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Caribbean Food Crops Society Serving the Caribbean Since 1963 Caribbean Food Crops Society 40 CARIBBEAN FOOD CROPS SOCIETY SERVING THE CARIBBEAN SINCE 1963 CARIBBEAN FOOD CROPS SOCIETY 40 Fortieth Annual Meeting 2004 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 40th ANNUAL MEETING Caribbean Food Crops Society 40th Annual Meeting 19-23 July, 2004 Westin Resort and Villas St. John, United States Virgin Islands "Strengthening Partnerships for Sustaining Caribbean Agriculture " Edited By Dr. Wilfredo Colon Stafford Crossman Errol Chichester Dr. Manuel Palada Dr. Valerie Combie Clarice C. Clarke Published by the Caribbean Food Crops Society © Caribbean Food Crops Society, 2004 ISSN 95-07-0410 Copies of this publication may be obtained from: Secretariat, CFCS c/o University of the Virgin Islands Cooperative Extension Service Route 1, Box 10,000 Kingshill, St. Croix US Virgin Islands 00850 Fax: 340-692-4085 or from: CFCS, Treasurer PMB 505 1312 Felix Aldarondo Ave. Isabela, Puerto Rico 00662 Fax: 787-830-1845 Mention of company and trade names does not imply endorsement by the Caribbean Food Crops Society. The Caribbean Food Crops Society is not responsible for statements and opinions advanced in its meeting or printed in its proceedings; they represent the views of the individuals to whom they are credited and not binding on the Society as a whole. II 2004 CFCS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chair: Dr. Alberto Beale, University of Puerto Rico Vice Chair: Dr. Guy Anais, Retired from the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Guadeloupe Secretary: Mr. Kofi Boateng, Cooperative Extension Service, University of the Virgin Islands Treasurer: Mrs. Aurora Lugo-Lopez, Retired from the University of Puerto Rico 2004 President: Mr. Kwame Garcia, Cooperative Extension Service, University of the Virgin Islands REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES English: Mr. Kwame Garcia, Cooperative Extension Service University of the Virgin Islands Dr. Richard Harrison, Ministry of Agriculture, Jamaica Dr. Bruce Lauckner, Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute, Trinidad and Tobago Spanish: Dr. Wilfredo Colon, Universidad del Este, Puerto Rico Mr. Jerry Dupuy, Secretaria de Estado de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, Dominican Republic Dr. Alberto Bealc, University of Puerto Rico French: Dr. Guy Anais, Retired Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Guadeloupe Mr. Marceau Farrant, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Guadeloupe Mr. Xavier Merlini, Association Martiniquaise pour le Développement des Plantes Alimentaires, Martinique Dutch: Dr. Lydia Ori, Centre for Agricultural Research, Suriname ADVISORY BOARD Mr. Hipôlito Mejia, Honorary Member, Dominican Republic Mrs. Altagracia Rivera de Castillo, Centro para el Desarrollo Agropecuario y Forestal, Dominican Republic (President) Dr. Lawrence Lewis, Department of Agriculture, US Virgin Islands Dr. Alain Xande, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Guadeloupe Dr. William Brown, University of Florida Mr. Rafael Pérez Duvcrge, Institute Dominicano de Investigaciôn Agropecuaria y Forestal, Dominican Republic Prof. Vivian Cairo, University of Puerto Rico Dr. Charles McDavid, University of the West Indies Dr. Errol Rhoden, Tuskegee