Professor Ian James Warrington CNZM is a Palmerston North horticultural scientist and science administrator. He was former chief executive of HortResearch (now Plant & Food Research). He was a senior administrator at Massey University until his position was axed in a cost-saving move. He received the T. K. Sidey Medal in 1984, an award set up by the Royal Society of New Zealand for outstanding scientific research. He was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) in the 2011 New Year Honours.

Contributors

Dedication: Gregory L. Reighard

Juan Carlos Melgar, Ksenija Gasic and Ian Warrington

1. Pollination-Induced Changes in the Morphology and Physiology of Dendrobium Orchid Flowers Prior to Fertilization: The Roles of Ethylene and Auxin

Wouter G. van Doorn and Saichol Ketsa

I. INTRODUCTION

II. ORCHID FLOWER STRUCTURE

III. POST-POLLINATION EFFECTS IN ORCHIDS OTHER THAN DENDROBIUM  

IV. ROLE OF HORMONES IN ORCHIDS OTHER THAN DENDROBIUM

V. POLLINATION IN DENDROBIUM

VI. VISIBLE POST-POLLINATION EFFECTS IN DENDROBIUM

VII. ROLE OF HORMONES IN THE VISIBLE POSTHARVEST PHENOMENA IN DENDROBIUM  

VIII. CONCLUSIONS

LITERATURE CITED

2. Actinidia arguta (Kiwiberry): Botany, Production, Genetics, Nutritional Value, and Postharvest Handling

Piotr Latocha, Filip Debersaques and Iago Hale

I. INTRODUCTION

II. BOTANY

III. CULTIVATION AND MANAGEMENT

IV. GENETICS AND BREEDING

V. CHEMICAL COMPOSITION, NUTRITIONAL VALUE, AND HEALTH    BENEFITS

VI. HARVESTING AND POSTHARVEST HANDLING

VII. UTILIZATION

VIII. CONCLUSIONS

LITERATURE CITED

3. Advances in Cassava-Based Multiple Cropping Systems

V. Ravi, G. Suja, R. Saravanan and Sanket J. More

I.INTRODUCTION

II. INTERCROPPING CASSAVA

III.   CROP ROTATION INVOLVING CASSAVA

IV. CASSAVA–BASED SEQUENTIAL/INTERCROPPING SYSTEMS    INVOLVING PULSES AND/OR RICE

V. CASSAVA + PLANTATION CROPS

VI. PESTS AND DISEASES IN CASSAVA–BASED INTERCROPPING SYSTEMS

VII. CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

LITERATURE CITED

4. Arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea L.): Botany, Horticulture and Uses

Vitor Brito, Renata Nascimento, Jeniffer Narcisa-Oliveira, Nathalia Joffer, André Fattori, Marney Cereda, Carina Oliveira, Reginaldo Costa, Lorene Tiburtino-Silva and Josemar Maciel

I. INTRODUCTION

II. OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION

III. BOTANY: TAXONOMY, MORPHOLOGY AND GENETICS

IV. HORTICULTURAL ASPECTS

V. PROCESSING

VI. USES AND APPLICATIONS

VII. CONCLUSIONS

LITERATURE CITED

5. Jamun (Syzygium cumini L.): A Promising Fruit for the Future

Babak Madani, Amin Mirshekari, Elhadi M. Yahia, John B. Golding, Shokrollah Hajivand and Abdolmajid Mirzaalian Dastjerdy

I. INTRODUCTION

II. ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE

III. BOTANY, TAXONOMY AND GENETICS

IV. CULTIVATION PRACTICES

V. NUTRITIONAL VALUE

VI. HEATH PROMOTING PROPERTIES

VII. POSTHARVEST PRACTICES

VIII. PROCESSING

IX. CONCLUSIONS

LITERATURE CITED

6. Coconut Micropropagation and Cryopreservation

Ana S. Lédo and Wagner A. Vendrame

I.  INTRODUCTION

II. IN VITRO PROPAGATION TECHNOLOGY

III. BIOREACTOR TECHNOLOGY

IV. CRYOPRESERVATION TECHNOLOGY

V. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

LITERATURE CITED

7. The Puzzling Phenomenon of Seedling Yellows Recovery and Natural Spread of Asymptomatic Infections of Citrus Tristeza Virus: Two Sides of the Same Coin.

Moshe Bar-Joseph, Antonino F. Catara and Grazia Licciardello

I. INTRODUCTION

II. THE CTV GENOME AND BIOLOGY

III. A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE ISRAELI CTV SUPPRESSION PROGRAM (1970-1986)

IV. COMPARISONS OF SEVERE AND MILD CTV-VT ISOLATES FROM SICILY

V. DISCUSSION

LITERATURE CITED

8. Yield Alternation: Horticulture, Physiology, Molecular Biology and Evolution

Eliezer E. Goldschmidt and Avi Sadka

I. INTRODUCTION

II. MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF FLOWERING CONTROL IN MODEL PLANTS AND FRUIT TREES

III. EFFECT OF FRUIT LOAD ON CHANGES IN GENE EXPRESSION, PROTEIN AND METABOLITE LEVELS IN LEAVES AND BUDS   

IV. THE EFFECT OF FRUIT LOAD ON HORMONE HOMEOSTASIS

V. MITIGATION OF ALTERNATE BEARING

VI. DISCUSSION

LITERATURE CITED

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