1 Chapter 1Figure 1.1 Unique aspects of oakleaf hydrangea. Lobed leaves, showy panicles...Figure 1.2 Diagram of Hydrangeaceae taxonomy. The taxonomy between family an...Figure 1.3 Map of historic herbarium specimens and recent samplings. Small o...Figure 1.4 Photographs of Hydrangea quercifolia in its natural habitat. Left...Figure 1.5 Photographs of Hydrangea quercifolia clonal habit. Each photograp...Figure 1.6 Stages of floral development: (a) young flower bud; (b) full flow...Figure 1.7 Photograph showing range of bacterial leafspot (Xanthomonas campe...Figure 1.8 Photographs of some commercial cultivars of Hydrangea quercifolia

      2 Chapter 2Figure 2.1 The major compartments of the phytomicrobiome.Figure 2.2 Biostimulatory actions of seaweed extracts.

      3 Chapter 3Figure 3.1 ‘Kluai Namwa’ banana (Musa × paradisiaca, ABB Group). (a) Banana ...Figure 3.2 ‘Grande Naine’ banana (Musa acuminata, AAA Group, Cavendish) show...Figure 3.3 Finger drop of ‘Sucrier’ banana (Musa acuminata, AA Group) held c...Figure 3.4 (a) Finger drop and (b) resistance to finger drop in ripening ‘Su...Figure 3.5 PL activity in the peel at the middle of the banana and at the pe...Figure 3.6 Symptoms of senescent spotting in different banana cultivars: (a)...Figure 3.7 The development of (a) senescent spots with high density, and (b)...Figure 3.8 Senescent spotting of ‘Kluai Khai’ banana (Musa acuminata, AAGrou...Figure 3.9 Senescent spotting of ‘Kluai Khai’ banana (Musa acuminata, AA Gro...Figure 3.10 Senescent spotting of ‘Kluai Khai’ banana (Musa acuminata, AA Gr...Figure 3.11 Chilling injury symptoms in banana: (a) sub‐epidermal layer of n...Figure 3.12 Unripe ‘Kluai Hom Thong’ banana (Musa acuminata, AAA Group, non‐...Figure 3.13 Ripe ‘Kluai Hom Thong’ banana (Musa acuminata, AAA Group, non‐Ca...Figure 3.14 Ripe ‘Kluai Namwa’ banana (Musa × paradisiaca, ABB Group); (a) n...Figure 3.15 Ripe ‘Kluai Namwa’ banana (Musa × paradisiacal, ABB Group); (a) ...Figure 3.16 Chilling injury of green fruit of ‘Kluai Hom Thong’ banana (Musa...

      4 Chapter 4Figure 4.1 Different forms of mechanical harvesters.Figure 4.2 Vibration transmission in an olive tree while using a trunk shake...Figure 4.3 Triaxial accelerometer by Abdel‐Fattah et al. (2003)Figure 4.4 Apple‐stem subsystem (Upadhyaya and Cook 1981)Figure 4.5 A trellis‐trained branch with an apple located at a twigFigure 4.6 Schematic diagram of a harvester attached to catching frames (Sou...Figure 4.7 Schematic diagram of rotary, sway, and slapper harvesters, and in...Figure 4.8 Schematic of a cherry harvester by Peterson et al. (2003)Figure 4.9 Elemental motion patterns of cherries under vibrational excitatio...Figure 4.10 Light distribution in three horizontal layers of central leader ...

      5 Chapter 5Figure 5.1 Apple spur. The central fruitlet is larger than the laterals due ...Figure 5.2 Correlatively Driven Abscission (CDA) proposed by Bangerth (2000)...Figure 5.3 Fruitlet abscission model proposed by Botton et al. (2011) and su...

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