Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Evolution of Dormancy: Processes of Induction and Overcoming in Fruit Trees of Temperate Climate
(Augusto José Posser and Leo Rufato, Agroveterinary Sciences Center, Santa Catarina State University, Santa Catarina, Brazil)
Chapter 2. Methods for Estimating Chilling Requirements in Fruit Crops
(Thiago Marchi1, MD, Alberto Ramos Luz, PhD, and Renato Vasconcelos Botelho, PhD, Agricultural Research and Extension Company of the State of Santa Catarina, Lageado Grande, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, and others)
Chapter 3. Assessment of Dormancy Intensity in Buds of Temperate Climate Fruit Species
(Ruy Inácio Neiva de Carvalho and Luiz Antonio Biasi, Department of Agronomy, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Curitiba, PR, Brazil, and others)
Chapter 4. Management of Dormancy Release on Deciduous Fruit Trees under Mild Winter Conditions
(José Luiz Petri, Fernando Hawerroth and Andre Amarildo Sezerino, Epagri Agricultural Research and Rural Extension Company, Caçador, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, and others)
Chapter 5. Physiology and Management of Vines Dormancy in Tropical and Subtropical Conditions
(Alessandro Jefferson Sato, Sergio Ruffo Roberto and Renato Vasconcelos Botelho, Departamento de Ciências Agronômicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Palotina, Paraná State, Brazil, and others)
Chapter 6. Management, Physiology and Genetics of Potato Tuber Dormancy
(Jackson Kawakami, Luiz Henrique Ilkiu Vidal and Giovani Olegário da Silva, Department of Agronomy, Midwestern Parana State University, UNICENTRO, Guarapuava, Paraná State, Brazil, and others)
Chapter 7. Dormancy in Seeds and Propagules of Vegetables
(Cristhiano Kopanski Camargo, Juliano Tadeu Vilela de Resende, André Ricardo Zeist, André Gabriel and Ricardo Antonio Zeist, Department of Agronomy, Midwestern Parana State University, UNICENTRO, Guarapuava, Paraná State, Brazil)
Chapter 8. Overcoming Seed Dormancy of Forest Species in Mixed Ombrophylous Forests
(Luciano Farinha Watzlawick, Joelmir Augustinho Mazon and Richeliel Albert Rodrigues Silva, Department of Agronomy, Midwestern Parana State University, UNICENTRO, Guarapuava, PR, Brazil, and others)
Chapter 9. Seed Physical Dormancy of Two Cultivars of Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) and White Clover (Trifolium repens): Similarities and Differences
(Alberto A. Galussi, María E. Moya, Felicia D. Zuriaga and Liliana R. Zimmermann, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Entre Ríos State University, Entre Ríos, Argentina)
Chapter 10. Biochemical and Physiological Aspects of Dormancy in Tempered Fruits Trees
(Silvia Scariotto, Américo Wagner Júnior and Idemir Citadin, Department of Agronomy, Federal Technological University of Paraná State, Pato Branco, Paraná State, Brazil, and others)
Index