List price   € 81     This title is available both in print and ActaHort CD-rom format Convener   D.H.R.C. Reinhardt  Editor   D.H.R.C. Reinhardt  Publication date   24 March 2009  ISBN   978-90-66053-10-6  ISSN   0567-7572  Number of articles   40  Volumes   1  Place   João Pessoa, Brazil  Online articles: PINEAPPLE IN BRAZIL: CHARACTERISTICS, RESEARCH AND PERSPECTIVES (A.P. de Matos, D.H. Reinhardt) PINEAPPLE GENETIC IMPROVEMENT IN BRAZIL (J.R.S. Cabral, A.P. de Matos, D.T. Junghans, F.V.D. Souza) IMPERIAL, A NEW PINEAPPLE CULTIVAR RESISTANT TO FUSARIOSIS (J.R.S. Cabral, A.P. de Matos) 'VITÓRIA': NEW PINEAPPLE CULTIVAR RESISTANT TO FUSARIOSIS (J.A. Ventura, H. Costa, J.R.S. Cabral, A.P. de Matos) PINEAPPLE HYBRIDIZATION AND SELECTION IN THAILAND ( Suneerat Sripaoraya) THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF INBREEDING ON SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY AND INBREEDING DEPRESSION IN PINEAPPLE (G.M. Sanewski) BREEDING ANANAS FOR THE CUT-FLOWER AND GARDEN MARKETS (G.M. Sanewski) EVALUATION OF F1 HYBRIDS BETWEEN ANANAS COMOSUS VAR. ANANASSOIDES AND ANANAS COMOSUS VAR. ERECTIFOLIUS (F.V.D. Souza, J.R. dos S. Cabral, E.H. de Souza, M. de J. Silva, O.S.N. Santos, F.R. Ferreira) GROWTH OF MICROPROPAGATED ANANAS COMOSUS VAR. ERECTIFOLIUS PLANTLETS IN DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES UNDER SCREENHOUSE CONDITIONS (D. Correia, M.V.P. Rocha, G.C. Alvez) ACCLIMATIZATION OF MICROPROPAGATED PLANTLETS OF 'IMPERIAL' PINEAPPLE (E.A. Ferreira, F.H.S. Costa, M. Pasqual) CULTIVATION OF PINEAPPLE FOR UPLIFTMENT OF RURAL ECONOMY IN NAGALAND, INDIA ( Akali Sema, K.K. Jha, Amod Sharma) DEVELOPMENT OF AN ORGANIC PINEAPPLE CULTIVATION STRATEGY FOR THE EASTERN CAPE REGION OF SOUTH AFRICA (D.N.A. Murray, B. Manicom) PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL MANIPULATION OF FLOWERING IN PINEAPPLE (C.H. Lin, S. Maruthasalam, L.Y. Shiu, W.C. Lien, M. Loganathan, C.W. Yu, S.H. Hung, Y. Ko, Y.Y. Chen) FRUIT AND PLANTING MATERIAL PRODUCTION BY IRRIGATED 'PÉROLA' PINEAPPLE IN RESPONSE TO PLANTING SPACING UNDER SEMI-ARID CONDITIONS (V.M. Maia, A.B. Almeida Júnior, G.P. Mizobutsi, E.H. Mizobutsi, D.D. Pacheco) PRELIMINARY DRIS NORMS FOR 'SMOOTH CAYENNE' PINEAPPLE AND DERIVATION OF CRITICAL LEVELS OF LEAF NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS (L.A.J. Teixeira, J.A. Quaggio, F.C.B. Zambrosi) GROWTH AND FLOWERING OF 'IMPERIAL' PINEAPPLE PLANTS UNDER MACRONUTRIENT AND BORON DEFICIENCY (M.J.M. Ramos, P.H. Monnerat, L.G. da R. Pinho, J.L. de A. Pinto) MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF 'IMPERIAL' PINEAPPLE FRUITS UNDER DEFICIENCY OF MACRONUTRIENTS AND BORON (M.J.M. Ramos, P.H. Monnerat, L.G. da R. Pinho, A.J.C. Carvalho, J.A. da Silva) COVER CROPS ON WEED MANAGEMENT IN INTEGRATED PINEAPPLE PRODUCTION PLANTINGS (A.P. de Matos, N.F. Sanches, L.F. da S. Souza, J. Elias Júnior, F.A. Teixeira, S.C. Siebeneichler) EVALUATION OF ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF INTEGRATED PINEAPPLE PRODUCTION IN THE STATE OF TOCANTINS-BRAZIL (C.O. de Almeida, A.P. de Matos, C.E.L. Cardoso, N.F. Sanches, F.A. Teixeira, J. Elias Júnior) EVALUATION OF SOCIAL IMPACT OF INTEGRATED PINEAPPLE PRODUCTION IN THE STATE OF TOCANTINS-BRAZIL (C.O. de Almeida, A.P. de Matos, C.E.L. Cardoso, N.F. Sanches, F.A. Teixeira, J. Elias