2002-2003 Research Publications

Albano, J. P. and W. B. Miller. 2003. Ferric Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (FeEDTA) photodegradation in a commercially produced soluble fertilizer affects iron uptake in tomato. HortTechnology 13 (2):289-292.
Bauerle, W. L. ,T.H. Whitlow, T.L. Setter, F.M. Vermeylen, and T.L. Bauerle. 2003. Ecophysiology of Acer rubrum L. seedlings from contrasting hydrologic habitats: Growth, gas exchange, abscisic acid, and stable isotope discrimination. Tree Physiology.
Bauerle, W. L., T. H. Whitlow C. R. Pollock and E. A. Frongillo. 2002. A laser-diode-based system for measuring sap flow by the heat pulse method. non-invasive laser system for sap flow measurement. Agric. and For. Met. 110:275-284
Bellinder, R.R., M.A. Arsenovic, D. Shah, and B.R. Rauch. 2003. Effect of weed growth stage and adjuvant on reducing post-emergence herbicide rates. Weed Science. 51:1016-1021.
Bushway, L. and M. P. Pritts. 2002. Enhancing Early Spring Microclimate to Increase Carbon Resources and Productivity in June-bearing Strawberry. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 127(3): 415-422.
Miller, A.J., R.R. Bellinder, B. Xu, M. Goffinet, and M. Welser. 2003. Cabbage (Brassica oleracea) response to pendimethalin applied post-transplant. Weed Technol. 17 17:256-260.
Bellinder, R.R., A.J. Miller, R.K. Malik, J.D. Ranjit, P.R. Hobbs, S. Singh, L.S. Brar, and G. Singh. 2002. Improving herbicide application accuracy in South Asia. Weed Technol. 16:845-850.
Capdeville, G. de, Beer, S.V., Watkins, C.B., Wilson, C.L., Tedeski, L.O., Aist, J.R. 2003. Pre- and post-harvest harpin treatments of apples induce resistance to blue mold. Plant Disease 87:39-44.
Chang, Y.-C. and W. B. Miller. 2003. Growth and calcium partitioning in Lilium cv. Star Gazer in relation to leaf calcium deficiency. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 128(6):788-796.
Cheng, L., F. Ma and D. Ranwala. 2003. Nitrogen storage and its interaction with carbohydrates of young apple trees in response to nitrogen supply. Tree Physiology 24: 91-98.
Chen, L. S. and L. Cheng. 2003. Both xanthophyll cycle-dependent thermal dissipation and the antioxidant system are up-regulated in grape (Vitis labrusca L.) leaves in response to N limitation. Journal of Experimental Botany 54: 2165-2175.
Cheng, L. 2003. Xanthophyll cycle pool size and composition in relation to nitrogen content of apple leaves. Journal of Experimental Botany 54:385-393.
Chen, L. S. and L. Cheng. 2003. Carbon assimilation and carbohydrate metabolism of 'Concord' grape (Vitis labrusca L.) leaves in response to nitrogen supply. Journal of American Society for Horticultural Science 128: 754-760.
Curtis, P., Rowland, E.D., Harribal, M.M., Curtis, G.B., Renwick, J.A., Martin-Rehrmann, M.D., Good, G.L. 2003 Plant Compounds in Pachysandra terminalis That Act as Feeding Deterrents to Prairie Voles. HortScience 38(3):390-394.
Curtis, P., Rowland, E.D., and Good, G. 2002. Developing a Plant-Based Vole Repellent: Screening of Ten Candidate Plants. Crop Protection 21:299-306.
Dong, S., L. Cheng, C. F. Scagel and L. H. Fuchigami. 2003. Root damage affects nitrogen uptake and growth of young Fuji/M.26 apple trees. Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology 78: 410-415.
Drinkwater, LE 2002. Cropping Systems Research: Reconsidering agricultural experimental design. HortScience. 12(3):355-361.
Dudones, D.W. and F.S. Rossi. 2002. Application timing and spray volume influence the effect of copper on silvery thread moss (Bryum argentum). HortScience
Gan, S. (2003) Mitotic and postmitotic senescence in plants. Science's SAGE KE http://sageke.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/sageke;2003/38/re7. [Abstract] [Full Text]
Good, G.L. and W.G. Smith. 2002. What is legal for your shelves? A dilemma for the Retailer Selling Pesticide Products. Nursery Lines, Fall Issue P. 7. New York State Nursery/Landscape Association. Baldwinsville, New York 13027.
