International Journal of
FRUIT SCIENCE
EDITOR
PAUL E. READ, PhD, Professor of Horticulture/Viticulture, University of Nebraska, 377 Plant Science Hall,
Lincoln, NE 68583-0724 (E-mail: [email protected])
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
KIM LEWERS, Research Geneticist (Plants), 10300 Baltimore Avenue Beltsville,
Maryland 20705-2350 (E-mail: [email protected])
EDITORIAL BOARD
AUSTRALIA
RODERICK DREW, School of Biological and Physical Sciences,
Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
ZORA SINGH, Department of Horticulture, Curtin University of Technology,
Perth, Western Australia
BELGIUM
PHILIP LIETEN, Experiment Station of the Northern Campines, Meerle, Belgium
CANADA
SHAHROKH KHANIZADEH, Plant Breeding, Physiology, and Statistics,
Eastern Cereals and Oilseeds Research Centre, Ottawa, Ontario
JEAN-PIERRE PRIVE, Atlantic Food and Horticultural Research Center,
New Brunswick
ALAN SULLIVAN, University of Guelph, Ontario
CHILE
CARLOS MUÑOZ SCHICK, Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias
Estacion Experimental, Santiago
JORGE RETAMALES, Universidad de Talca, Talca
ESTONIA
TAIMI PAAL, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Institute of Forestry
and Rural Engineering, Estonia
INDIA
RAM ROSHAN SHARMA, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
ITALY
GIUSEPPI SORTINO, Department of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Sciences,
University of Palermo, Palermo
LUCA DONDINI, Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Bologna,
Bologna
NEW ZEALAND
A. R. FERGUSON, Mt. Albert Research Centre, Auckland
JOHN PALMER, The Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand
Ltd., Riwaka Research Centre, Motueka
STUART TUSTIN, The Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand
Ltd., Havelock North Research Centre, Havelock North
RUSSIA
A. B. GORBUNOV, Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB Ras, Zolotodolinskaya
TURKEY
ERDOGAN BARUT, Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Uludag
University, Bursa
ATILLA ERIS, Department of Genetic & Bioengineering, Istanbul Bilgi
University, Istanbul
UNITED STATES
DOUGLAS ARCHBOLD, Department of Horticulture and Landscape
Architecture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
JOHN BARDEN, Department of Horticulture, Virginia Polytechnic Institute &
State University, Blacksburg, VA
ELIZABETH BEERS, Tree Fruit Research & Extension Center, Washington State
University, Wenatchee, WA
BRUCE P. BORDELON, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture,
Purdue University, Lafayette, IN
WILLIAM BRAMLAGE, Department of Plant & Soil Sciences, University of
Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
TIMOTHY E. CROCKER, Horticultural Sciences Department, University of
Florida, Gainesville, FL
DON ELFVING, Tree Fruit Research & Extension Center, Washington State
University, Wenatchee, WA
ESMAEIL FALLAHI, Parma Research and Extension Center, University of
Idaho, Parma, ID
DAVID FERREE, Department of Horticulture, Ohio Agricultural Research &
Development Center, Ohio State University, Wooster, OH
DUANE GREENE, Department of Plant & Soil Sciences, University of
Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
GARY GROVE, Tree Fruit Research & Extension Center, Washington State
University, Wenatchee, WA
OSCAR LIBURD, Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of
Florida, Gainesville, FL
SCOTT NESMITH, Department of Horticulture, University of Georgia
Experiment Station, Griffin, GA
JOHN E. PREECE, National Clonal Germplasm Repository, University of
California, Davis, CA
BERNADINE C. STRIK, Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University,
Corvallis, OR
GUOCHEN YANG, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Design,
North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC
YI ZHANG, Grapery Inc., San Joaquin Valley, CA