ECOLOGICAL IMPACT OF SOIL POLLUTANTS ON HORTICULTURAL CROPS

Gabriela Teodorescu
Department of Environmental Engineering, Valahia University of Targoviste

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE AS INDUCTOR OF SEEDS GERMINATION: EFFECT ON ANTIOXIDATIVE METABOLISM AND PLANT HORMONE CONTENTS IN PEA SEEDLINGS

G. Barba-Espín*, P. Díaz-Vivancos, M.J. Clemente-Moreno, M. Faize, A. Albacete¹, F. Pérez-Alfocea¹, J.A. Hernández
Grupo de Biotecnología de Frutales (Dept. Mejora Vegetal), ¹Departamento de Nutrición Vegetal, CEBAS-CSIC, Campus Espinardo, 30100 Murcia (Spain).

THE HSFA9 PROGRAM: INTERACTION BETWEEN TWO HEAT-SHOCK FACTORS FOR TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION OF SEED sHSP GENES

Javier Tejedor, Raúl Carranco, José M. Espinosa, Pilar Prieto-Dapena, Juan Jordano and Concepción Almoguera^*
Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Apartado 1052, 41080 Seville. Spain.

CONTROLLED DETERIORATION AS A VIGOR TEST TO EVALUATE SCARLET EGGPLANT SEEDS

Roberval Daiton Vieira^1(*), Magnólia de Mendonça Lopes²
São Paulo State University - UNESP, Depto. Produção Vegetal, Via de Acesso Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane s/n, 14884-900  Jaboticabal - SP - Brazil; ¹Full Professor, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ;  ²Post-doutoral Student, FAPESP (Proc. 2007/57354-3).

Challenges of introduction of grafted muskmelon seedlings in southwestern United states

Chieri Kubota*
Department of Plant Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.

IMPACT OF DIFFERENT SOILLESS CULTURE SYSTEMS ON PRODUCTION AND QUALITY OF CANTALOUPE GROWN UNDER PROTECTED CULTIVATION

S.M. Singer*¹, Noha .G.¹, Abed El- Rahman¹ U.A. El-Behairy² A. F. Abou-Hadid^2
1National Research Centre, Vegetable Crops Department. Central Laboratory for Agriculture Climate, Imbaba, Giza, 12411 P.O.Box. Egypt. ² Department of Horticulture, Ain–Shams University, Hadayek Shobra 11241, P.O. Box 68, Cairo, Egypt

MANNITOL PRIMING INDUCED BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES IN MARIGOLD (Tagetus spp.), ENHANCES GERMINATION CAPACITY AND SEEDLING VIGOR

I. Afzal^1*, S. Ashraf², M. Qasim², S.M.A. Basra¹ and M. Shahid^3
1Department of Crop Physiology, ²Institute of Horticultural Sciences, ³Department of Biochemistry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad-38040, Pakistan.

ETHANOL PRIMING: AN EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO ENHANCE GERMINATION CAPACITY BY IMPROVING ANTIOXIDANT SYSTEM IN AGED TOMATO SEEDS

*I. Afzal¹, F. Munir,² C.M. Ayub², S.M.A. Basra¹ and A. Hameed^3
1Department of Crop Physiology, ²Institute of Horticultural Sciences, ³Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan.

THE EFFECT OF MEDIA ON SEED GERMINATION AND PROLIFERATION OF Dendrobium chrysotoxum LINDL

Sumontp Bunnag* and Varisa Pilahome
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science. Khon Kaen University, 40002, Thailand.

Application of 1-MCP for Long Distance Transportation of high quality Tomato Seedlings

Chieri Kubota* and Mark Kroggel
Controlled Environment Agriculture Center, Department of Plant Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.

Overall summary about utilization of grafting on vegetable plants produced in Hungary

Hajnalka D. Ledó^*- László Dudás- Miklós Fári
Centre for Agricultural Sciences Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Horticultural Scienes and Plant Biotechnology, University of Debrecen, Böszörményi u. 138., H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary.

ELECTRO-KINETIC TREATMENT ON GERMINATION AND EARLY SEEDLING GROWTH OF TOMATO

Sheheli Islam*, Katsumi Ishikawa
Lab of Biological and Environmental Systems, Kochi University, Nankokushi, Monobe B 200, Kochi 783-8502, Japan.

THE GRAFT OF WATERMELON AND MELON IN COLIMA-MEXICO, AS AN ATERNATIVE TO THE DISINFECTION OF THE SOILS WITH METHYL BROMIDE

Francisco Camacho*¹, Marcia Ricárdez², Victoria Huitrón^3
1 ONUDI/Departamento de Producción Vegetal. Universidad de Almería.
² ONUDI/SEMARNAT México.
³ ONUDI/SEMARNAT/ Instituto Tecnológico de Torreón – Coah. México.