 | FOREWORD (K.I. Theron) |
| A MORE HOLISTIC VIEW ON THE HORMONAL INTERACTIONS AMONG DIFFERENT ORGANS IN A FRUIT TREE (F. Bangerth) |
| EVOLUTION OF THE PEAR TRAINING MODEL IN SOUTH AFRICA (D.K. Strydom, N.C. Cook) |
| STATUS OF THE PEAR INDUSTRY IN SOUTH AMERICA (E.E. Sánchez) |
| PEAR PRODUCTION IN THE NORTH AMERICA (C.F. Seavert) |
| STATUS OF THE PEAR PRODUCTION IN EUROPE (T. Deckers, H. Schoofs) |
| STATUS OF THE PEAR INDUSTRY IN ASIA (T. Saito, C. Fang, S. Shin, H.S. Hwang, M. Sharifani) |
| THE STATUS OF THE PEAR INDUSTRY IN AUSTRALASIA (L.R. Brewer, V. Hilton) |
| STATUS OF THE PEAR INDUSTRY IN AFRICA, WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO SOUTH AFRICA (C.H. Ferrandi, P.W. van der Merwe, M. Huysamer) |
| RED COLOUR DEVELOPMENT AND LOSS IN PEARS (W.J. Steyn, S.J.E. Wand, D.M. Holcroft, G. Jacobs) |
| REFLECTIVE MULCH IMPROVES FRUIT SIZE AND FLOWER BUD FORMATION OF PEAR CV CLARA FRIJS (M. Bertelsen) |
| EARLY PREDICTION OF RIPENING AND STORAGE QUALITY OF PEAR FRUIT IN SOUTH AFRICA (E. Lötze, O. Bergh) |
| USE OF EVAPORATIVE COOLING TO IMPROVE ‘ROSEMARIE’ AND ‘FORELLE’ PEAR FRUIT BLUSH COLOUR AND QUALITY (S.J.E. Wand, W.J. Steyn, D.H. Holcroft, M.J. Mdluli, K. van den Dool, G. Jacobs) |
| FLUORESCENCE IMAGING TO STUDY PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES IN ‘CONFERENCE’ PEARS DURING A SHELF-LIFE EXPERIMENT (C. Huybrechts, R. Valcke) |
| EFFECT OF 6-BA AND NAA AS THINNING AGENTS OF ‘CONFERENCE’ PEAR (P. Vilardell, J. Carbó, M. Casals, J. Bonany, L. Asín, R. Dalmau) |
| MORPHOLOGY AND HISTOLOGY OF THE NECTARY IN HUNGARIAN LOCAL PEAR CULTIVARS (A. Farkas) |
| APPLICATION OF S-RNASE ALLELE MOLECULAR ANALYSIS AS A MEANS FOR ELUCIDATING LOW YIELDS IN THE PEAR ORCHARD (M. Goldway, R.A. Stern, S. Shafir, A.H. Zisovich) |
| INCREASING THE YIELD OF ‘SPADONA’ PEAR (PYRUS COMMUNIS L.) BY APPROPRIATE UTILIZATION OF BEEHIVES (R.A. Stern, A.H. Zisovich, S. Shafir, A. Dag, M. Goldway) |
| THE SYNTHETIC CYTOKININS CPPU AND TDZ PROLONG THE PHASE OF CELL DIVISION IN DEVELOPING PEAR (PYRUS COMMUNIS L.) FRUIT (M.A. Flaishman, A. Shargal, L. Shlizerman, R.A. Stern, S. Lev-Yadun, G. Graft) |
| STUDY ON COMPATIBILITY AND POLLEN TUBE GROWTH OF SOME ASIAN PEAR (PYRUS SEROTINA REHD.) CULTIVARS (K. Arzani, M. Koushesh-Saba, F. Ghanati) |
| REPRODUCTIVE BUD DEVELOPMENT OF PEARS (PYRUS COMMUNIS L.) WITH EMPHASIS ON THE BOURSE SHOOT (L.P. Reynolds, G. Jacobs, K.I. Theron) |
