SCIENTIA ie as HORTICULTURA LSEVIER Scientia Horticulturae 73 (1998) 265-266 Contents of Scientia Horticulturae, Volume 73 VOL, 73 NO. 1 12 MARCH 1998 Changes in SH-containing compounds and catalase activity in apricot flower bud during the winter season ee eee, I a, ES kk he ee es ek Ee ee eee eS I Mutation breeding of banana cv. Highgate (Musa spp., AAA Group) for tolerance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense using chemical mutagens B. Bhagwat and E.J. Duncan (St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago). ..............00-. 11 Micropropagation, decontamination, transcontinental shipping and hydroponic growth of Cattleya while sealed in semipermeable membrane vessels J. Adelberg, R. Pollock, N. Rajapakse and R. Young (Clemson, SC, USA)... ........... 23 Relationships among some cultivated species and varieties of Alstroemeria L. based on RAPD analysis J.G. Dubouzet, N. Murata and K. Shinoda (Sapporo, Japan)... 2... 2. . eee eee ee ee 37 Evolution of endogenous gibberellins at different stages of flowering in relation to return bloom of cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica L. Miller) P. Inglese (Reggio Calabria, Italy), I. Chessa (Sassari, Italy), T. La Mantia (Palermo, Italy) and G. RI eer Pa ace aa A ie we as gos oe Pen aD ae eee 45 Floral characteristics of heat-tolerant and heat-sensitive tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) cultivars at high temperature D.P. Lohar (Pokhara, Nepal) and W.E. Peat (Kent, UK)... 0... cc ee eee 53 Noe Aah 0 grr ere. ie et gee ae ko phe Wink Wile ena lalcg cank Ute Cambs gh Gemeente 61 NS IIE E ea ORO a at EET ae Bag GP ae as eee er eae ea ne er Ere eae ae 69 VOL. 73 NOS. 1-2 26 MARCH 1998 An empirical model for describing growth and nitrogen uptake of white cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) M. Pink ond C. Peller (GroBooven; Germany) ggg cc ew ee ee tenesv as 75 Effects of temperature on growth, dry matter production and CO, assimilation in cherimoya ( Annona cherimola Mill.) and sugar apple (Annona squamosa L.) seedlings H. Higuchi (Kyoto, Japan), N. Utsunomiya (Nara, Japan) and T. Sakuratani (Kyoto, Japan).... . 89 Ethylene association with chloride stress in citrus plants Y. Bar, A. Apelbaum, U. Kafkafi and R. Goren (Rehovot, Israel)... 2... .....2.02002 e - 99 Changes in water status in peach buds on induction, development and release from dormancy A. Erez (Bet-Dagan, Israel), M. Faust and M.J. Line (Beltsville, MD, USA) ............. 111 Pot soil air composition in conditions of high soil moisture and its influence on chrysanthemum growth Z. Strojny (Skierniewice, Poland), P.V. Nelson (Raleigh, NC, USA) and D.H. Willits (Raleigh, NC, De banka ge Rene ere er eas eek rah kik ge ig Cee gt de pha) on yee gl rg 125 266 Contents of Volume 73 Effects of calcium source and temperature regime on calcium deficiency during hydroponic forcing of tulip P.V. Nelson and C.E. Niedziela Jr. (Raleigh, NC, USA) Responses of two hemiepiphytic fruit crop cacti to different degrees of shade E. Raveh, A. Nerd and Y. Mizrahi (Beer-Sheva, Israel) Immunological cross-reaction between bud and bark proteins of dormant deciduous trees A. Golan-Goldhirsh and A. Shachak (Sede Boker Campus, Israel) Short communications Effect of pea seed borne mosaic and broad bean stain viruses on lentil growth and yield in Jordan O. Mabrouk and A.N. Mansour (Amman, Jordan) Synseeds in potato: an investigation using nutrient-encapsulated in vitro nodal segments D. Sarkar and P.S. Naik (Shimla, India) Effect of seed drying on germination behaviour in citrus E. Saipari, A.M. Goswami and M. Dadlani (New Delhi, India) Book Review VOL. 73 NO. 4 16 APRIL 1998 Thermotherapy in virus elimination from garlic: influences on shoot multiplication from meristems and bulb formation in vitro U. Robert, J. Zel and M. Ravnikar (Ljubljana, Slovenia) The effect of time of girdling on carbohydrate contents and fruiting in Ponkan mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco) M. Mataa, S. Tominaga and I. Kozaki (Kagoshima, Japan) Loss of watercore from ‘Fuji’ apple observed by magnetic resonance imaging C.J. Clark (Palmerston, New Zealand), J.S. MacFall (Elon College, NC, USA) and R.L. Bieleski (Auckland, New Zealand) Effects of air humidity, lighting period and lamp type on growth and vase life of roses L.M. Mortensen (Klepp, As, Norway) and T. Fjeld (As, Norway) Effects of culture temperature on the enlargement, sugar uptake, starch accumulation, and respiration of in vitro bulblets of Lilium japonicum Thunb. M. Yamagishi (Ishikawa, Japan) Guide for Authors Author Index, Scientia Horticulturze, Volume 73 Subject Index, Scientia Horticulturze, Volume 73 Contents of Scientia Horticulture, Volume 73