Rao, M. Bencivenni, G. Corrado, B. Basile, M. Forlani) APRICOT BREEDING IN CASERTA: RESULTS AND PERSPECTIVES ( F. Pennone, V. Abbate, A. Carbone, L. Scarpato) INHERITANCE OF SWEET KERNEL TASTE IN APRICOT ( I. Karayiannis) A NEW DRIED AND TABLE APRICOT CULTIVAR ('ALKAYA') AND A NEW TABLE APRICOT CULTIVAR 'GU 52' (GULERYUZ) ( K.U. Yilmaz, S. Paydaş Kargi, S. Kafkas) A NEW MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT FOR APRICOT CHARACTERIZATION ( K.U. Yilmaz, S. Paydaş Kargi) APRICOT BREEDING IN NORTH AMERICA: CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS ( C.A. Ledbetter) THE BREEDING ACTIVITY ON APRICOT IN THE WORLD FROM 1980 THROUGH TODAY ( C. Fideghelli, G. Della Strada) RESULTS OF AN APRICOT BREEDING PROGRAMME AT THE CRA - FRU ( L. Conte, A. Nicotra, A. Sartori) THE APRICOT BREEDING PROGRAMME AMONG SOME TURKISH AND FOREIGN CULTIVARS ( M. Bircan, H. Pınar, C. Yılmaz, S. Paydaş Kargi, N. Kaşka, A. Yıldız) THE PERFORMANCE OF SOME APRICOT CULTIVARS IN THE MERSIN ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS ( H. Pınar, M. Bircan, C. Yılmaz, A. Yıldız, S. Paydaş Kargi, N. Kaşka, A. Yıldız, L. Son) NEW APRICOT CULTIVARS FROM CEBAS-CSIC (MURCIA, SPAIN) BREEDING PROGRAMME ( J. Egea , F. Dicenta, L. Burgos, P. Martínez-Gómez, M. Rubio, J.A. Campoy, E. Ortega, J.L. Patiño , L. Nortes, A. Molina , D. Ruiz) TWO NEW APRICOT VARIETIES ( F. Calabrese, F. Barone, V. Farina) RECENT APRICOT BREEDING PROGRAMME IN SWITZERLAND ( D. Christen, G. Devènes, M. Kellerhals) VARIABILITY OF APRICOT CULTIVARS TRAITS INSIDE THE 'LIST OF RECOMMENDED FRUITS VARIETIES' PROJECT ( R. Massai, Apricot Working Group) APRICOT BREEDING PROGRAMME FOR LATE AND VERY LATE RIPENING PERIOD IN ROMANIA ( E. Topor, R. Vasilescu, V. Balan, V. Tudor) GENETIC PARTICULARITIES FOR THE BIOLOGY OF EARLY APRICOT PHENOTYPES CREATED IN ROMANIA ( V. Bălan, V. Tudor, E.C. Dumitrescu) BREEDING APRICOT IN NORTHERN ITALY ( D. Bassi, M. Rizzo, S. Foschi) EVALUATION OF APRICOT SELECTIONS FOR THE NORTH ITALIAN ENVIRONMENT ( R. Botta, M.G. Mellano, C. Beltramo, D. Torello Marinoni, L. Berra, C. Carli ) APRICOT GENETIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND NEW PROSPECTS OFFERED BY PHYLO-GEOGRAPHIC AND ASSOCIATION GENETIC APPROACHES: APPLICATION TO THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN GERMPLASM ( H. Bourguiba, L. Krichen, N. Trifi-Farah, S. Santoni, B. Khadari, J.M. Audergon) COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TUNISIAN APRICOT ACCESSIONS ON MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR MARKERS ( L. Krichen, N. Trifi-Farah , M. Marrakchi, J.M. Audergon) NEW RECENT SELECTIONS ISSUED FROM INRA'S APRICOT BREEDING PROGRAMME ( J.M. Audergon, A. Blanc , F. Gilles , J.M. Broquaire, G. Clauzel , B. Gouble, M. Grotte, M. Reich , S. Bureau , C. Pitiot) STUDY OF THE GENETIC BASIS OF