Table Of ContentPLANT PRODUCTION ON THE THRESHOLD OF A NEW CENTURY
Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences
VOLUME 61
Plant Production on
the Threshold of a New Century
Proceedings of the International Conference at the Occasion of
the 75th Anniversary ofthe Wageningen Agricultural University,
Wageningen, The Netherlands, held June 28 - July 1, 1993
Edited by
P. C. STRUIK
Department ofA gronomy.
Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
W.J. VREDENBERG
Department of Plant Physiology.
Wageningen Agricultural University. Wageningen, The Netherlands
J. A. RENKEMA
Department of Farm Management,
Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
and
J. E. PARLE VLIET
Department of Plant Breeding,
Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.
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Plant productlon on the threshold of a new century proceedlngs of
the lnternatlonal conference at the occaSlon of the 75th annlversary
of the Wagenlngen Agrlcultural Unlverslty, held June 28 - July 1,
1993, Wagenlngen, The Netherlands I edlted by P.C. Strulk ... [et
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p. cm. -- (Developments In plant and sOll SClences . v. 61)
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DOI 10.1007/978-94-011-1158-4
1. Crops--Congresses. 2. Cropplng systems--Congresses. 3. Farm
management--Congresses. 4. Crops--PhYSlology--Congresses.
1. Strulk, P. C. (Paul Chrlstlaan), 1954-
II. Landbouwunlversltelt Wagenlngen. III. Serles.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface XI
Organisation of congress XIII
OPENING SESSION
Crop production on the threshold of a new century
l.e. Zadoks
SESSIONS ON FARM MANAGEMENT ASPECTS
Reflections on the economic and ecological sustainability
of modem plant production 9
G. Weinschenck
Farm economic modelling of integrated plant production 23
G.A.A. Wossink and 1.A. Renkema
Innovative research with ecological pilot farmers 37
P. Vereijken and H. Kloen
Plants of the future. Can past history teach any lessons? 57
loan Thirsk
Farming systems characterization through cropping patterns;
experiences from lowland vegetable production in Indonesia 71
1.S. Buurma
Economic and ecological potentials of sustainable agriculture
in South-India 77
A. de lager and E. van der Werf
The use of farm economic modelling to determine the influence of
MacSharry on the development towards sustainability 85
e.
van der Houwen
Review and application of the farming styles concept: the case of
Dutch arable farming 93
1.H. van Niejenhuis and G.A.A. Wossink
VI
Economic aspects of environmental policy in the mushroom industry
in the Netherlands 101
AJ.J. van Roestel, J.P.G. Gerrits and
L.J.L.D. van Griensven
Micropropagation, an essential tool in modern agriculture,
horticulture, forestry and plant breeding 109
R.L.M. Pierik and H.J. Scholten
Introduction to a bio-economic production model for sugar beet growing 115
AB. Smit, J.H. van Niejenhuis and P.C. Struik
SESSIONS ON CROPPING SYSTEMS ASPECTS
The concept of closed business systems in the Dutch glasshouse
horticulture 123
Henk J. van Oosten
Magnitudes of disturbance in the evolution of agro-ecosystems:
N-flows in rice-based systems 137
L.O. Fresco, N. de Ridder and T.J. Stomph
Durable ecocomplexity: beyond the threshold of a new century 151
R.AA. Oldeman
Biodiversity and the world's food crisis 159
Otto T. Solbrig
Von Liebig's law of the minimum and low-input technologies 169
Q. Paris
Nitrogen fluxes in the crop-soil system of Brussels sprouts and leek 179
R. Booij, C.T. Enserink, A.L. Smit and A van der Werf
Modelling in the search for balance between inputs and outputs
in greenhouse cultivation 187
Hugo Challa, Ep Heuvelink and Klaas-Jan Leutscher
Relevance of heterogeneity of cereal crop stands for plant health 197
Vivian Vilich
Implications of intercropping (sweet pepper - tomato) for the
biological control of pests in glasshouses 205
P. Nihoul and T. Hance
VII
Comparison of three potato pathosystems in the Netherlands 213
Th. Jacobs
Control of Verticillium dahliae by catch crops and haulm killing techniques 223
Leon Mol
SESSIONS ON PLANT AND CROP PHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS (WITH SPECIAL
REFERENCE TO STRESS)
The application of physiological and molecular understanding of
the effects of the environment on photosynthesis in the selection
of novel "fuel" crops; with particular reference to C perennials 231
4
Stephen P. Long
Diagnosis of primary production of plants by spectroscopic
analysis of the primary events in photosynthesis 245
J.P.H. Snel and W.J. Vredenberg
Remote sensing for screening ecosystem quality 263
A Rosema
Breeding for abiotic stress tolerance 281
J.E. Parle vliet
Can chlorophyll fluorescence and P700 absorption changes detect
environmental stress? 295
H.R. Bolhar-Nordenkampf, Ch. Critchley, 1. Haumann,
M.M. Ludlow, W. Post! and AI. Syme
