International Symposia on Tropical and Temperate Horticulture - ISTTH2016

Responding to the challenges presented by global megatrends

The contribution of horticulture to sustainable development

Horticultural biodiversity to attain sustainable food and nutrition security

Who gets supply contracts and how do they impact suppliers? The case of small chickpea growers in Ethiopia's Oromia region

Important factors contributing to vegetable farming for income generation in Nepal: a review

Determinants and constraints of fruit and vegetable consumption in Uzbekistan

Value chain for tropical wet forests: a possible model

Conservation of biological and nutritional diversity by identification and characterization of neglected and underutilized species in northeastern Cambodia

Yield response and economic performance of participatory evaluated elite vegetable cultivars in intensive farming systems in Tanzania

Contribution of vegetables to household diets along the urban-rural continuum in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Reducing postharvest losses using modified atmosphere packaging bags for African nightshade (Solanum scabrum Mill.) leaves

Sustainable smallholder farming clusters in the Philippines

Participatory evaluation of vegetables to enhance household nutrition in forest garden areas in Ethiopia

Understanding and integrating technology: a case study of the Fiji sugar industry

Introducing new open pollinated tomato cultivars in the Solomon Islands and Fiji for improved livelihoods and nutrition

Gender challenges in horticultural research in Ethiopia and Madagascar

Pathways to improve nutrition security through horticulture in a coffee based farming system: the case of 'Yayu' biosphere reserve area of Ethiopia

New chimney dryer design results in faster drying due to higher air speeds

Connecting farmers to high value markets: a case study of smallholder vegetable growers in Ntcheu District, Malawi

Horticulture for sustainable development: evidence for impact of international vegetable research and development

Modification of production systems for year-round marketing

COP 21 and the global horticulturist: the way to climate smart horticulture

Horticulture in Myanmar

Market, state and community - three governance structures facilitating vegetable farmers' access to markets in Tanzania

The tender core of young banana pseudostem could be nutritionally better than the banana fruit

Local market potential and marketing systems of vegetables from upland areas of Indonesia

Evaluation study on a chilli, mango, citrus and shallot development program

Optimization of processing technology for dried loquat fruits

Bioactive phytochemicals and their bioaccessibility in four unexploited tropical fruits grown in Queensland, Australia

The Food Plants International database as a global resource, freely available

Reddening disorder of 'Honey Gold' mango fruit, preharvest bagging and postharvest lighting

Red bayberry - the journey to its commercialisation in Australia

A review of Thailand commercial success in growing lime (Citrus aurantifolia) in containers to control flowering time and canopy size

International training on greenhouse production using an online platform

Tomato seeds increase its germination speed by oxigenation of imbibition water

Research to impact: the World Vegetable Center's household garden model

A list of historical virus detections in sweetpotato from Australia's east coast - a decade of testing, 2004 to 2014

The study of the phenolic complex composition and the antioxidant activity of white grape cultivars

Tento seed germination and seedling emergence (Ormosia paraensis Ducke - Fabaceae)

Emergence of flamboyant (Delinox regia L.) seedlings as affected by position and sowing depth

Disinfestation of floriculture products with ethyl formate fumigant: Vapormate^®

The route to the development of basal stem rot resistance in oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) via the discovery of lignin degradation process in the pathogen Ganoderma boninense

Determination of appropriate irrigation time based on rewatering water-use efficiency

Effect of storage temperature and time on volatile profile of fresh-squeezed Thai lime juice

Baseline light distribution in 'Kensington Pride' mango (Mangifera indica L.) tree canopies in North Queensland

Efficacy of guava and mangosteen extracts in reducing soft rot (Pectobacterium carotovorum) in harvested Chinese cabbage

Evaluation of various methods to break dormancy of potato (Solanum tuberosum L. 'Granola') minitubers

Trimming losses in Chinese cabbage

Calamansi (× Citrofortunella microcarpa) for potential citrus fruit production for the island of Guam

Plant Resources Center and the Vietnamese Genebank System

Effects of plant growth regulators ethephon and s-ABA on flowering of Bougainvillea × buttiana 'Afterglow' under different photoperiods

Historical, cultural and landscaped gardens rescue of Serro, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Analysis of historical and landscaping evolution of Expedicionarios Square at São João del Rei - MG, Brazil

Irrigation management to enhance the quality, efficiency, and survival of transplanted nursery trees

Apple cultivar evaluations for cider making in Vermont, USA

Growing apples for the cider industry in the US northern climate of Vermont: does the math add up?