PRUNUS FRUIT QUALITY ON TWO APRICOT AND TWO PEACH POPULATIONS ( J.M. Audergon, D. Ruiz, A. Bachellez, A. Blanc, M.N. Corre, C. Croset, A.M. Ferréol, P. Lambert, T. Pascal, J.L. Poëssel, V. Signoret , B. Quilot, K. Boudheri, C. Renaud , E. Dirlewanger, L. Dondini, S. Tartarini, S. Sansavini, B. Gouble, M. Grotte, M. Bogé, P. Reling, M. Reich, S. Bureau , C.M.G.C. Renard, C. Deborde, M. Maucourt, A. Moing , S. Monllor, P. Arus) CONSERVATION AND VALORISATION OF APRICOT LOCAL VARIETIES ( G. Russo, L. D'Andrea) POMOLOGICAL STUDIES OF PLUM-APRICOT HYBRIDS ( A. Zhivondov) GENETIC RESOURCES OF APRICOT FOR ADAPTABILITY IMPROVEMENT AND BREEDING ( B. Krška) A BLOSSOMING FUTURE AWAITS THE SOUTH AFRICAN APRICOT INDUSTRY ( H. Ham) RESULTS OF THE APRICOT BREEDING PROGRAMME AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE ( E. Bellini, V. Nencetti, G. Calderoni ) IMPROVEMENT OF LATE BLOOMING DRYING APRICOT VARIETIES BY CROSSBREEDING ( M.N. Demirtas, S. Atay, K. Gokalp , K.U. Yilmaz, S. Paydaş Kargi, S. Ercisli, M. Sahin , H.A. Olmez, M. Altindag) THE SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY LOCUS OF APRICOT HELPS TO CLARIFY SEVERAL EVOLUTIONARY ASPECTS ( J. Halász, A. Pedryc, A. Hegedus) FRUIT SET AND FLOWER QUALITY IN EARLY AND LATE FLOWERS IN APRICOT ( J. Rodrigo, E. Rivas , M. Herrero) FLORAL MORPHOMETRIC DIVERSITY OF TUNISIAN APRICOT (PRUNUS ARMENIACA L.) CULTIVARS ( A. Lachkar , W. Brini , M. Mars) HEAT REQUIREMENT FROM BLOOMING TO MATURING IN APRICOT CULTIVARS ( D. Milatović, M. Ruml, T. Vulić) PHENOLOGICAL PROCESSES OF DORMANCY IN APRICOT GENOTYPES IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE CARPATHIAN BASIN ( L. Szalay, S. Németh) THE INVOLVEMENT OF DIFFERENT CLIMATIC CONDITIONS ON DORMANCY EVOLUTION IN APRICOT FLOWER BUDS: COMPARISON BETWEEN MURCIA (SPAIN) AND TUSCAN (ITALY) AREAS ( R. Viti, C. Iacona, D. Ruiz, J. Egea, J.A. Campoy, S. Bartolini , L. Andreini) IS APRICOT GERMPLASM CAPABLE OF WITHSTANDING WARMER WINTERS? THIS IS WHAT WE LEARNED FROM LAST WINTER ( R. Guerriero, R. Viti, C. Iacona , S. Bartolini) INDUCTION OF POLLEN EMBRYOGENESIS IN SEVEN CULTIVARS OF PRUNUS ARMENIACA L. ( M.A. Germanà, B. Chiancone, D. Padoan, I. Bárány, M.C. Risueño, P.S. Testillano) FLOWER BUD DEVELOPMENT OF APRICOT VARIETIES DURING PARADORMANCY ( S. Németh, M.L. Reményi, L. Szalay) INFLUENCE OF THE CLIMATE CONDITIONS ON APRICOT FLORAL BIOLOGY IN BUCUREŞTI AREA ( F. Stănică, I. Armeanu, M. Dumitraşcu , G.A. Peticilă ) NEW LOW-VIGOUR APRICOT ROOTSTOCKS COMPARED ( D. Missere, B. Mezzetti, F. Capocasa, B. Scalas, A. Podda, P. Pirazzini , F. Sottile, F. Pennone, A. Carbone, L. Scarpato) EFFECT OF A SYNTHETIC AUXIN ON FRUIT SIZE IN TWO CULTIVARS OF APRICOT ( M. Forlani, B. Basile, C. Cirillo) THE USE OF PGPR (PLANT GROWTH PROMOTING RHIZOBACTERIA) IN ORGANIC APRICOT PRODUCTION ( H. Karlidag, A. Esitken, S. Ercisli, M.F. Donmez) THE INFLUENCE OF ROOTSTOCKS ON FROST DAMAGE IN APRICOT CVS. KABAASI AND HACIHALILOGLU ( H. Karlidag, S. Ercisli) EFFECT OF PROCESSED CALCITE PARTICLES ON APRICOT CATIONIC NUTRITION AND FRUIT QUALITY ( L. Martinez, V. Nuzzo, T. Lamaze, F. Attia, E. Dunand) DETERMINATION OF GROWTH AND FRUIT QUALITY PARAMETERS OF SOME APRICOT CULTIVARS IN SUBTROPICAL CLIMATE CONDITIONS OF TURKISH MEDITERRANEAN REGION ( A.A. Polat, O. Caliskan) IDENTIFICATION OF PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH DURING EARLY DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES OF APRICOT/PLUM CALLUS UNIONS ( A. Pina, S. González, P. Errea) APRICOT FLOWER BUD DEVELOPMENT AND FRUIT SET IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF SHOOTS IN 'MONIQUI' VARIETY ( C. Julian, J. Rodrigo, M. Herrero ) APRICOT PRODUCTION IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN REGION, HATAY, TURKEY ( A.A. Polat) SOIL NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF APRICOT (PRUNUS ARMENIACA L.) ORCHARDS IN MALATYA PROVINCE ( S. Colak, B. Celik, K. Gokalp, K.U. Yilmaz, Y. Zengin, S. Paydaş Kargi) PRUNING: HOW TO MANAGE SHOOT GROWTH ( D. Neri, F. Morini, F. Massetani, P. Pirazzini) IMPROVING COLOUR AND SIZE OF APRICOT FRUIT BY MEANS OF EXOGENOUS AUXIN APPLICATION ( A.M. Bregoli, C. Fabbroni, V. Raimondi, G. Costa) CHEMICAL THINNING OF APRICOT CULTIVARS: PROMISING PRELIMINARY RESULTS ( D. Christen, G. Devènes, E. Chassot, P. Jeltsch) ALTERNATIVE TO MYROBOLAN ROOTSTOCK FOR APRICOT CULTIVATION ( P. Monney, N. Evéquoz , D. Christen) RESULTS CONCERNING THE BEHAVIOUR OF SOME ROOTSTOCKS FOR APRICOT TREE IN THE NURSERY FIELD ( A. Indreias) BIOLOGICAL ISSUES OF APRICOT ADAPTABILITY UNDER THE ROMANIAN CLIMATIC CONDITIONS ( V. Bălan, V. Tudor, I. Dobrin , B. Iacomi , C. Chireceanu, E. Topor ) 'RUBISCO' ® - A NEW FRENCH SERIES OF APRICOT ( J.M. Audergon, A. Blanc, G. Clauzel , C. Pitiot , B. Gouble, M. Grotte, M. Reich , S. Bureau) AN APRICOT GRAFT-COMPATIBILITY EVALUATION DEVICE ( M. Grotte , E. Pietri, C. Pitiot, J.M. Audergon) PROPAGATION BY GREEN CUTTINGS OF SOME NEW PROMISING ROMANIAN PRUNUS ROOTSTOCKS ( F. Stănică, M. Dumitraşcu, S.I. Ancu , I. Duţu ) SUSTAINABLE APRICOT ORCHARD MANAGEMENT TO IMPROVE SOIL FERTILITY AND WATER USE EFFICIENCY ( C. Xiloyannis, B. Dichio, G. Montanaro) GEO-ELECTRICAL SURVEY ON THE SOIL OF AN APRICOT ORCHARD GROWN UNDER SEMI-ARID CONDITIONS ( G. Celano, A.M. Palese, A.C. Tuzio, D. Zuardi, L. Lazzari, C. Xiloyannis, E. Martorella ) TRANSPIRATION AND CALCIUM ACCUMULATION IN APRICOT FRUIT ( G. Montanaro, G. Tataranni, M. Mazzeo, B. Dichio ) A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS FROM APRICOT ORCHARD SOILS ( G. Montanaro, G. Celano, M. Genovese, E. Lardo , C. Xiloyannis ) ECOLOGICALLY SOUND APPROACHES FOR WEED CONTROL IN THE PRODUCTION OF SEEDLING