II All Africa Horticulture Congress

EFFECT OF MATURITY STAGE AND CULTIVAR ON THE EFFICACY OF 1-MCP TREATMENTS IN MANGO FRUITS

THE EFFECT OF 1-MCP AND STORAGE DURATION ON THE STORAGE POTENTIAL AND FLESH BROWNING DEVELOPMENT ON 'CRIPPS PINK' APPLES STORED UNDER CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE CONDITIONS

EFFECT OF 1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE (1-MCP) AND 1-MCP PLUS ETHYLENE COMBINATIONS ON THE GREEN SHELF-LIFE AND RIPENING OF BANANA [MUSA AAA (CAVENDISH SUB-GROUP) 'WILLIAMS']

PACKAGING IN THE MAINTENANCE OF POSTHARVEST KEEPING QUALITY OF 'PARTHENON' BROCCOLI DURING LONG TERM STORAGE AND SUBSEQUENT SHELF-LIFE

EFFECT OF AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONE AND MATURITY ON THE EFFICACY OF 1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE (1-MCP) IN EXTENDING POSTHARVEST LIFE OF PURPLE PASSION FRUITS (PASSIFLORA EDULIS SIMS)

QUANTIFYING THE EFFECTS OF FRUIT POSITION IN THE CANOPY ON PHYSICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND PREDICTING SUSCEPTIBILITY TO RIND BREAKDOWN DISORDER OF 'NULES CLEMENTINE' MANDARIN (CITRUS RETICULATE BLANCO) USING VIS/NIR SPECTROSCOPY

INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFICIENCY OF THE TOTAL ANTIOXIDANTS ASSAYS IN SILICON-TREATED LEMON FRUIT (CITRUS LIMON)

CHILLING INJURY IN CITRUS FRUIT: A HOLISTIC VIEW

POSTHARVEST RIND DISORDERS OF 'NADORCOTT' MANDARIN ARE AFFECTED BY ROOTSTOCK IN ADDITION TO POSTHARVEST TREATMENTS

POSTHARVEST APPLICATION OF THIABENDAZOLE REDUCES CHILLING INJURY OF CITRUS FRUIT

EFFECT OF METHYL JASMONATE AND SALICYLIC ACID POSTHARVEST TREATMENT ON MECHANISMS AND ACTIVITIES OF ANTIOXIDANTS IN LEMON FRUIT RIND DURING COLD STORAGE

RESPONSE OF CITRUS PHYSIOLOGY TO PHOSPHORUS ACID AND SILICON AS ELICITORS OF INDUCED DISEASE RESISTANCE

ADDRESSING THE POSTHARVEST VASCULAR STAINING DISORDER OF 'MALUMA' AVOCADO (PERSEA AMERICANA MILL.) FRUIT

SYSTEMIC RESISTANCE INDUCERS APPLIED PREHARVEST FOR COLLETOTRICHUM GLOEOSPORIOIDES CONTROL IN AVOCADOS

A PRELIMINARY STUDY INTO PROTOCOLS FOR THE LONG-TERM COLD STORAGE OF LEUCOSPERMUM POTTED PLANTS

EFFECT OF LIGHT AND FRUIT MATURITY ON POSTHARVEST COLOUR CHANGE IN GREEN 'SONDELA' PEPPERS (CAPSICUM ANNUUM L.)

EVALUATION OF NEEM AS A SURFACE PROTECTANT OF YAM (DIOSCOREA ROTUNDATA POIR) TUBERS

HEAT TRANSFER AND EXTERNAL QUALITY ATTRIBUTES OF 'REGAL SEEDLESS' TABLE GRAPES INSIDE MULTI LAYERED PACKAGING DURING POSTHARVEST COOLING AND STORAGE

EXTENDING STORAGE OF 'HASS' AVOCADOS USING ULTRA-LOW TEMPERATURE SHIPPING AND 1-MCP

SPATIAL VARIATION OF FRUIT COOLING RATE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY INSIDE 'SUPER-VENT' PACKAGING FOR CITRUS DURING STATIC COOLING