Characteristics of the cold-climate winegrape industry in Vermont, USA

Disease susceptibility of cold-climate grapes in Vermont, USA

Recent advances in the quality control of kava, the traditional beverage of the Pacific Islands

Perry: American renaissance of an ancient beverage

Effect of Humulus lupulus cultivar on first-year growth and strobile yield utilizing a tall-trellis production system in Florida, United States

Development of a global conservation strategy for coffee genetic resources

Using tangential microfiltration to produce a beverage from asaí (Euterpe precatoria)

Functional beverages made from Amazonian fruits

Use of a response surface method for the enzymatic treatment of copoazú pulp (Theobroma grandiflorum)

Ciders produced from Norwegian fresh consumption apple cultivars

Fructus juniperi (Juniperus communis L.) as raw material for the production of the “Borovička” alcoholic beverage

Herbal teas from different origin and their essential oil composition

Effect of leaf removal on grape and wine composition in 'Merlot'

Diurnal root growth dynamics in mature grapevines

Plant breeding of some tropical fruits in Thailand; durian, mango, rambutan, tangerine, pummelo and papaya

Tropical fruit breeding in Taiwan: technology and cultivars

Tropical root and tuber crops breeding in the Pacific: 
a review of 35 years of efforts

Genetic regularities governing the expression and the inheritance of resistance to pathogens in grapevine from a standpoint of co-evolution of biological objects

Broad-sense heritability and inter-trait relationships in young macadamia architecture, flowering and yield

Variability of initial and final nut set in elite macadamia selections using different pollination methods

Variation in floral and growth traits in a macadamia breeding population

'MPM1': a macadamia hybrid showing breakdown of biological rhythm in morphogenesis

Early growth and graft success in macadamia seedling and cutting rootstocks

Variation in precocity in a macadamia breeding population

Genetic differences in and inheritance of changes in organic acid content in citrus cross-breeding population in Japan

Identification and release of an extra early maturity mango (Mangifera indica L.) cultivar 'Arka Neelachal Kesari'

Unearthing unique genomic information in Sub-Saharan Africa: the role of CSIR-Crops Research Institute Ghana research efforts

MicroRNA control of flowering and annual crop cycle in tropical/subtropical horticultural trees

Development of polymorphic simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers from genome re-sequencing of Carica papaya L. 'Sunrise Solo' and 'RB2' for marker-assisted breeding

Molecular marker-assisted papaya sex determination for improved grower efficiency

Analysis of the transcription factors expressed in the mature seed embryos of Moringa oleifera Lam. using RNA-sequencing and de novo transcriptome assembly

RNAi-based management for Fusarium wilt of banana

Recent development in the propagation of tropical and subtropical fruit crops by cutting

Production of phytoplasma-free plants in sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) using temporary immersion bioreactor

The use of sucrose and indole-3-butyric acid for increasing quantity of root and acclimatization of ant plant (Myrmecodia pendans)

An effective indexing method for banana tissue culture provides long-term freedom from bacterial contamination

Rapid progression of disease in susceptible and resistant banana cultivars inoculated with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Race 1 and Subtropical Race 4 in tissue culture

Temperature, photoperiod and colored shade nets on the in vitro development of Physalis peruviana L.

Strategies for maintaining and increasing throughput of in vitro cultures of sugarcane

Towards a cryopreserved germplasm collection of apple - results of dormant bud cryopreservation in the mild maritime winter climate of Hawkes Bay, New Zealand

Temporal profile of juvenility-associated microRNAs during tissue culture of avocado

Assessment of the yield of sugarcane following treatment with liquid seaweed extract (SEASOL^®)

Arecanut in India - present situation and future prospects

Ratio of grafted and ungrafted shoot on the survival of top working in cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.)

The effectiveness of mycorrhizae inoculation to perennial sow thistle biomass and quercetin production, and its extract effect to cervical cancer cells inhibition in vitro

Yield performances of Asiatic pennyworth accessions evaluated in multi environment trials in West Java, Indonesia

Plant covering and soil microbes application to improve grafting success of cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) in the field

Study on an AAGV suitable for the operation of the narrow site

Medical cannabis

Effects of the spacing of roof ventilation devices on the environment and the yield of oriental melons in single-span plastic greenhouses

Growth and yield of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) as influenced by methods of raising seedlings under two types of cultivation system

Growth and yield of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) grown under two types of cultivation systems as influenced by different organic soil amendments

Modeling the suitability of the traditional plastic greenhouse for tomato production across Colombian regions

Uncertainty on nitrogen emission data of smallholder greenhouse tomato growers in the Andean tropics of Colombia

Improving irrigation practices in container stock plant production of herbaceous plant cuttings

Protected cultivation of strawberries in New Zealand

The effects of N fertiliser application rates on red drupelet disorder (reversion) in 'Ouachita' thornless blackberries grown under tunnels

The effects of floating row covers on yield and quality of field-grown capsicum (Capsicum annuum L.)

Fruit quality and yield of 'Imperial Gala' apple trees protected by anti-hail nets of different colorations in southern Brazil

Guava cultivars of the world

Relationship between flesh browning and the activities of polyphenol oxidase, peroxidase and phenylalanine ammonia-lyase in feijoa fruit

Treatment of feijoa fruit with carnauba wax to reduce water loss and preserve postharvest quality

Araza: a proposal for an innovative snack

Advances in the purple-fruited pitanga (Eugenia uniflora) long-term breeding program in Hawai'I, USA

Functional properties of feijoa fruit cultivated in southern Brazil

Characterization of dietary attributes and mineral composition of the fruit in Brazilian genotypes of feijoa

High density orcharding and canopy management in guava

Techniques for extending shelf life of guava fruits: a review