X International Pear Symposium

OVERVIEW OF INTENSIVE PEAR CULTURE: PLANTING DENSITY, ROOTSTOCKS, ORCHARD MANAGEMENT, SOIL-WATER RELATIONS AND FRUIT QUALITY

GIRDLING: SCIENCE BEHIND THE AGE-OLD TECHNIQUE

STATUS AND TRENDS WITHIN THE PEAR INDUSTRIES IN NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA

RECENT SITUATION OF PEAR INDUSTRY IN ASIA

RECENT SITUATION OF THE PEAR INDUSTRY IN SOUTH AMERICA

STATUS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PEAR INDUSTRY

PEAR PRODUCTION IN SOUTH AFRICA

STATUS OF THE PEAR PRODUCTION IN EUROPE

UNDERSTANDING THE GAMETOPHYTIC SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY SYSTEM AND ITS IMPACT ON EUROPEAN PEAR (PYRUS COMMUNIS L.) CULTIVATION

THINNING PROGRAMS IN PEARS CV. WILLIAMS

FRUIT SET OF 'CONFERENCE': A SMALL DOSE OF GIBBERELLINS OR REGALIS

STRATEGIES TO CONTROL TREE VIGOUR AND OPTIMISE FRUIT PRODUCTION IN 'CONFERENCE' PEARS

EFFECT OF ROOT PRUNING, PROHEXADIONE-CA AND THEIR COMBINATION ON GROWTH CONTROL, RETURN BLOOM AND YIELD, IN A 'BLANQUILLA' PEAR ORCHARD

INCREASING FRUIT SIZE OF 'SPADONA' AND 'COSCIA' (PYRUS COMMUNIS) PEARS IN A WARM CLIMATE WITH PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS

EFFECTS OF GA₃ AND PACLOBUTRAZOL TREATMENT ON FRUIT SET AND YIELD OF 'BEURRÉ BOSC' AND 'TRIUMF' PEARS CULTIVARS

EFFECT OF BIOREGULATOR APPLICATIONS ON THE FRUIT SET IN 'ABATE FETEL' PEAR TREES

THE USE OF GIBBERELLINS AND PROHEXADIONE-CA TREATMENTS FOR FRUIT SET IMPROVEMENT ON 'CONFERENCE' PEAR

EVALUATION OF PEA PEAR POLLINIZERS FOR PYRUS COMMUNIS

EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT BIOREGULATOR APPLICATIONS ON FRUIT SET, YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY OF 'WILLIAMS' PEARS

SELECTED PYRUS GENOTYPES AS POLLINIZERS FOR PYRUS COMMUNIS CULTIVARS

EFFECTS OF GIBBERELLIC ACID AND POLLINATION ON FRUIT SET AND FRUIT QUALITY IN 'ROCHA' PEAR

STUDY OF POLLEN-PISTIL INTERACTIONS ON CROSSES BETWEEN 'ROCHA' PEAR AND POTENTIAL POLLINATORS

EFFECT OF CHEMICAL AND HAND THINNING ON QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF PEAR FRUITS (PYRUS COMMUNIS L.) CV. WILLIAMS

INDEX OF BUD ABORTION OF 'PACKHAM'S TRIUMPH' PEAR TREES IN THE PRODUCTION AREAS OF THE RIO GRANDE DO SUL STATE AND SANTA CATARINA STATE

THE EFFECT OF THINNING FLOWERING BUDS ON THE EFFECTIVE FRUCTIFICATION OF THE PEAR CV. ABATE FETEL IN THE REGION OF VACARIA CITY – RIO GRANDE DO SUL STATE, BRAZIL

