XI International Pear Symposium

ECONOMIC EVALUATION BETWEEN CHEMICAL THINNING VS. HAND THINNING IN 'WILLIAMS' PEAR

REGIONAL ECONOMIC BALANCE OF THE PEAR INDUSTRY IN THE UPPER RÍO NEGRO AND NEUQUÉN VALLEY

STRATEGIES FOR FIRE BLIGHT RESISTANCE BREEDING IN PEAR (PYRUS COMMUNIS); 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

IS DWARFING IN PEAR ROOTSTOCKS DUE TO ANEUPLOID GENETIC STRUCTURES?

PEAR FRUIT TASTE MODIFICATION BY THAUMATIN II GENE EXPRESSION

QUINCE (CYDONIA OBLONGA) GENETIC RELATIONSHIPS DETERMINED USING MICROSATELLITE MARKERS

CHILLING REQUIREMENT FOR DORMANCY BUD BREAK IN EUROPEAN PEAR

THE HUNGARIAN PEAR GERMPLASM (PYRUS COMMUNIS) AS SOURCE OF GENETIC VARIABILITY FOR BREEDING PROGRAMS

INHERITANCE OF RED LEAF COLOUR FROM PEAR RED SPORTS OF 'DOYENNÉ DU COMICE', 'BARTLETT' AND 'BEURRÉ HARDY'

GLOBAL PEAR BREEDING PROGRAMMES: GOALS, TRENDS AND PROGRESS FOR NEW CULTIVARS AND NEW ROOTSTOCKS

THE IRTA-PFR PEAR SCION BREEDING PROGRAMME FOR HIGH FRUIT QUALITY

HERITABILITY AND PARENTAL BREEDING VALUE ESTIMATES OF ABRASION-INDUCED SKIN DISCOLOURATION ON PEAR FRUIT

CHARACTERIZATION OF COLD HARDINESS IN QUINCE: POTENTIAL PEAR ROOTSTOCK CANDIDATES FOR NORTHERN PEAR PRODUCTION REGIONS

THE BRAZILIAN PEAR BREEDING PROGRAM

EVALUATION OF PEAR ROOTSTOCK SELECTIONS

THE PEAR INDUSTRY AND RESEARCH IN CHINA

CULTIVAR TESTING OF PEARS IN BELGIUM

PERFORMANCE OF 'US 71655-014', A FIRE BLIGHT RESISTANT PEAR SELECTION FROM THE USA

EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL ROOTSTOCKS TO IMPROVE PEAR TREE PRECOCITY AND PRODUCTIVITY

AGRONOMICAL PERFORMANCE AND FRUIT QUALITY OF 'CONFERENCE' ON SOME CYDONIA AND PYRUS ROOTSTOCKS

EVALUATION OF REGIONAL CULTIVARS IN A PEAR GENE BANK IN HUNGARY

VEGETATIVE ASPECTS OF EUROPEAN PEAR SCIONS CULTIVARS IN COMBINATION WITH QUINCE ROOTSTOCKS IN URUPEMA SANTA CATARINA STATE, BRAZIL

PERFORMANCE OF 'COMICE' PEAR ON QUINCE ROOTSTOCKS IN OREGON, USA

EVALUATION OF THE GROWTH AND RESPONSES OF IN VITRO CULTURES OF SEVERAL PEAR ROOTSTOCKS EXPOSED TO SIMULATED DROUGHT STRESS USING POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL TREATMENTS

TRAINING SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT FOR A HIGH DENSITY ORCHARD OF 'ABBÉ FETEL'

COMPARISON OF PLATFORM VERSUS LADDERS FOR HARVEST IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PEAR ORCHARD

COMPARISON AMONG PEAR TRAINING SYSTEMS AND ROOTSTOCKS FOR HIGH DENSITY PLANTING (HDP) OF THE CULTIVAR 'ABBÉ FÉTEL'

HIGH DENSITY PEAR PRODUCTION WITH PYRUS COMMUNIS ROOTSTOCKS

COMPARISON AMONG DIFFERENT PLANTING SYSTEMS FOR 'CONFERENCE'

TRAINING SYSTEMS AND ROOTSTOCKS FOR HIGH DENSITY PLANTING (HDP) OF THE CULTIVAR 'ABBÉ FÉTEL': DEVELOPMENTAL TRIALS IN ITALY

EFFECT OF IRRIGATION AND NITROGEN OR POTASSIUM FERTIGATION ON YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY ON 'CONFERENCE' PEAR TREES IN BELGIUM

RESPONSE OF 'LE-CONTE' PEAR TREES TO SOIL BORON APPLICATION

PHYSICAL AND PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF SALINE SOILS AND EFFECTS ON YIELD AND QUALITY OF 'WILLIAMS' PEAR IN THE UPPER RIO NEGRO VALLEY, ARGENTINA

NEMATODE COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AND CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES IN DIFFERENT TEXTURAL CLASSES OF SOIL IN THE ROOT ZONE OF 'WILLIAMS' PEAR

