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Newsletter of the Pineapple Working Group, International Society for Horticultural Science ______Issue No Newsletter of the Pineapple Working Group, International Society for Horticultural Science _______________________________ Issue No. 19, June, 2012_______________________________ Table of Contents Pineapple Working Group News.............................................................................................................................2 From the Editor.................................................................................................................................................. 2 Tropical Fruits Network................................................................................................................................... 4 Proceedings of the 7th International Pineapple Symposium......................................................................... 4 News from Australia.................................................................................................................................................5 8 th International Pineapple Symposium......................................................................................................... 5 News from Benin...................................................................................................................................................... 6 Introduction to Pineapple Industry in Benin...............................................................................................6 News from Brazil.....................................................................................................................................................15 In Vitro Culture of Pineapple Apical Meristems for Viral Removal...................................................... 15 The New Face of Pineapple Genetic Improvement at Embrapa Cassava & Fruits...............................17 In Search of an Organic Pineapple Production System for Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil 19 News from Costa Rica............................................................................................................................................21 Thermographs to Monitor Physiological Events in the Pineapple Crop............................................... 21 Del Monte Receives Approval to Expand Area Planted to GM Pineapple........................................... 23 News from Cuba..................................................................................................................................................... 24 Rapid Introduction of ‘MD-2’ Pineapple Using Micropropagation.......................................................24 Genetic Characterization of the Cuban Pineapple Collection by RAPD................................................24 Ethylene-Polyamine Levels and Stress-Induced Flowering of Pineapple............................................. 26 Effects of Substrate Volume and Foliar Fertilization on ‘MD-2’ Pineapple Plantlets.........................30 Effects of Culture System on Morphological Changes in ‘MD-2’ Pineapple Plantlets.......................31 Relationship Between Ethylene-Polyamine Levels and Stress-Induced Flowering of in vitro Cultured Pineapple Plants Under Summer Conditions........................................................................................................................ 26 News From Indonesia.............................................................................................................................................36 Changes in Soil Organic Carbon after Cover Crops in Pineapple Fields in Indonesia........................36 Symphilids Control in Pineapple Fields in Indonesia..............................................................................39 News from Malaysia...............................................................................................................................................41 Vanillin Enhances Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation of ‘N36’ Pineapple............................. 41 News from South Africa........................................................................................................................................ 46 Kairomones as Attractants for the Monitoring and Control of a Whitegrub pest of pineapples 46 Services.................................................................................................................................................................... 50 Commercial Services.................................................................................................................................. 50 Professional Services.................................................................................................................................. 50 Book Reviews, Web Sites and New References..................................................................................................51 Book Reviews..............................................................................................................................................51 Web Sites of Possible Interest.................................................................................................................... 51 New References on Pineapple.................................................................................................................... 51 Contributions to Pineapple N ew s......................................................................................................................... 65 Newsletter, Pineapple Working Group, International Society for Horticultural Science Pineapple Working Group News From the Editor D ear Colleagues: November of 2012 will be the 20th anniversary of the 1st International Pineapple Symposium (IPS) and there is good reason to celebrate this anniversary. The idea to organize such a symposium was first proposed by Dr. J.J. Lacoeuilhe of what was then CIRAD/IRFA at the XXIInd Horticultural Congress held in Davis, California in 1990 (Lacoeuilhe, J.J., 1990, Pineapple, Chronica Horticulturae 30, p. 59). As a justification for holding such a symposium, Dr. Lacoeulhe stated that: • Few people in the world are involved in pineapple but they do not communicate or exchange information. • Research is often initiated by local circumstances and problems, which need quick solutions. • Publications are rare and of irregular interest compared to other crops of the same economic importance. Dr. Lacoeuilhe proposed to begin to solve this problem by publishing a list of people involved with pineapple research and production and invited people interested in this initiative to contact him. Dr. Kenneth Rohrbach and I did not attend that IHC meeting and so missed that important announcement. However, we also had occasional conversations about the limited communicaton among the community of pineapple researchers and the difficulty that growers in developing countries have in getting access to information on modern pineapple cultural practices. As a result of these discussions we independently began to discuss the idea of hosting an international pineapple symposium in Hawaii. We sent out an inquiry of interest, also in 1990, and the response was positive. That first symposium was held November 2-6, 1992. I have no recollection of why we held the symposium under the auspices of the International Society for Horticulture Science (ISHS), but give the credit for that recommendation to Pierre Martin Prevel, a senior researcher at CIRAD in France. Most importantly, it assured that our proceedings would be available in a well- recognized publication that has wide distribution. I am certain that it was Dr. Martin Prevel who at the end of the 1st IPS encouraged the establishment of a Pineapple Working Group (PWG) under Section Tropical and Subtropical Crops of the ISHS. I agreed to serve as chairman of the PWG, a position I held for 10 years, and stated my intent to establish a pineapple newsletter in an attempt to improve the exchange of information among pineapple growers and researchers. The success of that initial effort is indicated by the fact that the 7th IPS was held in 2010, seven volumes of Acta Horticulturae document the contributions of the PWG to the pineapple literature, 1 9 9 4 1 9 9 9 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 9 and the trend in pages in Pineapple News since the first issue in Year 1994 has been consistently upward (Fig. 1). Thanks to the strong Fig 1. Pages in Pineapple News by year with support of the international pineapple community, we are a success! trend line. Readers of Pineapple News also know that planning for our 8 th IPS has been underway in Australia since that country was selected as the site of the 8 th symposium at the PWG meeting in Johor, Malaysia in 2010. Congratulations to all of us and I hope that many of us will meet again at the 8 th IPS in Brisbane. Assuring continuation of Pineapple News Age and family health issues have delayed the publication of this issue of the newsletter and caused me to realize that there is need to make provision for an orderly transition in the responsibilities of editorship of Pineapple News. Several years ago Brent Sipes, and soon thereafter Alain Soler, offered to assist with or take on the responsibility of editing Pineapple News. Recently Garth Sanewski made the same offer. I recently spoke to Brent about passing on some of the responsibility for production of the newsletter to him. He encouraged me to continue and said he would help as needed and be prepared to take over any time I decided to retire from the job. I expect Alain, Garth and probably others will also offer their assistance.
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