List price   € 60     This title is available both in print and ActaHort CD-rom format Convener   A. Duncan  Editor   P.H. Joubert  Publication date   1 February 2006  ISBN   978-90-66053-07-6  ISSN   0567-7572  Number of articles   26  Volumes   1  Place   Port Alfred, South Africa  Online articles: PREFACE ( ISHS Board of Directors) CHARACTERIZATION AND CONTROL OF PINEAPPLE MEALYBUG WILT ASSOCIATED AMPELOVIRUSES (E.P. Perez, D.M. Sether, M.J. Melzer, J.L. Busto, C. Nagai, J.S. Hu) DELAYED FLOWERING IN PINEAPPLES (ANANAS COMOSUS (L.) MERR.) CAUSED BY CO-SUPPRESSION OF THE ACACS2 GENE (Y. Trusov, J.R. Botella) EVALUATION OF TRANSGENE STABILITY, GENE EXPRESSION AND HERBICIDE TOLERANCE OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED PINEAPPLE UNDER FIELD CONDITIONS (S. Sripaoraya, S. Keawsompong, P. Insupa, M.R. Davey, J.B. Power, P. Srinives) SLOW-GROWTH CONDITIONS FOR THE IN VITRO CONSERVATION OF PINEAPPLE GERMPLASM (F.V.D. Souza, T.L. Soares, J.R.S. Cabral, D.H. Reinhardt, J.L. Cardoso, D.A. Benjamin) THE PINEAPPLE EST SEQUENCING AND MICROARRAY PROJECT (R. Moyle, J. Ripi, D.J. Fairbairn, M. Crowe, J.R. Botella) CHARACTERISTICS AND STATUS OF THE BRAZILIAN PINEAPPLE INDUSTRY (D.H. Reinhardt, C.O. de Almeida, L. da Costa Vilar) DELAYING NATURAL FLOWERING IN PINEAPPLE (C.-H. Lin, C.-S. Kuan, Y.-M. Hsu, M.-L. Lin, H.-T. Hsu, C.-W. Yu, D.P. Bartholomew) EVALUATION OF PINEAPPLE GENOTYPES FOR RESISTANCE TO FUSARIUM SUBGLUTINANS (A.P. de Matos, J.R.S. Cabral) GENETIC MAPPING OF DNA MARKERS IN PINEAPPLE (J.D. Carlier, D. Nancheva, J.M. Leitão, G. Coppens d'Eeckenbrugge) HYBRIDIZATION AND SELECTION IN PINEAPPLE IMPROVEMENT: THE EXPERIENCE IN MALAYSIA (Y.K. Chan) IDENTIFICATION AND SELECTION OF ORNAMENTAL PINEAPPLE PLANTS (F.V.D. Souza, J.R.S. Cabral, J.A. dos Santos-Serejo, A.P. de Matos, D.H. Reinhardt, G.A.P. da Cunha, F.R. Ferreira, J.A. Pereira) IDENTIFYING AND MAPPING THE AREA OF OCCURRENCE OF FIVE SPECIES OF ANANAS IN BRAZIL (A.P. Fávero, F.R. Ferreira, J.R.S. Cabral, S.E. Noronha) ASPECTS OF CALCIUM NUTRITION TO LIMIT PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL DISORDERS (D.R. Napier, N.J.J. Combrink) DETERMINATION OF ANTHOCYANIN BIOSYNTHESIS IN THE CIRAD PINEAPPLE HYBRID ‘FLHORAN 41’ (A. Soler, P. Fournier) LIME, GYPSUM, AND BASALTIC DUST EFFECTS ON THE CALCIUM NUTRITION AND FRUIT QUALITY OF PINEAPPLE (J.A. Silva, R. Hamasaki, R. Paull, R. Ogoshi, D.P. Bartholomew, S. Fukuda, N.V. Hue, G. Uehara, G.Y Tsuji) NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY IN ‘IMPERIAL’ PINEAPPLE IN THE VEGETATIVE GROWTH PHASE AND LEAF NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION (M.J.M. Ramos, P.H. Monnerat, A.J.C. de Carvalho, J.L.A. Pinto, J.A. da Silva) CONTROL OF BLACK SPOT DISEASE / FRUITLET CORE ROT IN QUEEN PINEAPPLE WITH INTEGRATED MEALYBUG, PINEAPPLE FRUIT MITE AND FUNGUS CONTROL PROGRAMMES (G.J. Petty, H.A. Tustin, H.M. Dicks) EVIDENCE FOR THE INDUCTION OF SYSTEMIC ACQUIRED RESISTANCE (SAR) BY ACIBENZOLAR IN CULTIVATED PINEAPPLE (B. Chinnasri, D.A. Christopher, B.S. Sipes) FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF THIOFLO ON BLACK SPOT OF PINEAPPLES (B.Q. Manicom, E.C. Rabie, H.A. Tustin) NEMATODE CONTROL FOR THE EARLY 21ST CENTURY (B.S. Sipes) PRELIMINARY REPORT ON SYSTEMIC ACQUIRED RESISTANCE IN PINEAPPLE PLANTS TO CONTROL FUSARIUM SUBGLUTINANS (A.P. de Matos, J.R.S. Cabral, C.M.B. Querino, R.C. Caldas) PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF THE BIG-HEADED ANT, PHEIDOLE MEGACEPHALA (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) IN PINEAPPLE CULTIVATION USING BAIT STATIONS WITH AMDRO (G. Taniguchi, T. Thompson, B.S. Sipes) SURROUND® CROP PROTECTANT – FOR THE REDUCTION OF SUNBURN DAMAGE AND HEAT STRESS IN PINEAPPLE (D. Bell, R. Ortiz V., C. Scott, N. Phillips) THE CONTROL OF BLACK ROT DISEASE AND THE APPLICATION OF A NOVEL WAX FORMULATION FOR EXTENDING STORAGE LIFE OF PINEAPPLE (R.S. Wilson Wijeratnam, I.G.N. Hewajulige, M.G.D.S. Perera) WINTER BLOTCHING OF QUEEN PINEAPPLE (ANANAS COMOSUS): A STUDY ON THE OCCURRENCE AND POSSIBLE CAUSE (E.C. Rabie, H.A. Tustin) FRUIT CALCIUM CONCENTRATION AND CHILLING INJURY DURING LOW TEMPERATURE STORAGE OF PINEAPPLE (R.S. Wilson Wijeratnam, I.G.N. Hewajulige, R.L.C. Wijesundera, M. Abeysekere)