 | PREFACE (S. Sansavini, C.A. Roncaratti, D. Regazzi, G. Stupazzoni, ISHS Board of Directors) |
| THE PEAR IN HISTORY, LITERATURE, POPULAR CULTURE, AND ART (J. Janick) |
| THE WORLD PEAR INDUSTRY: CURRENT TRENDS AND PROSPECTS (A. A. Segrè) |
| PEAR PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION IN NORTH AMERICA (G. Ing) |
| PEAR PRODUCTION IN SOUTH AMERICA (E.E. Sanchez) |
| PEAR PRODUCTION IN NORTHERN EUROPE (G. Bünemann, M. Groot, H. Kemp) |
| PEAR INDUSTRY YIELD TRENDS IN SOUTHERN EUROPE: DISTRICTS AND CULTIVARS (V. Mazzotti, G. Miotto, E. Macchi) |
| THE PEAR INDUSTRY IN EASTERN EUROPE (N. Braniste) |
| THE PEAR INDUSTRY IN ASIA (H. Gemma) |
| THE PEAR INDUSTRY IN AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND SOUTH AFRICA: PRODUCTION, TRADE AND CULTIVARS (A.G. White, K.I. Theron, J. Purbrick) |
| THE PEAR INDUSTRY OF HIMACHAL PRADESH IN INDIA (N. Sharma, D.R. Gautam, K.K. Jindal, D.P. Sharma) |
| THE NASHI INDUSTRY IN JAPAN (H. Gemma) |
| THE ECONOMIC COSTS AND RETURNS OF GROWING PEARS ON OREGON, WASHINGTON, AND CALIFORNIA, USA (C.F. Seavert) |
| AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE AGRICULTURAL SIDE OF PEAR SUPPLY-CHAIN IN SOUTHERN EUROPE AND CHINA (C. Pirazzoli, M. Canavari, H. Huliyeti) |
| AN EVALUATION OF THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF ADOPTING SITE-SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES IN THE TREE FRUIT INDUSTRY (C.F. Seavert, F. Niederholzer) |
| ITALY´S DOMESTIC PEAR RETAIL SALES (M. Ori, V. Mazzotti) |
| PEAR BIOTECHNOLOGY: RECENT PROGRESSES AND FUTURE BREEDING APPLICATIONS (E. Chevreau) |
| CAN WE DEVELOP SELF-FERTILE FRUIT TREES THROUGH GENETIC ENGINEERING? (I. Van Nerum, J. Keulemans, W. Broothaerts) |
| S-ALLELE CHARACTERIZATION IN SELF-INCOMPATIBLE PEAR (PYRUS COMMUNIS): BIOCHEMICAL, MOLECULAR AND FIELD ANALYSES (S. Zuccherelli, W. Broothaerts, P. Tassinari, S. Tartarini, L. Dondini, A. Bester, S. Sansavini) |
| GENE FLOW BY POLLEN TO "LEMON BERGOMOT" PEAR CULTIVAR USING ISOZYME MARKERS (M. Sharifani, J.F. Jackson) |
| THE IMPORTANCE OF INDUCED MUTATIONS IN PEAR IMPROVEMENT (S. Predieri) |
| PLANT-DEFENSIN GENES INTRODUCTION FOR IMPROVEMENT OF PEAR PHYTOPATHOGEN RESISTANCE (V.G. Lebedev, S.V. Dolgov, N. Lavrova, V.G. Lunin, B.S. Naroditski) |
| FIRST DOUBLED HAPLOID PLANTS OF PEAR (PYRUS COMMUNIS) (L. Bouvier, P. Guerif, M. Djulbic, Y. Lespinasse) |
| ISOENZYMIC POLYMORPHISM IN PEAR (A.G. Manganaris, C.G. Tsipouridis) |
