Symposium on Tropical Fruit in International Trade

WELCOME AND CHARGE TO THE SYMPOSIUM ON TROPICAL FRUIT IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE

TROPICAL FRUIT FOR THE U.S. MARKET: MARKETING PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY MARKET FOR TROPICAL FRUIT AND FACTORS LIMITING GROWTH

JAPAN AS A MARKET OF TROPICAL FRUIT

UNITED STATES FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLE IMPORTS INDUSTRY: INDUSTRY CHARACTERISTICS AND DEMAND ANALYSIS FOR SELECTED TROPICAL AND SUB-TROPICAL PRODUCTS

TREND OF WORLD PRODUCTION OF AND ECOLOGICAL MEANING OF TROPICAL FRUIT IN THE PERIOD 1960 TO 1986

MARKET OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALTERNATIVE MANGO CULTIVARS FROM THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN

EVALUATION OF MARKET QUALITY OF PINEAPPLE FRUIT IMPORTED TO CHILE

ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG FRESH PINEAPPLES, CANNED PINEAPPLES AND THEIR SUBSTITUTES IN THE CHILEAN MARKET.

THE IMPORTANCE OF BANANA FRUIT IMPORTS IN RELATION TO CHILEAN FRESH FRUIT MARKET.

INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN MANGO: INDIA'S ROLE

SOME EXAMPLES OF RESEARCH CONDUCTED WITHIN THE I.R.F.A./C.I.R.A.D. NETWORK

VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION AND PRODUCTION OF ‘HONEY GOLD’ PAPAYAS

FRUITS AND NUTS FOR THE TROPICS WITH POTENTIAL FOR IMPROVEMENT AND INCREASED IMPORTANCE

VARIATION IN THE RIPENING CHARACTERISTICS OF PAPAYA

GENETIC RESOURCES IN TROPICAL FRUIT AND NUT CROPS

STUDIES ON MATURITY STANDARDS OF ‘KALIPATTI’ SAPOTA FRUITS

STARCH BREAKDOWN AND CHANGES IN AMYLASE ACTIVITY DURING RIPENING OF ETHYLENE- AND ETHANOL-TREATED BANANAS

CHANGE IN THE FATTY ACID COMPOSITION OF AVOCADO FRUIT DURING ONTOGENY, COLD STORAGE AND RIPENING

COMPARATIVE LIPIDS EVOLUTION DURING COLD STORAGE OF THREE AVOCADO CULTIVARS.

RIPENING OF GREEN-EATING-TYPE MANGOES, "MAMUANG MUN"

ETHYLENE PRODUCTION IN THE ‘CARABAO’ MANGO (MANGIFERA INDICA L.) FRUIT DURING MATURATION AND RIPENING

A MATURITY STANDARD FOR LYCHEE (LITCHI CHINENSIS SONN.)

FRUIT GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND MATURITY INDICES OF ‘IRWIN’ MANGO IN TAIWAN

PREDICTING THE HARVEST OF CYCLED ‘BEAUMONT’ GUAVA

POSSIBILITY TO USE SUCROSE FATTY ACID ESTERS FOR LOW TEMPERATURE DISINFESTATION OF CITRUS FRUITS

QUALITY OF "CHANEE" DURIAN (DURIO ZIBETHINUS L.) STORED AT 5°C

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FRUIT-STEM STIFFNESS AND MATURITY OF ‘MONTHONG’ DURIANS (DURIO ZIBETHINUS L.)

POSTHARVEST BEHAVIOUR AND CHILLING INJURY IN BABACO FRUIT

DIFFERENTIAL SOFTENING AND PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHANGES IN THE MESOCARP OF RIPENING MANGO FRUIT

STUDIES ON THE PHYSIO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF POSTHARVEST SUGAR APPLE

CELL WALL CHANGES IN RIPENING FRUIT

RESPIRATION RATE, ETHYLENE PRODUCTION AND SKIN COLOUR CHANGE OF PAPAYA AT DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES

STUDIES ON THE SUGARS DEVELOPMENT OF IRRADIATED POTATOES RECEIVING DIFFERENT NITROGEN LEVELS DURING GROWTH AND STORED AT DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES

SOURSOP FRUIT RIPENING - STARCH BREAKDOWN

CELL WALL CHANGES IN BANANAS AND PLANTAINS

PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PARAMETERS OF POSTHARVEST RIPENED MANGOES FROM HAWAII

STUDIES ON POST HARVEST STORAGE OF CUSTARD APPLE

PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SOME GUAVA VARIETIES IN MALAYSIA

EFFECT OF STORAGE TEMPERATURE ON THE COLOR AND QUALITY OF LITCHI FRUIT

LOW PH TREATMENT PROTECTS LITCHI FRUIT COLOR

CONTAINER ATMOSPHERE, AS INFLUENCING SOME PHYSIOLOGICAL BROWNING MECHANISMS IN STORED FUERTE AVOCADOS

DURIAN FRUIT RIPENING AND THE EFFECT OF VARIETY, MATURITY STAGE AT HARVEST, AND ATMOSPHERIC GASES

MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING (MAP) OF MANGO AND AVOCADO FRUIT

RETARDATION OF RIPENING AND DEVELOPMENT OF WATER STRESS IN PAPAYA FRUIT SEAL-PACKAGED WITH POLYETHYLENE FILM

EFFECTS OF VAPOR GARD ON POLYGALACTURONASE, MALIC ENZYME AND RIPENING OF HARUMANIS MANGO

ON THE MANGO CA STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION FROM SUBTROPICAL TO TEMPERATE REGIONS IN JAPAN

STORABILITY OF PAPAYAS UNDER REFRIGERATED AND CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE

MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING (MAP) ASSAYS IN PACKAGE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

THE EFFECT OF CO₂ ON PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS DURING THE STORAGE OF 'MAS' BANANA IN POLYBAG

POSTHARVEST TREATMENTS TO EXTEND THE SHELF LIFE OF SAPOTA FRUITS

TRANSPORT OF TROPICAL COMMODITIES

PLANTAIN (MUSA SP) HANDLING IMPROVEMENTS IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN: THE TECHNOLOGY IS ONLY HALF THE BATTLE.

TECHNICAL ELEMENTS NEEDED TO GENERATE PACKAGING SYSTEMS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IN MEXICO

THE SHELF-LIFE OF BREADFRUIT STORED UNDER AMBIENT AND REFRIGERATED CONDITIONS

PHYSIOLOGICAL BREAKDOWN IN VAPOR HEAT-TREATED ‘CARABAO’ MANGO

QUARANTINE BARRIERS, TREATMENTS AS A MEANS TO FACILITATE TRADE

PHYTOSANITARY REQUIREMENTS FOR PLANT PRODUCTS

HIGH-TEMPERATURE FORCED-AIR QUARANTINE TREATMENTS FOR FRESH FRUITS INFESTED BY TEPHRITID FRUIT FLIES

FRUIT FLY DISINFESTATION OF TROPICAL FRUITS USING SEMIPERMEABLE SHRINKWRAP FILM

EFFECTS OF HEAT TREATMENTS ON THE DELAYED LIGHT EMMISSION AND ETHYLENE-FORMING-ENZYME SYSTEM IN PAPAYAS

IRRADIATION OF KENSINGTON PRIDE MANGOES

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CHEMICAL CONTROL OF POSTHARVEST DISEASES

FACTORS INFLUENCING DEVELOPMENT OF POSTHARVEST INCIDENCE OF RHIZOPUS SOFT ROT OF PAPAYA

POSTHARVEST DISEASES OF PINEAPPLE

CHEMICAL CONTROL OF THIELAVIOPSIS BLACK ROT OF PINEAPPLE IN THE CANARY ISLANDS

FUNGI ASSOCIATED TO PINEAPPLE FRUIT ROTS MARKETED IN CHILE

POST-HARVEST ASSESSMENT OF DISEASE-LOSSES IN FRUITS

AFLATOXINS IN IMPORTED FIGS

CLOSING STATEMENT: CLOSING SESSION OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE ISHS WORKING GROUP ON POSTHARVEST TECHNOLOGY IN TROPICAL REGIONS