 | PREFACE (S. Iwahori, The ISHS Board of Directors, K. Tanabe, Chairman of the organizing Committee, N.E. Looney, I. Kajiura, Y. Katayama) |
| THE WORLD PEAR INDUSTRY AND RESEARCH: PRESENT SITUATION AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF EUROPEAN PEARS (PYRUS COMMUNIS) (T. Deckers, H. Schoofs) |
| NIJISSEIKI NASHI IN TOTTORI (Y. Katayama) |
| ASIAN PEAR GERMPLASM - FUTURE TRENDS AND CURRENT RESEARCH IN THE INDUSTRY (C.-C. Nee, C.-H. Tsai, D.D. Anstine) |
| THE PRODUCTION OF ASIAN PEARS IN CHINA (W. Jun, G. Hongsheng) |
| PROSPECTS FOR THE ORIENTAL PEAR INDUSTRY AND RESEARCH TRENDS IN KOREA (J.C. Lee, Y.S. Hwang) |
| ASIAN PEAR PRODUCTION AND FUTURE TRENDS OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THAILAND (S. Subhadrabandhu, W. Prapthuk, C. Thanaruj) |
| JAPANESE PEAR GROWING IN BRAZIL (I.D. Faora, B.H. Nakasu) |
| ASIAN PEAR PRODUCTION AND RESEARCH TRENDS IN NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA (A. White) |
| STUDIES ON THE RECENT ADVANCES AND FUTURE TRENS IN ASIAN PEAR IN JAPAN (I. Kajiura) |
| PEAR INDUSTRY IN JAPAN (K. Inoue) |
| LEAP OF TOTTORI 'NIJISSEIKI' PEAR TO THE WORLD (Y. Hanamoto) |
| ASIAN PEARS IN CANADA (T.S.C. Li) |
| CORRECT SPELLING FOR SOME JAPANESE PEAR NAMES: A SUGGESTION (I.D. Faoro) |
| ASSESSMENT OF GENETIC RELATEDNESS AMONG LARGE-FRUITED PEAR CULTIVARS NATIVE TO EAST ASIA USING RAPD M ARKERS (Y. Teng, K. Tanabe, F. Tamura, A. Itai) |
| A SEARCH FOR GENETIC RESOURCES ON THE GENUS OF PYRUS IN JAPAN IWATEYAMANASHI (P. AROMATICA NAKAI ET KIKUCHI) (K. Yoneyama, M. Makita) |
| INFLUENCE OF 'TWENTIETH CENTURY' (NIJISSEIKI) PEAR AND ITS PROGENIES ON PEAR BREEDING IN CHINA (D. Shen, M. Chai, J. Fang) |
| THE ADVANCEMENT OF PEAR BREEDING IN RECENT TWENTY YEARS IN CHINA (Z. MaoJun) |
| THE POSITION OF PEAR BREEDING AND CULTURE IN IRAN: INTRODUCTION OF SOME ASIAN PEAR (PYRUS SEROTINA REHD.) CULTIVARS (K. Arzani) |
| PEAR BREEDING IN NEW ZEALAND (A.G. White, L.R. Brewer) |
| CHARACTERISTICS OF NEW ASIAN PEAR VARIETIES RELEASED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS IN KOREA (S.-S. Kang, D.-S. Son, K.-S. Cho, H.-S. Hwang, I.-S. Shin, M.-S. Kim) |
| GENETIC DIVERSITY OF CULTIVATED RESOURCES OF PEAR IN NORTH CHINA (Z. Pan, S. Kawabata, N. Sugiyama, R. Sakiyama, Y. Cao) |
| ADAPTABILITY AND USE OF INTRODUCED CULTIVARS OF PYRUS PYRIFOLIA NAKAI IN GANSU PROVINCE OF CHINA (L. YinSheng, W. FaLin, M. ChunHui) |
| THE GENETIC RESOURCES AND THEIR UTILIZATION OF PYRUS PYRIFOLIA IN CHINA (Z.R. Luo, Q.L. Zhang) |
