Fruits, The International Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Horticulture

Fruits, The International Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Horticulture (ISSN 0248-1294 print and ISSN 1625-967X electronic), a leading scientific journal published by the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) in collaboration with CIRAD. The journal includes original articles and reviews dealing with such crops as vegetables, fruits, spices, ornamentals and medicinal plants growing in the tropical and subtropical environment.
The extended scope covers issues on crop production and cropping systems, breeding, genetics and the release of genetic material adapted to tropical and subtropical environments, management, storage and market supply of underutilized crops, integrated management of pests and diseases, clinical relevant effect of tropical and subtropical horticultural species, peri-urban and urban tropical crop production, sustainable water and input use, capacity building in horticulture, value chain development in developing countries, seed science and agricultural engineering. See www.ishs.org/fruits for information.

DOI: 10.17660/th2023/009 Original article Estimation of nitrogen uptake dynamics in banana with two simple indicators of biomass M. Ruillé^1,2,a, E. Dorey^1,2 and M. Dorel^1,2 ¹ CIRAD, UPR GECO, F-97130 Capesterre-Belle-Eau, Guadeloupe, France ² GECO, Université Montpellier, CIRAD, Montpellier, France Summary and Fulltext

DOI: 10.17660/th2023/010 Original article Agroecological farming practices against fruit flies in Central Eastern Tanzania J.A. Bakengesa^1,3,a, A.B. Kudra¹, M. De Meyer², M. Virgilio², M.W. Mwatawala¹ and R.O. Majubwa¹ ¹ Department of Crop Science and Horticulture, Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), P.O. Box 3005, Chuo Kikuu, Morogoro, Tanzania ² Royal Museum for Central Africa, Invertebrates Section and JEMU, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B3080 Tervuren, Belgium ³ Department of Biology, The University of Dodoma (UDOM), P.O. Box 259, Dodoma, Tanzania Summary and Fulltext

DOI: 10.17660/th2023/011 Original article *Optimizing agronomic practices for pineapple (Ananas comosus* (L). Merr. ‘MD-2’ cultivar) production based on growth stages** J. Vásquez-Jiménez^1,a,, D.P. Bartholomew², B. Vargas³, C.J. Wilkerson⁴ and G. Hoogenboom⁵ ¹ Doctorado en Ciencias Naturales para el Desarrollo (DOCINADE), Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, Universidad Nacional, Universidad Estatal a Distancia, Costa Rica ² Department of Tropical Plant and Soil Science, University of Hawaii Manoa, Honolulu, HI, U.S.A. ³ Biostatistics Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica ⁴ Independent Scholar, Gainesville, FL, U.S.A. ⁵ Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, U.S.A. Summary and Fulltext

DOI: 10.17660/th2023/012 Original article Apple cultivation and its major challenging constraints in the Central Highlands of Madagascar M. Ranaivozandriny^1,2,3, S. Ravelomanantsoa², H. Rasolofoarivao², L. Raveloson Ravaomanarivo¹ and H. Delatte^3,a ¹ Department of Entomology, Faculty of Sciences, Université of Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar ² Department of Agricultural Research, CENRADERU/FOFIFA, Antananarivo, Madagascar ³ UMR PVBMT, CIRAD, Saint Pierre, La Réunion, France Summary and Fulltext

DOI: 10.17660/th2023/005 Original article *Estimation of flowers and fruits production and loss in Moringa oleifera* Lam.** B.F. Bazie^1,2,a, M.C.E. Dao¹ and O. Gnankine² ¹ Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique, Institut de l'Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles (CNRST/INERA), 03 BP 7047 Ouagadougou 03, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso ² Université Joseph Ki Zerbo, UFR/SVT, 03 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 03, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Summary and Fulltext

DOI: 10.17660/th2023/006 Original article *A comparison of the anti-proliferative activity of Carica papaya* L. extracts obtained from bioreactor and field roots against Caco-2 and HeLa human carcinoma cell lines** N. Jamieson¹, J. Shalom^1,2, R. Drew¹ and I. Cock^1,2 ¹ School of Natural Sciences, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, 4111, Australia ² Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, 4111, Australia Summary and Fulltext

DOI: 10.17660/th2023/007 Original article Evaluation of jamun genotypes for seed mineral content N.U. Vani¹, P.C. Tripathi², T.R. Rupa³, A. Prabhakar Singh³ and V. Keshava Rao⁴ ¹ Division of Fruits, IGKV, Raipur, India ² Department of Horticulture, ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru, India ³ Department of Fruit Science, College of Agriculture, IGKV, Raipur, India ⁴ Division of Basic Sciences, ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru, India Summary and Fulltext

DOI: 10.17660/th2023/008 Original article *Collaborative expression of FLOWERING LOCUS* C in heat-tolerant cauliflower** Chen-Yu Lin¹, Ching-Hsiang Hsieh², Tzu-Ying Yeh¹ and Hsiang-I Lee^1,a ¹ Fengshan Tropical Horticultural Experiment Branch, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Kaohsiung, Taiwan ² Department of Plant Industry, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan Summary and Fulltext