“For a competitive and sustainable fruit growing” SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT To all our colleagues: The Research Institute on Tropical Fruit Culture and the Agricultural Enterprise Group from the Ministry of Agriculture from the Republic of Cuba have the pleasure to call you to participate in the Fifth International Symposium on Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Growing / IX International Pineapple Symposium "FRUTICULTURA 2017", to be held from October 15 to 19th of 2017, in Hotel Nacional de Cuba, Havana City, Cuba. In this new edition of the event, we look forward to show all the results Cuba has in fruit growing. Also, to exchange with large-experienced prestigious personalities of the fruit world, especially from pineapple crop management, about technologies applied in other producer countries. This exchange must contribute to improve fruit production, conservation, processing and commercialization of tropical fruits, to facilitate food safety, the reduction of rural poverty and the sustainable development of the participant countries. ORGANIZER COMMITTEE Honor Chairmanship MSc. Frank Castañeda Santalla Chairmanship Dr. C. Guillermo Rafael Almenares Garlobo Vice-Presidents MSc. Arisbel Ferro Barrios, MSc. Alina Beltrán Castillo, MSc. Emilio Farrés Armentero, Eng. Julio Gómez Moldón Scientific Committee Fifth International Symposium on Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Growing Dra. Mayda Betancourt Grandal – IIFT, Dra. Lianne Fernández Granda – INIFAT, Cuba Cuba Dr. Miguel Ramos Leal – IIFT, Cuba Dr. Arnaldo Álvarez Brito – INAF, Cuba Dra. Lochy Batista Le Riverend – IIFT, Cuba Dr. Luis L. Vázquez Moreno – INISAV, Cuba MSc. Lester Hernández Rodríguez – IIFT, Dra. Bárbara Ivette Tortosa Ferrer – ONUDI, Cuba Cuba INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN FRUTICULTURA TROPICAL MSc. Tania Mulkay Vitón – IIFT, Cuba Dr. Miguel Aranguren González – IIFT, Cuba Scientific Committee IX International Pineapple Symposium Dr. Domingo Haroldo Reinhardt - Dr. Duane Bartholomew – Universidad de EMBRAPA, Brasil Hawaii, Hawaii, USA Dr. Luis Pérez Vicente - INISAV, Cuba Dr. Alain Soler - CIRAD, Martinique Dr. Aristoteles Pires de Matos - EMBRAPA, Dr. Daniel Herrera Durán – TicoFrut. Brasil Agricultural Manager. Costa Rica Dr. Justo L. González Olmedo - Bioplantas, Dr. Andrés Rebolledo – INIFAP, Veracruz, Cuba México Dra. Martha Hernández - Bioplantas, Cuba Dra. Miriam Isidrón Pérez - UNAH, Cuba MSc. Lester Hernández Rodríguez - IIFT, Dra. Fernanda Vidigal Duarte Souza - Cuba EMBRAPA, Brasil Acta Horticulturae international editorial committee of the IX International Pineapple Symposium Dr. Domingo Haroldo Reinhardt - Dr. Duane Bartholomew – Universidad de EMBRAPA, Brasil Hawaii, Hawaii, USA Dr. Aristoteles Pires de Matos - EMBRAPA, Garth Sanewski - DPA, Gobierno de Brasil Queensland, Australia Dr. Alain Soler - CIRAD, Martinica Dr. Justo L. González Olmedo - Bioplantas, Cuba Dr. Luis Pérez Vicente - INISAV, Cuba Dra. Mirian Isidron Pérez – UNAH, Cuba Executive Secretary Dra. Juliette Valdés-Infante Herrero Institutional Communication and Public Relations MSc. Mónica Piniella Gutiérrez; MSc. Lester Hernández Economy Management Esp. Jorge Rodríguez Milián International Collaboration and Agri-business Eng. Ritzi Gonzalez Miret, Lic. Yaikiria Deus Montes Organizers for field tour MSc. Emilio Farrés Armenteros; MSc. Rolando Clavijo Izquierdo Assurance and Services Esp. Juan Carlos Díaz Acosta, Esp. Pedro Fernández Montoya Professional Organizer of CUBANACÁN Travel Agency Lic. Oscar López Betancourt INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN FRUTICULTURA TROPICAL Contact for Organizer Committee correspondence: Dra. Juliette Valdés-Infante Herrero 7th Avenue, #3005, e/30 y 32, Miramar, Playa, La Habana. Cuba. FAX: (537) 204 6794. E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Phones: (537) 209-3585; (537) 206-6828 In the Website of the Research Institute on Tropical Fruit Culture (www.fruticulturacubana.co.cu), in the InterAmerican Citrus Network (IACNET) (www.riacnet.net), in the International Society of Horticultural Sciences (www.ishs.org) and in the IIFT facebook web site (Iift Iift) there is more information related with the Symposiums. In this Websites it will be possible to download information and documents related with the meeting. The following personalities have confirmed their participation: Magistral conferences - Sustainable intensification based on Conservation Agriculture – relevance to fruit growing. Speaker: Sr. Theodor Friedrich. Representative of FAO in Cuba. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. - Limitations for pineapple growth and commercialization: the international researches contribution to solve limitations and its future projections. Speaker: PhD. Domingo Haroldo Reinhardt - EMBRAPA, Brazil, Chairman of the Pineapple Group from the International Society for Horticultural Sciences (ISHS). - Fruit Growing: its contribution to Food and Nutritional Safety and to the Sustainable Development. Speaker: MSc. Raixa Llauger Riverón, Sub-regional FAO Office in Mesoamerica, Panama. INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN FRUTICULTURA TROPICAL FIFTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL FRUIT GROWING Scientific Sessions and Workshops Genetic resources and breeding of fruit trees for food and nutritional safety, agriculture and biodiversity. Workshop: Status and conservation of agricultural phytogenetic resources. - Citrus genomics: origin of cultivated varieties and generation of new cultivars. Speaker: PhD. Manuel Talón. Valencia Institute of Agrarian Investigations (IVIA). Spain. - Biotechnology for propagation and genetic improvement of tropical fruit trees Speaker: Ph.D. Richard Litz, Emeritus Professor, Tropical Fruit University of Florida, Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, USA. Sustainable and resilient management of fruit trees agro-ecosystems. Workshop: Value chains and local development – Productive and Metabolic Response of Citrus to Ring. Speaker: PhD. Fernando Rivas. National Institute of Agro-livestock Research (INIA), Uruguay. Director of the Sanitation and Citrus breeding Programs of Uruguay. Phytosanitary surveillance and pest management. Workshop: Pest of high impact for citrus culture, challenges in the Americas - Phytoplasmas associated to diseases in tropical and subtropical fruit crops Speaker: PhD. Prof. Assunta Bertaccini. Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie. ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA, Italy. - Citrus leprosis: a disease with a complex etiology Speaker: PhD. Pedro Luis Ramos González. Biologic Institute, Sao Paulo, Brazil. - Biology, ecology and population dynamics of pest affecting fruit trees Speaker: PhD Jorge E. Peña, Emeritus Professor, Entomology, Tropical Fruit University of Florida, Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, USA. - Genetic diversity of Citrus tristeza virus in the sub-American region. Speaker: MSc. María José Benítez–Galeano. Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Northwest Regional Academic Center (CENUR Nortwest), University of the Republic, Salto, Uruguay. INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN FRUTICULTURA TROPICAL – Actual state of citrus HLB in Mexico: epidemiology, control and productive impacts. Speaker: PhD. Gustavo Mora Aguilera. Post-graduates College, Montecillo Campus. Mexico. Post-harvest, Industrialization and Commercialization. Workshop: Impact of Cleaner Productions in the fruit tree agro-industry – Innovation in post-harvest technology as a strategy to reduce losses and maintaining fruit quality after harvesting. Speaker: PhD. Alejandra Salvador. Valencia Institute of Agrarian Investigations (IVIA). Center of Post-harvest Technology. Spain. INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN FRUTICULTURA TROPICAL IX INTERNATIONAL PINEAPPLE SYMPOSIUM Under the aegis of the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) http://www.ishs.org/symposium/591 Scientific Sessions Management of pineapple agro-ecosystems - Pineapple growth under agro-ecologic management using biotechnological tools. Speaker: PhD. Alain Soler - CIRAD, Reunion Islands, France, specialist in agro- ecological plantations management. - Traditional management of 'MD-2' pineapple plantations in Costa Rica. Speaker: Eng. Zulay Castro – Tecnologic Institute, Costa Rica, specialist in traditional plantations management. Genetic resources, breeding and biotechnology - Germplasm conservation and propagation methods in pineapple. Speaker: Dra. Fernanda Vidigal Duarte Souza - EMBRAPA, Brazil, specialist in propagation and genetic resources conservation. Post-harvest, Industrialization and Commercialization Plant protection - Principal pest affecting pineapple plantations and its impact in crop development. Speaker: PhD. Aristoteles Pires de Matos - EMBRAPA, Brazil, specialist in phytopathology. The event includes magisterial conferences, sessions for papers presentation and discussion; workshops and guided tours to scientific institutions, fruit groves, industries, mini industries and conditioning and packing houses for tropical fruits. EXHIBITION FAIR During the event, an exhibition fair will be developed, which will be held in the halls of the National Hotel of Cuba. The commercial firms will have the possibility to expose their products and present their main results; as well as a contribution with promotional publicity INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN FRUTICULTURA TROPICAL articles representative of its trademark. The Organizing Committee will give recognitions to the stand with greater promotion and presence. The following commercial firms have confirmed their participation: