New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science 2000

Volume 28/Number 1/March 2000

Information for authors

List of referees

Breeding and genetics

• Improving main agronomic characters of dihaploids with 2n gametes by means of sexual hybridisation and anther culture of potato (Solanum tuberosum) D. WANG Y. RAN

  Insect pests

• Movement of Phytoseiulus persimilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae) on the leaves of greenhouse carnations and other cut flowers P. J. WORKMAN, N. A. MARTIN

  Pathology

• Potyviruses in New Zealand buttercup squash (Cucurbita maxima Duch.): yield and quality effects of ZYMV and WMV 2 virus infections J. D. FLETCHER, A. R. WALLACE, B. T. ROGERS

  Postharvest

• Effects of cooling treatments and physical damage on tip rot and postharvest quality of asparagus spears N. LALLU, C. W. YEARSLEY, H. J. ELGAR

  Production

• Effect of plant population on calendula (Calendula officinalis L.) flower production R. J. MARTIN, B. DEO
• Preliminary assessment of the performance of soil-grown wasabi (Wasabia japonica (Miq.) Matsum.) in New Zealand conditions R. J. MARTIN, B. DEO

  Weed science

• Weed management practices in apple orchards and vineyards in the South Island of New Zealand FARHAD DASTGHEIB CHRIS FRAMPTON

  Short communications

• Effect of different treatments on the conversion of `Hayward' kiwifruit synthetic seeds to whole plants following encapsulation of in vitro-derived buds M. ADRIANI, E. PICCIONI, A. STANDARDI ,

• A new wood decay of kiwifruit in Italy S. DI MARCO, F. CALZARANO, W. GAMS, A. CESARI

  Plant disease record

• Plant disease record A canker of Limonium sp. caused by Phomopsis limonii sp. nov. I. C. HARVEY E. R. MORGAN , G. K. BURGE

  Book review

• Book review

  Volume 28/Number 2/June 2000

  Biochemistry

• Inhibition of hexokinase and expression of asparagine synthetase and [[beta]]-galactosidase genes during sugar feeding and starvation of asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) callus cultures DONALD E. IRVING , GLEN J. SHINGLETON, PAUL L. HURST , JOHN F. SEELYE, BEN K. SINCLAIR

  Breeding and genetics

• Value of morphological characters for cultivar identification in strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) J. A. NIELSEN, P. H. LOVELL
• Biological control of Phytophthora megasperma var. sojae, causal agent of Phytophthora rot of asparagus, by Pseudomonas aureofaciens PA147-2: a preliminary field trial SCOTT A. C. GODFREY , MARK W. SILBY , PETER G. FALLOON , H. KHRIS MAHANTY
• Selection of mycoparasites of sclerotia of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum isolated from New Zealand soils E. E. JONES , A. STEWART
• Application strategies for control of onion white rot by fungal antagonists K. L. MCLEAN, A. STEWART
• Review of literature on camellia flower blight caused by Ciborinia camelliae C. H. TAYLOR P. G. LONG

  Production

• Effects of growing media and nutrition on tuber russeting, storage, and production in Sandersonia aurantiaca G. E. CLARK, G. K. BURGE

  Short communication

• Pairwise comparison of the storage potential of kiwifruit from organic and conventional production systems J. R. BENGE, N. H. BANKS, R. TILLMAN, H. NIHAL DE SILVA

  Book review

• Book review

  Volume 28/Number 3/September 2000

  Review

• Review: Factors affecting apple aroma/flavour volatile concentration: a review JONATHAN DIXON, ERROL W. HEWETT

  Breeding and genetics

• Flower pattern stability in genetically modified lisianthus (Eustoma grandiflorum) under commercial growing conditions J. MARIE BRADLEY , S. RAY RAINS, JAN L. MANSON, KEVIN M. DAVIES
• Production of wheat doubled haploids via wide crosses in New Zealand wheat A. W. CAMPBELL , W. B. GRIFFIN , D. J. BURRITT A. J. CONNER

  Production

• Effect of growing media on the production of ginseng (Panax ginseng) in Central Otago, New Zealand M. H. DOUGLAS, B. M. SMALLFIELD, G. A. PARMENTER, L. C. BURTON, A. J. HEANEY, P. D. JOHNSTONE

  Short communications

• Changes in fatty acid composition of cherry laurel (Laurocerasus officinalis `Globigemmis') fruit during maturation FAIK AHMET AYAZ, ASIM KADIOGLU
• Coriander (Coriandrum sativum) "companion plants" can attract hoverflies, and may reduce pest infestation in cabbages MICHAEL C. MORRIS, FRANK Y. LI
• Potential ascospore production and resulting blossom blight by Monilinia fructicola in unsprayed peach trees K. G. TATE, P. N. WOOD
• Irrigation, sawdust mulch, and Enhance^reg. biocide affects soft rot incidence, and flower and tuber production of calla P. J. WRIGHT, G. K. BURGE

  Book review

• Book review:

  Volume 28/Number 4/December 2000

  Insect pests

• Factors affecting feeding site preferences of lightbrown apple moth, Epiphyas postvittana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), on apple trees in New Zealand P. L. LO , D. M. SUCKLING , S. J. BRADLEY , J. T. S. WALKER , P. W. SHAW , G. M. BURNIP

  Pathology

• Determining whether natural spread of apple green crinkle disease occurs, its absence from New Zealand clonal apple rootstocks, and the sensitivity of some new cultivars G. A.WOOD

  Production

• Effect of shade on growth and photosynthesis of Panax ginseng GRAEME PARMENTER, ROGER LITTLEJOHN
• Effect of time of cane initiation on subsequent fruitfulness in kiwifruit ERIC F. WALTON, ANNETTE C. RICHARDSON, JOHN E. WALLER, BARBARA W. DOW

  Short communications

• Simplifying recording of asparagus agronomic trials W. T. BUSSELL, P. G. CONNOLLY, L. MCKEOWN, P. E. SCHOFIELD, P. G. FALLOON, W. STIEFEL
• Survival and recovery of asparagus shoot tips after cryopreservation using the "droplet" method G. MIX-WAGNER, A. J. CONNER, R. J. CROSS

  Plant disease record

• Uromyces transversalis, rust fungus found infecting Iridaceae in New Zealand E. H. C. MCKENZIE

  Obituary

• Obituary Ian Alfred Murray Cruickshank, 1924-2000

  Book reviews

• Book reviews

• Author index
• Subject index