THE "YIELD POTENTIAL" – A NEW METHODOLOGY TO RELATE ORCHARD PRODUCTIVITY AND FRUIT QUALITY

SELF-POLLINATION, CROSS-POLLINATION AND PARTHENOCARPY IN 'ROCHA' PEAR

EFFECTS OF ROOTSTOCK ON PEAR PHOTOSYNTHETIC EFFICIENCY

AGRONOMICAL PERFORMANCE AND FRUIT QUALITY OF EARLY HARVESTING PEAR CULTIVARS IN SPAIN

RUSSET INDUCTION IN 'BEURRÉ BOSC' AND 'TAYLOR'S GOLD' PEARS

VULNERABILITY AND IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON PEAR PRODUCTION IN SOUTH AFRICA

TRANSLOCATION OF NUTRIENTS IN JAPANESE PEAR 'KOSUI' GRAFTED BY THE 'TREE JOINT' METHOD

COURSE OF CHLORMEQUAT RESIDUE IN 'CONFERENCE' PEARS OVER A 9-YEAR PERIOD FOLLOWING ITS FINAL USE IN THE ORCHARD

MANIPULATION OF PEAR SEEDLINGS TO REDUCE JUVENILITY

RESEARCH ON THE BEHAVIOUR OF SOME PEAR TREE CULTIVARS IN THE SOUTHERN OLTENIA REGION OF ROMANIA

THE STUDY OF RADICULAR SYSTEM AND THE INTERACTION OF GENOTYPE AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS FOR PEAR SPECIES CULTIVATED ON SANDS

SEASONAL DYNAMICS OF SECONDARY METABOLITES IN LEAVES OF 'CONFERENCE' PEAR

FIELD PERFORMANCE OF ASIAN PEAR CULTIVARS IN SOUTH CAROLINA

INFLUENCE OF TRUNK GIRDLING ON GROWTH AND FRUIT PRODUCTION OF 'ROCHA'/BA29

A MODEL FOR PREDICTING FRUIT GROWTH OF 'ROCHA' PEAR

MODELLING THE SHAPE AND GROWTH OF A PEAR

CHILLING REQUIREMENT OF SOME ASIAN PEAR (PYRUS SEROTINA REHD.) CULTIVARS GROWN UNDER TEHRAN ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

PROSPECTIVE PEAR CULTIVARS BRED IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

TRENDS IN EUROPEAN PEAR PRODUCTION AND CULTIVAR CHOICE IN JAPAN

MUTATIONS IN CHLOROPLAST DNA REVEALED RELATIONS AND DISCRIMINATIONS IN GENUS PYRUS

IDENTIFICATION OF GENES CODING FOR NH₄⁺ TRANSPORTERS IN 'ROCHA' PEAR/BA29

STABILITY OF GUS AND BAR GENE EXPRESSION IN TRANSGENIC PEAR CLONAL ROOTSTOCK PLANTS DURING SEVERAL YEARS

INVESTIGATING THE MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF ANTHOCYANIN PRODUCTION IN 'BON ROUGE' PYRUS COMMUNIS L.

S-GENOTYPE ASSIGNMENT OF EUROPEAN PEAR CULTIVARS USING S-RNASE SPECIFIC CAPS MARKER

SELECTION OF SELF-COMPATIBLE TREES BY S₄^sm-HAPLOTYPE SPECIFIC MARKER IN JAPANESE PEAR

GENETIC ANALYSIS OF ACCESSIONS IN A PEAR GERMPLASM BANK

MOLECULAR FINGERPRINTS IDENTIFY HISTORIC PEAR TREES IN TWO U.S. NATIONAL PARKS

POLLEN TRANSGLUTAMINASE IN PEAR SELF INCOMPATIBILITY AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH S-RNASES AND S-ALLELE VARIABILITY