Grabosky, J., Bassuk, N. and Marranca, M. . 2002 " Preliminary Findings from Measuring Street Tree Shoot growth in two Skeletal Soil Installations Compared to Tree Lawn Plantings" Journal of Arboriculture 28(2) 106-108.
Gunes, G., Liu, R.H., Watkins, C.B. 2002. Controlled atmosphere effects on postharvest quality and antioxidant activity of cranberry fruits. J. Agric. Food Chem. 50: 5932-5938.
Haith, D. and F.S, Rossi. 2002. Risk assessment of pesticide runoff from turf. Journal of Environmental Quality (in press)
He, Y. and Gan, S. (2003) Molecular characteristics of leaf senescence. Recent Research Developments in Plant Molecular Biology 1: 1-17.
He, Y. and Gan, S. (2002) A gene encoding an acyl hydrolase is involved in leaf senescence in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 14: 805-815. [Abstract] [PDF]
He, Y., Fukushige, H., Hildebrand, D. and Gan, S. (2002) Evidence supporting a role of jasmonic acid in Arabidopsis leaf senescence. Plant Physiology 128: 876-884. [Abstract] [PDF]
Hennigan, K and KW Mudge, (2003), Effect of interactivity and learning style on developing hands-on horticultural skills via distance learning, Acta Horticulturae, 641:85-92.
Jensen-Tracy, S.L. and Good, G.L. 2003. Pesticide Applicator Training Manual, Category 3A,B,C,: Ornamentals, Turfgrass, Interior scapes. Pesticide Management Education Program. Cornell Cooperative Extension. Cornell University. Ithaca, NY (in-press)
Jifon, JL and DW Wolfe. 2002. Photosynthetic acclimation to elevated CO2 in Phaseolus vulgaris L. is altered by growth response to nitrogen supply. Global Change Biology 8(10):1018-1027.
Kamenetsky, R., H. Zemah, A. P. Ranwala, F. Vergeldt, W. B. Miller, H. van As and P. Bendel. 2003. Water relations and carbohydrate balance in tulip bulbs during their transition from dormancy to active growth. New Phytologist 158:109-118.
Loh, F.C.W, Grabosky, J.C., and Bassuk, N.L. 2002 “Using the SPAD 502 Meter to Assess Chlorophyll and Nitrogen Content of Benjamin Fig and Cottonwood Leaves” HorTechnology 12(4).
Langens-Gerrits, M., W. B. Miller, A. Croes, and G.-J. de Klerk. 2003. Effect of low temperature on dormancy breaking and growth after planting in lily bulblets regenerated in vitro. Plant Growth Regul. 40:267-275.
Loh, F., J. Grabosky, and N. Bassuk. 2003. Growth response of Ficus benjamina to limited soil volume and soil dilution in a skeletal soil container study". Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 2 (2003):53-62.
Ma, F. and L. Cheng. The exposed peel of apple fruit has higher xanthophyll cycle-dependent thermal dissipation and antioxidants of the ascorbate-glutathione pathway than the shaded peel. Plant Science 165: 819-827.
Merwin, I.A. 2003. Orchard Floor Management Systems. Pp. 303-318 in: Apples: Botany, Production and Uses (D.C. Ferree and I. Warrington, eds.) CABI Publ., Wallingford, England.
Merwin, I.A. 2003. Orchard floor management. Pp. 195-202 in: The Concise Encyclopedia of Temperate Tree Fruits (S. Singha and T. Baugher, eds.) Haworth Press, Binghampton, NY.
Merwin, I. A., R. Byard and K.W. Pomper. 2003. Survival, growth and establishment of grafted pawpaws in upstate New York. HortTechnology 13(3):421-422.
Mudge, KW, WS Lim, JP Lardner, and R Beyfuss (2003) Effects of Population and Age on Ginsenoside Content of American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolium L.), Acta Horticulturae, 161-166.
Mudge, KW, K Hennigan, and P Podaras, 2003 Use of Tropical Hibiscus for Instruction in Grafting, HortTechnology 13(4):723-728
Meyers, K.K., Watkins, C.B., Pritts, M.P., and Liu, R.H. 2003. Antioxidant and antiproliferative activities of strawberries. J. Agric. Food Chem. 51:6887-6892.