| EXPRESSION ANALYSIS OF JPRXYL GENE DURING FRUIT RIPENING IN SEVERAL PEAR CULTIVARS (A. Itai, K. Yoshida, K. Tanabe, F. Tamura) |
| DISCRIMINATION OF PEAR CULTIVARS WITH RAPD, AFLPTM AND ISSR (L. Monte-Corvo, L. Goulão, C. Oliveira) |
| TRANSGENIC PEAR CLONAL ROOTSTOCKS RESISTANT TO HERBICIDE "BASTA" (V.G. Lebedev, S.V. Dolgov, K.G. Skryabin) |
| PEAR TRANSFORMATION WITH THE GENE FOR SUPERSWEET PROTEIN THAUMATIN II (V.G. Lebedev, S.A. Taran, V.V. Shmatchenko, S.V. Dolgov) |
| FACTORS AFFECTING AGROBACTERIUM-MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION OF WILD PEAR (PYRUS COMMUNIS, VAR PYRASTER) (E. Caboni, P. Lauri, B. Watillon) |
| CLONING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF RESISTANCE GENE ANALOGS (RGA) IN EUROPEAN PEAR (PYRUS COMMUNIS) (L. Dondini, S. Tartarini, E. Nocelli, S. Sansavini) |
| REACTIVITY OF EUROPEAN PEAR (PYRUS COMMUNIS) PROGENIES TO FIRE BLIGHT (ERWINIA AMYLOVORA) (L. Dondini, S. Tartarini, S. Sansavini, S. Malaguti, C. Bazzi) |
| BREEDING FOR NEW TRAITS IN PEAR (E. Bellini, S. Nin) |
| NEW NAUMBURG/PILLNITZ PEAR BREEDING RESULTS (M. Fisher, G. Mildenberger) |
| THIRTY YEARS OF PEAR BREEDING ACTIVITY AT ISF FORLĚ, ITALY (L. Rivalta, M. Dradi, C. Rosati) |
| THE NEW ZEALAND PEAR BREEDING PROJECT (A.G. White, L.R. Brewer) |
| SELECTION OF SUPERIOR CLONES OF EUROPEAN PEARS IN HIMACHAL PRADESH, INDIA (D.R. Gautam, N. Sharma) |
| ACHIEVEMENTS OF PEAR BREEDING IN KOREA (L.S. Shin, W.C. Kim, H.S. Hwang, Y.U. Shin) |
| PEAR BREEDING AND CULTIVAR EVALUATION IN POLAND (D.E. Kruczynska, A. Czynczyk) |
| HYBRIDISATION OF EUROPEAN AND NASHI PEARS: SELECTING FOR NOVEL TASTE TRAITS (S. Sansavini, S. Musacchi, G.L. Ferrazzano, V. Ancarani) |
| ACHIEVEMENTS AND PROSPECTIVES IN PEAR BREEDING AT THE FRUIT RESEARCH STATION VOINESTI, ROMANIA (N. Andreies) |
| "ANGELYS", A NEW WINTER PEAR TO REPLACE "PASSE CRASSANE" (M. Le Lézec, A. Belouin, P. Guérif, Y. Lespinasse) |
| ‘SABINA’: A NEW SUMMER PEAR CULTIVAR (E. Bellini) |
| ‘TURANDOT’, ‘NORMA’ AND ‘CARMEN’: THREE NEW EARLY PEAR CULTIVARS FOR HIGH-QUALITY PRODUCTION (L. Rivalta, M. Dradi) |
| FIREBLIGHT EVALUATION OF ADVANCED ITALIAN SELECTIONS AND CULTIVARS OF PEAR (C. Rosati, L. Rivalta, M. Dradi, M. Le Lézec, A. Belouin, R. Chartier) |
| EVALUATION OF EUROPEAN PEAR (PYRUS COMMUNIS) FOR JAPAN'S FRESH MARKET (H. Bessho, K. Sadao, J. Soejima) |
| INTRODUCTION OF SOME ASIAN PEAR CULTIVARS (PYRUS PYRIFOLIA) TO IRAN (K. Arzani) |
| WILD PEAR SPECIES IN HUNGARY (D. Surányi) |