IDENTIFICATION OF S-ALLELES IN THE PEAR CV. ROCHA AND OTHER EUROPEAN PEAR CULTIVARS

IDENTIFYING EUROPEAN PEAR (PYRUS COMMUNIS L.) CULTIVARS AT THE KOB BY USING APPLE SSRS

IN VITRO PROPAGATION OF SOME PEAR CULTIVARS

THE IRTA-HR PEAR SCION BREEDING PROGRAMME: AIMING FOR HIGH FRUIT QUALITY UNDER WARM GROWING CONDITIONS

INTERSPECIFIC PEAR BREEDING FOR FLAVOUR AND TEXTURE

BREEDING FOR RED SKIN COLOUR IN INTERSPECIFIC PEARS

PEAR BREEDING FOR SCAB AND PSYLLA RESISTANCE

EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVE EUROPEAN PEAR CULTIVARS FOR U.S. WEST COAST GROWERS

PEAR GENETIC BREEDING TO IMPROVE THE ROMANIAN VARIETIES

GERMPLASM FUND OF PYRUS SP. PRESENTLY IN EX SITU ROMANIAN COLLECTIONS

ASIAN PEAR BREEDING IN BRAZIL: CHARACTERIZATION OF NEW SELECTIONS

PEAR 'IAC PRINCESINHA': NEW EUROPEAN TYPE CULTIVAR FOR SUBTROPICAL CLIMATE

'IAC CULINÁRIA': A NEW CANNING CULTIVAR OF EUROPEAN PEAR (PYRUS COMMUNIS L.) SUITABLE FOR SUBTROPICAL CLIMATES

IN VITRO GERMINATION OF PYRUS CALLERYANA DECNE. POLLEN: ADJUSTING A PROTOCOL

TEMPERATURE, PH AND DEVELOPMENT PERIOD ON IN VITRO POLLEN GERMINATION IN PYRUS CALLERYANA

WORLD PYRUS COLLECTION AT USDA GENEBANK IN CORVALLIS, OREGON

HERITABILITY OF FRUIT CHARACTERS OF INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDS BETWEEN PYRUS PYRIFOLIA AND P. USSURIENSIS OR P. BRESCHNEIDERI

EVALUATION OF FOUR FIRE BLIGHT-TOLERANT PEAR CULTIVARS AND SELECTIONS FOR COMMERCIAL PEAR PRODUCTION IN CANADA

EFFECTS OF L-PROLINE FOLIAR APPLICATION ON THE QUALITY OF 'KOSUI' JAPANESE PEAR

NITROGEN AND BORON FERTILIZATION OF PEAR ORCHARDS OF THE PORTUGUESE CULTIVAR 'ROCHA'

CONTRIBUTION OF 'ROCHA' PEAR SENESCENT LEAVES TO NITROGEN CYCLING IN ORCHARDS

CONTROLLING POST-HARVEST STORAGE PROBLEMS IN 'CONCORDE' PEAR WITH BORON APPLICATIONS

ORCHARD MANAGEMENT STRATEGY INFLUENCES LEAF MINERAL ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS OF D'ANJOU PEAR

FOLIAR APPLICATION OF UREA DURING BLOOM INCREASES FRUIT SIZE IN 'WILLIAMS' PEARS

CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MINERAL COMPOSITION OF PEARS OF THE PORTUGUESE CULTIVAR 'ROCHA'

MINERAL COMPOSITION OF LEAF SAP AND ITS RELATION TO LEAF MORPHOLOGY IN PEAR CULTIVAR 'ROCHA'

EVALUATION OF PYRUS AND QUINCE ROOTSTOCKS FOR HIGH DENSITY PEAR ORCHARDS

PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF PEAR ROOTSTOCK AND COMPETITIVE ORCHARD SYSTEMS TRIALS

GROWTH AND YIELD OF 'CONFERENCE' PEARS GRAFTED ON QUINCE AND PEAR ROOTSTOCKS

EFFECT OF ROOTSTOCK ON RED COLOUR OF BI-COLOURED 'FORELLE' PEARS

PYRUS BETULIFOLIA IS THE BEST ROOTSTOCK FOR THE 'COSCIA' PEAR IN THE WARM CLIMATE OF ISRAEL

THE GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS OF PEAR TREES OF THE CULTIVAR 'PACKHAM'S TRIUMPH' ON DIFFERENT ROOTSTOCKS IN THE PELOTAS REGION, RS, BRAZIL

PEAR PRODUCTION ON 'OLD HOME × FARMINGDALE' (OHXF) INTERSTEM-ROOTSTOCK COMBINATIONS

DIFFICULT TO PROPAGATE PEAR ROOTSTOCKS: WILL THEY WORK AS INTERSTEMS?

'TAIWAN NASHI-C' AND 'TAIWAN MAMENASHI' (PYRUS CALLERYANA), NEW ROOTSTOCKS FOR QUINCE TREES

EVALUATION OF FOUR POTENTIALLY SIZE-CONTROLLING PEAR ROOTSTOCKS FOR COMMERCIAL PEAR PRODUCTION IN CANADA

INVESTIGATIONS ON PEAR ROOTSTOCKS AT NORTH EUROPEAN CLIMATIC CONDITIONS

INFLUENCE OF THE ROOTSTOCK EMLA–C ON THE GROWTH AND PRODUCTION OF 'ROCHA' PEAR UNDER DIFFERENT RAISING METHODS – TWENTY YEARS OF RESULTS

TOWARDS THE SELECTION OF A NEW PEAR ROOTSTOCK: IN VITRO AND FIELD EVALUATION FOR TOLERANCE TO IRON CHLOROSIS, LOW VIGOR AND MICROPROPAGATION OF SELECTED CLONES

