{"title":"Grapevine Pinot gris virus infecting grapevines in Romania - Short Communicaiton","authors":"I. Guţă, E. Buciumeanu","doi":"10.17221/65/2020-HORTSCI","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17221/65/2020-HORTSCI","url":null,"abstract":"Grapevine Pinot gris virus (GPGV) has been identified in many grape growing countries of the world since 2012. The aim of this work was to investigate the presence of GPGV on some accessions collected from a germplasm collection, in addition to the propagation material and clonal selection samples. During 2019–2020, a total of 199 samples have been analysed by a double antibody sandwich – enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (DAS-ELISA) for the presence of GPGV, Grapevine fanleaf virus (GFLV), Grapevine leafroll-associated virus-1+3 (GLRaV-1+3) and Grapevine fleck virus (GFkV). Among them, 107 samples (53.76%) showed a GPGV-infection, associated with or without symptoms on the leaves (deformations, chlorosis, mosaic, wrinkles) or stunting plants. The distribution of infected varieties showed a high rate of infection in old varieties (37.38%), followed by clones (32.71%), rootstocks (11.21%), clonal selections (9.35%) and new varieties (9.35%). The tests revealed the association of GPGV with GFkV (5 cases) and GLRaV-1+3 (2 cases). GPGV should be included in the rules of grapevine certification schemes for the production of virus-free mother plants.","PeriodicalId":13110,"journal":{"name":"Horticultural Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45636689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Kucharska, T. Orlikowska, R. Maciorowski, M. Kunka, Angelika Niewiadomska-Wnuk
{"title":"Storage of proliferating gooseberry cultures under slow growth conditions","authors":"D. Kucharska, T. Orlikowska, R. Maciorowski, M. Kunka, Angelika Niewiadomska-Wnuk","doi":"10.17221/142/2020-hortsci","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17221/142/2020-hortsci","url":null,"abstract":"Short storage of in vitro cultures under slow-growth conditions is included in the commercial large-scale micropropagation process. It is dictated by the organizational scheme that provides temporary stop multiplication of shoots for some months. To avoid subculturing to fresh media every 4 weeks, which is obligatory for gooseberry, they can be kept in conditions that protect them from ageing, by slowing down their metabolism. To develop a rational schedule of gooseberry micropropagation, two experiments were used to adopt a temperature and length of time for storage. The best results were obtained with storage conditions at 2 °C for two or four months for proliferating cultures. Under these conditions, the percentage of necrotic shoots was low (< 10%), and shoot proliferation in the subsequent passages was at a level similar to proliferation cultures incubated in the growth room and sub-cultured monthly. The rate of shoots > 1 cm was higher than in the control in the growth room. Storage at 4 °C increased the probability of necrotic shoots up to 80% and decreased the number of all shoots and shoots > 1 cm in subsequent passages.","PeriodicalId":13110,"journal":{"name":"Horticultural Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41445203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The influence of fungi of the Trichoderma genus on the flowering of Freesia refracta Klatt ‘Argentea’ in winter","authors":"B. Janowska, R. Andrzejak, T. Kosiada","doi":"10.17221/35/2019-hortsci","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17221/35/2019-hortsci","url":null,"abstract":"The flowering and quality of Freesia refracta Klatt ‘Argentea’ were assessed after the application of fungi of the Trichoderma genus and assimilation lighting. The assimilation lighting accelerated the flowering of the Freesia refracta ‘Argentea’ plants by 3–4 weeks. The fungi of the Trichoderma genus accelerated the flowering of the Freesia refracta ‘Argentea’ plants with light deficit by about one week. The assimilation lighting resulted in the development of shorter main inflorescence shoots regardless of the fact whether the plants had been treated with the fungi of the Trichoderma genus or not. The assimilation lighting and the fungi of the Trichoderma genus stimulated the development of lateral inflorescence shoots in the ‘Argentea’ cultivar. The fungi of the Trichoderma genus stimulated the development of flowers in the ‘Argentea’ cultivar. This effect was particularly noticeable when the plants were exposed to the assimilation lighting. The assimilation lighting stimulated the uptake of potassium in the ‘Argentea’ cultivar. The fungi of the Trichoderma genus stimulated the uptake of phosphorus and calcium in the plants underexposed to light. They also stimulated the uptake of potassium in the plants exposed to the assimilation lighting. The assimilation lighting stimulated the uptake of microelements. The fungi of the Trichoderma genus stimulated the uptake of iron, manganese and zinc both in the plants exposed to the assimilation lighting and those underexposed to light. The assimilation lighting combined with the treatment with the fungi of the Trichoderma genus stimulated the uptake of copper.","PeriodicalId":13110,"journal":{"name":"Horticultural Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43936428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"‘Mini PS’: A new mini melon breeding line exploiting the “Dudaim” variability – Short Communication","authors":"G. Castro, G. Perpiñá, B. Picó, C. Esteras","doi":"10.17221/86/2019-HORTSCI","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17221/86/2019-HORTSCI","url":null,"abstract":"‘Piel de Sapo’ is one of the most consumed market class of melons in the Mediterranean area and it represents an important economic crop in Spain. The ‘Mini PS’ melon breeding line, which bears two main introgressions from the dudaim ‘Queen’s pocket’ melon in the Piel de Sapo genetic background, was evaluated for its fruit quality traits in three environments. Some interesting commercial characteristics were detected, such as a notable decrease in the fruit weight and a rounder shape, compared with Piel de Sapo, while the other quality traits were not altered. Thus, this mini melon line, ideal as a personal melon, may be useful in the development of new melon cultivars.","PeriodicalId":13110,"journal":{"name":"Horticultural Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48482234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Smessaert, G. Kemenade, Anneleen Arnoys, O. Honnay, W. Keulemans
