Horticultural Reviews, Volume 15Jules Janick Horticultural Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on topics in horticultural science and technology covering both basic and applied research. Topics covered include the horticulture of fruits, vegetables, nut crops, and ornamentals. These review articles, written by world authorities, bridge the gap between the specialized researcher and the broader community of horticultural scientists and teachers. |
Contents
North American Botanic Gardens | 1 |
Potential Benefits and Risks of Herbicide | 9 |
Current Status | 45 |
Future Directions | 52 |
Approaches to Reduce Chilling Injury | 63 |
Intermittent Warming | 70 |
Bloom Delay in Deciduous Fruits | 97 |
Bioregulators That Delay Bloom | 107 |
Introduction | 280 |
Floral Initiation | 282 |
Flower Morphogenesis | 305 |
Flower Development | 309 |
Conclusions | 321 |
Literature Cited | 322 |
Reproduction and Nutrient Partitioning | 335 |
Historical Background | 337 |
Temperature Control to Delay Blossoming | 119 |
Anatomical Physiological and Hormonal | 145 |
In Vitro Abscission | 156 |
Chemicals that Promote Abscission | 167 |
Concluding Remarks | 176 |
Graft Incompatibility | 183 |
Definitions and Symptoms | 194 |
Mechanisms | 201 |
Changing Ideas | 233 |
The StarchStatolith Concept | 236 |
Electrical Fields Currents and Potentials | 245 |
Is Auxin the Only Hormone Involved? | 246 |
Is Auxin Transport Essential? | 254 |
Does Sensitivity to Auxin Change? | 257 |
Two Interesting Paradoxes | 267 |
Some Conclusions | 269 |
Literature Cited | 271 |
Environmental Chemical and Genetic Control of Flowering | 279 |
SourceSink Relationships | 340 |
Mineral Nutrients | 348 |
Plant Hormones | 349 |
A Senescence Factor from Fruits? | 352 |
Carbohydrate Partitioning During Reproductive Development in Pea | 355 |
Photoassimilate Partitioning and Senescence in Spinach Plants | 357 |
Senescence in the Abscence of Flowers | 358 |
Conclusion | 360 |
Literature Cited | 361 |
The Technology | 369 |
Environmental and Economic Concerns | 383 |
SummaryLong and ShortRange Prospects | 398 |
Limiting Factors High Yields | 409 |
Improving Yield | 418 |
Law of the Maximum | 434 |
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