| THE EFFECT OF SCORING DURING FLOWER INDUCTION OR THE INITIATION PHASE ON RETURN BLOOM IN PYRUS COMMUNIS L. (L.P. Reynolds, G. Jacobs, K.I. Theron) |
| FLOWERING DATE PREDICTION IN ‘ROCHA’ PEAR UNDER MILD WINTER CONDITIONS (J.P. De Melo-Abreu, J.M. Silva, N.G. Barba) |
| PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN PEAR BREEDING PROGRAM (J.P. Human) |
| PROGRESS IN PEAR BREEDING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA (S. Musacchi, V. Ancarani, A. Gamberini, B. Giatti, S. Sansavini) |
| CHARACTERISTICS OF AN F1 GENERATION ARISING FROM BUTIRRA PRECOCE MORETTINI x BELLA DI GIUGNO (M.D. Milutinovic, M. Nikolic, B. Tanaskovic) |
| ORCHARD COMPARISONS OF NEW QUINCE AND PYRUS ROOTSTOCK CLONES (D. Johnson, K. Evans, J. Spencer, T. Webster, S. Adam) |
| PROGRESS IN THE NATIONAL ASIAN PEAR PROJECT: A STUDY ON THE ADAPTATION OF SOME ASIAN PEAR (PYRUS SEROTINA REHD) CULTIVARS TO IRANIAN ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS (K. Arzani) |
| FIELD PERFORMANCE OF FIRE BLIGHT TOLERANT, PYRUS COMMUNIS SELECTIONS IN SOUTH CAROLINA (G.L. Reighard, D.R. Quellette, K.H. Brock) |
| ‘ROCHA’, THE PEAR FROM PORTUGAL (J.M. Silva, N.G. Barba, M.T. Barros, A. Torres-Paulo) |
| HERITABILITY OF MORPHOLOGICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTERS IN THREE PEAR PROGENIES (E. Costes, A. Acou, A. Belouin, M. Le Lezec, M.H. Simard) |
| BREEDING PEARS FOR WARM CLIMATES IN MEXICO (F.I.A. Rumayor, C.A. Martínez, R. Váquez) |
| BREEDING OF HOMOZYGOTES OF SELF-INCOMPATIBLE HAPLOTYPE IN JAPANESE PEAR (PYRUS PYRIFOLIA NAKAI) (T. Saito, Y. Sawamura, N. Takada, M. Shoda, O. Terai, K. Abe, K. Kotobuki) |
| BREEDING OF PEAR ROOTSTOCKS. FIRST EVALUATION OF NEW INTERESPECIFIC ROOTSTOCKS FOR TOLERANCE TO LIME-INDUCED CHLOROSIS AND INDUCED VIGOUR UNDER FIELD CONDITIONS (J. Bonany, R. Dolcet-Sanjuan, E. Claveria, I. Iglesias, L Asin, M.H. Simard) |
| OLD PEAR VARIETIES IN NORTHERN ITALY (T. Eccher, R. Pontiroli) |
| VARIABILITY IN THE WILD PEAR POPULATION IN WEST SERBIA (M.D. Milutinivic, G. Djakovic, M.M. Militinivic, R. Mitletic, M. Zikic) |
| A SELECTION FROM PYRUS BETULAEFOLIA AS A NEW POLLINATOR FOR THE MAIN PYRUS COMMUNIS CULTIVARS (M. Le Lezec, A. Belouin, M.H. Simard) |
| MOLECULAR GENETIC STUDIES ON PEARS (PYRUS SPP.) IN THE WESTERN CAPE (M.M. van Dyk, G. Koning, Z. Simayi, S. Booi, R. Maharaj, M.C. Selala, M.G. du Preez, D.J.G. Rees, I.F. Labuschagné, L. Warnich) |
| PLOIDY LEVEL EVALUATION OF ROOTSTOCK SELECTIONS AND PYRUS GENUS ACCESSIONS (M.H. Simard, D. Demilly) |
