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PLANT IMPROVEMENT AT THE SOUTH AFRICAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL¿S INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL CROPS – A REVIEW OF PROGRESS MADE SINCE 2000

Article number

938_63

Pages

483 – 489

Language

English

Abstract

Publication

XXVIII International Horticultural Congress on Science and Horticulture for People (IHC2010): International Symposium on Environmental, Edaphic, and Genetic Factors Affecting Plants, Seeds and Turfgrass

Authors

A.D. Sippel, Z. Bijzet, K.F. Hannweg, I.J. Froneman, J.H. Husselman, C.F. Human, N.K. Combrink, S. Willemse, M.G. Penter, J.G.J. Maritz

Keywords

breeding, mutation, evaluation, biotechnology

Full text

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2012.938.63

Online Articles (69)

1. MOLECULAR PROFILING OF MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATED WITH SEEDS: AN INTRODUCTION TO SEMINAR NUMBER 12

G.E. Welbaum

2. OBSERVATION OF ENDOPHYTIC BACILLUS SPP. AND OTHER TAXA OF BACTERIA INSIDE FRUITS AND SEEDS OF GRAPEVINE PLANTS

S. Compant | H. Gangl | A. Sessitsch

3. THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPINACH (SPINACIA OLERACEA) PHYLLO-EPIPHYTIC BACTERIAL COMMUNITY FROM SEED THROUGH MATURE LEAF STAGES IS INFLUENCED BY ENVIRONMENT

M. Ponder | P. Carder | G. Lopez-Velasco | G.E. Welbaum

4. SEED BACTERIAL ENDOPHYTES: COMMON GENERA, SEED-TO-SEED VARIABILITY AND THEIR POSSIBLE ROLE IN PLANTS

5. SEED QUALITY OF CULTIVARS CRIOLLA INTA AND SELECTED TYPE DANVERS (DAUCUS CAROTA L.) ACCORDING TO THE HARVEST TIME AND UMBEL ORDER

J.G. Valdez | J.C. Gaviola

6. ENHANCEMENT OF GERMINATION AND SEEDLING PERFORMANCE OF LETTUCE UNDER HIGH TEMPERATURE STRESS BY SILK FIBROIN TREATMENTS: EFFECTS AND BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES

J. Zhang | X. Li | X. Zhang | J. Jia | J. Gu

7. RESEARCH ADVANCEMENTS ON BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS OF STRIGOLACTONES

Feng Dan | Chen Guilin

8. PHYSICAL ENHANCEMENT IMPROVES SEED-LOT QUALITY IN EASTERN GAMAGRASS (TRIPSACUM DACTYLOIDES)

C.H. Finneseth | R.L. Geneve

9. RAPID AND EFFECTIVE GERMINATION METHODS FOR OVERCOMING PRIMARY SEED DORMANCY IN SEVERAL AZOREAN ENDEMIC SPECIES

M.J. Pereira | B. Teixeira | C. Andrade | M. Furtado

10. PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND MICROBIAL POPULATIONS AND DIVERSITY IN SOILS WHERE RHIZOME ROT DISEASE OF GINGER FREQUENTLY OCCURS

Gi-Don Kim | Eun-Mo Lee | Tae Young Ahn

11. INTRODUCTION TO SM14: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN TURFGRASS

P.A. Nektarios | J.A. Monteiro

12. IRRIGATING TURFGRASSES WITH MUNICIPAL RECLAIMED WATER

M.A. Harivandi

13. REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF FERTILIZERS AND PESTICIDES THROUGH SUSTAINABLE HIGH PERFORMANCE TURFGRASS SYSTEMS

J.L. Cisar

14. WATER DEMANDS AND WATER CONSERVATION STRATEGIES IN TURFGRASS MANAGEMENT

B. Leinauer | M. Serena | M. Schiavon | E. Sevostianova

15. TURFGRASS USE ON INTENSIVE AND EXTENSIVE GREEN ROOFS

P.A. Nektarios | N. Ntoulas | E. Nydrioti

16. TURF QUALITY AND GROWTH SUPPRESSION OF AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA ‘PENNA4’ WITH PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS AND VARIOUS FERTILIZER RATES

G. McMahon | A. Hunter

17. DROUGHT STRESS EFFECTS ON RELATIVE GROWTH RATE AND BIOMASS ALLOCATION OF THREE KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS (POA PRATENSIS L.) CULTIVARS