DIFFERENTIAL NITROGEN UPTAKE DURING GROWTH CYCLE IN YOUNG 'ROCHA' PEAR TREES

EFFECT OF GROUNDCOVER ON AVAILABLE MACRONUTRIENT CONTENT OF SOIL AND PLANT UPTAKE IN NON-BEARING PEAR ORCHARD

WATER POTENTIAL AND FRUIT GROWTH AS MANAGEMENT INDICATORS IN TRICKLE-IRRIGATION IN 'ROCHA' PEAR

WATER USE BY DRIP IRRIGATED ONE-YEAR OLD PEAR TREES

EFFECTIVENESS OF AQUEOUS VEGETAL EXTRACTS IN NUTRITION MANAGEMENT OF PEAR TREES

SUSTAINABLE USE OF PLANT BIOREGULATORS IN PEAR PRODUCTION

CROP LOAD REGULATION IN 'CONFERENCE' PEARS

FRUIT SET CONTROL IN PEAR CULTIVARS 'ABATE FETEL' AND 'PACKHAM'S TRIUMPH'

EVALUATION OF 6-BENZYLADENINE (BA) AND NAPHTHYLACETAMIDE (NAD) AS POST-BLOOM THINNING COMPOUNDS FOR 'EARLY BON CHRÉTIEN' PEAR

EFFECT OF CONCENTRATION, APPLICATION VOLUME AND ADDITION OF A SURFACTANT ON RESPONSE TO BENZYLADENINE AS THINNING AGENT IN 'WILLIAMS' PEARS

FRUIT THINNING AND FRUIT SIZE ENHANCEMENT WITH 6-BENZYLADENINE APPLICATION TO 'WILLIAMS' PEAR

NECTAR PRODUCTION AND QUALITY IN JAPANESE PEAR CULTIVARS IN SOUTH BRAZIL

PARTHENOCARPY IN JAPANESE PEAR TREE CULTIVARS IN SOUTH BRAZIL

EVALUATION OF FIVE DORMANCY BREAKING AGENTS TO INDUCE SYNCHRONIZED FLOWERING IN 'ROCHA' PEAR

PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY OF 'PACKHAM'S TRIUMPH' PEAR IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL

EFFECT OF AVG APPLICATION ON FRUIT SET, YIELD AND FRUIT SIZE IN 'ABATE FETEL' AND 'PACKAM'S TRIUMPH' PEARS IN A SEMI-COMMERCIAL STATISTICAL TRIAL

THE EFFECT OF MAXIM^® (3, 5, 6-TPA) IN PREVENTING PRE-HARVEST FRUIT DROP IN 'CONFERENCE' AND 'BLANQUILLA' PEAR

TRENDS IN CODLING MOTH MATING DISRUPTION PROGRAMS IN THE PEAR ORCHARDS OF ARGENTINA

EUROPEAN PEAR CULTIVAR RESISTANCE TO BIO-PESTS: SCAB (VENTURIA PIRINA) AND PSYLLA (CACOPSYLLA PYRI)

MICROSCOPIC STUDIES OF SUSCEPTIBILITY AND RESISTANCE SYMPTOMS EXPRESSED ON TWO CULTIVARS OF PYRUS COMMUNIS INOCULATED WITH VENTURIA PIRINA

EVALUATION OF PHOSPHINE GAS AS A QUARANTINE TREATMENT FOR OBSCURE MEALYBUG FOR EXPORT MARKETS

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

CURRENT OCCURRENCE OF THE MAJOR LEPIDOPTERA PESTS IN THE ORIENTAL PEAR ORCHARDS IN KOREA

OBSCURE MEALYBUG (PSEUDOCOCCUS VIBURNI) IN PEAR TREES IN THE ALTO VALLE OF RIO NEGRO AND NEUQUEN, ARGENTINA

FRUIT ROT CAUSED BY PHYTOPHTHORA SP. IN COLD-STORED PEARS IN THE VALLEY OF RIO NEGRO AND NEUQUÉN, ARGENTINA

TREATMENTS WITH NON-PHYTOTOXIC CONCENTRATIONS OF CU AND MN AND THE INDUCTION OF DEFENCE MECHANISMS IN PEAR TREES AGAINST INFECTION WITH ERWINIA AMYLOVORA

PREDICTION OF SYMPTOMS OCCURRENCE OF FIRE BLIGHT (ERWINIA AMYLOVORA) BY THE MARYBLYT^TM PROGRAM IN RÍO NEGRO, ARGENTINA

DETECTION OF PHYTOPHTHORA CACTORUM IN THE IRRIGATION WATER IN COMMERCIAL ORCHARDS OF 'BARTLETT' PEAR IN VILLA REGINA, RÍO NEGRO, ARGENTINA

