EFFECT OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE ON GERMINATION, ANTIOXIDATIVE METABOLISM, PROTEIN EXPRESSION AND ABA CONTENTS IN PEA SEEDLINGS

Barba Gregorio, Diaz-Vivancos Pedro, Clemente María José, Albacete Alfonso, Faize Lydia, Faize Mohamed, Hernández José Antonio*
Group of Fruit Tree Biotechnology (Dept Plant Breeding) and Department of Plant Nutrition, CEBAS-CSIC, Campus Espinardo, 30100 Murcia (Spain).

DOUBLE GRAFTING AS A METHOD TO SOLVE AFFINITY PROBLEMS IN ‘PIEL DE SAPO’ MELON CULTIVARS.

Alfredo Miguel1, José-Ignacio Marsal1, Alberto San Bautista2, Salvador López-Galarza2, José Vicente Maroto2 and Bernardo Pascual2
1Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Moncada, Valencia, Spain
2Departamento de Producción Vegetal, ETSIA, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain

A MS EXCEL IMPLEMENTATION OF SEED VIABILITY AND MOISTURE SORPTION EQUATIONS

I. O. Daniel1*, M. Kruse2, and A. Börner3
1Department of Plant Breeding & Seed Technology, University of Agriculture, PMB 2240, Abeokuta, Nigeria.
2Institute of Plant Breeding, Seed Science & Population Genetics, University of Hohenheim, Fruwirthstr. 21, 70593 Stuttgart, Germany.
3Genebank Department, Leibniz-Institute for Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Corrensstr. 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany.

PHYSIOLOGICAL SEED QUALITY AND STAND ESTABLISHMENT OF HOT-PEPPER (CAPSICUM BACCATUM L. VAR. PENDULUM) UNDER TROPICAL CONDITIONS

Warley Marcos Nascimento*, Patricia P. Silva, Elaine V. Justino, Raquel A. Freitas
Embrapa Vegetables, C. Postal 218, 70.359-970, Brasília, DF, Brazil

EFFECTS OF GIBBERELLIC ACID AND CARBON DISULPHIDE ON SPROUT CHARACTERISTICS OF POTATO MINITUBERS

Khaled Salimi*, Mohammad Bagher Hosseini, Reza Tavakkol Afshari, Javad Gohari
Department of Agronomy & Plant Breeding, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.

EFFECTS OF SEED HARVESTING PERIOD, AFTER-RIPENING AND PRIMING TREATMENT ON THE GERMINATION IN MELON (Cucumis melo L.) SEEDS

Jum Soon Kang, Beung Gu Son, Young Whan Choi, Yong Jae Lee, Byoung Ryong Jeong1, and Young Hoon Park*
Department of Horticultural Bio-Science, Pusan National University, Miryang, 627-706,  Korea
1Department of Horticulture, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Korea

STANDARDIZED PROTOCOL FOR SEED REGENERATION AND SEED STORAGE OF EGGPLANT AT AVRDC – THE WORLD VEGETABLE CENTER

Andreas Wilhelm Ebert* & Tien-hor Wu
AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center, P.O. Box 42, Shanhua, Tainan, 74199 Taiwan.

EPICOTYL DORMANCY IN WILD PERSIAN BUTTERCUP (Ranunculus asiaticus L.)

Akbar Karami and Morteza Khosh-Khui
Department of Horticultural Science, College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

ESTABLISHMENT OF MASS PRODUCTION IN Tetragonia tetragonides

Beung Gu Son, Young Hoon Park, Young Whan Choi, Yong Jae Lee, Byoung Ryong Jeong1, and Jum Soon Kang*
Department of Horticultural Bio-Science, Pusan National University, Miryang, 627-706,  Korea
1Department of Horticulture, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Korea. 

TREATMENTS FOR IMPROVING SEED GERMINATION IN EGGPLANT AND RELATED SPECIES

Carmina Gisbert, Jaime Prohens*, and Fernando Nuez
Instituto de Conservación y Mejora de la Agrodiversidad Valenciana, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera 14, 46022 Valencia, Spain