Engineering Ecological Modernization of Agriculture / Exploring the Potential of Tropical Biological Resources for Innovation / Towards a Bio-Economic Development of Caribbean Countries. Michel Naves, Valérie Angeon, Bérengère Merlot, Louis Fahrasmane, Jean-Louis Diman, Patrick Labbé, Patricia Traffond, Wilfredo Colòn, Harry Ozier-Lafontaine To cite this version: Michel Naves, Valérie Angeon, Bérengère Merlot, Louis Fahrasmane, Jean-Louis Diman, et al.. 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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 are not binding on the Society as a whole. i CARIBBEAN FOOD CROPS SOCIETY 52 Fif y-second Annual Meeting 2016 Le Gosier, Guadeloupe Volume LII MEETING HOST: i CARIBBEAN FOOD CROPS SOCIETY 52 Fif y-second Annual Meeting 2016 Le Gosier, Guadeloupe Volume LII MEETING HOST: i PROCEEDINGS OF THE 52nd ANNUAL MEETING Caribbean Food Crops Society 52nd Annual Meeting July 10 – July 16, 2016 Hosted by the Institut National de la Recheche Agronomique Centre Antilles-Guyane Karibea Beach Resort - Pointe de la Verdure Guadeloupe FWI “Engineering Ecological Modernization of Agriculture / Exploring the Potential of Tropical Biological Resources for Innovation / Towards a Bio-Economic Development of Caribbean Countries” Edited by Michel Naves, Valérie Angeon, Bérengère Merlot, Louis Fahrasmane, Jean Louis Diman, Patrick Labbé, Patricia Traf ond, Wilfredo Colon and Harry Ozier Lafontaine Published by the Caribbean Food Crops Society ii Caribbean Food Crops Society 52nd Annual Meeting July 10 to 16, 2016 Karibea Beach Resort - Pointe de la Verdure Guadeloupe FWI “Engineering Ecological Modernization of Agriculture / Exploring the Potential of Tropical Biological Resources for Innovation / Towards a Bio-Economic Development of Caribbean Countries” TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 2016 CFCS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS MESSAGES FROM OPENING CEREMONY WELCOME REMARKS Dr. Harry Ozier-Lafontiane, President, CFCS 2016 WELCOME REMARKS Mr. Ary Chalus, President Regional Council WELCOME REMARKS Josette Borel-Lincertin, Présidente du Conseil Départemental WELCOME REMARKS Jacques Billant, Préfet de Région Guadeloupe Représenté par Bernard Fils-Lycaon, Délégué Régional à la Recherche et à la Technologie, Représentant de M. le préfet de région WELCOME REMARKS Patrick Sellin, Président de la Chambre d’Agriculture de la Guadeloupe WELCOME REMARKS François Houllier, Président Directeur Général de l’INRA INAUGURATION AND REMARKS Dr. Wilfredo Colón, Chair and CEO, CFCS PLENARY INTRODUCTION SESSION Keynote address Tracking innovation cropping systems designed by farmers J.M. Meynard Operations et plates-formes de transfert de technologie en proximite : outils cles pour stimuler un developpement local. Operations and technology transfer platform: key tools to stimulate local development Katia Rochefort, Henry Joseph, Nathalie Minatchy, and Louis Fahrasmane iii SESSION 1 Agroecological farming systems, stakeholders’ visions & practices PESTS AND DISEASES AND THEIR PERCEPTION IN CROP AND ANIMAL PRODUCTION Diseases and disorders affecting pitaya in south forida, A.J. Palmateer, G. Sanahuja and M. Samuel-Foo. Climate change and its effect on biology of melon thrips, thrips palmi karny, and common blossom thrips, frankliniella schultzei trybom, (thysanoptera: thripidae, Dakshina R. Seal, Shouan Zhang, Oscar E. Liburd and Qingren Wang Characterization of Colletotrichum species affecting yam (Dioscorea spp.) crop in Puerto Rico, Stephanie Fuentes, Merari Feliciano, Lydia I. Rivera and Agenol González Resistance to pesticides in selected populations of whitefies, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius, 1889) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), in Dominican agricultural areas, Colmar Serra, Johanny Forchue A. and Ismael Díaz T. Disease perception and management strategies by producers: example with anthracnose on water yams (Dioscorea alata) in Guadeloupe, Penet L., Barthe E., Alleyne A. and J. M. Blazy Can the market information system help you to understand the incidence of diseases? The case of sechium edule (chayote, cho