| WELCOME AND CHARGE TO THE SYMPOSIUM ON TROPICAL FRUIT IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE (N.P. Kefford) |
| TROPICAL FRUIT FOR THE U.S. MARKET: MARKETING PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS (F. Caplan) |
| THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY MARKET FOR TROPICAL FRUIT AND FACTORS LIMITING GROWTH (F.J. Proctor) |
| JAPAN AS A MARKET OF TROPICAL FRUIT (H. Kitagawa, T. Matsui, K. Kawada, J.U. Agravante) |
| UNITED STATES FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLE IMPORTS INDUSTRY: INDUSTRY CHARACTERISTICS AND DEMAND ANALYSIS FOR SELECTED TROPICAL AND SUB-TROPICAL PRODUCTS (E.E. Figueroa, L. Echeverri) |
| TREND OF WORLD PRODUCTION OF AND ECOLOGICAL MEANING OF TROPICAL FRUIT IN THE PERIOD 1960 TO 1986 (O. Kishimoto) |
| MARKET OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALTERNATIVE MANGO CULTIVARS FROM THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN (A.P. Medlicott, S.W. New) |
| EVALUATION OF MARKET QUALITY OF PINEAPPLE FRUIT IMPORTED TO CHILE (L.A. Lizana, L.E. Luchsinger, J.G. Luza) |
| ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG FRESH PINEAPPLES, CANNED PINEAPPLES AND THEIR SUBSTITUTES IN THE CHILEAN MARKET. (R. Marchant, N. Sepulveda, L.E. Luchsinger) |
| THE IMPORTANCE OF BANANA FRUIT IMPORTS IN RELATION TO CHILEAN FRESH FRUIT MARKET. (N. Sepulveda, L.A. Lizana, R. Marchant, L. Luchsinger) |
| INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN MANGO: INDIA'S ROLE (K.V. Subrahmanyam) |
| SOME EXAMPLES OF RESEARCH CONDUCTED WITHIN THE I.R.F.A./C.I.R.A.D. NETWORK (P. Martin-Prevel) |
| VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION AND PRODUCTION OF ‘HONEY GOLD’ PAPAYAS (P. Allan) |
| FRUITS AND NUTS FOR THE TROPICS WITH POTENTIAL FOR IMPROVEMENT AND INCREASED IMPORTANCE (Philip I. Ito, R. A. Hamilton) |
| VARIATION IN THE RIPENING CHARACTERISTICS OF PAPAYA (L. Zhang, Robert E. Paull) |
| GENETIC RESOURCES IN TROPICAL FRUIT AND NUT CROPS (Philip J. Ito, F. Zee, R. A. Hamilton, R. Paull) |
| STUDIES ON MATURITY STANDARDS OF ‘KALIPATTI’ SAPOTA FRUITS (. , K.M. Bojappa, T. Venkatesh Reddy) |
| STARCH BREAKDOWN AND CHANGES IN AMYLASE ACTIVITY DURING RIPENING OF ETHYLENE- AND ETHANOL-TREATED BANANAS (J.U. Agravante, T. Matsui, H. Kitagawa) |
| CHANGE IN THE FATTY ACID COMPOSITION OF AVOCADO FRUIT DURING ONTOGENY, COLD STORAGE AND RIPENING (Irving L. Eaks) |
| COMPARATIVE LIPIDS EVOLUTION DURING COLD STORAGE OF THREE AVOCADO CULTIVARS. (J.G. Luza, L.A. Lizana, L. Masson) |
| RIPENING OF GREEN-EATING-TYPE MANGOES, "MAMUANG MUN" (S. Kosiyachinda, T. Pankasemsum) |
| ETHYLENE PRODUCTION IN THE ‘CARABAO’ MANGO (MANGIFERA INDICA L.) FRUIT DURING MATURATION AND RIPENING (A.U. Cua, M.C.C. Lizada) |
| A MATURITY STANDARD FOR LYCHEE (LITCHI CHINENSIS SONN.) (S.J.R. Underhill, L.S. Wong) |