EVALUATION OF SELECTED OHXF PEAR ROOTSTOCKS IN THE ORCHARD

IN VITRO ESTABLISHMENT AND MULTIPLICATION OF PEAR ROOTSTOCKS

VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION OF PEAR AND QUINCE ROOTSTOCKS USING HARDWOOD CUTTINGS

INTERGENERIC GRAFTING OF PEAR CULTIVARS TO THE 'JAPONÊS' QUINCE TREE

INTERSPECIFIC AND INTERGENERIC PEAR, APPLE AND QUINCE GRAFTING USING PYRUS CALLERYANA AS ROOTSTOCK

COLD STRATIFICATION OF SEEDS 'TAIWAN NASHI-C' AND 'TAIWAN MAMENASHI' PEAR TREE ROOTSTOCKS

ROOTING OF PEAR TREE SEMI-HARDWOOD CUTTINGS UNDER CONTROLLED ROOMS AND GREENHOUSE ENVIRONMENTS

OPPORTUNITIES FOR REDUCING THE TIME NECESSARY TO OBTAIN TREES WITH INTERSTOCKS IN PEAR TREES

ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF HIGH DENSITY VERSUS STANDARD ORCHARD CONFIGURATIONS; CASE STUDY USING PERFORMANCE DATA FOR 'GOLDEN RUSSET BOSC' PEARS

PEAR PRUNING AND TRAINING FOR ECONOMICALLY SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION

EVALUATION OF TRAINING SYSTEMS FOR NASHI PEARS

BIBAUM^®: A NEW TRAINING SYSTEM FOR PEAR ORCHARDS

A "JOINT TREE" TRAINING SYSTEM ENABLES EARLY RETURNS ON JAPANESE PEAR ORCHARDS

PEAR PRODUCTION UTILIZING CULTIVARS AS INTERSTEMS

GROWTH AND PRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR OF 'DOYENNÉ DU COMICE' PEAR TREES GROWN ON TWO ROOTSTOCKS AND TWO WATER REGIMES

PERFORMANCE OF PEAR AND QUINCE ROOTSTOCKS WITH THREE CULTIVARS IN FOUR HIGH DENSITY TRAINING SYSTEMS IN THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES

TRAINING AND FERTILISATION AS FACTORS OF INCREASED YIELD IN 'ROCHA' PEARS

EFFECT OF IRRIGATION ON FRUIT SIZE AND QUALITY OF 'ROCHA' PEAR

BEHAVIOUR STUDIES OF NEW STRAINS OF VENTURIA PIRINA ISOLATED FROM 'CONFERENCE' CULTIVAR ON A RANGE OF PEAR CULTIVARS

EVALUATION OF NEW METHODS IN INTEGRATED CONTROL OF BROWN SPOT OF PEAR (STEMPHYLIUM VESICARIUM, TELEOMORPH PLEOSPORA ALLII)

CONTROL OF ALTERNARIA ALTERNATE, CAUSAL AGENT OF DEAD (DORMANT) FLOWER BUD DISEASE OF PEAR

EXCLUSION OF THE INOCULUM SOURCE OF BROWN SPOT (STEMPHYLIUM VESICARIUM)

DEAD FLOWER BUDS ON 'CONFERENCE' PEAR TREES: PROPOSAL OF A SOLUTION

DEVELOPMENT OF AN ALTERNATIVE PHEROMONE MATING DISRUPTION SYSTEM FOR CODLING MOTH MANAGEMENT IN CALIFORNIA PEARS

SPINETORAM – A SECOND GENERATION SPINOSYN INSECTICIDE FOR PEAR PEST MANAGEMENT

EFFICACY OF ANTIBIOTICS AND COPPER COMPOUNDS IN ERWINIA AMYLOVORA CONTROL IN SERBIA

EFFECT OF ERWINIA AMYLOVORA INFECTION IN BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES OF DIFFERENT PEAR FRUITS

FACTORS AFFECTING IN VITRO EVALUATION OF RESISTANCE TO ERWINIA AMYLOVORA IN PEAR GENOTYPES

EVALUATION OF FIRE BLIGHT CONTROL METHODS BASED ON PLANT DEFENCE INDUCERS AND BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS

MOVEMENT OF ERWINIA AMYLOVORA FROM FIRE BLIGHT CUTTINGS AFTER CHOPPING

LOW INCIDENCE OF FUNGAL AND BACTERIAL DISEASES IN THE PEAR PRODUCTION OF NORTH PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA

HOW TO OPTIMIZE THE VENTURIA PIRINA INOCULATION ON PEAR LEAVES IN GREENHOUSE CONDITIONS?