| GENETICS OF PLOIDY AND HYBRIDIZED COMBINATION TYPES FOR POLYPLOID BREEDING IN PEAR (Y. Cao, L. Huang, S. Li, Y. Yang) |
| PRODUCTION OF APOMICT-LIKE SEEDLING THROUGH INTERGENERIC CROSS BETWEEN JAPANESE PEAR AND APPLE BY MEANS OF POLLEN IRRADIATION (E. Inoue, F. Sakuma, M. Kasumi, H. Hara, T. Tsukihashi) |
| MOLECULAR BREEDING OF PEAR (V.G. Lebedev, S.A. Taran, V.G. Lunin, K.G. Skryabin) |
| INTRODUCTION OF NEW CHARACTERISTICS AND GENETIC MAPPING USING THE HYBRIDS BETWEEN JAPANESE PEAR CV. 'OSA NIJISSEIKI' AND EUROPEAN PEAR P1 CV. 'OHARABENI' (K. Banno, S. Saito, M. Robbani, H. Ishikawa) |
| AFLP MOLECULAR MARKERS OF 10 SPECIES OF PYRUS IN CHINA (L. Shenghua, F. Chengquan, S. Wenqin, Z. Feng) |
| THE JAPANESE PEAR GENOME PROGRAM I. DEVELOPMENT OF SSR MARKERS AND IDENTIFICATION OF PEARS (T. Kimura, Y. Ban, T. Yamamoto, Y.Z. Shi, K. Kotobuki, N. Matsuta, T. Hayashi) |
| THE JAPANESE PEAR GENOME PROGRAM II. GENETIC LINKAGE MAP IN PEAR (T. Yamamoto, H. Iketani, Y. Sawamura, T. Kimura, T. Imai, T. Saito, M. Shoda, K. Kotobuki, T. Hayashi, N. Matsuta) |
| THE JAPANESE PEAR GENOME PROGRAM III. COPIA-LIKE RETROTRANSPOSONS IN PEAR (Y.Z. Shi, T. Yamamoto, T. Hayashi) |
| UTILIZATION OF PCR-FINGERPRINTING FOR CLASSIFICATION OF KOREAN PEAR CULTIVARS (J.H. Oh, C.S. Choi, K.K. Kang, I.S. Nou, M.Y. Eun, H.W. Kang) |
| PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF PYRUS SPECIES: THE CHLOROPLAST DNA STRUCTURE OF PYRUS USSURIENSIS VAR. HONDOENSIS (H. Katayama, C. Uematsu) |
| CHARACTERIZATION OF PEAR SPECIES AND CULTIVARS USING ISOZYME POLYMORPHISM (M. Sharifani, J.F. Jackson) |
| NEW JAPANESE PEAR CULTIVAR 'YOUSUI' (Y. Uebayashi, S. Takase, N. Okada) |
| BREEDING OF NEW PEAR CULTIVAR 'HUASU' (F. Chengquan, C. Xinye, L. Shenghua) |
| A NEW RED PEAR VARIETY 'GOLDEN PEARL' (S. Hongtao, L. Juncai, L. Cheng, W. Jiazhen) |
| CHARACTERISTICS OF A NEW JAPANESE PEAR CULTIVAR, 'FUKUSUI' (T. Maegawa, H. Ito, Y. Nishikawa, H. Kitamura, T. Hosotani) |
| BREEDING OF THE NEW EARLY SEASON PEAR CULTIVAR SHINCHEON (H.-S. Hwang, I.-S. Shin, W.-C. Kim, H.-M. Cho, Y.-U. Shin, J.-H. Hwang) |
| NEW JAPANESE PEAR CULTIVAR 'NANSUI' (H. Ogawa, A. Usuda, T. Ito, T. Miyashita, H. Makita, K. Tsukahara, T. Shimazu, T. Maejima) |
| NEW JAPANESE PEAR CULTIVARS 'AKIAKARI', 'SHUUREI', 'AKIZUKI' AND 'OUSHUU' (Y. Sawamura, T. Saito, M. Shoda, K. Kotobuki) |
| 'WAKAHIKARI' AND 'NATSUHIKARI', NEW JAPANESE PEAR CULTIVARS (M. Kitaguchi) |
| BREEDING PROCESS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF 'AKEMIZU', A NEW JAPANESE PEAR CULTIVAR (K. Shibata, K. Kawashima, M. Hishitani) |
| REGULATION OF ENDODORMANCY IN JAPANESE PEAR (F. Tamura, K. Tanabe, A. Itai) |
