Abstracts

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

  1. Current trends and outlook for the global tropical fruit industry
    Mr. Pascal Liu

SESSION 1: DIRECTIONS IN TROPICAL FRUIT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

  1. Tropical fruit research, development, and extension in Australia
    Dr. Muhammad Sohail Mazhar
    Department of Industry, Tourism, and Trade (DITT), Australia
  2. Banana research and development activities in Indonesian Tropical Fruit Research Institute to improve the community welfare
    Dr. Agus Sutanto
    Indonesian Fruits Research Institute (ITFRI), Indonesia
  3. Fruit production in Bangladesh – A unique contribution on nutritional food security, household income, poverty reduction, women participation, biodiversity, sustainable development, environmental protection and specially in development of immunity to combat COVID-19
    Prof. Dr. Mohammad A. Rahim
    Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Bangladesh
  4. Coordinated led technology development in tropical fruit crops in India
    Dr. Prakash Patil
    ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), India

SESSION 2: BREEDING AND CROP IMPROVEMENT

  1. Banana breeding strategies and the recent progress in China
    Dr. Ou Sheng
    Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences (GDAAS), China
  2. Collection, Evaluation and Utilization of Germplasm Resources of Pitaya 
    Dr. Yonghua Qin
    South China Agricultural University (SCAU), China
  3. Inter Simple Sequence Repeats (ISSR) Genetic Divergence and Varietal Identification of Bananas in Pakistan
    Dr. Saima Noor
    National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Pakistan
  4. Improvement of banana cv. Rasthali (Musa spp., AAB) through clonal selection
    Dr. Manju PR, Kerala Agricultural University (KAU), India
  5. Characterization and evaluation of wood apple (Feronia limonia L.) genotypes for yield and quality
    Dr. J. Rajangam
    Horticultural College and Research Institute, Periyakulam, India
  6. New banana cultivars can more than double the yields for African smallholder farmers
    Dr. Michael Batte
    International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Uganda

SESSION 3: CONSUMER TRENDS AND EXPANSION OF TROPICAL FRUITS IN THE GLOBAL MARKET

  1. Consumer trends and market outlook for tropical fruits in Japan
    Mr. Shinji Ohta
    Creativehouse Corp. Japan
  2. What influences the consumers’ choice of tropical fruits?
    Asst. Prof. Dr. Hatice Reyhan Öziyci
    Antalya Bilim University, Turkey
  3. The emerging export markets of Malaysian tropical fruits: A preliminary outlook
    Dr. Roslina Ali
    Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), Malaysia

SESSION 4: PESTS AND DISEASES MANAGEMENT

  1. Important pests and diseases of fruits for export (mango, pineapple, and pawpaw) in Fiji – A Review 
    Dr. Mereia F. Lomavatu
    Ministry of Agriculture, Fiji
  2. Beneficial microorganisms for suppression of Fusarium wilt and its promoting for banana sustainable production
    Dr. Sijun Zheng
    Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, China
  3. Systemic resistance induced seedlings for better vegetative growth, yield production and disease resistance for papaya and banana
    Dr. Ganisan Krishnen
    Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), Malaysia
  4. Developing the IPM package for dragon fruit in south Vietnam
    Dr. Nguyen Thanh Hieu
    Southern Horticultural Research Institute (SOFRI), Vietnam
  5. Strategic management of banana Eumusae leaf spot severity in Andhra Pradesh, India
    Dr. A. Snehalatha Rani
    DR. YSR Horticultural University, India
  6. Population dynamics of major insect pests of jackfruit in Kerala under Fixed plot survey
    Dr. Gavas Ragesh
    Kerala Agricultural University (KAU), India
  7. Papaya ringspot disease: a global menace and its management through RNAi 
    Dr. Basavaprabhu L. Patil
    ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), India

SESSION 5: POST HARVEST TECHNOLOGIES

  1. Nutritional and phytochemical profile of freeze-dried fruits of Lipote (Syzygium polycephaloides. CB Rob. Merr) and Duhat (Syzygium cumini (L) Skeels
    Asst. Prof. A.C. Cayetano
    University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), Philippines
  2. EONature coating treatment of Sala mango for export simulation studies to Singapore
    Ms. Nor Hanis Aifaa Yusoff
    Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), Malaysia
  3. Nutritional and functional prospective of freeze dried fruits of two Philippines Bignay (Antedesma bunius (L) Spreng) cultivars
    Ms. Jonina Marie J. Tengco
    University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), Philippines
  4. Establishment of micro multifruit processing unit
    Dr. R.K. Singh
    Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), India
  5. A blending of sapota and lime juice using different methods of extraction
    Mr. Satish Phalake
    Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), India

SESSION 6: LINKING FARMERS TO MARKETS: INTEGRATION INTO THE VALUE CHAINS

  1. Responsible tropical fruits value chains 
    Mr. Michael Riggs
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  2. Towards more responsible contract farming arrangements in the Asia-Pacific region
    Prof. Dr. Peter J. Batt
    University of Western Australia (UWA), Australia
  3. Tropical fruit informatic network value chain: pathway for achieving sustainable farmers’ income
    Prof. Moni Madaswamy
    Centre for Agricultural Informatics and e-Governance Research Studies (CAIRS) & Centre for Agribusiness and Disaster Management Studies (CADMS), India
  4. Challenges in shifting traditional production and supply chain of mangosteen fruit in Bali toward value creation for export market
    Prof. Dr. I Made Supatra Utama
    Udayana University, Indonesia
  5. Research on the sales channel efficiency of fresh agricultural products – Based on a survey of litchi growers in Guangdong province
    Dr. Qi Wen’e
    South China Agricultural University, China
  6. Development of the mango value chain in Pakistan
    Prof. Dr. Aman Ullah Malik
    University of Agriculture, Pakistan

SESSION 7: GOOD PRACTICES AND PRODUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENTS

  1. Floral biology, syncarp development and aril quality of jackfruit
    Assoc. Prof. Dr. Phebe Ding
    Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia
  2. Effectiveness of Stingless bee domestication in durian orchard
    Mr. Fahimee Jaapar
    Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), Malaysia
  3. Porous root restrictive membrane regulates growth and yield of mango (Mangifera indica cv. chokanan) grown under field condition
    Assoc. Prof. Dr. Siti Zaharah Sakimin
    Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia
  4. Research for supporting integrated pests and diseases control of mango in Indonesia
    Dr. Affandi
    Indonesian Tropical Fruits Reseach institute (ITFRI), Indonesia
  5. Reproductive phenology of jackfruit: A critical dimension of plant function
    Dr. Kundan Kishore
    Indian Institute of Horticultural Research: ICAR (ICAR-IIHR), India
  6. Yield and quality of pineapple affected as affected by pre and post flowering application of nutrients
    Asst. Prof. Dr. T. Maya
    Kerala Agricultural University, India
  7. Influence of mycorrhiza (Glomus spp.) on flowering, yield and quality of dragon fruit (Selenicereus monacanthus) in eastern tropical region of India
    Ms. Ankita Sahu
    Central Institute for Women in Agriculture: ICAR (ICAR-CIWA), India
  8. The effect of medium and microbial fertilizer on Passiflora (Passiflora edulis Sims.) seedless development
    Mr. Lokman Altinkaya
    Akdeniz University, Turkey
  9. Abundance and diversity of wild pollinators in avocado orchards improves with proximity to natural
    Ms. Keira Dymond
    University of Reading, United Kingdom
  10. Intestinal immune regulation activity and mechanism of polysaccharide from longan pulp
    Dr. Fei Huang
    Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences (GDAAS), China