Júnior) DEVELOPMENT OF A VERTICAL AXIS SHREDDER FOR PINEAPPLE FIELD CLEARING (F.G. Pegna, J.S.P. de C. Fuentes) CHARACTERIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PINEAPPLE MEALYBUG WILT ASSOCIATED VIRUSES (J.S. Hu, D.M. Sether, M.J. Melzer, C.V. Subere, K. Cheah, Y. Chen, Qi Li, W. Borth, I.C. Wang, C. Nagai, M.L. Wang) HOW TO EVALUATE THE RESISTANCE OR TOLERANCE OF PINEAPPLE VARIETIES TO NEMATODES ? (A. Soler, P.A. Marie-Alphonsine, P. Topart, P. Queneherve) INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF FUSARIOSIS IN PINEAPPLE FIELDS UNDER INTEGRATED PRODUCTION SYSTEM (A.P. de Matos, N.F. Sanches, F.A. Teixeira, J. Elias Júnior) THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT COVER CROPS ON NEMATODE POPULATIONS AND YIELD IN 'QUEEN' PINEAPPLE CULTIVATION (E.C. Rabie, H.A. Tustin) SCALE INSECTS (HEMIPTERA: COCCIDAE) OF PINEAPPLE IN THE STATE OF ESPÍRITO SANTO, BRAZIL (M.P. Culik, J.A. Ventura, D. dos S. Martins) BUD MOTH {STRYMON MEGARUS (GODART, 1824)} CAUSES SEVERE LOSSES IN YOUNG PLANTS OF PINEAPPLE CULTIVARS PÉROLA AND SMOOTH CAYENNE IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (D.C. de Faria, A.J.C. de Carvalho, R.I. Coelho, J.C. de Oliveira Júnior) PRODUCTION OF CURAUÁ (ANANAS ERECTIFOLIUS L.B. SMITH) FIBERS FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS: CHARACTERIZATION AND MICROPROPAGATION (A.L. Leão, I.S. Machado, S.F. de Souza, L. Soriano) PROTEOLYTIC ACTIVITY IN STEMS OF 'VITÓRIA', 'SMOOTH CAYENNE' AND PÉROLA' PINEAPPLE PLANTS (H.B. Costa, S.G. Delboni, F.S. Fortunato, J.A. Ventura) EVALUATION OF PINEAPPLE CROP USED AS FIREBREAK IN RORAIMA, AMAZONIA (M.R. Xaud, H.A.M. Xaud, M. Mourão Jr, A.B. Bendahan, A.L.M. Carvalho) PINEAPPLE PRODUCTION FOR QUALITY AND POSTHARVEST HANDLING (N.J. Chen, R.E. Paull, C-C. Chen, P. Saradhuldhat) QUALITY MAINTENANCE OF RIPE PINEAPPLE AS AFFECTED BY APPLICATION OF WAX ASSOCIATED TO 1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE (F.L.C. Machado, R.E. Alves, R.W. Figueiredo, A.S. Teixeira) RIPENING AND POST-HARVEST BEHAVIOUR OF TWO REGIONAL PINEAPPLE CULTIVARS OF THE AMAZONAS REGION IN VENEZUELA (A. Guadarrama, M. Carreño) POST-HARVEST BEHAVIOUR OF PINEAPPLE AFFECTED BY SOURCES AND RATES OF POTASSIUM (J.A. Quaggio, L.A.J. Teixeira, H. Cantarella, E.V. Mellis, J.M. Sigrist) PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHANGES OF PINEAPPLE SUBMITTED TO DIFFERENT MECHANICAL INJURIES (R.A. Kluge, M.C. Roulet, M.G. Ongarelli, J. Saavedra del Aguila, L.S. Heiffig) PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MINIMALLY PROCESSED 'PÉROLA' PINEAPPLES TREATED WITH EDIBLE COATINGS (E.S. Viana, T.S. Amorim, L.A. Oliveira, D.H. Reinhardt, F.G.F. Silveira, F.A. Santana, P.N. Santana) PINEAPPLE AGRIBUSINESS IN BRAZIL (C.O. de Almeida, D.H.R.C. Reinhardt) COMMERCIALIZATION FORMS AND ORGANIZATION OF PINEAPPLE PRODUCERS IN THE STATE OF PARAÍBA, BRAZIL (J.F. de Brito Neto, W.E. Pereira, R.G. de Sá Sobrinho, J.A. Barbosa, D. de S. Costa, J.S. Lacerda, D.P. dos Santos, D. de O. Vieira) MICRO AND MACROECONOMIC ANALYSES OF THE PINEAPPLE INDUSTRY IN THE STATE OF TOCANTINS (J. Elias Junior, D.C. Gomes, A.P. de Matos, C.O. de Almeida) INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING OF PINEAPPLE – TRENDS AND PERSPECTIVES (A. Reinhardt, L.V. Rodriguez)