| INTRODUCTION OF FORCING CULTURE IN NASHI AND AN ATTEMPT TO ELUCIDATE DORMANT BUD RESPIRATION (H. Gemma) |
| TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE OF ENDODORMANCY DEVELOPMENT IN FLOWER BUDS OF 'KOUSUI' JAPANESE PEAR AND A MODEL FOR ESTIMATING THE COMPLETION OF ENDODORMANCY (T. Sugiura, H. Kuroda, H. Honjo, D. Ito) |
| NASHI PEAR (PYRUS PYRIFOLIA) DORMANCY UNDER MILD TEMPERATURE CLIMATE CONDITIONS (J.L. Petri, F. Herter) |
| DETERMINATION OF THE SUGAR LEVELS IN BUDS AND BRANCHES OF PEARS HOUSUI AND NIJISSEIKI, DURING THE PHASE THAT PRECEDES FLOWERING, IN PELOTAS-RS AND SÃO JOAQUIM-SC, BRAZIL (J.P. Gardin, F.G. Herter, M. Bacarin, R. Trevisan, V. Veríssimo) |
| THE EFFECTS OF SPUR PRUNING AND DEFOLIATION IN THE AUTUMN ON THE FLOWER BUD ABORTION OF PEAR TREE CV. NIJISSEIKI IN PELOTAS, RS, BRAZIL (F.G. Herter, D. Camelatto, R. Trevisan, V. Verissimo, J.P. Gardin) |
| STUDIES ON THE CAUSES OF FLORAL BUD ABORTION OF JAPANESE PEAR (PYRUS PYRIFOLIA) IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL (J.L. Petri, G.B. Leite, Y. Yasunobu) |
| MORPHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL PARAMETERS OF FLOWER BUDS OF TREES OF TWO JAPANESE PEAR CULTIVARS GROWN AT THREE DIFFERENT AREAS OF SOUTHERN BRAZIL, AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH FLOWER BUD ABORTION INTENSITY (V. Verissimo, J.P. Gardin, R. Trevisan, J.B. da Silva, F.G. Herter) |
| A NEW APPROACH TO CONTROLLING THE FLOWERING DATE FOR JAPANESE PEAR USING REFLECTIVE FILM TECHNIQUE (H. Honjo, Y. Kobayashi, M. Watanabe, R. Fukui, T. Sugiura) |
| EFFECT OF INTERMITTENT WARM PERIODS ON BUD BREAK AND CARBOHYDRATE CONTENTS OF JAPANESE PEAR (PYRUS PYRIFOLIA NAKAI) AT DIFFERENT ENDODORMANCY STAGES (H. Honjo, Y. Kobayashi, M. Watanabe, R. Fukui, T. Sugiura) |
| PHENOLOGY OF INTRODUCED ORIENTAL PEARS GRAFTED ONTO A LOCAL PEAR CULTIVAR AND THEIR CARBOHYDRATE AND NITROGEN STATUS (J. Rakngan, H. Gemma, S. Subhadrabandhu) |
| ADVANCING HARVEST OF JAPANESE PEAR THROUGH DORMANCY BREAKING TREATMENTS UNDER FORCING CONDITIONS (K. Kisaki, N. Nishimoto, K. Sano, O. Kumamoto, Y. Hashiguchi, N. Sakaguchi) |
| DEVELOPMENT OF SEMI-FORCED CULTURE OF JAPANESE PEAR 'KOUSUI' MAKING USE OF THE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS IN FUKUI, JAPAN (A. Kaminaka, N. Miwa) |
| FORCING CULTURE OF THE JAPANESE PEAR 'NIITAKA', WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF HARVESTING FRUITS IN EARLY AUGUST (T. Yasui, H. Kagami, T. Fujisawa) |
