II International Symposium on Banana: I International Symposium on Banana in the Subtropics

FOREWORD

FRUIT BREEDING IN THE 21ST CENTURY

SELECTION OF NEW BANANA VARIETIES FOR THE COOL SUBTROPICS IN AUSTRALIA

THE EVALUATION OF PROMISING NEW BANANA CULTIVARS

BANANA IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AT RAHAN MERISTEM

IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERISATION OF DWARF OFF-TYPES FROM MICROPROPAGATED CAVENDISH BANANAS

PRELIMINARY STUDIES OF CAVENDISH BANANA CULTIVARS UNDER THE EDAFOCLIMATIC CONDITIONS OF MADEIRA ISLAND

DISTRIBUTION OF BANANA GERMPLASM IN WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA

A COMPARISON OF THE PARENT CROP OF THREE CULTIVARS OF BANANA IN THE OPEN AIR AND UNDER PLASTIC MESH IN THE NORTH OF TENERIFE

EVALUATION OF MEDIUM-HEIGHT CAVENDISH BANANA CULTIVARS UNDER THE SUBTROPICAL CONDITIONS OF THE CANARY ISLANDS

WATER AND NUTRIENT EFFICIENCY IN GROWING BANANAS IN SUBTROPICS

IMPROVEMENT OF BANANA GROWING CONDITIONS WITH THE KATRYX® BAG

GREENHOUSE CULTIVATION OF BANANAS IN SOUTH AFRICA

EVALUATION OF VARIOUS IRRIGATION SYSTEMS FOR HIGHEST ECONOMICAL YIELD AND OPTIMUM WATER USE FOR BANANAS

PLANTLET SIZE AND PLANTING METHOD FOR TISSUE CULTURE BANANA PLANTS

RESPONSE OF THE BANANA PLANT TO DEFICIT IRRIGATION IN THE CANARY ISLANDS

SINGLE-CYCLE CULTIVATION OF IN VITRO-PROPAGATED GRANDE NAINE BANANA UNDER SUBTROPICAL CONDITIONS

EFFECT OF THREE SPACINGS ON YIELD OF ‘NANICÃO’ BANANA, IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL

EFFECTS OF TREE DENSITY AND CROP MANAGEMENT UPON GROWTH OF PLANTAIN IN A LOW-INPUT AGRISILVICULTURAL SYSTEM

DEVELOPMENT OF PRE-ACCLIMATIZED BANANA PLANTLETS OBTAINED FROM TISSUE CULTURE

CHANGES IN DISTRIBUTION OF BANANA (MUSA AAA CV. VALERY) ROOTS WITH PLANT HEIGHT, DISTANCE FROM THE PSEUDOSTEM AND SOIL DEPTH

ECOPHYSIOLOGY OF BANANAS: THE GENERATION AND FUNCTIONING OF THE LEAF CANOPY

RESPONSE OF BANANA (MUSA SP.) ROOTS TO OXYGEN DEFICIENCY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR FUSARIUM WILT

EFFECTS OF SOIL MANAGEMENT AND WATER REGIME ON BANANA GROWTH BETWEEN PLANTING AND FLOWERING. SIMULATION USING THE STICS MODEL

MORPHOLOGICAL METHODS FOR THE DETECTION OF BANANA OFF-TYPES DURING THE HARDENING PHASE

COMPARISON OF PROTECTED AND OPEN-AIR CULTIVATION OF GRANDE NAINE AND DWARF CAVENDISH BANANAS

BANANA DISEASES IN THE SUBTROPICS: A REVIEW OF THEIR IMPORTANCE, DISTRIBUTION AND MANAGEMENT

INFLUENCE OF ZINC NUTRITION ON FUSARIUM WILT OF BANANA - AN ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC INVESTIGATION

INTERACTION OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI AND THE SOIL PATHOGEN FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. CUBENSE ON THE FIRST STAGES OF MICROPROPAGATED GRANDE NAINE BANANA

THE BIOLOGY OF COLLETOTRICHUM MUSAE (BERK. ET CURT.) ARX AND ITS RELATION TO CONTROL OF BANANA ANTHRACNOSE

VEGETATIVE COMPATIBILITY GROUPS WITHIN KENYAN POPULATIONS OF FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. CUBENSE

RACIAL STRUCTURE OF FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. CUBENSE IN THE CANARY ISLANDS

IDENTIFICATION OF UNCHARACTERISED FILAMENTOUS VIRAL PARTICLES ON BANANA PLANTS

PROMUSA - A GLOBAL PROGRAMME FOR MUSA IMPROVEMENT

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF YELLOW SIGATOKA (MYCOSPHAERELLA MUSICOLA) ON MICROPROPAGATED MUSA CLONES