{"title":"A preliminary evaluation of the effects of pollinator enhancement and gibberellins on the fruit set and fruit shape of ‘Conference’ pears – Short Communication","authors":"J. Smessaert, G. Kemenade, Anneleen Arnoys, O. Honnay, W. Keulemans","doi":"10.17221/123/2019-hortsci","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17221/123/2019-hortsci","url":null,"abstract":"‘Conference’ (Pyrus communis L.) is a self-incompatible cultivar, although it can also set fruit parthenocarpically. Stimulating parthenocarpy through gibberellin (GA) applications increases the fruit set, but it may also negatively affect the fruit size and shape. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of a bumblebee (BB) amendment in combination with a GA treatment on the fruit set and fruit shape of ‘Conference’ pears. In the first experiment, we applied three treatments (GA, GA + BB & control) in a ‘Conference’ monoculture. In the second experiment, we applied two treatments (GA & GA + BB) in a ‘Conference’ orchard inter-planted with ‘Concorde’ as pollinizer trees. Both experiments showed that the GA application and bumblebee supplementation did not affect the fruit set. However, the BB treatment resulted in significantly higher amounts of normally shaped pears. Trees closer to the bumblebee hive had more normal shaped pears than trees further away.","PeriodicalId":13110,"journal":{"name":"Horticultural Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43246598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Selection of cut flower species affected promotion of flowering and stem elongation by far-red lighting or heating treatments on end of day under limited sunshine from autumn to winter","authors":"Y. Takemura, M. Kishimoto, F. Tamura","doi":"10.17221/174/2018-hortsci","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17221/174/2018-hortsci","url":null,"abstract":"The effect of a brief exposure to treatments of end-of-day (EOD) far-red (FR) light and EOD-heating on flowering and stem elongation in certain species cultivated in areas with limited sunshine from autumn to winter has been investigated. Thirteen EOD-FR treated cultivars among all 24 cultivars tested in experiment 1, showed earlier flowering than control plants. Additionally, Kanzaki No.21, F1 Winter cherry and Gypsy deep rose were earlier to flower under the all night-FR treatment than under the EOD-FR treatment. Further, 13 cultivars among all cultivars tested in experiment 1 showed greater stem length, whereas 16 cultivars of them showed greater mean internode length than controls when treated with EOD-FR. The days to flowering in 13 cultivars treated by EOD-Heating, flowering was earlier than in controls. Also, stem length and mean internode length were also promoted by the same treatment in 7 cultivars. Additionally, flowering and stem elongation of Stella rose, Arizona sun, Suzuhime and Extra carmine rose were promoted by a combination of both treatments, and productivity and quality were improved. These results suggest that the treatments tested can help the production of cut-flowers in areas with limited sunshine from autumn to winter, although the method of application of the treatments must be optimized for each species.","PeriodicalId":13110,"journal":{"name":"Horticultural Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.17221/174/2018-hortsci","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48753212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marco Antonio Villegas Olguín, M. C. L. Fuente, A. Mendoza, Antonio Juárez Maldonado, Alberto Sandoval Rangel, E. Cusimamani
{"title":"Commercial and nutraceutical quality of grafted melon cultivated under hydric stress","authors":"Marco Antonio Villegas Olguín, M. C. L. Fuente, A. Mendoza, Antonio Juárez Maldonado, Alberto Sandoval Rangel, E. Cusimamani","doi":"10.17221/139/2019-HORTSCI","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17221/139/2019-HORTSCI","url":null,"abstract":"Water stress decreases the quality of fruit by generating reactive oxygen species. Grafting is a technique that can improve the efficiency of crop water usage. This work was performed in order to assess the effect of different water stresses on the commercial and nutraceutical quality of a melon fruit. Cantaloupe melon plants, grown under shade houses were grafted onto a creole pumpkin rootstock and grown with different water stresses (20, 30, and 40 kPa). The grafted melon plants under 30-kPa water stress (G30) showed greater fruit firmness and increased catalase activity. The G30 fruits showed an increase in GPX activity of up to 80% over the non-grafted plants. The GSH was higher in fruits subjected to the 40-kPa water tension. The superoxide dismutase showed a 15% greater inhibition in the fruits from the non-grafted plants. At higher water tensions, the DPPH antioxidant activity decreased, while the vitamin C content increased.","PeriodicalId":13110,"journal":{"name":"Horticultural Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.17221/139/2019-HORTSCI","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45254313","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Krzymińska, J. Bocianowski, Katarzyna Mądrachowska
{"title":"The use of plants on balconies in the city","authors":"A. Krzymińska, J. Bocianowski, Katarzyna Mądrachowska","doi":"10.17221/166/2018-hortsci","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17221/166/2018-hortsci","url":null,"abstract":"As a popular and excellent place for plants, balconies enable people easy access to and close contact with nature, thus forming an integral part of the urban green infrastructure. The aim of the study was to assess the use of plants on balconies of detached houses and blocks of flats in the small Polish town of Sieraków. Plants were grown on about 33% of the balconies of detached houses and on 51% of the balconies of blocks of flats. Most of the balconies were decorated with one plant species only and the plants were most frequently placed on the railing. The most popular plant species were Pelargonium peltatum (L.) L’Hér., Pelargonium zonale (L.) L’Hér. and Petunia × atkinsiana D. Don. There were no large differences between both the building types as regards to the balcony decoration.","PeriodicalId":13110,"journal":{"name":"Horticultural Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.17221/166/2018-hortsci","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48092824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Kalisz, A. Sękara, R. Pokluda, A. Jezdinský, J. Neugebauerova, A. Grabowska, Rita Jurkow, K. Slezák
{"title":"Physio-biochemical responses of sage genotypes to chilling","authors":"A. Kalisz, A. Sękara, R. Pokluda, A. Jezdinský, J. Neugebauerova, A. Grabowska, Rita Jurkow, K. Slezák","doi":"10.17221/81/2018-HORTSCI","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17221/81/2018-HORTSCI","url":null,"abstract":"This study evaluated sage (Salvia officinalis L.) genotypes (cultivars: ‘Berggarten’, ‘Icterina’, ‘Purpurascens’, ‘Tricolor’, local Czech accessions from the Lednice region, South Moravia: ‘LDN-1’ and ‘LDN-2’) subjected to chilling (4 °C, 2 weeks, 18 °C ‒ control) for comparison of antioxidant defence systems. Chilling caused the most significant increase in the peroxidase activity in ‘Purpurascens’ and ‘Tricolor’, by 108.5% and 15.7%, respectively, while the catalase was unaffected by the low temperature. The phenolics increased in ‘Purpurascens’ and ‘LDN-1’ by 17.2% and 18.1%, respectively, and decreased in ‘LDN-2’ and ‘Tricolor’, by 10.6% and 11.7%, respectively, as a result of the chilling. In the sage treated with chilling, the scavenging of 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radicals (DPPH•) was higher (by 3%, on average), especially in ‘Berggarten’, ‘Icterina’, and ‘Purpurascens’, than in the control. However, the chilled ‘LDN-2’ and ‘Tricolor’ showed lower antioxidant∙ activity in comparison to the control. The malondialdehyde remained stable or was higher in the control, with the only exception being ‘LDN-1’, where its content increased by 11.4% in the chilled sage. In most genotypes, the content of the dry weight increased in the chilled plants by 9.4% on average. The responses of ‘Icterina’ and ‘Purpurascens’ to the low temperature was the most significant, but resulted from different physiological mechanisms. ‘Purpurascens’ showed the highest increase in the peroxidase activity due to the chilling, while the highest increase in the antioxidant activity was observed for ‘Icterina’.","PeriodicalId":13110,"journal":{"name":"Horticultural Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.17221/81/2018-HORTSCI","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44702443","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Wojciechowska, A. Kołton, Olga Długosz-Grochowska, E. Kunicki, Katarzyna Mrowiec, Paweł Bathelt
{"title":"LED lighting affected the growth and metabolism of eggplant and tomato transplants in a greenhouse","authors":"R. Wojciechowska, A. Kołton, Olga Długosz-Grochowska, E. Kunicki, Katarzyna Mrowiec, Paweł Bathelt","doi":"10.17221/78/2019-hortsci","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17221/78/2019-hortsci","url":null,"abstract":"Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) were used for the spring greenhouse cultivation of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) ‘Milar F1’ and tomato (S. lycopersicon L.) ‘Benito F1’ transplants. Seedlings were grown under natural light conditions with the supplemental LED light. A 16-h photoperiod provided plants with a DLI of 12.6 (eggplant) and 9.6 (tomato) mol m2/day. Four supplemental light spectra were tested: L1 (90% red + 10% blue); L2 (80% red + 20% blue); L3 (43% red + 42% blue+15% green) and L4 (56% red + 26% blue + 15% green + 3% UV-A). The PPFD in each LED light treatment was 150 ± 20 µmol/m2·s. Compared to the control plants (without LED lighting), the eggplant transplants had about a 25% larger leaf area and a higher level of total phenol content as well as a higher antiradical scavenging activity under the L1 spectrum. The favourable spectrum for the tomato transplants consisted of red to blue in a ratio of 1 : 1 mixed with a green light (L3) – the leaves were characterised by a higher content of dry matter, soluble sugars, photosynthetic pigments and total phenols; also the radical scavenging activity increased in comparison to the control group. It was shown that the supplemental irradiation of transplants was economically acceptable. ","PeriodicalId":13110,"journal":{"name":"Horticultural Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.17221/78/2019-hortsci","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46645274","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}