New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science 1995

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Volume 23/Number 1/March 1995

• Proposed breeding strategy for yield improvement of hexaploid triticale (x triticosecale Wittmack) 1. Genetic variability and phenotypic stability
• Efficacy and persistence of insecticide residues on fruit of kiwifruit to prevent greedy scale (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) crawler settlement
• Resistance to cabbage aphid (Brevicoryne brassicae) in six brassica accessions in New Zealand
• Disease severity keys for powdery and downy mildews of pea, and powdery scab of potato
• Pathogenic variability in Mycosphaerella fijiensis Morelet, cause of black Sigatoka in banana and plantain
• Maturation and storage quality of six `Golden Delicious' x `Red Dougherty' apple selections
• Drought influences on grain yield of barley, wheat, and maize
• Regional variations in the response of kiwifruit vines to time of cane tipping
• Chemical thinning of Asian and European pear with ethephon and NAA
• Gala apple fruit size distribution
• Storage rots, compositional analysis, and sensory quality of three cultivars of buttercup squash
• Natural field infection of garlic by garlic yellow streak virus in the Pukekohe area of New Zealand and associated problems with the introduction of new garlic cultivars
• `Allure': a new white field pea (Pisum sativum L.) for Southland, New Zealand
• `Gladiator': a new potato cultivar with high resistance to potato cyst nematode and powdery scab suitable for french fries and fresh market
• Book reviews: International crop science I; Advances in potato pest biology and management.

Volume 23/Number 2/June 1995

• Virulence of Puccinia hordei on barley in New Zealand from 1990 to 1993
• Use of demethylation inhibiting fungicides (DMIs) for the control of onion white rot (Sclerotium cepivorum Berk.) in New Zealand
• Large-scale trials of mating disruption of lightbrown apple moth in Nelson, New Zealand
• Deterrent effect of eye-spot balls on birds
• Effect of soil and climate conditions on soluble solids evolution during maturation of kiwifruit
• Some photosynthetic characteristics in the leaves of kiwifruit
• Afternoon decline in kiwifruit pollen collection
• Climate and kiwifruit cv. `Hayward' 2. Regions in New Zealand suited for production
• Incidence and severity of the floral bud disorder "budjump", on nashi (Pyrus serotina) grown in the Waikato region of New Zealand
• Wood age and floral bud distribution on four nashi (Pyrus serotina) cultivars grown on pergola, Y-frame, and centre-leader training systems in the Waikato region of New Zealand
• Effect of transparent mulch on insect populations, virus diseases, soil temperature, and yield of cantaloup in a tropical region
• Hybrid asparagus cultivars: regional suitability and productivity for processing and fresh export in Waikato, New Zealand
• Manipulation of carbohydrate concentrations in kiwifruit
• Reduced greasiness of `Granny Smith' apples washed in Tween 20 solution
• `Kiwitea': a new processing potato cultivar
• Boletus edulis sensu lato: a new record for New Zealand
• Book reviews: The hypersensitive reaction in plants to pathogens: a resistance phenomenon Mycotoxins in grain: compounds other than aflatoxin; Intellectual property rights: protection of plant materials

Volume 23/Number 3/September 1995

• Towards the transformation of onions (Allium cepa)
• Monitoring the flight activity of the carrot rust fly, Psila rosae, in New Zealand
• Pest and disease management in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand apple orchards: results of an "advice-givers" survey
• Four Australian apple cultivars with polygenic resistance to black spot, Venturia inaequalis
• Further investigations of raspberry bushy dwarf virus in New Zealand
• Sprout suppression in sweetpotato roots following immersion in sodium hypochlorite solutions
• Climate variability and wheat baking quality
• Identification of onion cultivars for commercial production in Canterbury, New Zealand
• Evaluation of variability in single plants of Boronia megastigma using plant and chemical criteria
• Pruning strategies for restructuring top-dominant central leader `Granny Smith' apple trees
• Some effects of soil-applied paclobutrazol on performance of `Sundrop' apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) trees and on residue in the soil
• Time of flowering and pollination in some New Zealand chestnut selections, and introduced cultivars
• Occurrence of secondary floral shoots in summer on Actinidia eriantha Benth.
• Estimation of apple fruit surface area
• Cultivar release: `Red Rascal'--a new red-skinned, fresh market potato
• Erratum
• Book review

Volume 23/Number 4/December 1995

• Foreword: Rootstocks for Fruit Crops
• Temperate fruit tree rootstock propagation
• Rootstock and interstock effects on deciduous fruit tree vigour, precocity, and yield productivity
• Rootstock as a fruit quality factor in citrus and deciduous tree crops
• Review: Breeding rootstocks for tree fruit crops
• Recommendations for the study of grape rootstocks in New Zealand
• Transformation studies of Actinidia chinensis Planch.
• Breeding cut flower cultivars of Leptospermum using interspecific hybridisation
• Agronomy and phenology of "companion plants" of potential for enhancement of insect biological control
• Development of resistance to fenvalerate in Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in New Zealand
• Seasonal frost tolerance of Hebe species and cultivars
• Ethylene-insensitive floral senescence in Sandersonia aurantiaca (Hook.)
• Effects of storage temperature and duration on the dormancy of Sandersonia aurantiaca tubers
• Cultivar release: `Rex', a new white field pea (Pisum sativum L.) for Canterbury, New Zealand
• Nutrition of container-grown Radermachera sinica Hemsl.
• Growth and yield of two chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) varieties in Canterbury, New Zealand
• Book review

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