| FRUIT GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND MATURITY INDICES OF ‘IRWIN’ MANGO IN TAIWAN (T. Wang, C. Shiesh) |
| PREDICTING THE HARVEST OF CYCLED ‘BEAUMONT’ GUAVA (H.C. Bittenbender, Kent D. Kobayashi) |
| POSSIBILITY TO USE SUCROSE FATTY ACID ESTERS FOR LOW TEMPERATURE DISINFESTATION OF CITRUS FRUITS (T. Murata) |
| QUALITY OF "CHANEE" DURIAN (DURIO ZIBETHINUS L.) STORED AT 5°C (T. Romphophak, S. Palakul) |
| THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FRUIT-STEM STIFFNESS AND MATURITY OF ‘MONTHONG’ DURIANS (DURIO ZIBETHINUS L.) (R. Chattavongsin, J. Siriphanich) |
| POSTHARVEST BEHAVIOUR AND CHILLING INJURY IN BABACO FRUIT (F. Mencareili, F. Fontana, R. Massantini) |
| DIFFERENTIAL SOFTENING AND PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHANGES IN THE MESOCARP OF RIPENING MANGO FRUIT (G.R. Chaplin, M.J. Buckley, S.C. Lai) |
| STUDIES ON THE PHYSIO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF POSTHARVEST SUGAR APPLE (L. Tsay, M. Wu) |
| CELL WALL CHANGES IN RIPENING FRUIT (G.B. Seymour, G.A. Tucker, H. Wainwright) |
| RESPIRATION RATE, ETHYLENE PRODUCTION AND SKIN COLOUR CHANGE OF PAPAYA AT DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES (P.F. Lam) |
| STUDIES ON THE SUGARS DEVELOPMENT OF IRRADIATED POTATOES RECEIVING DIFFERENT NITROGEN LEVELS DURING GROWTH AND STORED AT DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES (N. Badshah, Willy M. Iritani, Curt R. Rom, Max E. Patterson) |
| SOURSOP FRUIT RIPENING - STARCH BREAKDOWN (Robert E. Paull) |
| CELL WALL CHANGES IN BANANAS AND PLANTAINS (N.J. Smith, G.B. Seymour, M.J. Jeger, G.A. Tucker) |
| PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PARAMETERS OF POSTHARVEST RIPENED MANGOES FROM HAWAII (T. Yoneya, W. Nip, P.S. Wei, T. Cai) |
| STUDIES ON POST HARVEST STORAGE OF CUSTARD APPLE (K. Hari Babu, Md. Zaheeruddin, P.K. Prasad) |
| PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SOME GUAVA VARIETIES IN MALAYSIA (S. Yusof) |
| EFFECT OF STORAGE TEMPERATURE ON THE COLOR AND QUALITY OF LITCHI FRUIT (C. Huang, Y. Wang) |
| LOW PH TREATMENT PROTECTS LITCHI FRUIT COLOR (G. Zauberman, R. Ronen, M. Akerman, Y. Fuchs) |
| CONTAINER ATMOSPHERE, AS INFLUENCING SOME PHYSIOLOGICAL BROWNING MECHANISMS IN STORED FUERTE AVOCADOS (J.P. Bower, A.B. Truter, J.G.M. Cutting) |
| DURIAN FRUIT RIPENING AND THE EFFECT OF VARIETY, MATURITY STAGE AT HARVEST, AND ATMOSPHERIC GASES (S.C. Tongdee, A. Suwanagul, S. Neamprem) |
| MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING (MAP) OF MANGO AND AVOCADO FRUIT (G. Gonzalez, Elhadi M. Yahia, I. Higuera) |
| RETARDATION OF RIPENING AND DEVELOPMENT OF WATER STRESS IN PAPAYA FRUIT SEAL-PACKAGED WITH POLYETHYLENE FILM (H. Lazan, Z. Mohd. Ali, W.C. Sim) |
| EFFECTS OF VAPOR GARD ON POLYGALACTURONASE, MALIC ENZYME AND RIPENING OF HARUMANIS MANGO (H. Lazan, Z. Mohd. Ali, H. A. Sani) |
