Horticultural Reviews, Volume 22

335 Pages·1998·11.74 MB·English

HORTICULTURAL REVIEWS
Volume 22
Horticultural Reviews: Volume 22 Edited by Jules Janick
© 1998 John Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 978-0-471-25444-7
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Contents
List ofContributors ix
Dedication: Frank G. Dennis, Jr. x
John F. Kelly
1. Banksia: New Proteaceous Cut Flower Crop 1
Margaret Sedgley
I. Introduction 2
II. Taxonomy 3
III. Breeding Systems 5
IV. Plant Improvement 10
V. Physiology 14
VI. Production 19
VII. Conclusions 21
LiteratureCited 22
2. Leucospermum: Botany and Horticulture 27
Richard A. Criley
I. Introduction 28
II. Botany 32
III. Horticulture 42
IV. Crop Potential and Research Needs 77
LiteratureCited 81
3. Postharvest Heat Treatments ofHorticultural Crops 91
Susan Lurie
1. Introduction 92
II. Heat Treatments 93
III. CommodityResponses 96
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vi CONTENTS
IV. Fungal Pathogen Response 103
V. Insect Response 106
VI. Conclusions 110
Literature Cited 111
4. Modified and Controlled Atmospheres for Tropical
Frulls 123
ElhadiM. Yahia
I. Introduction 124
II. Modified (MA) and Controlled (CA) Atmospheres 127
III. Potential Problems and Hazards ofMA and CA 135
IV. Fruit Review 135
V. Conclusions 164
Literature Cited 168
5. Nitrogen Use in Vegetable Crops in Temperate
Climates 185
M. K. Shenk
I. Introduction 186
II. Factors Influencing Fertilizer Needs 190
III. Determination ofFertilizerRequirement 196
IV. Nitrogen Management 205
V. Conclusion 211
Literature Cited 212
6. Origin and Dissemination ofApricot 225
Miklos Faust, Dezso Suranyi, andFerenc Nyujto
I. Introduction 225
II. Classification 226
III. Linguistic Evidence 241
IV. Origin 244
V. Dissemination 248
VI. Conclusions 259
Literature Cited 263
CONTENTS vii
7. Tea: Botany and Horticulture 267
L. Manivel
I. Introduction 268
II. Botany 271
III. Horticulture 277
IV. Future Prospects 289
Literature Cited 290
Subject Index 296
Cumulative Index 298
Cumulative Contributor Index 320
Contributors
RichardA.Criley,DepartmentofHorticulture,UniversityofHawaii,Honolulu,
Hawaii 96822
Miklos Faust, Fruit Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research, Agricultural
Research Service, Beltsville,MD 20705 .
JohnF. Kelly, MichiganStateUniversity
SusanLurie,DepartmentofPostharvestScience,ARO,TheVolcaniCenter, Bet
Dagan,Israel
L.Manivel,TocklaiTeaResearchAssociationandUPASITeaResearchInstitute,
India
FerencNyujto, FruitResearch Station, Cegled,Hungary
M. K. Schenk, InstituteofPlantNutrition, DepartmentofHorticulture,Univer
sityofHannover, HerrenhauserStraBe2, 30149,Hannover, Germany
Margaret Sedgley, Department ofHort~ulture,Viticulture & Oenology, Waite
Agricultural Research Institute, The University ofAdelaide, Glen Osmond,
SouthAustralia 5064, Australia
DezsoSuranyi, FruitResearch Station,Cegled, Hungary
ElhadiM.Yahia,DIPA,FacultaddeQufmica,UniversidadAutonomadeQuere
taro, Queretaro, Mexico 76010
FrankG. Dennis, Jr.
Dedication: Frank G. Dennis, Jr.
FrankGeorge Dennis, Jr. was born in Lyons, New York, astone'sthrow
from Geneva and Ithaca. He establishedhimselfearly in high school as
a versatile student, scholar, and athlete and upon graduation entered
CornellUniversity. Hisundergraduateeducationwas interruptedwhen
he returned to the family farm when his father became ill. He later re
enrolledatCornellandcompletedhisB.S. degreeinagriculturein 1955.
Followinggraduation, he worked as an orchard managerbefore return
ing to Cornell, where he earned his doctorate in pomology in 1961. He
establishedhimselfduringgraduate school as afuture leaderin growth
regulator physiology. As a National Science Foundation Post-doctoral
Fellow, he spent ayear in the laboratory ofJ.P. Nitsch in France. Upon
his return to the United States in 1962, he joined the pomology faculty
atGeneva, whereheconductedresearchand publishedimportantwork
onfruit development, flower-bud initiation, and therolesofgibberellin
and auxin in fruit and seed development.
In 1968,FrankjoinedtheDepartmentofHorticulturefaculty atMichi
ganStateUniversity,wherehecontinuedhiscareerasateacher,scholar,
researcher, cooperator, mentor, adviser, pomologist, poet, historian,
and friend. Frank officially retired in 1996, but he remains active in
his department, his profession, and in his service as the Editor for
HortScience.
Dr. Dennis's scholarly contributions are evidenced by his extensive
publications, nearlyall producedin collaborationwithhisstudentsand
scientists at institutions in several countries. Their work has included
researchongrowthregulatorassays, seedandbuddormancy, fruitqual
ityand yield, growthregulator metabolism, chemical thinning, pollina
tion, fruit set, frost avoidance, and many practical studies in direct
response to the needs offruit growers. His expertise in these areas has
been shared in Central and South America, Jamaica, Mexico, Ethiopia,
Malaysia, Cameroon, Morocco, Romania, Spain, France, Italy, United
Kingdom, and in several of the United States. He has hosted visiting
scholars from Italy, Australia, Hungary, and China.
Asateacherand mentor, atboth the undergraduate andgraduate lev
els, hehasbeenformallyrecognized withawards,butmoreimportantly
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