STUDIES ON DETERIORATION AND GERMINATION OF BITTER GOURD SEED (Momordica charantia L.) UPON STORAGE

H.Hemal Fonseka*1  and R.M. Fonseka2
1SAARC Agricultural Centre, BARC Complex, Farmgate, Dhaka 1215, Bangladesh.
2 Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. 

Trichoderma asperellum STRAIN T34 REDUCES RHIZOCTONIA DAMPING-OFF DISEASE AND PROMOTES PLANT GROWTH IN PEAT

Eva Casanova (1), Guillem Segarra (1), Celia Borrero (1), Rosa Noguera (1), Manuel Avilés (2), Isabel Trillas (3)
(1) Biocontrol Technologies, S.L. Parc Científic de Barcelona. C/ Baldiri Reixac, 15-21, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
(2) Departamento de Ciencias Agroforestales, E.U.I.T.A., Universidad de Sevilla. C/ Utrera, km 1 s/n, 41013 Sevilla, Spain.
(3) Departament de Biologia Vegetal, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona. Avgda. Diagonal, 645, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.

OVERCOMING TRANSPLANTATION STRESS THROUGH INICIUM^(R), INITIATOR OF ROOT ACTIVITY.

Anna Botta*, Cándido Marín, Núria Sierras, Manel Carrión, Rafael Piñol.
R&D Department, Plant Physiology Division, Bioiberica, S.A., Barcelona, Spain. 

EVALUATION OF ALFALFA-ANIMAL BASED ORGANIC AMENDMENT IN PEAT-COMPOST GROWING MEDIA FOR ORGANIC TRANSPLANT PRODUCTION

Ajay Nair*, Mathieu Ngouajio and John Biernbaum
Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824.

ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS AS SUBSTRATES FOR SEEDLINGS PRODUCTION

Miglierina A.M.1, Ayastuy M.E.1, Rodríguez R.A. 1* y Fernández J.A. 2
1 Dpto. de Agronomía, Universidad Nacional del Sur. San Andrés 850. 8000 Bahía Blanca. Argentina.
2 Dpto. de Producción Vegetal, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena. Paseo Alfonso XIII, 52. 30203 Cartagena. España.

EFFECT OF ACCELERATED AGEING ON GERMINATION IN CAPER (Capparis spinosa L.) SEEDS

N. Pascual-Seva, A. San Bautista, S. López-Galarza, J.V. Maroto and B.Pascual*
Departamento de Producción Vegetal, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain

THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT ROOTSTOCKS ON TRIPLOID WATERMELON CV ‘REINA DE CORAZONES’ YIELD AND QUALITY

María Victoria Huitrón, Noelia Rodríguez, Manuel Díaz and Francisco Camacho.
Grupo de Investigación AGR-200, Departamento de Producción Vegetal, Universidad de Almería, E-04120 Almería, Spain.

INFLUENCE OF ROOTSTOCK, CULTIVAR AND ENVIRONMENT ON TOMATO YIELD UNDER GREENHOUSE

Marcia Ricárdez, *Noelia Rodríguez, Manuel Díaz and Francisco Camacho.
Grupo de Investigación AGR-200, Departamento de Producción Vegetal, Universidad de Almería, E-04120 Almería, Spain.

SALT TOLERANCE OF PHYSALIS DURING GERMINATION AND SEEDLING

Ertan Yildirim* and Huseyin Karlidag
Atatürk University, Ispir Hamza Polat Vocational Training School, 25900, Ispir, Erzurum, Turkey.