Horticultural Reviews, Volume 21

✍ Scribed by Jules Janick

• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 295
• Series: Horticultural Reviews 21
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Horticultural Reviews is an open-ended series of review articles on research in the production of commercial horticultural crops: vegetables, fruits, nuts, and ornamental plants of commercial importance. The articles collect, compare, and contrast the primary journal literature to provide an overview of the topic.

✦ Table of Contents

HORTICULTURAL REVIEWS, Volume 21......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Contributors......Page 11
Dedication......Page 13
1: Integrated Management of Greenhouse Vegetable Crops......Page 17
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 18
II. GREENHOUSE CLIMATE......Page 20
III. RESPONSES OF CUCUMBER, PEPPER, AND TOMATO......Page 23
IV. INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF THE CROP......Page 34
V. FUTURE PROSPECTS......Page 44
LITERATURE CITED......Page 46
2: Okra: Botany and Horticulture......Page 57
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 58
II. BOTANY......Page 59
III. HORTICULTURE......Page 71
IV. RESEARCH NEEDS......Page 78
LITERATURE CITED......Page 79
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 89
II. BOTANY......Page 90
III. CROP PHYSIOLOGY......Page 100
IV. GENETIC IMPROVEMENT......Page 103
V. SYRUP PRODUCTION......Page 107
VI. FUTURE PROSPECTS......Page 115
LITERATURE CITED......Page 116
4: Deficit Irrigation in Deciduous Orchards......Page 121
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 122
II. THE CONCEPT OF DEFICIT IRRIGATION......Page 123
III. PHYSIOLOGY OF DEFICIT IRRIGATION......Page 129
IV. ESTABLISHMENT OF IRRIGATION SCHEDULES FOR DEFICIT IRRIGATION......Page 138
V. FUTURE PROSPECTS......Page 142
LITERATURE CITED......Page 143
5: Germplasm Resources of Pineapple......Page 149
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 150
II. GENETIC BASE AND GENETIC DIVERSITY......Page 158
III. PROBLEMS OF GENETIC SIGNIFICANCE......Page 170
IV. GERMPLASM MAINTENANCE AND UTILIZATION......Page 180
V. FUTURE PROSPECTS......Page 184
LITERATURE CITED......Page 185
6: Salinity Tolerance in Olive......Page 193
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 194
II. UNITS EXPRESSING SALINITY......Page 195
III. EFFECTS OF SALINITY ON OLIVE PERFORMANCE......Page 196
IV. PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS......Page 201
V. CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS......Page 214
VI. FACTORS AFFECTING SALINITY TOLERANCE......Page 220
VII. INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER ABIOTIC STRESSES......Page 221
VIII. CONCLUSIONS......Page 222
LITERATURE CITED......Page 223
7: Cranberry: Botany and Horticulture......Page 231
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 232
II. BOTANY......Page 239
III. HORTICULTURE......Page 245
IV. ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES......Page 255
V. FUTURE PROSPECTS......Page 258
LITERATURE CITED......Page 259
Subject Index......Page 267
Cumulative Subject Index......Page 269
Cumulative Contributor Index......Page 291