[OP] Pineapple News No. 16

Organic Pineapple Working Group opwg at lists.ibiblio.org
Fri Aug 14 06:46:11 EDT 2009


Dear Duane,

I wonder if you would be able to help with information on organically
acceptable methods for flower induction.

Best regards,

Shanthi 
 
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From: Organic Pineapple Working Group
Date: 7/30/2009 7:52:30 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients: ,
Subject: [OP] Pineapple News No. 16
 
For Individuals:
I am pleased to announce the availability of Pineapple News No. 16.  See
below for a copy of the Table of Contents.

The newsletter is available for downloading as a pdf file from the
International Society for Horticulture Science web site (www.ISHS.org).  A
direct link to the current as well as all back issues of Pineapple News is
http://www.ishs-horticulture.org/workinggroups/pineapple/.

Single printed copies of the newsletter in black and white only are
available to individuals at no cost.  Please reply to this email to request
a printed copy. 

For Libraries:
Libraries will automatically be sent a two colore (black and white) printed
copy of Pineapple News No. 16 at a later date.  The newsletter is currently
available only as a pdf file from the web site of the International Society
for Horticulture Science.

If your library can use the pdf file, i.e. the library does not need or want
a printed copy, please let me know.

With best wishes,

Duane Bartholomew

Pineapple News No. 16
Table of Contents
News of General Interest, Pineapple Working Group News. . . . . . . . . . . 
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    ‘MD-2’ Pineapple Transforms the World’s Pineapple Fresh Fruit Export
Industry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 2
    7th International Pineapple Symposium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 . . . . . . . . . . . 5
    ISHS Publishes Proceedings of International Pineapple Symposium VI . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 5
    Contribute to Pineapple News.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
News from Australia.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
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. . . . . . . . 5
News From Belgium.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
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. . . . . . . 6
    A Novel Flowering Induction Agent for Pineapple. . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 . . . . . . . . 6
    MD-2 Pineapple Plant Maturity and Flowering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
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News From Brazil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
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. . . . . . . . 12
    New Records of Scale Insect Pests of Pineapple and Their Natural Enemies
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
News From Cuba. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
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. . . . . . . 14
    Cryogenic Strategy For The Establishment Of Pineapple (Ananas Comosus L.
Merrill) Germplasm Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
    Phenotypic Characterization of Field-grown Pineapple Transgenic Plants. 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14
    Proteases Expressed in Response to in Vitro Culture of Pineapple. . . . 
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. . 15
News From France. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 15
    The Domestication of Pineapple: Context and Hypotheses. . . . . . . . . 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 15
News from the Philippines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
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    Philippines President Witnesses Signing of $500-M Contract. . . . . . . 
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. . . 27
News from Sri Lanka. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 . . . . . . 28
    Antagonistic effect of Trichoderma harzianum on Thielaviopsis paradoxa. 
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28
News from Taiwan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
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. . . . . . . 31
    Forced Flowering of Pineapple (Ananas comosus cv. Tainon 17) With
Calcium Carbide Plus Activated Charcoal and By Ice
Cold Stress.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
News From the United States (Hawaii).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 33
    Phytophthora Heart Rot Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 33
    Evaluation of Transgenic Resistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 . . . . . . . . . . 33
    Production of transgenic pineapple (Ananas cosmos (L.) Merr.) plants via
adventitious bud regeneration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
    Effects of ReTain® on Natural Induction of Reproductive Development of
MD-2 Pineapple. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Services.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
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Commercial Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Professional Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Book Reviews and Web Sites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 40
Book Reviews. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Web Sites of Possible Interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
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References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .
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Instructions to Contributors to Pineapple News.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48


-- 
Duane P. Bartholomew, Ph.D., Agronomist emeritus
Dept. of Tropical Plant and Soil Science, University of Hawaii at Manoa
1910 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822
Pineapple News on the web at http://www.ishs-horticulture
org/workinggroups/pineapple/.
 
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