ROOTSTOCKS FOR APRICOT ( Z. Rankova) LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES OF TILLAGE, ORGANIC AMENDMENTS, RESIDUE MANAGEMENT AND LOCALIZED IRRIGATION ON SELECTED SOIL MICRO-FLORA GROUPS IN A MEDITERRANEAN APRICOT ORCHARD ( T. Casacchia , C. Briccoli Bati , A. Sofo, B. Dichio, F. Motta , C. Xiloyannis) WITHSTANDING OF MOSCOW APRICOTS UNDER EXTREMELY LOW (WINTER 2006) AND EXTREMELY HIGH (WINTER 2006-07) TEMPERATURES ( L.A. Kramarenko) EVALUATION OF A LURE EFFICIENCY TOWARDS GREEN LACEWINGS IN ORGANIC APRICOT ORCHARD ( F. Baldacchino, M.R. Tabilio, A. Letardi, P. Santarcangelo) FLIGHT MONITORING OF ORIENTAL FRUIT MOTH, CYDIA MOLESTA, AND PEACH TWIG BORER, ANARSIA LINEATELLA, BY PHEROMONE TRAPS IN APRICOT ORCHARD OF NORTH-EAST BULGARIA ( L. Ivanova, H. Kutinkova, V. Dzhuvinov) TOWARDS SHARKA CONTAINMENT, THE 'SHARCO' PROJECT: GENETIC APPROACH ( E.M. Vera-Ruiz, C. Romero, G. Llácer, M.L. Badenes, T. Zhebentyayeva , A. Abbott ) STRATEGIES TO CONFER RESISTANCE TO SHARKA (PPV) IN APRICOT ( L. Dondini, M. Adami, M. Guidarelli, F. Gaiotti, P. Negri , S. Tartarini , F. Palmisano, A. Bazzoni, M. Castellano , V. Savino , O. Lain , R. Testolin, M. Rizzo, D. Vivoli, F. Geuna , D. Bassi, D. Boscia , A. Minafra) POLLEN AND SEED TRANSMISSION OF APPLE CHLOROTIC LEAF SPOT VIRUS (ACLSV) IN APRICOT ( A. García-Ibarra, M. Rubio, P. Martínez-Gómez , F. Dicenta, A. Soler, J.A. Sánchez-Navarro) EVALUATION OF RESISTANCE TO APPLE CHLOROTIC LEAF SPOT VIRUS (ACLSV) IN CONTROLLED GREENHOUSE CONDITIONS IN THE APRICOT BREEDING PROGRAMME OF CEBAS-CSIC IN MURCIA (SPAIN) ( A. García-Ibarra, M. Rubio, F. Dicenta , P. Martínez-Gómez) STUDY ON THE ETIOLOGY OF THE APRICOT 'VIRUELA' DISEASE IN THE REGION OF MURCIA (SPAIN) ( A. García-Ibarra, M. Rubio, F. Dicenta , P. Martínez-Gómez , A. Soler, J.A. Sánchez-Navarro) OPTIMIZATION OF THE EVALUATION OF RESISTANCE TO SHARKA (PLUM POX VIRUS, PPV) IN CONTROLLED GREENHOUSE CONDITIONS IN THE APRICOT BREEDING PROGRAMME OF CEBAS-CSIC IN MURCIA (SPAIN) ( M. Rubio, A. García-Ibarra, P. Martínez-Gómez , F. Dicenta) EXPERIMENTAL SCREENING OF AN APRICOT CROSS FOR RESISTANCE TO PLUM POX VIRUS (M AND D STRAINS) ( F. Palmisano, A. Bazzoni, D. Tavano, A. Didonna, M. Castellano , V. Savino) PATHOGENICITY OF TEN ISOLATES OF APPLE CHLOROTIC LEAF SPOT VIRUS TO PRUNUS SPECIES ( A. Bazzoni, D. Tavano, A. Didonna, V. Savino, M. Al Rwahnih, F. Palmisano ) LIGNIVOROUS FUNGI EVOLUTION ATTACK ON APRICOT TREE IN ROMANIA ( M. Oprea, V. Jinga) APRICOT PEST CONTROL USING FRIENDLY PESTICIDES ( M. Trandafirescu, I. Trandafirescu ) RESEARCH ON THE VECTOR OF 'CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA PRUNORUM' IN APRICOT TREES IN SOUTHERN ITALY ( M. Pastore, M. del Vaglio, F. Gervasi , M. Petriccione, S. Paltrinieri , A. Bertaccini) ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OPTIMAL