| ROOTSTOCKS FOR EUROPEAN PEAR: A REVIEW (S.J. Wertheim) |
| PERFORMANCE OF 'CONFERENCE' CULTIVAR ON SEVERAL QUINCE AND PEAR ROOTSTOCKS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS (F. Loreti, R. Massai, C. Fei, F. Cinelli) |
| FINAL EVALUATION OF THE NC140 NATIONAL PEAR ROOTSTOCK TRIAL (A.N. Azarenko, E. Mielke, D. Sugar, F. Eady, B. Lay, G. Tehrani, A. Gaus) |
| EVALUATION OF THE HORNER ROOTSTOCKS (E.A. Mielke, L. Smith) |
| WILD PEAR SEEDLING ROOTSTOCKS FOR PEAR SCIONS (D. Surányi, Z. Erdos) |
| NEW PEAR ROOTSTOCKS FROM GEISENHEIM, GERMANY (H.B. Jacob) |
| ACHIEVEMENTS IN BREEDING OF ROMANIAN CLONAL PEAR ROOTSTOCKS (C. Mazilu) |
| ‘PYRIAM’: A NEW PEAR ROOTSTOCK (M.H. Simard, J.C. Michelesi) |
| SELECTION PROGRAMME OF PYRUS COMMUNIS ROOTSTOCKS AT CIV CONSORZIO ITALIANO VIVAISTI (M. Leis, A. Martinelli) |
| THE BEHAVIOUR OF QUINCE SELECTIONS AS PEAR ROOTSTOCKS FOR 'ABBÉ FÉTEL' AND 'CONFERENCE' PEAR CULTIVARS IN THE RIO NEGRO VALLEY, ARGENTINA (H.R. Castro, R.O. Rodríguez) |
| TEN YEARS OF PEAR PRODUCTION AND PRECOCITY DATA FROM A COMMERCIAL PEAR ORCHARD COMPARING EIGHT OLD HOME BY FARMINGDALE CLONAL ROOTSTOCKS (G. Ing) |
| THE BEHAVIOUR OF 'OLD HOME' X 'FARMINGDALE' SELECTIONS AS INTERSTOCKS IN PEAR/QUINCE COMBINATIONS, IN RIO NEGRO VALLEY, ARGENTINA (R.O. Rodríguez, H.R. Castro) |
| 'ROCHA' PERFORMANCE ON EMLA-C ROOTSTOCK – TWENTY YEARS OF OBSERVATIONS (A. Santos, A. Silva, J. Alexandre, M. Carvalho, R. Castro) |
| COMPARATIVE FIELD PERFORMANCE OF CVS. SENSATION RED BARTLETT AND CASCADE GRAFTED TO SIX QUINCE AND PEAR CLONAL SEEDLING ROOTSTOCKS (S. Musacchi, V. Ancarani, M. Grandi, S. Sansavini) |
| VARIATION OF SOME ENZYMATIC ACTIVITIES IN RELATIONSHIP TO SCION/STOCK COMPATIBILITY IN PEAR/QUINCE COMBINATIONS (S. Musacchi, A. Masia, J. Fachinello) |
| STUDY OF GENE EXPRESSION IN COMPATIBLE AND INCOMPATIBLE PEAR/PEAR AND PEAR/QUINCE GRAFTS BY MRNA DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY (L. Pirovano, G.A. Sacchi, S. Musacchi, A. Abruzzese, G. Berardi, M. Cocucci, S. Sansavini) |
| EFFECT OF BUDDING HEIGHT ON TREE SIZE AND PRECOCITY (E.A. Mielke, L. Smith) |
| EVALUATION OF PEAR INTERSTEMS (E.A. Mielke, J. Turner) |
| BEHAVIOUR OF FOUR OVER GRAFTED CHINESE PEAR VARIETIES (PYRUS SEROTINA) IN BUCURESTI AREA (F. Stanica) |
| IN VITRO TISSUE CULTURE OF PEAR: ADVANCES IN TECHNIQUES FOR MICROPROPAGATION AND GERMPLASM PRESERVATION (R.L. Bell, B.M. Reed) |