| RESUMPTION OF CYCLIN B AND HISTONE H1 KINASE ACTIVITY MARKS REPRODUCTIVE BUD BREAK IN PEAR GROWN IN THE HOT CLIMATE OF ISRAEL (M.A. Flaishman, Y. Brayer, G. Grafi, A. Shargal) |
| EXPRESSION OF THE HEALTH-BENEFICIAL STILBENES IN TRANSGENIC ‘SPADONA’ PEAR (PYRUS COMMUNIS) (M.A. Flaishman, L. Schlizerman, Y. Cohen, Z. Kerem, L. Sivan) |
| PYRUS MICROSATELLITE MARKERS FROM GENBANK SEQUENCES (N.V. Bassil, J.D. Postman, C. Neou) |
| MOLECULAR TYPING OF RED AND GREEN PHENOTYPES OF ‘BON ROUGE’ PEAR TREES, WITH THE USE OF MICROSATELLITES (S. Booi, M.M. van Dyk, M.G. du Preez, D.J.G. Rees, I. Labuschagné) |
| STRESS INDUCED DIFFERENTIAL GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNS FOR RED AND GREEN PHENOTYPES OF ‘BON ROUGE’ PEAR TREES (PYRUS COMMUNIS) (M.G. du Preez, D.J.G. Rees) |
| DEVELOPMENT OF MICROSATELLITE MARKERS FOR MARKER-ASSISTED BREEDING IN PEARS (PYRUS SPP.) (M.M. van Dyk, G. Koning, Z. Simayi, S. Booi, R. Maharaj, M.C. Selala, D.J.G. Rees) |
| DEVELOPMENT OF MOLECULAR MARKERS LINKED TO SEVERAL FRUIT TRAITS IN ORIENTAL PEAR (D. Kim, J.H. Hwang, Y.U. Shin, I.S. Shin, H.J. Lee, S.S. Hong, S.J. Kang) |
| EXTENDING SHELF-LIFE OF PARTIALLY RIPENED D'ANJOU PEARS BY 1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE TREATMENT (J. Bai, P.M. Chen) |
| THE EFFECT OF SMARTFRESH™ (1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE) ON POST HARVEST STORAGE QUALITY OF ‘BON CHRETIEN’ PEARS (I. Crouch) |
| SENSORY EVALUATION OF NEW PEAR CULTIVARS (P. Vaysse, P. Reynier, L. Roche, O. Lavialle) |
| SENSORY EVALUATION FROM A CONSUMER PERSPECTIVE AND ITS APPLICATION TO ‘ABATE FETEL’ PEAR FRUIT QUALITY (S. Predieri, E. Gatti, F. Rapparini, L. Cavicchi, R. Colombo) |
| CONSUMER SENSORY EVALUATION OF PEAR CULTIVARS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, USA (J. Turner, J. Bai, A. Marin, A. Colonna) |
| ‘CONCORDE’ PEAR FLAVOR, TEXTURE, AND STORAGE QUALITY IMPROVED BY MANIPULATING HARVEST MATURITY (E.A. Mielke, S.R. Drake, D.C. Elfving) |
| MEALINESS OF ‘FORELLE’ PEARS - QUO VADIS? (E.M. Crouch, D.M. Holcroft, M. Huysamer) |
| THE EFFECT OF FRUIT MATURITY AND STORAGE DURATION ON FRICTION DISCOLOURATION OF ‘PACKHAM’S TRIUMPH’ AND ‘DOYENNE DU COMICE’ PEARS (G.E. Burger, H.M. Griessel, M. Huysamer) |
| COMBINING ABILITY OF FRUIT APPEARANCE AND EATING QUALITY IN PEARS (S.M. Liu, S.M. Richards, G.R. McGregor) |
| VOLATILE CONSTITUENTS AND PEAR AROMA STUDIED BY DYNAMIC HEADSPACE TECHNIQUE (F. Rapparini, E. Gatti, S. Predieri) |