POTENTIAL ORGANIC METHODS FOR MANAGEMENT OF PEAR SCAB

EVOLUTION OF SECONDARY PESTS IN CALIFORNIA PEAR ORCHARDS UNDER MATING DISRUPTION FOR CODLING MOTH CONTROL

SIZE MATTERS: FACTORS INFLUENCING FRUIT SIZE IN PEAR

ORCHARD COOLING WITH OVERTREE MICROSPRINKLER IRRIGATION TO INCREASE FRUIT RUSSET ON 'CONFERENCE' PEAR

REFLECTIVE FABRIC IMPROVES INTRA-CANOPY LIGHT LEVELS AND INCREASES YIELD IN A LOW-DENSITY, MATURE 'D'ANJOU' PEAR ORCHARD

EVALUATION OF WEED AND NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN ORGANIC PEAR ORCHARDS

PHYSICAL, SENSORY AND CONSUMER ANALYSIS OF EATING QUALITY AND APPEARANCE OF PEAR GENOTYPES AMONG SOUTH AFRICAN CONSUMERS

NUTRITIONAL AND COMPOSITIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ARGENTINEAN 'WILLIAMS BON CHRETIEN' PEARS

SENSORY EVALUATION OF PRINCIPAL PEAR CULTIVARS FROM NORTH PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA

EFFECT OF SEAWEED EXTRACT ON PEAR FRUIT QUALITY AND YIELD

EFFECT OF KAOLIN PARTICLE FILMS ON THE TEMPERATURE AND SOLAR INJURY OF PEAR FRUITS

DEVELOPING A SENSORY DESCRIPTIVE PANEL FOR PEAR QUALITY EVALUATION

BAGGING OF 'CONCORDE' PEARS (PYRUS COMMUNIS L.) INFLUENCES FRUIT QUALITY

MICROCLIMATE MODIFICATION IN PEAR PLANTATION BY USING COOLING IRRIGATION

EFFECTS OF VOLUME RATE AND SPRAY PRESSURE OF AN AIR-ASSISTED SPRAYER ON PESTICIDE DISTRIBUTION AND DRIFT ON PEAR PREES

EFFECTS OF TRUNK GIRDLING ON FRUIT PRODUCTION, FRUIT SIZE AND TREE VIGOR ON 'BARTLETT' PEARS IN RÍO NEGRO AND NEUQUÉN VALLEY, ARGENTINA

SENSORY EVALUATION OF PEARS: A USEFUL TOOL TO DETECT CHANGES IN EATING QUALITY DURING RIPENING

CONTRIBUTIONS OF EARLY SEASON TEMPERATURES TO PYRUS COMMUNIS 'BARTLETT' FRUIT GROWTH

FRUIT GROWTH AND CELL EVOLUTION IN 'WILLIAMS' PEARS

ADVANCES IN POSTHARVEST MANAGEMENT OF PEARS

TEMPERATURE AND ETHYLENE: TWO USEFUL TOOLS TO BE USED IN COMBINATION WITH SMARTFRESH^SM (1-MCP) FOR DELIVERING OPTIMAL QUALITY PEARS

FACTORS AFFECTING SENSITIVITY OF 'ABATE FETEL' PEARS TO FRICTION DISCOLORATION

DEVELOPMENT OF A PRE-HARVEST PREDICTION MODEL FOR RIPENING OF 'FORELLE' PEARS (PYRUS COMMUNIS L.)

STRATEGIES FOR APPLYING 1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE (1-MCP) TO 'PACKHAM'S TRIUMPH' PEARS

STORAGE OF PEARS USING DYNAMIC CONTROLLED-ATMOSPHERE (DCA), A NON-CHEMICAL METHOD

HARVEST MATURITY, CONDITIONING TEMPERATURE, AND ETHYLENE TREATMENT INFLUENCE INDUCTION OF RIPENING CAPACITY IN 'D'ANJOU' PEAR FRUIT

POST-HARVEST PERFORMANCE OF 'ABATE FETEL' PEARS GROWN IN ARGENTINA IN RELATION TO HARVEST TIME

RIPENING INDUCTION OF 'PACKHAM'S TRIUMPH' PEARS TREATED WITH 1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE (1-MCP)

USE OF 1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE (1-MCP) AS A STRATEGY TO IMPROVE POST-HARVEST LIFE OF 'ABATE FETEL' PEARS

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MATURITY INDEX AND ETHYLENE PRODUCTION PATTERNS OF 'WILLIAMS' PEARS GROWN IN THE ALTO VALLE OF RIO NEGRO

NON-DESTRUCTIVE INDEX TO CHARACTERIZE THE MATURITY OF 'WILLIAMS' PEARS GROWN IN ARGENTINA

EFFECT OF DIFFERENT CA STORAGE CONDITIONS ON STORABILITY AND FRUIT QUALITY OF ORGANICALLY GROWN 'UTA' PEARS

TWO SELECTION STRATEGIES OF EPIPHYTIC NATIVE YEASTS WITH POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL CAPACITY AGAINST POSTHARVEST PEAR PATHOGENS IN PATAGONIA