| THE PROPAGATION OF PYRUS SYRIACA BY SEEDS AND STEM CUTTINGS (F.M. Al-Bukhari, M.M. Qrunfleh, D.M. Al-Eisawi) |
| MICROPROPAGATION OF PEAR THROUGH TEMPORARY IMMERSION (C. Damiano, A. Frattarelli, M. Giorgioni) |
| VASCULAR TISSUE REGENERATION IN ”IN VITRO” GRAFTS OF PEAR/QUINCE (L. Espen, M. Cocucci, G.A. Sacchi) |
| COMPARISON OF DECONTAMINATING TREATMENTS ON AGROBACTERIUM-INOCULATED INTERNODE EXPLANTS OF ‘BARTLETT’ PEAR (P. Negri, L. Manzecchi) |
| EFFECTS OF HORMONAL CONDITIONING OF PEAR LEAF EXPLANTS ON AGROBACTERIUM-MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION EFFICIENCY (P. Negri, L. Cantoni, L. Manzecchi) |
| IN VITRO ROOTING AND SHOOT GROWTH OF PYRUS BETULAEFOLIA ROOTSTOCK (M. Pasqual, J.M. Cavalcante-Alves, N.N.J. Chalfun, A.B. Silva, L.F. Dutra, J.V. Bianchi) |
| ROOTING OF HARDWOOD CUTTINGS OF PYRUS CALLERYANAI IN RESPONSE TO SHADING, OPAQUE WRAPPING, AND IBA (N.N.J. Chalfun, J.M.R. Reis, M. Pasqual, J.M. Cavalcante-Alves, L.F. Dutra, J.V. Bianchi) |
| INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE AND SUCROSE ON IN VITRO PROLIFERATION OF PYRUS CALLERYANA (M. Pasqual, J.M. Cavalcante-Alves, N.N.J. Chalfun, L.F. Dutra, J.V. Bianchi) |
| IMPROVED CULTURE MEDIA FOR THE IN VITRO ESTABLISHMENT OF PEAR FROM NODAL CUTTINGS (I.C.G. Freire, C.P.S. Coelho, M.T.F. Barros) |
| IN VITRO ROOTING OF PYRODWARF AND CYDOMALUS, TWO ROOTSTOCKS FOR PEAR, UNDER PHOTOAUTOTROPHIC CONDITIONS (G. De Paoli, E. Subirŕ, A. Battistini) |
| INFLUENCE OF VARIOUS FACTORS ON ADVENTITIOUS SHOOT FORMATION FROM PEAR LEAF EXPLANTS (V.G. Lebedev, S.V. Dolgov) |
| STANDARD AND COMPACT PEAR CLONES IN VITRO SENSITIVITY TO CYTOKININS (E. Gatti, S. Predieri) |
| IN VITRO PRODUCTION OF VIRUS-FREE PEAR PLANTS (S. Zilka, E. Faingersh, A. Rotbaum, Y. Tam, S. Spiegel, N. Malca) |
| ELIMINATION OF APPLE CHLOROTIC LEAF SPOT VIRUS (ACLSV) FROM PEAR BY IN VITRO THERMOTHERAPY AND CHEMOTHERAPY (M. Cieslinska) |
| DEVELOPMENT OF PROTOCOLS FOR IN VITRO ROOTING OF ADVANCED SELECTIONS OF PYRUS COMMUNIS ROOTSTOCKS (A. Previati, F. Da Re, D. Bassi, M. Tagliavini, B. Marangoni) |
| ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY PEST-CONTROL STRATEGIES IN PEAR: STATE OF THE ART AND PROSPECTS (E. Pasqualini) |
| FUNGAL AND BACTERIAL PESTS IN PEAR GROWING (T. Deckers) |
| FIVE YEARS OF MATING DISRUPTION IN COMBINATION WITH NARROW-RANGE PETROLEUM SPRAY OIL TO CONTROL PEAR PEST IN SOUTHERN OREGON (P. VanBuskirk, R. Hilton, P. Westigard) |
