Thesis (Higher certificate in librarianship)--Cape Town. / Compiled as a continuation of the bibliography by R.G. Webb published in 1951.

Thesis--University of Pretoria. / Errata slip inserted. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (MScAgric)--University of Stellenbosch, 2006. / Bibliography.

Thesis (MScAgric)--University of Stellenbosch, 2007. / Bibliography. Also available via the Internet

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Horticulture, Viticulture and Oenology, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 152-164).

Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Glasgow, 2008. / Ph.D. thesis submitted to the Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, 2008. Includes bibliographical references. Print version also available.

Thesis(M.S.)--Auburn University, 2005. / Abstract. Vita. Includes bibliographic references (p.41-45).

The regulation of citrus fruit color by various concentrations of sugars, sugar metabolites, and nitrogen compounds was investigated in peel segments of Citrus paradisi Macf. (cv. Marsh) cultured on modified media of Murashige and Tucker. Green and yellow peel segments were cultured for degreening and regreening studies, respectively, and chlorophyll level in the individual peel segments was measured with a reflectometer. Degreening was significantly promoted by 150 mM sucrose, 300 mM glucose and fructose, or 50 mM citrate but not by 300 mM of the hexoses galactose and mannose, 300 mM of the pentoses xylose and ribose, or 25, 50, and 100 mM succinate. Regreening was significantly inhibited by 150 mM sucrose, 300 mM glucose and fructose, or 50 mM citrate and malate. Succinate and α-ketoglutarate at concentrations of 50 mM did not inhibit regreening. The inhibition of regreening by 300 mM sucrose was reduced by 33 percent with the glycolytic inhibitor iodoacetic acid at 1 mM but not by DL-glyceraldehyde at 50 mM. Neither ethanol nor potassium bicarbonate inhibited regreening, suggesting that the regulation of citrus fruit color is specific to sugars or sugar metabolites. However, pyruvate did not promote degreening or inhibit regreening because it was probably not absorbed from the media by the flavedo of the peel. These results suggest that sucrose, glucose, fructose, and citrate maintain carotenoid synthesis and accumulation in both cultured green and yellow peel segments but cause the loss of chlorophyll from green peel segments. Treatment of either the green or yellow segments with sucrose or citrate may increase the partitioning of these compounds into the mevalonic acid pathway to provide carbon for synthesis or carotenoids, resulting in degreening of the green peels and maintaining the yellow color in the yellow peels. Malonate inhibited regreening when incorporated in media at concentrations of 4 mM. This inhibition was reversed by 60 mM glutamine but not by 5 mM glutamine or KNO₃. The action of malonate on regreening may be a specific effect of malonate on plastid development rather than by modifying the partitioning of sugar metabolites into the carotenoid synthetic pathway.

M.Com. (Business Economics) / Please refer to full text to view abstract

Thesis accepted for the Degree of Doctor of Science in Forestry at the University of Stellenbosch. / Research project sponsored by the South African Lumber Millers' and Shook Manufacturers' Association, and the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research.