EFFECTS OF LOW TEMPERATURE STORAGE AND COLD CHAIN BREAKS ON ANTI-OXIDANTS AND C7 SUGARS IN 'FUERTE' AVOCADOS FROM SOUTH AFRICA

POSITIVE SELECTION: A SIMPLE TECHNIQUE FOR IMPROVING SEED POTATO QUALITY AND POTATO PRODUCTIVITY AMONG SMALLHOLDER FARMERS

UNDESIRABLE NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SOUTH AFRICAN INDIGENOUS PLANTS LIMITING THEIR HORTICULTURAL USE

MORPHO-MARKERS AS SEX DETERMINANTS IN FLUTED PUMPKIN (TELFAIRIA OCCIDENTALIS) PLANTS

PROGENY EVALUATION OF SOME SWEET POTATO [IPOMOEA BATATAS (L.) LAM.] BREEDING LINES IN SOUTH AFRICA

EVALUATION OF COMMERCIAL POTATO CULTIVARS FOR RESISTANCE TO THE TUBER NECROTIC STRAIN OF POTATO VIRUS Y

A DISCUSSION OF THE CHALLENGES FACED BY AND THE ADVANTAGES OFFERED BY THE ARC'S CITRUS BREEDING PROGRAMME

PHENOTYPIC DIVERSITY OF CULTIVATED MANGOES IN OMAN

COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SOME EXOTIC CHILLI PEPPER ACCESSIONS IN IBADAN, SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA

GENETIC VARIABILITY AND VIRAL DISEASE ASSESSMENTS IN SOLANUM SPP.

PHOSPHATE (P) SOURCES AND IRRIGATION SUPPLY INFLUENCE YIELD AND TRANSPIRATION WATER USE EFFICIENCY IN GRAIN AMARANTH (AMARANTHUS CRUENTUS L.)

THE POTENTIAL USE OF ANAEROBIC BAFFLED REACTOR (ABR) EFFLUENT FOR PERI-URBAN HORTICULTURE

EFFECT OF DIFFERENT RATES OF SULPHUR FERTILIZATION ON FRUIT YIELD AND LEAF MINERAL COMPOSITION OF 'VALENCIA' ORANGES IN THE SUBTROPICAL ENVIRONMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA

THE RESPONSE OF ROSE GERANIUM (PELARGONIUM GRAVEOLENS L.) TO NITRATE AND AMMONIUM APPLICATION

INFLUENCE OF THE RATE AND TIMING OF MULCHING ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF GINGER (ZINGIBER OFFICINALE L.)

EFFECT OF CALCIUM APPLICATIONS BY DRIP FERTIGATION ON APPLE FRUIT CALCIUM LEVELS

EFFECTS OF CATTLE MANURE APPLICATION ON GROWTH AND MARKETABLE YIELD OF TRADITIONAL OKRA (CORCHORUS OLITORIUS L.) IN SWAZILAND

BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF DISEASE INCIDENCE ON MUSA SPECIES IN AFRICA

INCIDENCE OF PESTS AND SEEDBORNE FUNGI IN SEEDS STORED BY INDIGENOUS METHODS IN THE NADOWLI DISTRICT OF GHANA

MANAGEMENT OF DIEBACK DISEASE OF PASSION FRUITS

THE OCCURRENCE OF INDIGENOUS HETEROPTERANS ON SUBTROPICAL FRUIT IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

SCALE AND MEALYBUG SURVEY ON MANGO IN MPUMALANGA AND LIMPOPO PROVINCES, SOUTH AFRICA

EFFICACY OF FOUR BOTANICALS AND TWO CHEMICAL FUNGICIDES IN THE CONTROL OF CROWN ROT DISEASE OF BANANA (MUSA SPP. AAA) 'MEDIUM CAVENDISH'

PESTICIDE RESIDUES ANALYSIS OF THREE VEGETABLE CROPS FOR URBAN CONSUMERS IN BENIN - HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF ABUSE AND MISUSE OF SYNTHETIC PESTICIDES

EVALUATION OF AMARANTHUS SPECIES FOR THEIR HOST SUITABILITY TO THE ROOT-KNOT NEMATODES, MELOIDOGYNE INCOGNITA RACE 2 AND MELOIDOGYNE JAVANICA IN SOUTH AFRICA

CAN IODOMETHANE REPLACE METHYL BROMIDE AS A FUMIGANT?