| CULTIVAR DIFFERENCES IN THE EXPRESSION OF SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY IN JAPANESE PEARS (S. Hiratsuka, S-L. Zhang) |
| S-RNASE BASED PCR-RFLP SYSTEM FOR S-GENOTYPE ASSIGNMENT IN JAPANESE PEAR (C. Castillo, T. Nakanishi, T. Ishimizu, T. Takasaki, S. Norioka, T. Saito) |
| CIS-REGULATORY ELEMENTS FOR PISTIL SPECIFIC EXPRESSION IN S-RNASE PROMOTER REGION OF JAPANESE PEAR (PYRUS PYRIFOLIA NAKAI) (D.M.R.K.K. Dissanayake, S. Norioka, N. Norioka, T. Takasaki, T. Nakanishi) |
| IDENTIFICATION OF SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY ALLELES BY S-RNASES SEQUENCING AND PCR-RFLP ANALYSIS IN KOREAN-BRED PEAR (PYRUS PYRIFOLIA) STRAINS (H.T. Kim, H.J. Kim, I.S. Nou, Y. Hirata, K.K. Kang) |
| THE MECHANISMS OF SUCROSE ACCUMULATION IN JAPANESE PEAR (PYRUS PYRIFOLIA NAKAI) FRUIT (K. Tanase, K. Shiratake, S. Yamaki) |
| RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON THE ROLE OF ETHYLENE IN THE RIPENING OF CLIMACTERIC FRUIT (J.C. Pech, I. Sharkawi, A. Chaves, Z. Li, J.M. LeLièvre, M. Bouzayen, P. Frasse, H. Zegzouti, A. Latché) |
| MECHANISM OF ETHYLENE PRODUCTION DURING FRUIT RIPENING IN ASIAN PEARS (A. Itai, K. Tanabe, F. Tamura) |
| CHANGES OF CA AND CAM CONTENT DURING FRUIT DEVELOPMENT IN PEAR (PYRUS PYRIFOLIA NAKAI) (S.A. Peng, G.H. Li, C. Luo) |
| INCREASE IN SORBITOL BIOSYNTHESIS IN STRESSED JAPANESE PEAR LEAVES (M. Deguchi, M. Watanabe, Y. Kanayama) |
| EFFECTS OF HARVESTING TIME AND STORAGE PERIOD ON POSTSTORAGE RIPENING OF ESFAHAN 'SEBRI' PEAR (PYRUS SEROTINA REHD. CV. 'SEBRI') (M. Rahemi, R. Baghbani) |
| ANTIOXIDATIVE ABILITY OF CELL WALL COMPONENTS IN ASIAN PEAR FLESH AGAINST ASCORBIC ACID OXIDATION (Y. Motomura) |
| EFFECT OF AMINOETHOXYVINYLGLYCINE (AVG) ON ETHYLENE EVOLUTION AND FRUIT QUALITY OF JAPANESE PEARS AT HARVEST STAGE (Z.U. Khan, H. Ohara, K. Ohkawa, H. Matsui) |
| ANATOMICAL STUDIES OF THE ABSCISSION PROCESS IN THE JUNCTURE TISSUE BETWEEN THE PEDUNCLE AND SPUR ON JAPANESE PEAR FRUIT FOLLOWING ETHEPHON APPLICATION (T. Tabuchi, S. Ito, S. Toita, I. Shimura, K. Inoue, K. Murata) |
| SEASONAL CHANGES IN THE ICE NUCLEATION ACTIVITY OF VARIOUS TISSUES IN JAPANESE PEAR (PYRUS PYRIFOLIA NAKAI) IN RELATION TO THEIR FREEZING BEHAVIOR AND FROST INJURY (Y. Sekozawa, S. Sugaya, H. Gemma, S. Iwahori, M. Ishikawa) |
| EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON NUMBER OF THORNS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO PLANT CHARACTERS OF BIRD PEAR (PYRUS SP.) (S.F. Roan, I.Z. Chen, C.Y. Cheng) |
| MASS PROPAGATION OF A UNIQUE VARIETY OF PEAR (PYRUS PYRIFOLIA (BURM.) NAK. CV. SEBRI) BY SHOOT TIP CULTURE IN VITRO (M.E. Amiri) |