University, Alabama Dr. Arlington Chesney, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, Costa Rica 111 CARIBBEAN FOOD CROPS SOCIETY SERVING THE CARIBBEAN SINCE 1963 Caribbean Food Crops Society 40th Annual Meeting 19-23 July, 2004 Westin Resort and Villas St. John, United States Virgin Islands "Strengthening Partnerships for Sustaining Caribbean Agriculture" TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Technical Session 1: Information Technology Applications in Agriculture SUPPORT OF FLORIDA EXTENSION DIAGNOSTIC CLINICS BY A WEB- 1 BASED PLANT DIAGNOSTIC CLINIC MANAGEMENT AND REPORTING SYSTEM P.D. Roberts, K.U. Hill, andR.G. Walker USDA APHIS OFFSHORE PEST INFORMATION SYSTEM 2 Robert J. Balaam GROUND-BASED VALIDATION OF SURFACE ENERGY FLUX ESTIMATES 3 BASED ON REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES Eric Harmsen AN INTERNET-BASED SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING CROP WATER USE IN THE 4 CARIBBEAN REGION Eric Harmsen Technical Session 2: Crop Production COMPARISON OF AQUAPONIC AND FIELD CROP PRODUCTION OF BASIL 5 AND OKRA IN THE TROPICS James E. Rakocy, Donald S. Bailey, R. Charlie Shultz, and Eric S. Thoman SUSTAINABLE ROOT AND TUBER CROPS PRODUCTION IN TRINIDAD AND 6 TOBAGO - CASSAVA GERMPLASM CHARACTERIZATION AND UTILIZATION Anthony Seesahai, Mynie Ramlal-Ousman, andManmohan Lalchan-Vine CROP YIELD OF VEGETABLES UNDER ORGANIC AND INORGANIC 15 FERTILIZATION REGIMES Khadine Sookdeo and Gregory Gouveia ν ON-FARM EVALUATION OF CUCUMBER CUL TIVARS FOR SUMMER 16 PRODUCTION IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS M.C. Palada andJ.M. Mitchell GROWTH AND YIELD OF HOT PEPPER IN HEDGEROW INTERCROPPING 22 WITH MORINDA CITRI FOLIA L. DURING EARLY ESTABLISHMENT M.C. Palada, J.M. Mitchell, and B.N. Becker DESCRIPTION AND PERFORMANCE OF JAMAICAN SCOTCH BONNET 29 PEPPER I CAPSICUM CHINENSE (JACQ.)J Don H. McGlashan and Claudette P. McKenzie EVALUACION DE BANANOS LOCALES Ε INTRODUC1DOS BAJO 30 CONDICIONES DE PRODUCTION ORGAN 1 CA Eugenio de Jesus Galvàn y Domingo Rengifo. Technical Session 3: Crop Production WHOLE FARM RESEARCH ON AN INTEGRATED AQUACULTURE - 31 HORTICULTURE ENTERPRISE FOR SMALL ISLANDS Michael McGuire DIFFERENCES IN VEGETABLE CROPS YIELD RESPONSE TO COMPOSTED 32 WASTE AS THE SOIL AMENDMENT IN URBAN GARDENING James R. Allen ALCOHOL INSOLUBLE SOLIDS AND RELATIVE SWEETNESS FOR TWO 41 SWEETPOTATO VARIETIES RECOMMENDED FOR PUERTO RICO Tania Hernandez-Carrion, Carlos E. Ortiz, Rafael Montalvo-Zapata, and Luis E. Rivera LAND TENURE MANAGEMENT: A KEY DETERMINANT IN SUSTAINABLE 46 FARMING - THE EXAMPLE OF MARTINIQUE Frédéric Saudubray WEIGHT OF GINGER {ZINGIBER OFFICINALE) PLANTING SETTS ON 59 SPROUTING AND YIELD) A.J. Beale, C. Flores, and M.A. Munoz EVALUACION DE CLONES DE PLATANO (MUSA SPP.) COMERCIALES Ε 60 INTRODUCIDOS EN EL SUROESTE DE LA REPUBLICA DOMINICANA Eugenio de Jesus Galvàn y Domingo Rengifo Technical Session 4: Fruit Production/Integrated Pest Management STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE THE SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION OF 61 PINEAPPLE (ANANAS COMOSUS (L) MERR) CULTIVATION IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Evans Ramkhelawan TRIALS OF PASSION I RÜIT IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 72 Jacqueline A. Kowalski and Thomas W. Zimmerman VI THE RIPENING OF