HOST STATUS OF INDIGENOUS LEAFY VEGETABLE AND WEED SPECIES TO ROOT-KNOT NEMATODES

SOIL HEALTH AND NEMATODE COMMUNITY STRUCTURE RESPONSES TO DIFFERENT MULCH TYPES IN AVOCADO PRODUCTION

INTERACTION OF GREENHOUSE WHITEFLY (TRIALEURODES VAPORARIORUM) AND ROOT-KNOT NEMATODE (MELOIDOGYNE JAVANICA) ON NEMATODE-RESISTANCE IN WILD WATERMELON

THE EFFECT OF TWO NEMATODE SPECIES (MELOIDOGYNE JAVANICA AND CRICONEMOIDES XENOPLAX) ON SOUTH AFRICAN-BRED STONE FRUIT ROOTSTOCKS SCREENED UNDER CONTROLLED CONDITIONS

MONITORING FRUIT FLIES IN AVOCADO ORCHARDS IN MPUMALANGA

EMERGING NETWORKS TO FOSTER AGROECOLOGY IN TROPICAL HORTICULTURE

INFLUENCE OF FRUIT DEVELOPMENTAL AND MATURITY STAGES ON CHEMICAL, PHYTOCHEMICAL AND ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES OF POMEGRANATE JUICE

CHEMICAL, MICROBIOLOGICAL AND SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS OF LEATHER BLENDS PRODUCED FROM MANGO (MANGIFERA INDICA 'OGBOMOSO') AND CARROT (DAUCUS CAROTA)

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF PUBLICATION PROFILES FOR TELFAIRIA OCCIDENTALIS IN NIGERIA

THE EFFECT OF CANOPY POSITION ON APPLE FRUIT EATING AND APPEARANCE PREFERENCES BY CONSUMERS

MARKET STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE OF FRESH TOMATOES IN IBADAN METROPOLIS, OYO STATE

THE DESIGN OF A HORTICULTURAL THERAPY MODEL AND A PRACTICAL BUSINESS PLAN FOR A HORTICULTURIST INTERACTING WITH A HEALTHCARE WORKER

EFFECT OF PLANT DENSITY AND HARVESTING FREQUENCY ON YIELD COMPONENTS OF HYDROPONICALLY GROWN MUSTARD SPINACH (BRASSICA JUNCEA)

THE EFFECT OF ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY AND STEM PRUNING ON THE GROWTH AND EARLY YIELD OF HYDROPONIC TOMATOES GROWN IN COIR

ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECT OF PRUNING SYSTEMS ON PLANT DEVELOPMENTAL CYCLE - YIELD AND QUALITY OF SELECTED INDETERMINATE TOMATO LINES

GROWTH AND YIELD RESPONSE OF SWEET PEPPER AS INFLUENCED BY LIVE MULCHES

TRADITIONAL CULTIVATION OF POMEGRANATE IN OMAN

CHEMICAL BLOSSOM THINNING OF 'KAKAMAS' AND 'KEISIE' PEACH (PRUNUS PERSICA [L.] BATSCH.) CULTIVARS

YIELDS AND COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF SWEET CORN PRODUCTION IN THE GUINEA SAVANNA OF NORTHERN NIGERIA

THE EFFECT OF CROSS-POLLINATION OF SOUTHERN HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRIES ON FRUIT SET AND FRUIT CHARACTERISTICS

ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF OPTIMIZING YIELD OF TOMATOES IN A CLOSED HYDROPONIC SYSTEM

NO WASTE IN MUSA SPECIES: THE USE OF BANANA AND PLANTAIN LEAVES IN THE PRODUCTION OF EDIBLE MUSHROOMS

AGRONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF A TARO-BAMBARA INTERCROP UNDER RAINFED CONDITIONS

COMPONENT INTERACTIONS AND PRODUCTIVITY OF PLANTAIN INTERCROPPED WITH FLUTED PUMPKIN

PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION INTO THE POTENTIAL FOR COMMERCIALIZATION OF INDIGENOUS FRUITS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES: SURVEY, FRUIT COMPOSITION, PROPAGATION AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