cho, christophene) in trinidad Govind Seepersad, Aldo Hanel, Naitram Ramnanan, Saravanakumar Duraisamy and Scott Mahadeo Biology and effects of selected pesticides on a predatory beetle, Thalassa montenzumae a potential biocontrol agent of croton scale, Phalacrococcus howertoni in South Florida, Lambert Kanga, N. Francis, C. Mannion and M. Haseeb INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF PEST AND DISEASES IN CROP AND ANIMAL PRODUCTION Integrated Pest Management of the southern green stinkbug, Nezara viridula (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) on tomato crop using trap and refuge crops, Muhammad Haseeb, T. Gordon, Jesusa Legaspi and L. Kanga Managing whitefy (Bemisia tabaci) on greenhouse tomato with biopesticides, Michelle Samuel-Foo, Hugh A. Smith and Babu Srinivasan Interactions nutrition parasitisme gastro-intestinal et alicaments. Revue de la littérature H. Archimède, JC Bambou, W Cei, S Ceriac, N Minatchy et C Marie-Magdeleine Agro ecological engineering and crop and livestock health. Case studies in the French West Indies - Chave M., Angeon V., Mahieu M. and Mandonnet N. The forida entomological society (fes), Philip Stansly, President and Professor VALUATION OF LOCAL GENETIC RESOURCES FOR SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS The Tropical Plant Biological Resource Center of the French West Indies: serving agriculture and research throughout the Caribbean, Claudie Pavis, Danièle Roques, Marie Umber, Pierre- Yves Teycheney, Marc Boisseau and Franciane Nuissier Varietal dynamics in Yam producers from Guadeloupe and impact of anthracnose disease L. Penet, Cornet D., Blazy J.M., Alleyne A., Barthes E., Bussière1 F., Guyader S, Pavis C. and D. Petro Longevity, an adaptation trait of Creole goats to tropical climate, Zsuppan, Z., Arquet, R., Mahieu, M. and Mandonnet, N. The Trinidad and Tobago Buffalypso: History and Perspective, Ramnarine S. and Singh M. D. Research framework for the development of Creole pig’s niche market in Martinique: a holistic approach, Gourdine J-L, Lof A., Brithmer R., Hoche-Balustre S., Servier M-F., Bructer, M., Benony K., Limery A., Cyrille M., Vertueux-Degras C., Gauthier V., Fahrasmane L.,Archimède H. and Alexandre, G. iv Preliminary assessment of local cassava varieties for tolerance to water stress conditions in Trinidad and Tobago, Annika Minott, Lawrence Mahabir, Gaius Eudoxie, Bruce Lauckner, Francis Asiedu, Norman Gibson and Richard Rampersaud Breeding to develop a purple sweet potato for the Virgin Islands, Thomas W. Zimmerman and Carlos Montilla Evaluation of banana and plantain (Musa spp.) accessions tolerant to black sigatoka disease in Dominica, Guyana, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Casper Samuel, Gregory Linton*, Kwame Gyamf, Somwattie Pooran-DeSouza, Gregory Robin, Dorian Etienne, Ronald Pilgrim, Sharon Jones, Francis Asiedu and Bruce Lauckner How marker-assisted breeding of Musa balbisiana genitors devoid of infectious endogenous banana streak virus sequences contributes to pesticide-free agro ecological banana farming systems, Marie Umber, Jean-Philippe Pichaut, Benoît Farinas, Nathalie Laboureau, Bérenger Janzac, Kaïssa Plaisir-Pineau, Gersende Pressat, Franc-Christophe Baurens, Matthieu Chabannes, Pierre-Olivier Duroy, Chantal Guiougou, Jean-Marie Delos, Christophe Jenny, Marie-Line Iskra-Caruana, Frédéric Salmon and Pierre-Yves Teycheney MANAGEMENT OF BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES IN AGRO ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE Mulching effects of fresh sargassum seaweed on soil properties and plant growth, Kaeiron Saunders, Jabarry Belgrave and Francis Lopez Potential for use of sargassum mulch in sweet potato production, Andrea K. Veira and Francis B. Lopez Fertigating lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) using compost tea, Gaius Eudoxie, Marshagaye Beckford, Kris Grogan and Micah Martin Factors affecting compost adoption in French West Indies, Jacky Paul, Jorge Sierra, François Causeret, Loïc Guindé and Jean-Marc Blazy Development of a phytotoxicity bioassay for soil amendment products from organic waste recycling, Zahria