| THE EFFECT OF 1-MCP ON THE QUALITY OF ‘CONFERENCE’ AND ‘ABBÉ FÉTEL’ PEARS (P. Eccher Zerbini, P. Cambiaghi, M. Grassi, A. Rizzolo) |
| REMAINING GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE IN THE U.S. TREE FRUIT INDUSTRY WITH THE NATIONAL TREE FRUIT TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP (C.F. Seavert) |
| THE ECONOMIC COSTS AND RETURNS OF ESTABLISHING AND PRODUCING HIGH-DENSITY PEARS IN HOOD RIVER, OREGON, USA (C.F. Seavert, J. Moore, S. Castagnoli) |
| THE ECONOMIC COSTS AND RETURNS OF PRODUCING PEARS IN HOOD RIVER, OREGON, USA (C.F. Seavert, J. Moore, S. Castagnoli) |
| AN EVALUATION OF SITE-SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES IN THE U.S. PEAR INDUSTRY (C.F. Seavert, T. Righetti, S. Castagnoli) |
| PEAR PRODUCTION IN CHILE: SITUATION AND TRENDS (K. Sagredo, T. Cooper) |
| AN ARCHITECTURAL ANALYSIS OF PEAR CULTIVARS GROWN UNDER SOUTH AFRICAN CONDITIONS AND THE RELEVANCE TO LOCAL MAINTENANCE PRUNING STRATEGIES (N.C. Cook, P. du Plooy) |
| EFFECT OF PRUNING SEVERITY AND BRANCH QUALITY ON FRUIT SET AND FRUIT DRY WEIGHT OF ‘PACKHAM’S TRIUMPH’ PEARS (PYRUS COMMUNIS L.) (L.P. Reynolds, G. Jacobs, K.I. Theron) |
| COMPARISON OF THE YIELD, LABOUR REQUIREMENT AND FRUIT QUALITY OF ‘CONFERENCE’ PEARS UNDER FIVE INTENSIVE TRAINING SYSTEMS IN SPAIN (L. Asin, R. Montserrat, J. Carbó, P. Vilardell, M. Carrera) |
| RESPONSE OF TRAINING SYSTEM PLANTING DENSITY AND CULTIVAR IN PEAR (S. Musacchi, V. Ancarani, A. Gamberini, M. Gaddoni, M. Grandi, S. Sansavini) |
| FINANCIAL RESULT OF DIFFERENT PLANTING SYSTEMS FOR ‘CONFERENCE’ PEARS (J. Vercammen) |
| SCION/ROOTSTOCK INFLUENCE ON GRAFTING SUCCESS, EARLY PERFORMANCE, TREE SURVIVAL AND EFFICIENCY OF NUTRIENT UPTAKE OF SOME ASIAN PEAR (PYRUS SEROTINA REHD.) CULTIVARS (K. Arzani, H. Khoshghalb, G. Karimzadeh) |
| PEAR ROOTSTOCK TRIAL: BEHAVIOR OF ‘CONFERENCE’ AND ‘DOYENNÉ DU COMICE’ ON TWO QUINCE AND FIVE OHXF SELECTIONS (M. Carrera, M.T. Espiau, J. Gómez-Apari) |
| PERFORMANCE OF ‘CONFERENCE’ PEAR ON SELF-ROOTED TREES AND SEVERAL OLD HOME × FARMINGDALE, SEEDLING AND QUINCE ROOTSTOCKS IN SPAIN (I. Iglesias, L. Asin) |
| NUTRIENT DISTRIBUTION AND REQUIREMENT OF ‘FORELLE’ PEAR TREES ON TWO ROOTSTOCKS (P.J.C. Stassen, M.S. North) |
| NATURAL OR CHEMICAL GROWTH REGULATION IN PEAR (T. Deckers, H. Schoofs, E. Smolders) |
| SHOOT GROWTH, FRUIT PRODUCTION AND RETURN BLOOM IN ‘CONFERENCE’ AND ‘DOYENNÉ DU COMICE’ TREATED WITH REGALIS (PROHEXADIONE-CALCIUM) (F.M. Maas) |