HORTICULTURE COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH SUPPORT PROGRAM (HORT CRSP): MAKING AN IMPACT IN AFRICA

ROLE AND CONSTRAINTS OF MUSA PRODUCTION IN SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA

ABE BAILEY NATURE RESERVE NEAR KHUTSONG: MEDICINAL PLANTS, FOOD GARDENS AND A SEASON OF URBAN PROTEST

CAPACITY BUILDING: A BASIS FOR TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION AND SUSTAINABLE POTATO PRODUCTION IN EASTERN AFRICA

FACTORS INFLUENCING THE ADOPTION OF TECHNOLOGIES ON VEGETABLE CROPS BY SMALL SCALE FARMERS IN MAKURDI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BENUE STATE, NIGERIA

DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED CULTIVARS OF TELFAIRIA OCCIDENTALIS FOR IMPROVED LIVELIHOOD AND FOOD SECURITY

PRIVATE CONTRACTING VERSUS COMMUNITY SEED PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: EXPERIENCES FROM FARMER-LED SEED ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIGENOUS VEGETABLES IN TANZANIA

RESULTS FROM A SURVEY ON SCHOOL FOOD GARDENS IN SOUTH AFRICA: PERCEPTIONS OF TEACHERS, LEARNERS AND PARENTS

PROFILING CSSV-RESISTANCE OF SOME COCOA CULTIVARS IN GHANA

ISOLATION AND CHARACTERISATION OF RESISTANT GENE ANALOGUES FROM GUAVA

ADDITIVE MAIN EFFECTS AND MULTIPLICATIVE INTERACTION ANALYSIS OF ARABICA COFFEE (COFFEA ARABICA L.) FOR YIELD

COMBINED THERMOTHERAPY AND MERISTEM TIP CULTURE FOR EFFICIENT ELIMINATION OF FEATHERY MOTTLE VIRUS IN SWEET POTATO (IPOMOEA BATATAS)

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL'S POTATO IN VITRO GENEBANK

PRELIMINARY RESULTS ON THE USE OF FLOW CYTOMETRY AS A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF POLYEMBRYONIC CITRUS ROOTSTOCK HYRBIDS

IN VITRO MANAGEMENT OF CROWN ROT DISEASE OF BANANA (MUSA SPP. AAA) 'MEDIUM CAVENDISH' USING EXTRACTS FROM OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM, ALSTONIA BOONEI AND GARCINIA KOLA

THE RESPONSE OF BANANA ('DWARF CAVENDISH') TISSUE CULTURED PLANTLETS TO DIFFERENT NITROGEN SOURCES

ESTABLISHMENT OF A MOLECULAR GENOTYPE REFERENCE DATABASE FOR MANDARIN ACCESSION VERIFICATION

IN VITRO PROPAGATION OF GETHYLLIS MULTIFOLIA L. BOLUS (KUKUMAKRANKA) - A THREATENED SOUTH AFRICAN GEOPHYTE WITH MEDICINAL POTENTIAL

INVESTIGATION OF CROSSING BARRIERS BETWEEN CALIBRACHOA AND PETUNIA SPECIES

RADIATION TRANSMISSION THROUGH COLOURED SHADE NETTING AND PLASTICS AND ITS EFFECT ON EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS × E. NITENS HYBRID MINI-HEDGE SHOOT INTERNODE LENGTH, STEM DIAMETER AND LEAF AREA

VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION OF PELARGONIUM SIDOIDES (RABASSAM): FACTORS AFFECTING ROOTING OF LEAF-BUD CUTTINGS

ANALYSES OF ENDOGENOUS SOLUBLE SUGARS AND ROOTING STIMULANTS

INVESTIGATION INTO THE EFFECT OF MULTIPLE HOT WATER TREATMENT OF TOMATO (SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM) AND PEPPER (CAPSICUM ANNUUM) SEEDS ON SEED VIABILITY AND SEED VIGOUR

EFFECT OF SEED TREATMENT AND GROWTH MEDIA ON THE PROPAGATION OF SEEDS OF ALLIGATOR PEPPER (AFRAMOMUM MELEGUETA K. SCHUM.)