THE ANTAGONISTIC ACTIVITY OF AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS TO REDUCE BLUE MOLD IN 'ROCHA' PEAR

SUGAR VARIATION IN 'ROCHA' PEARS AND PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM REDUCTION BY AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS

CONTROL OF PHACIDIOPYCNIS ROT IN 'D'ANJOU' PEARS

CHEMICAL CONTROL OF CACOPSYLLA PYRI L. IN SERBIAN PEAR ORCHARDS USING BIORATIONAL INSECTICIDES

MATING DISRUPTION AND CYDIA POMONELLA GRANULOSIS VIRUS FOR CONTROL OF CODLING MOTH IN PEAR

CONVERSION FROM USE OF ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDES TO CODLING MOTH MATING DISRUPTION IN CALIFORNIA PEAR ORCHARDS

TEMPERATURE AND NATURAL PARASITISM IN THE POPULATION DYNAMICS OF THE PEAR PEST PHYLLONORYCTER CORYLIFOLIELLA HB.

PROGRESS TOWARDS CONTROL OF STORAGE SCALD IN 'D'ANJOU' PEARS

PREDICTION OF PHYSIOLOGICAL DISORDERS IN PEARS USING NON-INVASIVE FLUORESCENCE TECHNIQUES

MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES OF 'ROCHA' PEAR FOLLOWING STORAGE UNDER CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE

EFFECT OF 1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE AND DIPHENYLAMINE ON STORAGE DISORDERS AND WATER-SOLUBLE ANTIOXIDANTS OF 'ROCHA' PEAR

CONSUMER EVALUATION OF 'ABATE FETEL' PEARS

QUALITY ATTRIBUTES OF ¿ROCHA¿ PEAR AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR: SENSORY EVALUATION AND WILLINGNESS TO PAY

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING ACTIVITY AND SUPERFICIAL SCALD IN 'ROCHA' PEAR

HARVEST DATE EFFECTS ON FRUIT QUALITY OF 'ABBÉ FETEL' PEARS

QUALITY OF SOME ASIAN PEAR (PYRUS SEROTINA REHD.) FRUIT IN RELATION TO PRE-HARVEST CACL₂, ZN AND B SPRAYS, HARVEST TIME, RIPENING AND STORAGE CONDITIONS

EXPOSURE TO DIRECT SUNLIGHT DURING THE GROWING SEASON DELAYS POSTHARVEST SOFTENING OF 'WILLIAMS' PEARS AND IMPROVES THEIR RESPONSE TO 1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE

EFFECT OF 1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE ON 'ROCHA' PEARS STORED UNDER NORMAL ATMOSPHERE CONDITIONS

PEAR DRYING: PERSPECTIVES FOR CONVECTIVE DRYING AND NUTRITIONAL EVALUATION

MATURITY ASSESSMENT OF PYRUS COMMUNIS L. CV. ROCHA AT HARVEST AND ALONG COLD STORAGE THROUGH CHLOROPHYLL A FLUORESCENCE AND COLOUR PARAMETERS

EFFECT OF PEAR PRODUCTION SYSTEM ON VOLATILE AROMA CONSTITUENTS OF FRUITS

'BLANQUILLA' PEAR ACC OXIDASE. EFFECT OF CO₂ ON IN VIVO ACTIVITY

PRELIMINARY CHARACTERIZATION OF PORTUGUESE PEAR CULTIVARS AFTER COLD STORAGE

THE IMPORTANCE OF REGIONAL PEAR CULTIVARS FOR THE PORTUGUESE CONSUMERS

RIPENING OF 'RADANA' AND 'CONFERENCE' PEARS AS INFLUENCED BY COLD STORAGE DURATION

PRELIMINARY RESULTS ON THE NON-DESTRUCTIVE DETERMINATION OF PEAR (PYRUS COMMUNIS L.) CV. ROCHA RIPENESS BY VISIBLE/NEAR INFRARED REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY

EFFECT OF 1-MCP ON SHELF LIFE EXTENSION OF 'WONHWANG' PEARS