| HOST-SPECIFIC SV-TOXIN OF THE FUNGAL PATHOGEN CAUSING BROWN SPOT OF EUROPEAN PEAR (P. Singh, H. Nakajima, H. Otani, M. Kodama, K. Kohmoto, P. Park, R. Bugiani, P. Cavanni) |
| INDUCTION OF PATHOGEN RESISTANCE IN PEAR BY TRANSIENTLY ALTERING THE FLAVONOID METABOLISM WITH SPECIFIC ENZYME INHIBITORS (K. Stich, H. Halbwirth, W. Kampan, D. Treutter, S. Römmelt, S. Peterek, G. Forkmann, T.C. Fisher, S. Martens, B. Meisel, G. Costa, C. Andreotti, E. Sabatini, C. Bazzi, W. Rademacher) |
| THE USE OF CLIMATIC DATA FOR INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF PEARS: FORECASTING FIRE BLIGHT (S.M. Abol-Maatey, M.A. Medany, A.F. Abou-Hadid, N.Y. Abd El-Ghafar, I.S. Elewa) |
| ELIMINATION OF VIRUSES FROM THE USDA PYRUS GERMPLASM COLLECTION (J.D. Postman, D. Sugar) |
| THE EFFECT OF PROHEXADIONE-CA ON VEGETATIVE AND CROPPING PERFORMANCE AND FIRE BLIGHT CONTROL OF PEAR TREES (G. Costa, C. Andreotti, E. Sabatini, A.M. Bregoli, F. Bucchi, G. Spada, F. Mazzini) |
| EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF FIRE BLIGHT (ERWINIA AMYLOVORA) IN SPAIN (I. Llorente, A. Badosa, P. Vilardell, E. Montesinos) |
| FIELD EVALUATION OF A BROWN SPOT DISEASE PREDICTOR AS A SYSTEM FOR SCHEDULING FUNGICIDE SPRAYS FOR CONTROL OF STEMPHYLIUM VESICARIUM ON PEAR (I. Llorente, C. Moragrega, P. Vilardell, E. Montesinos, R. Bugiani, P. Govoni, I. Gherardi) |
| MICROSCOPIC STUDIES OF SCAB RESISTANCE SYMPTOMS (VENTURIA PIRINA) ON LEAVES OF PEAR CULTIVARS (PYRUS COMMUNIS) (M. Chevalier, P. Guerif, M. Tellier, F. Cheve, M. Le Lézec, Y. Lespinasse, R. Filmon) |
| ACQUIRED RESISTANCE OF STEMPHYLIUM VESICARIUM TO PROCYMIDONE ON PEAR IN ITALY (M. Collina, I. Gherardi, A. Brunelli) |
| PATULIN AND OTHER METABOLITES PRODUCED BY FUNGI IN PEARS (L.A. Laidou, C.C. Thanassoulopoulos, M. Liakopoulou-Kyriakides) |
| DETECTION OF PEAR DECLINE PHYTOPLASMA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE PRODUCTION OF HEALTHY PLANT MATERIAL (C. Poggi Pollini, R. Bissani, A.R. Babini, M. Cardoni, V. Vicchi) |
| NEW ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY PRPDUCTS AGAINST PSYLLA (PSYLLA PYRICOLA) (C.G. Tsipouridis, A.G. Manganaris, I. Kajati) |
| FACTORS INFLUENCING THE CHANGES IN POPULATION STATE OF PEAR SUCKERS (CACOPSYLLA SP.) IN POLAND (K. Jaworska, R.W. Olszak, R.Z. Zajac) |
| INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE IN THE PEAR PSYLLA (R. Bučs, L. Boudinhon) |
| VARIATION IN THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF PEAR SEEDLINGS TO DAMAGE BY THE LARVAE OF THE SAWFLY (CALIROA CERASI) (L.R. Brewer, P.A. Alspach, A.G. White) |
