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  • Subject: Re: [OP] Pineapple News No. 16
  • Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:08:56 -0000

Dear Shanthi,

We have been working on that and are using a smallscale friendly method of ethylene flower induction with farmer groups.  My email is robmoss AT waffco.org  i can put you in touch with out project coordinator who works on that issue.

 

From: opwg-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:opwg-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Organic Pineapple Working Group
Sent: 14 August 2009 10:46
To: Organic Pineapple Working Group
Subject: Re: [OP] Pineapple News No. 16

 

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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Date: 7/30/2009 7:52:30 PM

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
    ‘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.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
News From Belgium.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
    A Novel Flowering Induction Agent for Pineapple. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
    MD-2 Pineapple Plant Maturity and Flowering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
News From Brazil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
    New Records of Scale Insect Pests of Pineapple and Their Natural Enemies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
News From Cuba. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
News From France. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
    The Domestication of Pineapple: Context and Hypotheses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
News from the Philippines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
    Philippines President Witnesses Signing of $500-M Contract. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
News from Sri Lanka. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
    Antagonistic effect of Trichoderma harzianum on Thielaviopsis paradoxa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
News from Taiwan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Commercial Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Professional Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Book Reviews and Web Sites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Book Reviews. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Web Sites of Possible Interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
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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