| EFFECT OF PROHEXADIONE-CA ON GROWTH REGULATION, YIELD, FRUIT SET AND RETURN BLOOM, IN ‘BLANQUILLA’ AND ‘CONFERENCE’, THE TWO MAIN PEAR CULTIVARS GROWN IN SPAIN (L. Asin, R. Dalmau, J. Bonany, J.M. Pages, P. Vilardell) |
| ROOT PRUNING: A VALUABLE ALTERNATIVE TO REDUCE THE GROWTH OF ‘CONFERENC’ (J. Vercammen, G. van Daele, A. Gomand) |
| THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT RATES OF PROHEXADIONECALCIUM AND GIRDLING ON SHOOT GROWTH AND FRUIT QUALITY WHEN APPLIED TO DIFFERENT PEAR CULTIVARS (J.J. Meintjes, P. Stassen, K.I. Theron) |
| POST-HARVEST CONTROL OF THE GRAIN CHINCH BUG MACCHIADEMUS DIPLOPTERUS (HETEROPTERA: LYGAEIDAE) ON PEARS IN THE WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA (P. Addison) |
| SUPPRESSION OF CODLING MOTH CYDIA POMONELLA L. (LEPIDOPTERA: TORTRICIDEA) POPULATIONS IN SOUTH AFRICAN APPLE AND PEAR ORCHARDS USING STERILE INSECT RELEASE (M.F. Addison) |
| COST OF PRODUCTION FOR TRANSITIONING FROM CONVENTIONAL CODLING MOTH CONTROL TO AEROSOL-RELEASED MATING DISRUPTION ("PUFFERS") IN PEARS (R.B. Elkins, K.M. Klonsky, R.L. DeMoura) |
| MONITORING CODLING MOTH IN FOUR PEAR CULTIVARS WITH THE PEAR ESTER (A.L. Knight, P. VanBuskirk, R.J. Hilton, B.G. Zoller, D.M. Light) |
| RESISTANCE OF SOME PYRUS COMMUNIS CULTIVARS AND PYRUS HYBRIDS TO THE PEAR PSYLLA CACOPSYLLA PYRI (HOMOPTERA, PSYLLIDAE) (P. Robert, T. Raimbault) |
| THE CHALLENGES OF IMPLEMENTING A SUCCESSFUL IPM PROGRAM IN PEAR (P.D. VanBuskirk, R.J. Hilton) |
| CONTROL OF FIRE BLIGHT BY PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS A506 INTRODUCED INTO UNOPENED PEAR FLOWERS (R.B. Elkins, C.A. Ingels, S.E. Lindow) |
| FRUIT AND LEAF INCIDENCE OF PEAR SCAB (VENTURIA PIRINA ADERH.) IN MIXED EUROPEAN AND ASIAN PEAR PROGENIES (L. Brewer, P. Alspach, V. Bus) |
| SCAB RESISTANCE IN PYRUS GERMPLASM (J.D. Postman, R.A. Spotts, J. Calabro) |
| POWDERY MILDEW RESISTANCE IN PYRUS GERMPLASM (M. Serdani, R.A. Spotts, J.M. Calabro, J.D. Postman) |
| TEST OF FUNGICIDES AGAINST STEMPHYLIUM VESICARIUM ON PEAR WITH OR WITHOUT A WARNING SYSTEM (P.F. de Jong, B. Heijne, A. Boshuizen) |
| AGE DETERMINATION AND TREE-RING GROWTH DYNAMICS IN OLD TREES OF PYRUS COMMUNIS ‘ANGELICA’ (D. Neri, C. Urbinati, G. Savini, A. Sanchioni) |
| IN VITRO ROOTING OF PORTUGUESE PEAR CULTIVARS (PYRUS COMMUNIS) IN RESPONSE TO CHANGES IN AUXIN INDUCTION AND DARK PERIOD TREATMENTS (M.T.F. Barros, C.I. Hipólito, C.G.M. Baptista) |
