Handbook of Plant and Crop Physiology

and individually transferred to test tubes filled with water. Three cuttings were used for each set, and each set was repeated t ...

also contribute. Because root development and callus formation occur simultaneously, it is believed that the formation of callus ...

lower concentrations produced better results even during the rainy season. In winter, the growth room ex- periments showed bette ...

Sen DN, Mohammed S. General aspects of salinity and the biology of saline plants. In: M Pessarakli, ed. Handbook of Plant and C ...

de Kock GC. Drought resistant fodder shrub crops in South Africa. In: H Houeron, ed. Browse in Africa: The Current State of Kno ...

7 Fruit Development, Maturation, and Ripening William Grierson University of Florida, Lake Alfred, Florida (retired) 143 I. INTR ...

C. Definitions Fruit is the product of a matured ovary. Maturationis the completion of the development of a fruit to the point ...

Gibberellins were among the first GRs to become available in commercial quantities, thus greatly fa- cilitating research showing ...

B. Typical Fruits from Superior Ovaries (Hypogyny) Grape The grape is the simplest of hypogynous fruits and one that conforms ...

ily dislodged platelets. (No citrus fruit is naturally shiny; the shine demanded by retail customers has to be applied as some f ...

docarp is embedded in the mesocarp, fused with and completely enveloped by the enlarged fleshy recep- tacle or the fused base of ...

matous tissue consists of large, thin-walled cells with a surprising volume, estimated at ca. 25%, taken up by airspaces [37]. C ...

(miniature drupes), each from a separate floret within an inflorescence. Improving the inherent structural weakness of the raspb ...

district sets its standards according to what they do best [42]. European citrus districts, South Australia, California, and oth ...

ence clearly discernible by taste [45]. When sharing a grapefruit, canny citrus people give the stem-end half to their companion ...

ally 3 to 5 weeks after anthesis), the considerable enlargement of the fruit comes from cell enlargement and their partial separ ...

V. POSTHARVEST LIFE It should not be necessary to emphasize that fruits are still alive after harvest. However, a surprising num ...

Most varieties of pears (Pyrus communis) do not ripen to acceptable eating quality on the tree. Once picked, pears have to be ei ...

given location, season, and soil type”.[37] That advice was published 50 years ago, and despite consider- able research, not muc ...

B. Shape Regardless of edibility, the buying public rejects misshapen fruits. But in some cases fruit shape can be a useful indi ...