HARVEST TIME IN APRICOT ('ORANGERED' AND 'BERGAROUGE') BY MEANS OF A NEW INDEX BASED ON VIS SPECTROSCOPY ( G. Costa, M. Noferini, G. Fiori, V. Ziosi, N. Berthod , J. Rossier) AN EASY AND RELIABLE TEST TO DEFINE APRICOT MATURITY ( B. Gouble, M. Grotte, P. Reling , S. Bureau , J.M. Audergon) PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION ON ANTIOXIDANT FRUIT PROPERTIES OF SEVERAL APRICOT CULTIVARS UNDER ORGANIC AND INTEGRATED SYSTEMS IN METAPONTO AREA ( A. Leccese, S. Bartolini, C. Mennone, R. Viti) CAROTENOID COMPOSITION IN APRICOT FRUITS: A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION ON THREE ITALIAN CULTIVARS ( A. Leccese, S. Bartolini, S. Bureau, M. Reich , C.M.G.C. Renard, J.M. Audergon, R.Viti) INFLUENCE OF FRUITING SHOOT ON FLOWERING PATTERN AND FRUIT QUALITY OF VESUVIAN APRICOT CULTIVARS ( C. Cirillo, B. Basile, G. Hernandez, A. Pannico, M. Giaccone , M. Forlani) DETERMINATION OF APRICOT FRUIT QUALITY USING FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY ( S. Bureau, M. Reich , B. Gouble , C.M.G.C. Renard , D. Bertrand, D. Ruiz , J.M. Audergon, A. Lecomte) ANTIOXIDANT CHARACTERIZATION OF APRICOT FRUITS: GENOTYPE AFFECTED VARIABILITY AND CORRELATIONS AMONG DIFFERENT ANTIOXIDANT ASSAYS ( A. Hegedus, E. Tordai , A. Pedryc, R. Engel , E. Stefanovits-Bányai) A COMPARATIVE TRANSCRIPTOMIC APPROACH TO ELUCIDATE COMMON AND DIVERGENT MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN APRICOT AND PEACH FRUIT DEVELOPMENT AND RIPENING ( G.A. Manganaris, F. Ziliotto, A. Rasori, C. Bonghi, A. Ramina, P. Tonutti) DETECTION OF SUGAR COMPOSITION OF SOME APRICOT CULTIVARS BY HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY ( S. Paydaş, K.U. Yılmaz) IDENTIFICATION OF QTLS FOR FRUIT QUALITY TRAITS IN APRICOT ( D. Ruiz, P. Lambert , J.M. Audergon, L. Dondini, S. Tartarini, M. Adami, F. Gennari, C. Cervellati, P. De Franceschi , S. Sansavini, S. Bureau, B. Gouble, M. Reich, C.M.G.C. Renard, D. Bassi, R. Testolin) FRUIT QUALITY TRAITS OF TWO APRICOT CULTIVARS ( V. Farina, G. Volpe, A. Mazzaglia , C.M. Lanza) INTERMITTENT WARMING HEAT SHOCK ON 'PISANA' APRICOTS DURING POSTHARVEST: SENSORIAL QUALITY AND PROTEOMIC APPROACH ( E. Seibert, R. Nilo, A. Orellana, P. Rubio , R. Infante) PRECONDITIONING 'GOLDRICH' AND 'ROBADA' APRICOTS (PRUNUS ARMENIACA L.) HARVESTED AT TWO MATURITY STAGES ( P. Rubio , R. Infante) EFFECT OF CALCIUM PROHEXADIONE AND NAPHTALENE ACETIC ACID SPRAYS ON POSTHARVEST QUALITY OF 'CASTLEBRIGHT' APRICOTS (PRUNUS ARMENIACA L.) ( R. Infante , D. Muñoz) EVOLUTION OF APRICOT FRUIT QUALITY ATTRIBUTES IN THE RELEASED CULTIVARS OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS ( D. Tricon, D. Ruiz, H. Bourguiba, A. Blanc , J.M. Audergon, G. Clauzel) POMOLOGICAL AND QUALITATIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF APRICOT FRUITS ( G. Russo, L. D'Andrea )