Y.J. Chen | L. Zhang | Y.B. He | Y. Gao | C. Wang

18. NUTRIENT RELEASE RATE OF COMPOST ON USGA SPECIFICATION GOLF GREEN

M. Buckley | A. Hunter | M. Gaffney

19. SALINITY AND TRINEXAPAC-ETHYL EFFECTS ON SEED RESERVE UTILIZATION AND SEEDLING GROWTH OF TWO LOLIUM PERENNE CULTIVARS

I. Roohollahi | M. Kafi

20. THE INFLUENCE OF BIOSTIMULANTS ON NUTRIENT LEACHING FROM A USGA GOLF GREEN DURING THE GROW-IN YEAR

T. Butler | K. Mwabadaba | A. Hunter

21. EVALUATING FINELEAF FESCUE CULTIVARS WHEN IRRIGATED WITH MUNICIPAL RECLAIMED WATER

M.A. Harivandi | W.L. Hagan | R. Yokote | K.N. Morris

22. WARM SEASON TURFGRASS QUALITY, SPRING GREEN UP, AND FALL COLOR RETENTION UNDER DRIP IRRIGATION IN AN ARID CLIMATE

M. Schiavon | B. Leinauer | E. Sevastionova | M. Serena | S. Macolino

23. COMPARISON OF TURF PERFORMANCE AND ROOT SYSTEMS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS AND ‘COMPANION’ ZOYSIAGRASS

S. Macolino | U. Ziliotto | B. Leinauer

24. INTRODUCTION TO THEMATIC SESSION T13 “MINERAL NUTRITION”

R. Fernández-Escobar

25. REDUCING NITRATE ACCUMULATION OF DIFFERENT VEGETABLES BY CONTROLLED-RELEASE FERTILIZER AND CHLORIDE APPLICATION

26. MODERATE CHLORIDE NUTRITION OF STRAWBERRY (FRAGARIA × ANANASSA DUCH.) AND THE ROLE OF CHLORIDE IN MANGANESE AVAILABILITY, UPTAKE AND TRANSLOCATION

S. Bellof | S. Schubert

27. CALCIUM CYANAMIDE – A SYNOPTIC REVIEW OF AN ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN FERTILISER WHICH ENHANCES SOIL HEALTH

G.R. Dixon

28. NITROGEN LEAF-STEM SOURCE AND HEAD SINK RELATIONS IN THREE CAULIFLOWER HYBRID CULTIVARS

Hong Li

29. ALGAE EXTRACT AND MICRONIZED LEATHER AS BIOSTIMULANTS FOR EARLY-STAGE MAIZE FERTILIZATION

A. Trinchera | E. Rea | C.M. Rivera | S. Rinaldi | P. Sequi

30. MANAGEMENT OF NITROGEN FERTILIZATION OF FRESH VEGETABLE CROPS AT FIELD SCALE IN THE WALLOON REGION OF BELGIUM

M. Abras | J.P. Goffart | S. Renard | J.P. Destain

31. EFFECT OF INCREASING RATIOS OF UREA-N IN THE NUTRIENT SOLUTION ON GROWTH OF PELARGONIUM (PELARGONIUM × HORTORUM)

S. Amberger-Ochsenbauer | M. Taylor | D. Lohr | E. Meinken

32. BENZOIC ACID EFFECT IN THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF TOMATO IN CALCAREOUS SOIL

A. Benavides-Mendoza | D. Burgos-Limón | H. Ramírez | V. Robledo-Torres | A. Sandoval-Rangel

33. DISTRIBUTION OF MICRONUTRIENT CATIONS IN SUBHUMID IRRIGATED ORCHARD SOIL PROFILE OF RAJASTHAN

P. Bhatnagar | M.C. Jain | M.K. Sharma

34. ORGANIC FERTILIZER USE AND THE POTENTIAL INFLUENCE ON CABBAGE (BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA L.) PLANT AND SOIL NUTRIENT COMPOSITION

G.M. Ceronio | G.M. Engelbrecht | A.N. Mbatha

35. CARBON ISOTOPIC DISCRIMINATION IN PEPPER SEEDLINGS AS AFFECTED BY NITROGEN LEVEL AND SOURCE

P. Flores | P. Hellín | J. Fenoll | P.J. Murray

36. ¹⁵N NATURAL ABUNDANCE OF BARLEY AND SPINACH FERTILIZED WITH LEGUME RESIDUES, COMPOST OR INORGANIC NITROGEN

37. EVALUATION OF CALCIUM DEFICIENCY SYMPTOMS IN SWEET PEPPER (CAPSICUM ANNUUM L.) FRUITS VIA VISUAL PLANT DIAGNOSIS AND MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION

F. Lantos | K. Mike | T. Monostori | L. Helyes

38. FIELD IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MANGANESE TOXICITY IN ¿WESTERN SCHLEY¿ PECAN TREES

H. Núñez-Moreno | J.L. Walworth | A.P. Pond

39. PHOSPHORUS, MANGANESE AND IRON RATIOS IN GRAPEVINE (VITIS VINIFERA L.) LEAVES ON ACID AND CALCAREOUS SOILS

S. Slunjski | L. Coga | M. Herak Ćustić | M. Petek | A. Spoljar

40. EFFECTS OF GYPSUM ON NUTRIENT UPTAKE, GROWTH AND YIELD OF THE WILD LOWBUSH BLUEBERRY

J.M. Smagula | K.B. McGovern

41. EFFECT OF POTASSIUM ON GROWTH AND NUTRIENTS CONTENTS IN ORNAMENTAL BROMELIAD CULTURED IN VITRO

A.R. Tavares | S. Kanashiro | T. Jocys | R.C.S. Ribeiro | A.N. Gonçalves

42. EFFECTS OF CUCUMBER ROOT EXUDATES ON SOIL BACTERIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE UNDER SALT STRESS

Wu Fengzhi | Zhang Lifu | Liu Shuqin

43. SOIL HEALTH INDICATORS, APPLE TREE GROWTH, AND CARBON SEQUESTRATION DIFFER AMONG ORCHARD GROUNDCOVER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

M.M. Leinfelder | I.A. Merwin | M.G. Brown

44. INFLUENCE OF A SINGLE SOIL SURFACTANT APPLICATION ON POTATO RIDGE MOISTURE DYNAMICS AND CROP YIELD IN A WATER REPELLENT SANDY SOIL

K. Oostindie | L.W. Dekker | J.G. Wesseling | C.J. Ritsema | D. Moore

45. ASSESSING THE USE OF COMPOSTED TWO-PHASE OLIVE MILL WASTES AS SOIL IMPROVERS

46. PRELIMINARY SCREENING OF INDIGENOUS BACTERIAL ISOLATES FROM SOIL AND FISH POND SEDIMENTS FOR THEIR BENEFICIAL EFFECT ON VEGETABLES GROWTH AND HEALTH

I. Tringovska | D. Kostova | S. Masheva | V. Yankova | G. Pasev

47. DETECTION OF UV INDUCED PLANT STRESS BY CO₂/H₂O GAS ANALYSIS AND ONLINE ETHYLENE MEASUREMENT

N. Domurath | D. Brohm | F.-G. Schröder

48. A RESPIROMETRIC TEST FOR ASSESSING THE BIODEGRADABILITY OF MULCH FILMS IN THE SOIL

D.H. Barragán | A.M. Pelacho | L. Martín-Closas

49. A METHOD FOR PLANT STRESS DETECTION BY ONLINE ETHYLENE MEASUREMENT IN THE ROOT ZONE OF HYDROPONIC CULTIVATED PLANTS

D. Brohm | N. Domurath | S. Faber | F.-G. Schröder

50. SOILLESS CLOSED CYCLE PRODUCTION OF GREEN BEAN (PHASEOLUS VULGARIS L.) USING SUBIRRIGATION: EFFECTS ON YIELD, FRUIT QUALITY, SUBSTRATE AND NUTRIENT SOLUTION PARAMETERS

L. El Youssfi | R. Choukr-Allah | P. Santamaria | F. Montesano

51. METHOD TO EXTERMINATE BLUE-GREEN ALGAE IN A LARGE POND AND TO IMPROVE PLANT GROWTH BY MICRO-NANO BUBBLES IN ACTIVATED WATER

T. Nakashima | Y. Kobayashi | Y. Hirata

52. ASSESSMENT OF TROPOSPHERIC OZONE IMPACT ON CROPS IN CRETE (GREECE) USING SNAP BEAN AS BIOINDICATOR

E. Goumenaki | Z. Karidis | K.A. Paschalidis

53. ALLELOPATHIC RESPONSES OF VARIOUS SEEDS TO CRUDE EXTRACTS OF CUCUMIS MYRIOCARPUS FRUITS WHEN USED AS A PRE-EMERGENT BIO-NEMATICIDE