| THE DENSITY OF PEAR RUST MITE EPITRIMERUS PIRI (NALEPA) ON SOME PEAR CULTIVARS IN CENTRAL POLAND (T. Badowska-Czubik, D. Kruczynska, E. Pala) |
| CONCENTRATED SPRAY APPLICATIONS IN PEAR TRELLISING (J.C. Magdalena, E. Sanchez, S. Bemher) |
| ORGANIC PEAR PRODUCTION IN THE RIO NEGRO VALLEY OF ARGENTINA (L.I. Cichón, M.D. Raffo, E. Sànchez) |
| EUROPEAN PEAR ORCHARD DESIGN AND HDP MANAGEMENT: A REVIEW (S. Sansavini, S. Musacchi) |
| EFFECT OF TRAINING SYSTEM AND ROOTSTOCK ON GROWTH AND PRODUCTIVITY OF GOLDEN RUSSET® BOSC PEAR TREES (R.B. Elkins, T.M. DeJong) |
| EFFECT OF SPACING AND ROOTSTOCK ON THE PERFORMANCE OF 'COMICE' PEAR IN NEW ZEALAND (J.W. Palmer) |
| INFLUENCE OF THE PLANT AND PRUNING SYSTEM ON THE FINANCIAL RESULT OF 'CONFERENCE' (J. Vercammen) |
| EUROPEAN PEAR ARCHITECTURE AND FRUITING-BRANCH MANAGEMENT: OVERVIEW OF AN INRA RESEARCH PROGRAM (P.E. Lauri, E. Costes, A. Belouin) |
| PEAR FRUITING-BRANCH MODELS RELATED TO YIELD CONTROL AND PRUNING (S. Sansavini) |
| THE BI-COLOURED PEARS 'ROSEMARIE' AND 'FLAMINGO': CHARACTERISTICS, PRODUCTION PROBLEMS AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS (J.P. Human) |
| EFFECTS OF TRUNK GIRDLING ON TREE GROWTH, FRUIT PRODUCTION, AND FIRE BLIGHT (C. Ingels) |
| D'ANJOU AND BOSC FRUIT QUALITY AS AFFECTED BY ROOTSTOCK AND TRAINING SYSTEM (E.A. Mielke) |
| BEHAVIOUR OF THREE PEAR CULTIVARS PROPAGATED IN VITRO AND SELF-ROOTED, ON TATURA TRELLIS CANOPY (F. Stanica, M. Dumitrascu, A. Peticila) |
| NITROGEN NUTRITION IN PEAR ORCHARDS (E.E. Sánchez) |
| WATER STRESS LIMITS FOR VEGETATIVE AND REPRODUCTIVE GROWTH OF BARLETT PEARS (J. Marsal, M. Mata, A. Arbonàs, J. Rufat, J. Girona) |
| DETERMINATION OF LEAF STANDARDS FOR MINERAL DIAGNOSIS IN PEAR ORCHARDS IN THE PO VALLEY, ITALY (M. Toselli, F. Mazzanti, B. Marangoni, M. Tagliavini, D. Scudellari) |
| USE OF UREA-SULFURIC ACID AND IRON CHELATE TO MITIGATE IRON CHLOROSIS IN PEAR (R.B. Elkins, R.D. Meyer, C.D. Adams) |
| DIFFERENT RESPONSES INDUCED BY BICARBONATE AND IRON DEFICIENCY ON MICROSHOOTS OF QUINCE AND PEAR (R. Muleo, M. Fisichella, C. Iacona, R. Viti, F. Cinelli) |
| EFFECTS OF ROOTSTOCK ON THE PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE OF PEAR CULTIVAR ABBÉ FÉTEL TREES TO INCREASING LEVELS OF SALINITY OF THE IRRIGATION WATER (S. Musacchi, M. Quartieri, M. Ciambellini, A. Masia, L. Corelli Grappadelli, M. Tagliavini) |
