Contributors ix
Dedication: Donald N. Maynard xiii
Allen V. Barker
1. The Global Flower Bulb Industry: Production, Utilization, Research 1
Maarten Benschop, Rina Kamenetsky, Marcel Le Nard, Hiroshi Okubo, and August De Hertogh
I. Introduction 3
Ii. Historical Perspectives 4
Iii. Globalization of the World Flower Bulb Industry 7
Iv. Major Areas of Research 14
V. Major Flower Bulb Organizations 55
Vi. Conclusions and Future Research 80
Acknowledgments 88
Literature Cited 88
2. The Bananas: Botany, Origin, Dispersal 117
N. M. Nayar
I. Introduction 118
Ii. Botany 119
Iii. Origin and Evolution 138
Iv. Dispersal 146
V. Summary and Inferences 154
Acknowledgments 157
Literature Cited 157
3. Genetic Diversity of Cucumis Melo 165
Yosef Burger, Harry S. Paris, Ron Cohen, Nurit Katzir, Yaakov Tadmor, Efraim Lewinsohn, and Arthur A. Schaffer
I. Introduction 166
Ii. Origin and Domestication 166
Iii. Historical Records 166
Iv. Classification 169
V. Molecular Polymorphism 172
Vi. Variability in Fruit Characteristics 175
Vii. Variation in Response to Diseases 185
Viii. Prospects 190
Acknowledgments 190
Literature Cited 191
4. Dogroses: Botany, Horticulture, Genetics, and Breeding 199
Gun Werlemark and Hilde Nybom
I. Introduction 200
Ii. Taxonomy 201
Iii. Utilization 205
Iv. Production 214
V. Genetics and Breeding 225
Vi. Summary 244
Literature Cited 245
5. Biochemical and Practical Views of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus-Host Association in Horticultural Crops 257
Hinanit Koltai, Vijay Gadkar, and Yoram Kapulnik
I. Introduction 258
Ii. Life Cycle of AM Fungi 261
Iii. Chemical Analyses of the Presymbiotic Stage of the AMF-Host Interaction 264
Iv. Molecular Analyses of the Presymbiotic Phase of the AMF-Host Interaction 267
V. Application of AMF in Horticultural Crops 270
Vi. Conclusions 276
Literature Cited 278
6. Sustainability of Organic Horticulture 289
Michael Raviv
Abbreviations 289
I. Defining Sustainability 290
Ii. Organic Horticulture 291
Iii. How Sustainable is Organic Horticulture? 294
Iv. Knowledge Gaps and Required Future Research 314
V. Conclusions 317
Literature Cited 320
Subject Index 335
Cumulative Subject Index 337
Cumulative Contributor Index 365