T.P. Mafeo | P.W. Mashela | M.S. Mphosi

54. THE DYNAMIC CHANGES OF MAIN ENDOGENOUS HORMONE CONTENT IN LEAVES DURING FLOWER BUD DIFFERENTIATION OF BOLTING GARLIC CULTIVARS

J.Y. Guo | F.L. Jiang | J. Tian | Z. Wu

55. IMMOBILIZATION OF BACILLUS SP. IN HYDROPHILIC FOAM FOR USE IN TOMATO SEEDLINGS UNDER SALINE STRESS

56. DETERMINATION OF SUBSTRATE QUALITY FOR EXTENSIVE GREEN ROOF ACCORDING TO FLL GUIDELINE

L. Carrillo | M. Jauch | E. Meinken

57. COMPOST APPLICATION IN THE VINEYARD AND ITS INFLUENCE ON SOIL CHARACTERISTICS, VEGETATIVE AND PRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR OF GRAPEVINE

G. Ponchia | A. Bozzolo | F. Tateo | G. Concheri

58. EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF THE SOIL WATER ENVIRONMENT IN MANGO FIELDS ON THE FRUIT QUALITY

59. DIFFERENTIATION OF CAROB TREE (CERATONIA SILIQUA L.) CULTIVARS BY ELEMENTAL FINGERPRINTING OF LEAVES

60. THE EFFECTS OF IRRIGATION ON MICROBIAL ACTIVITY AND CHICKPEA (CICER ARIETINUM L.) PRODUCTION AT FIELD CONDITIONS IN THE PROVINCE OF TUCUMÁN, ARGENTINA

E.L. Ulla | J.A. Amigo | C.I. Brandán de Weht | S.I. Gastiazoro | J.E. Brito

61. SWEETPOTATO INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN MALAWI

F.P. Chipungu | A.J.D. Ambali | J.D. Kalenga Saka | N.M. Mahungu | J. Mkumbira

62. PERFORMANCE OF FIVE MUME (PRUNUS MUME) CULTIVARS IN SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

B.L. Topp | D.M. Russell | G.M. Bignell | J.E. Giles | J.M. Noller

63. PLANT IMPROVEMENT AT THE SOUTH AFRICAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL¿S INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL CROPS – A REVIEW OF PROGRESS MADE SINCE 2000

64. DEVELOPING SPONGE GOURD [LUFFA CYLINDRICAL (ROEM.) L.] POPULATIONS WITH A VERY HIGH PROPORTION OF PISTILLATE FLOWERS

P.K. Singh | B.R. Choudhary | R. Singh | D.R. Bhardwaj | M. Rai

65. EXPRESSION LEVELS OF GROWTH REDUCING GENES TRANSFERRED BY AGROBACTERIUM RHIZOGENES USED AS A GENETIC TOOL IN ORNAMENTAL PLANTS

H. Lütken | E.B. Jensen | R. Müller | B. Christensen

66. PHENOTYPICAL AND GENOTYPICAL CHARACTERISATION OF COMPACT KALANCHOË LINES PRODUCED BY A NON-GMO TRANSFORMATION STRATEGY

H. Lütken | E.B. Jensen | S.V. Wallström | R. Müller | B. Christensen

67. ANALYSIS OF GENETIC DIVERSITY AND RELATIONSHIP OF CHINESE LAGERSTROEMIA INDICA CULTIVARS BASED ON AFLP AND MORPHOLOGICAL MARKERS

Cai Ming | Tian Miao | Wang Min | Pan Hui-Tang | Zhang Qi-Xiang

68. CORRELATION BETWEEN ANTHOCYANINS AND TOLERANCE TO CROWN ROT DISEASE IN FIVE DIFFERENT HALF SIB POPULATIONS OF APPLE

H. Hajnajari | S. Soroori | S. Rezaei | H. Zamani Zadeh

69. IRANIAN CRAB APPLE ‘ZINATI’ WITH DUAL TOLERANCE AS MATERNAL SOURCE SELECTED FOR ROOTSTOCK BREEDING

H. Hajnajari | S. Soroori | S. Rezaei | H. Zamani Zadeh