| EFFECTS OF REGULATED DEFICIT IRRIGATION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF PEAR IN AN ITALIAN SUB-HUMID AREA (S. Aconelli, P. Mannini) |
| INFLUENCE OF RELIEF AND EROSION CONTROL SYSTEMS ON EVAPOTRANSPIRATION IN PEAR TREES (M. Iancu) |
| FACTORS INFLUENCING THE FLOWERING, FRUIT SET AND FRUIT GROWTH OF EUROPEAN PEARS (A.D. Webster) |
| PEAR TREE SHOOT GROWTH PATTERNS IN RELATION TO CHEMICAL CONTROL OF VEGETATIVE GROWTH WITH PROHEXADIONE-CALCIUM (APOGEE®) (D.C. Elfving, D. Sugar, D. Faubion) |
| ETHEPHON, NAA, AND NAD AS CHEMICAL THINNERS OF PEAR FRUITLETS (C. Bonghi, M. Poja, A. Ramina) |
| REDUCING SECONDARY FLOWERING IN BARTLETT PEAR TO REDUCE FIRE BLIGHT (S.M. Southwick, K. Glozer, J.T. Yeager, R. Moran) |
| THE EFFECT OF BLOSSOM DESICCANTS ON CROP LOAD OF PACKHAMżS TRIUMPH PEAR (S.A. Bound, L. Mitchell) |
| IMPROVEMENT OF FRUIT SET ON YOUNG PEAR TREES CULTIVAR CONFERENCE WITH GIBBERELLINS (T. Deckers, H. Schoofs) |
| LEAF ANATOMY AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS OF PEAR TREES WITH DIFFERENT GROWTH HABIT (A. Rotondi, S. Predieri) |
| INFLUENCE OF LEAF AREA ON THE SUGAR AND ORGANIC ACIDS CONTENT IN PEAR (PYRUS COMMUNIS) FRUITS CULTIVAR WILLIAMS (M. Hudina, F. Štampar) |
| CONTROLLING VIGOUR AND COLOUR DEVELOPMENT IN THE BI-COLOURED PEAR CULTIVAR ROSEMARIE (K.I. Theron, M. Le Grange, M. Smit, S. Reynolds, G. Jacobs) |
| EFFECTS OF PROHEXADIONE-CALCIUM (APOGEEż) ON BLOSSOMING, PRODUCTION, AND FRUIT QUALITY IN PEAR (D. Sugar, D.C. Elfving, E.A. Mielke) |
| NECTAR COMPOSITION IN SOME PEAR CULTIVARS (A. Farkas, L. Gy. Szabó, Z.S. Orosz-Kovács) |
| EFFECTS OF RETAIN™ ON FRUIT MATURITY AND FRUIT SET OF PEAR CULTIVARS WILLIAMS AND PACKHAMżS TRIUMPH (M.C. Dussi, D. Sosa, G.S. Calvo) |
| INSECT ATTRACTION OF FLOWERS IN PEAR CULTIVARS (A. Farkas, ZS. Orosz-Kovács, L. Gy. Szabó) |
| EFFECT OF CROPLOAD IN PREVIOUS YEAR ON FRUIT SIZE OF PEAR CULTIVAR CLARA FRIJS (M. Bertelsen) |
| GROWTH OF CLARA FRIJS PEAR IN A NORDIC CLIMATE (M. Bertelsen) |
| CHEMICAL THINNING IN NASHI (S.A. Bound, Mitchell) |
| A NEW POST-BLOOM THINNING AGENT FOR PACKHAMżS TRIUMPH PEAR (S.A. Bound, L. Mitchell) |
| EFFECT OF THE SYNTHETIC CYTOKININ CPPU ON FRUIT SIZE AND YIELD OF SPADONA PEAR (R.A. Stern, M.A. Flaishman, A. Shargal) |
| THE QUALITY OF PEAR FRUIT (P. Eccher Zerbini) |
| VOLATILE CONSTITUENTS OF ’HARROW‘ SWEET PEARS BY DYNAMIC HEADSPACE TECHNIQUE (F. Rapparini, S. Predieri) |