OPTIMISING STEM DIAMETERS OF WATERMELON CULTIVARS AND INDIGENOUS CUCUMIS SPECIES FOR IMPROVING COMPATIBILITY OF INTER-GENERIC GRAFTS

CONTRIBUTION OF URBAN VEGETABLE FARMERS TO FOOD SECURITY: THE CASE OF THE AKINYELE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, OYO STATE, NIGERIA

URBAN AND PERI URBAN HORTICULTURE IN NAMIBIA

NOVEL USAGE OF 2,4-D TO INCREASE CITRUS FRUIT QUALITY

THE EFFECT OF PLANT SIZE AND SPRAY VOLUME ON THE EFFICACY OF AVIGLYCINE IN THE INHIBITION OF NATURAL FLOWERING OF 'QUEEN' PINEAPPLE (ANANAS COMOSUS) IN SOUTH AFRICA

EFFECT OF PACLOBUTRAZOL ON HARVEST MATURITY, FRUIT STORABILITY AND VEGETATIVE GROWTH OF 'TRIUMPH' PERSIMMON (DIOSPYROS KAKI THUNB.)

YIELD DECLINE IN VEGETATIVELY PROPAGATED TEA (CAMELLIA SINENSIS (L.) O. KUNTZE) UNDER CONTINUOUS MECHANICAL HARVESTING

DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WORLD AVOCADO INDUSTRY, AND THEIR RELEVANCE TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN AND AFRICAN INDUSTRIES

THE SOUTH AFRICAN DECIDUOUS FRUIT INDUSTRY

ASSESSMENT OF TECHNOLOGY-DRIVEN CITRUS PRODUCTION AND POSTHARVEST HANDLING IN SELECTED STATES OF SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA

A MODEL FOR COMMERCIALISATION OF HONEYBUSH TEA, AN INDIGENOUS CROP

SPICE PRODUCTION IN SELECTED STATES OF NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA: A GENDER OUTLOOK

PATTERN OF CONSUMPTION AND PREFERENCE FOR SELECTED SPICES IN NIGERIA

THE EFFECT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RAPID RESPONSE TO SANITORY AND PHYTOSANITORY CONCERN SYSTEM ON EXPORT ORIENTED HORTICULTURE IN GHANA

CHALLENGES IN HORTICULTURAL CROPS MARKETING IN NIGERIA: THE SPICES EXPERIENCE

FRUIT VEGETABLE FARMERS' PERCEPTION OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND ADAPTATION STRATEGIES IN GOMBE STATE, NIGERIA

SIMULATING THE YIELD RESPONSE OF ORANGE FLESHED SWEET POTATO 'ISONDLO' TO WATER STRESS USING THE FAO AQUACROP MODEL

CALIBRATION OF AQUACROP MODEL TO PREDICT WATER REQUIREMENTS OF TRADITIONAL AFRICAN VEGETABLES

USE OF LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS TO ESTIMATE MISSING HEAT PULSE VELOCITY DATA: A CASE STUDY IN TWO CITRUS CULTIVARS

SHADE NET EFFECTS ON CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF PELARGONIUM SIDOIDES (GERANIACEAE)

MEDICINAL PLANT RESEARCH IN SOUTH AFRICA: CONTRIBUTION BY ARC-ROODEPLAAT VEGETABLE AND ORNAMENTAL PLANT INSTITUTE

THE VALUE AND IMPACT OF THE ARC INFRUITEC-NIETVOORBIJ GENEBANKS

THIRTY YEARS OF PRESERVING CLONAL GENETIC RESOURCES IN THE US NATIONAL PLANT GERMPLASM SYSTEM

COLLECTION, MAINTENANCE AND UTILIZATION OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES AT AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (ARC)-ROODEPLAAT VOPI, SOUTH AFRICA