Index of freezing based on time series 303
Ana M. Tarquis, Antonio Saa and Maite Castellanos
Uncertainty and tactical decision support in winter wheat pest management 311
W.AH. Rossing, R.A. Daamen, E.M.T. Hendrix and
M.J.W. Jansen
Spatial heterogeneity of radiation incidence and interception
for kiwifruit vines, and implications for fruit quality 323
1.0. Buwalda, E. Magnanini and O.S. Smith
The use of genetical variation in roots to improve productivity 331
P.A. van de Pol, A.A.M. Kleemans and J.H. Oudenes
Crop reactions to environmental stress factors 339
A.J. Haverkort and A.H.C.M. Schapendonk
VIII
Tuber induction in potato: the possible role of hydroxylated
jasmonic acids 349
Hans Helder and Dick Vreugdenhil
POSTER SESSIONS
Economic background to the agrarian reform in Russia 357
A. Anfinogentova, O. Ermolova and H. Reshetnikova
Farmers' expertise, a resource to improve sustainability; the
case of pesticide application in shallots in Brebes, Central Java 361
J.S. Buurma
Experimental introduction of integrated arable farming in practice 365
S.R.M. Janssens, F.G. Wijnands and P. van Asperen
Ways to improve efficiency of pesticide and energy consumption
of roses under glass 369
C.J.M. Vernooy
Biological control of cucumber powdery mildew by mycoparasites 373
M.A. Verhaar and T. Hijwegen
New technologies for horticultural crops 375
G.E. Teran Sarabia, A. Benavides Mendoza,
F. Hernandez Castillo and E. Quero
Prospects for microbial stabilization in closed liquid hydroponic
cultures of tomate 381
B. Waechter-Kristensen, V.E. Gertsson and P. Sundin
Energy efficiency and CO emission in the Dutch greenhouse industry 385
2
N.J.A. van der Velden and B.J. van der Sluis
Crop protection using diversification and induced resistance in
low-input cereaVlegume cropping systems 389
B.M. Cooke, D.T. Mitchell, D. Gareth Jones and
V. Smedegaard
Perspectives of breeding for low input conditions 393
Th. Jacobs
Interaction of late season foliar spray of urea and fungicide
mixture in wheat production 397
J. Peltonen
IX
SuppressIOn of Rhlzoctoma solam on potato by mycophagous SOIl fauna 401
M Lootsma
BIOlogIcal control of Fusanum WIltS 405
M L Gullmo, Q MIgheh, M Mezzalama, C AIO!, A Mmuto
and A Ganbaidl
The screenmg of maize resIstance to aphIds as a contrIbutIon to
mtegrated pest management 407
Th Hance, 0 Delannoy and G Foucart
CharactensatIOn of RNA-medIated resIstance to tomato spotted
wIlt VIrus m transgemc tobacco plants 411
M Pnns
InsectIcIdal actIVIty of Autographa caltformca nuclear
polyhedroses VIruS expressmg dIfferent BaCillus thurmglensls
crystal protem constructs 413
J W M Martens, M Knoester, F Weyts, A J A Groffen,
H J Bosch, B VIsser and J M Vlak
Engmeenng of bIOsafe recombInant baculovIruses 415
Ruud M W Mans and Just M Vlak
The mfluence of trees In parklands on sorghum YIelds 419
Jan-Joost Kessler
Molecular mechamsms of photomhIbItIon, an abIOtIC stress factor
lImItIng pnmary plant productIon 423
VIctor B CurwIel, Gert Schansker, Oscar J de Vos
and Jack J S van Rensen
ComparIson of photosystem II electron transport and oxygen
evolutIOn m two manne algae 427
C Geel and J F H Snel
SImulatIOn of tree growth wIth the PINOGRAM dnd TREEARCH
programmes 431
R P LeersmJder
Momtonng of gas exchange as related to seasonal changes III
mIcroclImate of a kIWIfruIt VIne 435
F SUCCI, E Magnamm and G Costa
Plant water status studIes and SImple fIeld screenmg methods
for selectIng drought tolerant genotypes In wheat (Tntlcum aestlvum L ) 437
Laszlo Cseuz and Laszlo Erdel
x
A strategy for the breeding of elite families of oil palm
(Elaeis guineensis lacq.) 439
I. Bos and C.l. Breure
Potential of Tritordeum as a new cereal crop 443
1. Ballesteros, D. Rubiales and A. Martin
Effect of temperature on salinity tolerance of Desmodium at
germination stage 447
H.A. Esechie
Influence of light stress during the acclimatization of in vitro plantlets 451
I.M. van Huylenbroeck
Interaction between foliar and root nutrition of greenhouse tomato 455
A. Komosa
Role of pollination conditions in the reproductive biology of Vicia faba 459
F. Mondragao-Rodrigues, MJ. Suso, M.T. Moreno
and 1.1. Cubero
Naked oats and their future challenges to plant breeding in
northern growing conditions 461
P. Peltonen-Sainio
Drought tolerance in oats - physiological methods to assess
varietal differences 465
P. Peltonen-Sainio and P. Makela
The effect of linuron on chemical composition of carrot roots 469
1. Sobieszczanski, 1. Szymanski, R. Stempniewicz,
and W. lurgielewicz
Degradation of phenolic acids by bacteria from liquid hydroponic
cultures of tomato 473
P. Sundin and B. Waechter-Kristensen
Diversity and adaptation in Sardinian barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) landraces 477
R. Papa, G. Attene and F. Veronesi
The effects of biotic environmental factors on the yield of
different winter wheat (T. aestivum L.) genotypes 481
M. Cs6sz, L. Cseuz, Z. Kertesz and 1. Pauk
Subject index 485
