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SCIENTIA HORTICULTURA ids ELSEVIER Scientia Horticulturae 72 (1998) 299-300 Contents of Scientia Horticulturae, Volume 72 VOL. 72 NO. 1 8 DECEMBER 1997 Incompatibility reactions and genotypic identity status of five commercial chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) hybrids C.I. Castafio, M.A.C. Demeulemeester and M.P. De Proft (Heverlee, Belgium) The response of young ‘Braeburn’ and ‘Oregon Spur Delicious’ apple trees growing under an ultra-high density planting system to soil-applied paclobutrazol: I. Effect on reproductive and vegetative growth T. Khurshid, D.L. McNeil, M.C.T. Trought and G.D. Hill (Canterbury, New Zealand) Petiole length, chlorophyll and carbohydrate levels, and photosynthetic rates of June-bearing strawberry plants as influenced by red-light irradiation during storage under cool conditions T. Nishizawa (Yamagata, Japan), Y. Shishido (Morioka, Japan), M. Kudo (Yamagata, Japan), H. Kumakura and H. Hamamoto (Morioka, Japan) Environmental factors involved in colouration of flowers of Kangaroo Paw Y. Ben-Tal (Canberra, ACT, Australia; Bet Dagan, Israel) and R.W. King (Canberra, ACT, Australia) Factors affecting shoot organogenesis in leaf disc culture of African violet K.H. Lo (Saskatoon, Canada) Short communications In vitro rooting improvement of globe artichoke (cv. Camus de Bretagne) by GA , J.M. Morzadec and A. Hourmant (Brest, France) Beneficial effect of arbuscular mycorrhizas on acclimatization of micropropagated cassava plantlets C. Azc6n-Aguilar (Granada, Spain), M. Cantos, A. Troncoso (Sevilla, Spain) and J.M. Barea (Granada, Spain) 63 Adventitious shoot induction from leaf explants of Ribes magellanicum cultured in vitro M.E. Arena and G.J. Martinez Pastur (Ushuaia, Argentina) 73 VOL. 72 NO. 2 16 FEBRUARY 1998 Effect of benzylaminopurine on fruit set and seed development in pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) G.F. Barclay and C.R. McDavid (St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago) Impact of western flower thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on growth, photosynthesis and productivity of greenhouse sweet pepper J.L. Shipp, X. Hao, A.P. Papadopoulos and M.R. Binns (Harrow, Ont., Canada) Growth, gas exchange, and mineral relations of black sapote ( Diospyros digyna Jacq.) as influenced by salinity M.V. Mickelbart and T.E. Marler (Miami, FL, USA) Effect on fruit yield of bending (‘kinking’) the peduncles of tomato inflorescences J.S. Horridge and K.E. Cockshull (Littlkehampton, UK) 300 Contents of Volume 72 Temperature, DIF and photoperiod effects on the rhythm and rate of stem elongation in Campanula isophylla Moretti S. Torre and R. Moe (Aas, Norway) Determining the duration of the juvenile phase of Coreopsis grandiflora (Hogg ex Sweet.), Gaillardia x grandiflora (Van Houtte), Heuchera sanguinea (Engelm.) and Rudbeckia fulgida (Ait.) M. Yuan, W.H. Carlson, R.D. Heins and A.C. Cameron (East Lansing, MI, USA) Somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration in immature zygotic embryo, ovule, and anther filament cultures of Chinese cabbage P.S. Choi, S.R. Min, S.R. Min, M.Y. Ahn, W.Y. Soh and J.R. Liu (Taejon, South Korea) 15] VOL. 72 NOS. 3-4 27 FEBRUARY 1998 Abrupt and irreversible reduction of chlorophyll fluorescence associated with leaf spot in Saintpaulia (African violet) J.G. Yun, T. Hayashi, S. Yazawa, T. Katoh and Y. Yasuda (Kyoto, Japan) Callus induction and adventitious shoot regeneration of gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides Ellis) leaf explants K.H. Al-Juboory (Baghdad, Iraq), R.M. Skirvin and D.J. Williams (Urbana, IL, USA) Flavonoid and carotenoid pigments in flower tissue of Sandersonia aurantiaca (Hook.) D.H. Lewis (Levin, New Zealand), S.J. Bloor (Lower Hutt, New Zealand) and K.E. Schwinn (Levin, New Zealand) In vitro propagation utilizing suspension cultures of meristematic nodular cell clumps and chromosome stability of Lilium X formolongi hort. T. Godo, K. Kobayashi, T. Tagami, K. Matsui and T. Kida (Kanagawa, Japan) Fruit canopy position and panicle bagging affects yield and quality of ‘Tai So’ lychee J.A. Tyas (Rockhampton, Qld., Australia), P.J. Hofman, S.J.R. Underhill (Hamilton, Qlid., Aus- tralia) and K.L. Bell (Rockhampton, Qld., Australia) Early detection of abnormal skin ripening characteristics of ‘Kensington’ mango (Mangifera indica Linn) K.K. Jacobi (Hamilton, Qld., St. Lucia, Qld., Australia), E.A. MacRae (Auckland, New Zealand) and S.E. Hetherington (St. Lucia, Qld., Australia) Insect controlled pollination in Japanese plum (Prunus salicina Lindl.) G.L. Calzoni and A. Speranza (Bologna, Italy) Quantitative variation and phenotypic correlations in banana and plantain R. Ortiz (Frederiksberg C, Denmark) and D. Vuylsteke (Kampala, Uganda) Accumulation of raffinose and stachyose in shoot apices of Lonicera caerulea L. during cold acclimation H.T. Imanishi, T. Suzuki, K. Masuda and T. Harada (Hokkaido, Japan) In vitro propagation of chestnut (Castanea sativa X C. crenata): Effects of rooting treatments on plant survival, peroxidase activity and anatomical changes during adventitious root formation J.C. Gongalves, G. Diogo (Castelo Branco, Portugal) and S. Amancio (Lisboa, Portugal) Distribution of nutrients and water in rockwool slabs G. De Rijck and E. Schrevens (Heverlee, Belgium) Female reproductive organs in self-compatible almond (Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A. Webb) Lauranne and fertilization patterns M. Cousin and M. El Maataoui (Avignon, France) Contents of Scientia Horticulturae, Volume 72