PAPAYA (CARICA PAPA YA L.) AS AFFECTED BY 1- 79 METHYLCYCLOPROPENE (1-MCP) S. Protain, L.A. Wilson, and M. Mohammed DEVELOPMENT AND SELECTION OF TRANSGENIC PAPAYA FOR VIRUS 88 RESISTANCE Thomas W. Zimmerman, Jacqueline A. Kowalski, and Latashia Joseph EPIDEMIOLOGY OF BACTERIAL CANKER OF PAPAYA IN ST. VINCENT AND 89 THE GRENADINES: A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION Sylvester Lynch BIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF MELON THRIPS, THRIPS PALMIKARNY, 90 (THYSANOPTERA: THRIPIDAE) D. R. Seal and W. Klassen THE CASE OF FARMERS, NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL 91 AGENCIES PARTNERING FOR THE CONTROL OF COFFEE BERRY BORER IN JAMAICA Kathy M. Dalip Technical Session 5: Integrated Pest Management MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF INVASIVE SPECIES USING A SYSTEMS 98 APPROACH FOR PLANT DISEASE DIAGNOSTICS A.J. Palmateer ENHANCEMENT OF BARN OWL POPULATIONS IN THE EVERGLADES 99 AGRICULTURAL AREA OF SOUTH FLORIDA FOR SUSTAINABLE RODENT CONTROL R.N. Raid SCJRTOTHRIPS DORSALIS: A NEW THREAT TO THE GREATER CARIBBEAN 100 REGION D.R. Seal, M. Ciomperlik, T.L. Skarlinsky, and W. Klassen THE EVALUATION OF FUNGICIDAL TREATMENTS AND IRRIGATION 101 METHODS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOWNY MILDEW AND OTHER DISEASES ON CUCUMIS MELO VARIETIES IN JAMAICA Edward Biney and Sheldon Elliot INTEGRATED CONTROL OF DODDER (CUSCUTA PENTAGONA) USING 102 GLYPHOSATE, AMMONIUM SULFATE, AND THE BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT ALTERNARIA DESTRUENS J. Cook, R. Charudattan, E. Rosskopf, T. Zimmermann, G. MacDonald, and W. Stall NATURAL ENEMIES OF PALM LEAF SKELETONIZERS IN FLORIDA, 105 PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS F. W. Howard, E. Abreu-Rodriguez, and J. Keularts vii DEVELOPMENT OF LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE (LED) EQUIPPED INSECT 106 TRAPS FOR MONITORING PEST INSECTS IN GREENHOUSES AND FIELDS, 2001 - 2004 C.C. Chu, T.Y. Chen, A.M. Simmons, P.J. Alexander, and T.J. Henneberry Technical Session 6: Agronomy/Livestock COMPOSTED POULTRY LITTER EFFECTS ON TILLER DYNAMICS, 114 HERBAGE MASS AND CRUDE PROTEIN OF BRACHIARIA BRIZANTHA CV. MULATO E. Garcia-Pizarro, E. Valencia, and A. Rodriguez-Carias EVALUATION OF VARIOUS NITROGEN SOURCES ON BAHIAGRASS 120 PRODUCTION J.E. Rechcigl and M.B. Adjei USE OF FOOD INDUSTRY WASTES IN PASTURE PRODUCTION 121 Gregory Gouveia, Kavita Singh, and Brian Boodoo FORAGE AVAILABILITY AND QUALITY, AND CATTLE PERFORMANCE ON 122 TROPICAL GRASS-LEGUME PASTURES M. B. Adjei, M. Y Castelo, and C. G. Chambliss PARTNERING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - THE CASE OF CARDI 123 AND PARTNERS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GOAT INDUSTRY IN JAMAICA Francis H Asiedu and Albert L Fearon PRODUCTION OF HAIR SHEEP USING ACCELERATED LAMBING AND AN 129 EXTENSIVE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN THE TROPICS R. W. Godfrey, J. R Collins, E. L. Hensley, H. A. Buroker, J. K. Bultman, and A. J Weis LA PRODUCTION DE REPRODUCTEURS SÉLECTIONNÉS DANS LA RACE 137 OVINE MARTINIK: OBJECTIFS - MISE EN OEUVRE - RÉSULTATS - PERSPECTIVES F. Leimbacher et C. Vertueux LA TRAÇABILITE EN ELEVAGE BOVIN-VIANDE A LA MARTINIQUE, 146 POURQUOI ? POUR QUI ? F. Leimbacher, S. Burgos, A. Ullindah, B. 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