| SERPENTINE-TYPE TRELLIS TRAINING OF JAPANESE PEAR - TRAINING METHOD AND FRUIT PRODUCTIVITY (A. Kaminaka) |
| EFFECTS OF TRAINING METHODS ON TREE GROWTH AND YIELD IN YOUNG TREES OF JAPANESE PEAR 'GOLD NIJISSEIKI' (A. Yoshida, T. Ikeda, K. Murata, K. Inoue) |
| EARLY MATURE ORCHARD SYSTEM OF 'OSA-NIJISSEIKI' PEAR BY TWO PRIMARY SCAFFOLD BRANCH SYSTEM AND HIGH PLANT DENSITY (K. Matsuura, K. Fukui) |
| NEW BILATERAL CORDON TRAINING OF JAPANESE PEAR 'NIITAKA' FOR COMFORTABLE WORK (H. Kagami, T. Yasui, M. Isoda) |
| DEVELOPMENT OF AN H-SHAPED TRAINING SYSTEM FOR JAPANESE PEAR (M. Oshida) |
| ARTIFICIAL POLLEN APPLICATION ON NASHI CULTIVAR 'HOUSUI' (E.J. La Franchie) |
| EFFECT OF STRAW MULCHING ON LEAF PHYSIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES, SIZE AND GROWTH CURVES OF PEAR FRUIT IN AN ARID DESERT AREA (Z. Chang-Zeng, L. Lu, C. Bai-Hong, P. Cun-Zhi) |
| VENTURIA NASHICOLA: PATHOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION ON PEARS AND CONTROL TRIAL WITH RESISTANCE INDUCERS (H. Ishii, H. Watanabe, K. Tanabe) |
| INFECTION MECHANISM OF BLACK SPOT PATHOGEN IN JAPANESE PEAR (H. Otani, M. Kodama, K. Kohmoto) |
| CHARACTERIZATION OF PATHOGENIC BACTERIA FROM KOREA AND JAPAN CAUSING ASIAN PEAR BLIGHT (K. Geider, W.-S. Kim, S. Jock, M. Hildebrand, J.-P. Paulin, S.-L. Rhim) |
| CONTROL STRATEGIES OF BACTERIAL DISEASES IN EUROPEAN PEAR GROWING (T. Deckers, H. Schoofs) |
| STUDIES ON THE CONTROL OF FIREBLIGHT ON PEAR TREES IN SOUTH-EASTERN ROMANIA (M. Trandafirescu) |
| USING THE GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN TO DETERMINE VIRULENCE AND GENE EXPRESSION OF ERWINIA AMYLOVORA AND OTHER MARKERS FOR STRAIN DIFFERENTIATION (J. Bogs, S. Jock, W.-S. Kim, K. Geider, K. Richter) |
| INTERNAL BARK NECROSIS IN 'NIITAKA' PEAR (G.C. Song) |
| A GRAFT-TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASE "SOHI-BYO" OF JAPANESE PEAR THAT OCCURS IN OKAYAMA PREFECTURE, JAPAN (H. Nasu, H. Osaki) |
| OCCURRENCE AND GRAFT TRANSMISSION OF A DISEASE SIMILAR TO PEAR BLISTER CANKER ON SHOOTS OF THE JAPANESE PEAR CV. 'CHIKUSUI' (H. Nitta, S. Ogasawara) |
| PEST CONTROL OF JAPANESE PEAR BY GROUND STATIONARY SPRINKLER SYSTEMS (F. Yasuda, K. Yamamoto, Y. Jinno, H. Watanabe, H. Izawa) |
| A SIMPLE DIAGNOSIS AND INCIDENCE PREDICTION OF THE PITHY FRUIT IN JAPANESE PEAR (PYRUS PYRIFOLIA NAKAI CV. NIITAKA) USING SPECIFIC GRAVITY (H. Chijiwa, K. Hayashi, K. Ushijima) |
| SELECTION FOR FRUIT CORE ROT OF JAPANESE PEAR BY A NON-DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION MACHINE (K. Inoue, H. Nasu, S. Kasuyama) |
