EFFECT OF SUBSTRATE SUPRESSION CAPACITY AND COMPOST TEA OF VARIED ORIGINS (USW, SS, GRAPE BAGASSE AND PR) ON TOMATO, PEPPER, WATERMELON AND MELON GERMINATION

Carmen Cantón, Manuel Díaz, Lídia Martín, Fernando Diánez and Francisco Camacho
Grupo de Investigación AGR-200, Departamento de Producción Vegetal, Universidad de Almería, E-04120 Almería, Spain.

USE OF COMPOST FROM SS, USW AND PR AS SUBSTRATE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF TOMATO AND MELON SEEDLINGS IN SEEDBED

Manuel Díaz*, Fernando González, Óscar Moreno, Fernando Diánez and Francisco Camacho.
Grupo de Investigación AGR-200, Departamento de Producción Vegetal, Universidad de Almería, E-04120 Almería, Spain.

PLANT GRAFTING AS A MEAN FOR ENHANCING ABIOTIC STRESS TOLERANCE IN VEGETABLES: INVOLVEMENT OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS.

Beny Aloni*, Leah Karni, Hakan Aktas, Ziv Levin, Gila Deventurero, Menachem Edelstein, Ron Cohen, Nurit Katzir and Amnon Koren.
ARO, Institute of Plant Science, the Volcani Center, Bet-Dagan, 50250, Israel.

COMPARISON OF MORPHOLOGICAL, AFLP AND SSR MARKERS FOR THE PROTECTION OF EGGPLANT GERMPLASM

Jaime Prohens*, Julio E. Muñoz-Falcón, Santiago Vilanova, and Fernando Nuez
Instituto de Conservación y Mejora de la Agrodiversidad Valenciana, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera 14, 46022 Valencia, Spain

SEED REGENERATION OF MELON GERMPLASM RESOURCES

Esteva Pascual, Juan*; Martínez Sánchez, Juan José; Vicente Colomer, María José; Migliaro, Daniele.
Departamento de Producción Vegetal. Universidad  Politécnica Cartagena. Paseo Alfonso XIII, 52 – 30203 Cartagena, Spain. 

LIGHT INTENSITY AFFECTS ROOTING AND SUBSEQUENT EARLY GROWTH OF STENT-PROPAGATED ROSES

Yoo Gyeong Park1, Min Ji Bae1, Chung Ho Ko1, and Byoung Ryong Jeong1,2*
1Dept. of Horticulture, Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 program), Graduate School of Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Korea
2Institute of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Korea

IMPROVEMENT SEED GERMINATION AND STAND ESTABLISHMENT OF GLOBE ARTICHOKE UNDER SALT STRESS CONDITIONS

S.A. Saleh, A.A. Glala and A.M. Abdalla
Horticultural Crops Technology Dept., National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt

A GENETIC LOCUS AND GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRIMING EFFECT ON THE UPPER TEMPERATURE LIMIT FOR LETTUCE SEED GERMINATION

Andrés R. Schwember and Kent J. Bradford*
Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-8780, USA

AUTOMATED PLANT STRESS MANAGEMENT ANS IMAGE-BASED HIGH THROUGHPUT PHENOTYPING OF COMPLETE PLANTS AND FRUITS

Eberius*, Matthias; Vandenhirtz, Joerg; Vandenhirtz, Dirk; Schunk, Ralph; Radermacher, Markus ; Lasinger, Hauke; Bongers, Ulf
LemnaTec GmbH, Schumanstr. 18, 52146 Wuerselen, Germany.