Rangarajan, A., M.D. Orzolek, B.A. Ingall, and L. Otjen. 2003. Moderate defoliation and plant population losses do not reduce yield or quality of Butternut squash. HortTechnology . 13(3):463-468.
Rangarajan, A. 2002. Vigor or Rigor? The competing goals of variety trials. HortTechnology. 12(4):562-566.
Rangarajan, A., B. Ingall, M. Orfanedes, D. Wolfe. 2002. In-row spacing and cultivar affects ear yield and quality of early planted sweet corn. HortTechnology. 12(3):410-415.
Rangarajan, A., M. P. Pritts, S. Reiners, L. Pedersen. 2002. Focusing food safety training based on current grower practices and farm scale. HortTechnology. 12(1):126-131.
Ranwala, A. P. and W. B. Miller. 2003. Minimizing stem elongation during spray applications of gibberellin4+7 and benzyladenine to prevent leaf chlorosis in Easter lilies. HortScience 38:1210-1213.
Ranwala, N. K., D. R. Decoteau, A. P. Ranwala and W. B. Miller. 2002. Changes in soluble carbohydrates during phytochrome-regulated petiole elongation in watermelon seedlings. J. Plant Growth Regul. 38:157-163.
Ranwala, A.P., G. Legnani, M. Reitmeier, B.B. Stewart. and W.B. Miller. 2002. Efficacy of plant growth retardants as pre-plant bulb dips for height control in LA and oriental hybrid lilies. HortTechnology 12(3):426-431.
Rossi, F.S. and A.F. Senesac. 2002. Evaluation of corn gluten meal for crabgrass (Digitaria spp.) control in cool season turf. Weed Technology (accepted with revision 11/02)
Rossi, F.S., A.M. Petrovic, D. Lisk, and I.M. Larsson-Kovach. 2002. Influence of turfgrass establishment system method on downward migration of metalaxyl and mefenoxam. Journal of Environmental Quality
Rossi, F.S. and A. Schaub. 2002. Influence of cultivar, seed treatment and rate on bentgrass putting green establishment. HortScience
Skelly, S.M., T.C. Kohlleppel, J.C. Bradley, and M.E. Kane. 2002. Professional Development for Graduate Students. NACTA Journal, 46(4):16-18.
Stover, E.W., Fargione, M.J., Watkins, C.B., Iungerman, K.A. 2003. Harvest management of Marshall 'McIntosh' apples: Effects of AVG, NAA, ethephon, and summer pruning on preharvest drop and fruit quality. HortScience 38: 1093-1099.
Tong, C.B.S., Bedford, D.S., Luby, J.J., Beaudry, R.M., Mattheis, J.P., Propsom, F.M., Watkins, C.B., Weis, S.A. 2003. Location and temperature effects on soft scald in 'Honeycrisp' apples. HortScience 38: 1153-1155.
Wang, E., Gan, S. and G. J. Wagner (2002) Isolation and characterization of the CYP71D16 trichome-specific promoter from Nicotiana tabacum L. Journal of Experimental Botany 53: 1891-1897. [Abstract] [Full Text]
Wolfe, D.W. 2002. Summary Report of the soil Health Grower Survey. CCE Soil Health PWT and Dept. Hort., Cornell Univ. 5pp.
Wargo, J.M., I.A. Merwin, and C.B. Watkins. 2003. Fruit size, yield and market value of 'Goldrush' apple are affected by amount, timing and method of nitrogen fertilization. HortTechnology 13(1):5-13.
Weston, D.J., F.S. Rossi and W.B. Miller. 2002. Influence of altered light on growth and development of turfgrasses. Crop Science.
Yuan, Z., Pan, A., Jian, Z., Xu, S., Gan, S., Huang, H. and Zhang, D. (2002) Senescence delay characterization of transgenic Brassica chinensis L. containing an anti-senescence chimeric gene SAG12-IPT. Journal of Plant Physiology & Molecular Biology 28, 379-384.
Zhou, R., L. Cheng, and R. Wayne. 2003. Purification and characterization of sorbitol-6-phosphate phosphatase from apple leaves. Plant Science 165: 227-232.
Zhou R., R. C. Sicher, L. Cheng and B. Quebedeaux. 2003. Regulation of apple leaf aldose-6-phosphate reductase activity by inorganic phosphate and divalent cations. Functional Plant Biology30: 1037-1043.