A REVIEW OF BANANA ATTACKING NEMATODES IN THE SUBTROPICS WITH EMPHASIS ON PRATYLENCHUS GOODEYI IN THE CANARY ISLANDS

NEMATODE SUSCEPTIBILITY AND SENSITIVITY OF IN VITRO PROPAGATED ‘VALERY’ BANANAS UNDER FIELD CONDITIONS IN COSTA RICA

SCREENING INDIAN CULTIVARS OF MUSA FOR RESISTANCE OR TOLERANCE TO RADOPHOLUS SIMILIS AND PRATYLENCHUS COFFEAE

EFFECT OF ROOT LENGTH AND ROOT MACERATION TIME ON BANANAS (MUSA AAA) PLANT-PARASITIC NEMATODE RECOVERY

BANANA INSECT PESTS

DEGRADATION STUDIES OF COMMONLY USED PESTICIDES IN BANANA PLANTATIONS IN THE CANARY ISLANDS

BANANA NATURAL PEST CONTROL IN THE RAIN TROPIC OF MEXICO

BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPROACHES FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF CAVENDISH BANANAS

PHENYLPHENALENONE-TYPE PHYTOALEXINS AND PHYTOANTICIPINS FROM SUSCEPTIBLE AND RESISTANT CULTIVARS OF MUSA SPECIES. ITS POTENCIAL FOR ENGINEERING RESISTANCE TO FUNGI AND NEMATODES INTO BANANA

PRODUCTION OF TRANSGENIC BANANA PLANTS EXPRESSING ANTIFUNGAL PROTEINS

ISOZYME AND DISSOCIATED PROTEIN PROFILES OF NORMAL PLANTS AND SOMACLONAL VARIANTS OF BANANA OBTAINED BY IN VITRO CULTURE

THE USE OF RANDOMLY AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA (RAPD) FOR THE STUDY OF GENETIC DIVERSITY AND SOMACLONAL VARIATION IN MUSA

PLANT REGENERATION FROM PROTOPLASTS OF A BRAZILIAN DESSERT BANANA (MUSA SPP., AAB GROUP)

CHEMOTACTIC MOVEMENT TO WOUND EXUDATES AND ATTACHMENT OF AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS TO SINGLE CELLS AND TISSUES FROM BANANA PLANTS

INFLUENCE OF THE NUMBER OF SUBCULTURES ON SOMACLONAL VARIATION IN MICROPROPAGATED NANICÃO (MUSA SPP., AAA GROUP)

COMPETENCE OF SCALPS FOR SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS IN MUSA

BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION IN MUSA SHOOT TIP CULTURES

POLLEN AND ANTHER CULTURE IN MUSA SPP.

AN OVERVIEW OF POST-HARVEST ASPECTS OF BANANA

AN INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR THE PREVENTION ON UNEVEN DEGREENING OF BANANAS IN TAIWAN

EFFECT OF INHIBITORS OF ETHYLENE BIOSYNTHESIS AND ACTION ON RIPENING OF BANANAS

EFFECTS OF HOT WATER TREATMENTS ON POSTHARVEST QUALITY AND ETHYLENE SYNTHESIS OF BANANAS

POSTHARVEST EVALUATION OF FHIA-01 AND OTHER NEW BANANA VARIETIES FOR SUBTROPICAL AUSTRALIA

THE EFFECTS OF PEEL ABRASION ON THE POSTHARVEST PHYSIOLOGY AND COMMERCIAL LIFE OF BANANA FRUITS

FORCED RIPENING OF BANANAS: EVALUATION OF THE AFTER TREATMENT TEMPERATURE

USE OF HOT WATER DIPS TO CONTROL THE INCIDENCE OF BANANA CROWN ROT

COOKING QUALITIES AND PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHANGES DURING RIPENING IN SOME BANANA AND PLANTAIN HYBRIDS AND CULTIVARS

ADAPTATION OF THE TRADITIONAL BANANA JUICE EXTRACTION TECHNOLOGY TO A MECHANICAL PROCESS AND FACTORS INFLUENCING JUICE RELEASE

ADVANCES IN BANANA PRODUCTION IN NORTHWEST ARGENTINA

THE EFFECTS OF C.M.O.B. ON THE SPANISH MARKET OF BANANA: AN ANALYSIS OF SUPPLY AND PRICES

INVESTIGATIONS ON GROWING POSSIBILITIES OF BANANA IN TURKEY