| ON THE MANGO CA STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION FROM SUBTROPICAL TO TEMPERATE REGIONS IN JAPAN (T. Maekawa) |
| STORABILITY OF PAPAYAS UNDER REFRIGERATED AND CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE (R. Maharaj, C.K. Sankat) |
| MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING (MAP) ASSAYS IN PACKAGE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES (A. Norma Casas, A. Avila, N. Aragon) |
| THE EFFECT OF CO2 ON PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS DURING THE STORAGE OF 'MAS' BANANA IN POLYBAG (S. Tan, A. Mohamed) |
| POSTHARVEST TREATMENTS TO EXTEND THE SHELF LIFE OF SAPOTA FRUITS (. , K.M. Bojappa, T. Venkatesh Reddy) |
| TRANSPORT OF TROPICAL COMMODITIES (M. Joseph Ahrens) |
| PLANTAIN (MUSA SP) HANDLING IMPROVEMENTS IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN: THE TECHNOLOGY IS ONLY HALF THE BATTLE. (D.N. Crucefix) |
| TECHNICAL ELEMENTS NEEDED TO GENERATE PACKAGING SYSTEMS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IN MEXICO (A. Avila) |
| THE SHELF-LIFE OF BREADFRUIT STORED UNDER AMBIENT AND REFRIGERATED CONDITIONS (R. Maharaj, C.K. Sankat) |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL BREAKDOWN IN VAPOR HEAT-TREATED ‘CARABAO’ MANGO (E.B. Esguerra, S.R. Brena, M.U. Reyes, M.C.C. Lizada) |
| QUARANTINE BARRIERS, TREATMENTS AS A MEANS TO FACILITATE TRADE (James F. Fons) |
| PHYTOSANITARY REQUIREMENTS FOR PLANT PRODUCTS (A. Chock) |
| HIGH-TEMPERATURE FORCED-AIR QUARANTINE TREATMENTS FOR FRESH FRUITS INFESTED BY TEPHRITID FRUIT FLIES (John W. Armstrong) |
| FRUIT FLY DISINFESTATION OF TROPICAL FRUITS USING SEMIPERMEABLE SHRINKWRAP FILM (Eric B. Jang) |
| EFFECTS OF HEAT TREATMENTS ON THE DELAYED LIGHT EMMISSION AND ETHYLENE-FORMING-ENZYME SYSTEM IN PAPAYAS (H.T. Chan Jr, J.W. Armstrong) |
| IRRADIATION OF KENSINGTON PRIDE MANGOES (R.L. McLauchlan, G.I. Johnson, G.E. Mitchell, P.A. Wills) |
| RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CHEMICAL CONTROL OF POSTHARVEST DISEASES (J.W. Eckert) |
| FACTORS INFLUENCING DEVELOPMENT OF POSTHARVEST INCIDENCE OF RHIZOPUS SOFT ROT OF PAPAYA (W.T. Nishijima, S. Ebersole, John A. Fernandez) |
| POSTHARVEST DISEASES OF PINEAPPLE (K. G. Rohrbach, D. J. Phillips) |
| CHEMICAL CONTROL OF THIELAVIOPSIS BLACK ROT OF PINEAPPLE IN THE CANARY ISLANDS (J.M. Hernandez Hernandez, L. Sala Mayato) |
| FUNGI ASSOCIATED TO PINEAPPLE FRUIT ROTS MARKETED IN CHILE (J.R. Montealegre, L.E. Luchsinger) |
| POST-HARVEST ASSESSMENT OF DISEASE-LOSSES IN FRUITS (J. Yuen, Paul S. Teng) |
| AFLATOXINS IN IMPORTED FIGS (R. Roy) |
| CLOSING STATEMENT: CLOSING SESSION OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE ISHS WORKING GROUP ON POSTHARVEST TECHNOLOGY IN TROPICAL REGIONS (F. J. Proctor) |