| STUDIES ON SENSORY EVALUATION AND QUALITY OF PEAR FRUITS IN EMILIA-ROMAGNA (S. Predieri, D. Missere, E. Gatti) |
| NON-DESTRUCTIVE DETERMINATION OF INTERNAL QUALITY IN INTACT PEARS BY NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY (G. Costa, M. Noferini, C. Andreotti) |
| CHANGES IN CONFERENCE PEAR PEEL PIGMENTS DURING STORAGE AND RIPENING (J.M. Ben, J. Baszczyk) |
| POSTHARVEST PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY OF PEARS (D. Sugar) |
| HARVEST MATURITY, MINERAL CONTENT AND POSTHARVEST QUALITY OF CONFERENCE PEARS STORED IN HIGH OR LOW CO2 (P. Eccher-Zerbini, M. Grassi, A. Rizzolo, A. Pianezzola, G. De Colellis, A. Brambilla) |
| STUDY ON WATERCORE OCCURRENCE IN HOSUI JAPANESE PEAR (H. Gemma, S. Oomori, S. Sugaya, S-A. Peng, S. Iwahori) |
| INFLUENCE OF CALCIUM AND OXYGEN LEVELS ON SOFT SCALD OF STORED ABBÉ FÉTEL PEARS (P. Bertolini, M. Guizzardi, C. Casadei) |
| DOES BORON AFFECT THE OCCURRENCE OF PHYSIOLOGICAL DISORDERS OF CONFERENCE PEARS DURING CA-STORAGE? (H. Xuan, J. Streif, F. Bangereth) |
| CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE AS A PREDICTIVE METHOD FOR DETECTION OF BROWNING DISORDERS IN CONFERENCE PEARS DURING CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE STORAGE (A.A. Saquet, J. Streif) |
| COMPOSITION OF HEXANE EXTRACTS FROM CONFERENCE PEAR PEEL (R. Lo Scalzo, P. Eccher Zerbini, M. Grassi) |
| CHANGES IN STARCH CONTENT IN LA FRANCE PEARS DURING STORAGE (H. Murayama, S. Ikai, T. Fukushima) |
| IMPROVEMENT OF FRUIT SET ON YOUNG PEAR TREES CULTIVAR CONFERENCE WITH GIBBERELLINS (A.M. Spinardi, C. Visai, N. Negrini, M. Coccuci) |
| CONTROL OF SUPERFICIAL SCALD IN BEURRÉ D'ANJOU PEARS WITH LOW OXYGEN LEVELS (G. Calvo, M.E. Salvador, E. Sanchez) |
| COMBINATION OF PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS EPS288 AND REDUCED FUNGICIDE DOSE FOR CONTROL OF PENICILLIUM ROT DURING POSTHARVEST STORAGE OF PEAR (J. Francés, A. Bonaterra, E. Badosa, E. Montesinos) |
| FUNGI THAT CAUSE POSTHARVEST DISEASES IN PEARS (I.A. Laidou, C.C. Thanassoulopoulos) |
| EFFECT OF SHORT-TERM EXPOSURE TO HIGH CO2 IN COMBINATION WITH BIOLOGICAL CONTROL ON POSTHARVEST DECAY OF PEARS, AND FACTORS AFFECTING SENSITIVITY OF PEARS TO CO2 INJURY (D. Sugar, J.M. Benbow) |
| STORAGE OF CONFERENCE PEAR IN LOW ETHYLENE ATMOSPHERE (A. Testoni, F. Lovati, M. Grassi, R. Lo Scalzo) |
| EFFECT OF POST STORAGE RIPENING CONDITIONS ON QUALITY OF BARTLETT (WILLIAMS BON CRÉTIEN) PEARS (G.C. Pratella, F. Neri, S. Brigati, M. Maccaferri) |
