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INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN FRUTICULTURA TROPICAL For a competitive and sustainable fruit growingSECOND ANNOUNCEMENT To all our colleagues: The Research Institute on Tropical Fruit Culture and the Agricultural Enterprise Group from the Ministry of Agriculture from the Republic of Cuba have the pleasure to call you to participate in the Fifth International Symposium on Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Growing / IX International Pineapple Symposium "FRUTICULTURA 2017", to be held from October 15 to 19 th of 2017, in Hotel Nacional de Cuba, Havana City, Cuba. In this new edition of the event, we look forward to show all the results Cuba has in fruit growing. Also, to exchange with large-experienced prestigious personalities of the fruit world, especially from pineapple crop management, about technologies applied in other producer countries. This exchange must contribute to improve fruit production, conservation, processing and commercialization of tropical fruits, to facilitate food safety, the reduction of rural poverty and the sustainable development of the participant countries. ORGANIZER COMMITTEE Honor Chairmanship MSc. Frank Castañeda Santalla Chairmanship Dr. C. Guillermo Rafael Almenares Garlobo Vice-Presidents MSc. Arisbel Ferro Barrios, MSc. Alina Beltrán Castillo, MSc. Emilio Farrés Armentero, Eng. Julio Gómez Moldón Scientific Committee Fifth International Symposium on Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Growing Dra. Mayda Betancourt Grandal IIFT, Cuba Dra. Lianne Fernández Granda INIFAT, Cuba Dr. Miguel Ramos Leal IIFT, Cuba Dr. Arnaldo Álvarez Brito INAF, Cuba Dra. Lochy Batista Le Riverend IIFT, Cuba Dr. Luis L. Vázquez Moreno INISAV, Cuba MSc. Lester Hernández Rodríguez IIFT, Cuba Dra. Bárbara Ivette Tortosa Ferrer ONUDI, Cuba

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INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONESEN FRUTICULTURA TROPICAL

“For a competitive and sustainable fruit growing”

SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT

To all our colleagues:

The Research Institute on Tropical Fruit Culture and the Agricultural Enterprise Group from the Ministry of Agriculture from the Republic of Cuba have the pleasure to call you to participate in the Fifth International Symposium on Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Growing / IX International Pineapple Symposium "FRUTICULTURA 2017", to be held from October 15 to 19th of 2017, in Hotel Nacional de Cuba, Havana City, Cuba.

In this new edition of the event, we look forward to show all the results Cuba has in fruit growing. Also, to exchange with large-experienced prestigious personalities of the fruit world, especially from pineapple crop management, about technologies applied in other producer countries. This exchange must contribute to improve fruit production, conservation, processing and commercialization of tropical fruits, to facilitate food safety, the reduction of rural poverty and the sustainable development of the participant countries.

ORGANIZER COMMITTEE

Honor Chairmanship MSc. Frank Castañeda Santalla

Chairmanship

Dr. C. Guillermo Rafael Almenares Garlobo

Vice-Presidents MSc. Arisbel Ferro Barrios, MSc. Alina Beltrán Castillo, MSc. Emilio Farrés Armentero, Eng. Julio Gómez Moldón

Scientific Committee Fifth International Symposium on Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Growing

Dra. Mayda Betancourt Grandal – IIFT, Cuba

Dra. Lianne Fernández Granda – INIFAT, Cuba

Dr. Miguel Ramos Leal – IIFT, Cuba Dr. Arnaldo Álvarez Brito – INAF, Cuba Dra. Lochy Batista Le Riverend – IIFT, Cuba Dr. Luis L. Vázquez Moreno – INISAV, Cuba MSc. Lester Hernández Rodríguez – IIFT, Cuba

Dra. Bárbara Ivette Tortosa Ferrer – ONUDI, Cuba

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MSc. Tania Mulkay Vitón – IIFT, Cuba Dr. Miguel Aranguren González – IIFT, Cuba

Scientific Committee IX International Pineapple Symposium

Dr. Domingo Haroldo Reinhardt - EMBRAPA, Brasil

Dr. Duane Bartholomew – Universidad de Hawaii, Hawaii, USA

Dr. Luis Pérez Vicente - INISAV, Cuba Dr. Alain Soler - CIRAD, Martinique Dr. Aristoteles Pires de Matos - EMBRAPA, Brasil

Dr. Daniel Herrera Durán – TicoFrut. Agricultural Manager. Costa Rica

Dr. Justo L. González Olmedo - Bioplantas, Cuba

Dr. Andrés Rebolledo – INIFAP, Veracruz, México

Dra. Martha Hernández - Bioplantas, Cuba Dra. Miriam Isidrón Pérez - UNAH, Cuba MSc. Lester Hernández Rodríguez - IIFT, Cuba

Dra. Fernanda Vidigal Duarte Souza - EMBRAPA, Brasil

Acta Horticulturae international editorial committee of the IX International Pineapple Symposium

Dr. Domingo Haroldo Reinhardt - EMBRAPA, Brasil

Dr. Duane Bartholomew – Universidad de Hawaii, Hawaii, USA

Dr. Aristoteles Pires de Matos - EMBRAPA, Brasil

Garth Sanewski - DPA, Gobierno de Queensland, Australia

Dr. Alain Soler - CIRAD, Martinica Dr. Justo L. González Olmedo - Bioplantas, Cuba

Dr. Luis Pérez Vicente - INISAV, Cuba Dra. Mirian Isidron Pérez – UNAH, Cuba

Executive Secretary Dra. Juliette Valdés-Infante Herrero

Institutional Communication and Public Relations

MSc. Mónica Piniella Gutiérrez; MSc. Lester Hernández

Economy Management Esp. Jorge Rodríguez Milián

International Collaboration and Agri-business

Eng. Ritzi Gonzalez Miret, Lic. Yaikiria Deus Montes

Organizers for field tour MSc. Emilio Farrés Armenteros; MSc. Rolando Clavijo Izquierdo

Assurance and Services

Esp. Juan Carlos Díaz Acosta, Esp. Pedro Fernández Montoya

Professional Organizer of CUBANACÁN Travel Agency Lic. Oscar López Betancourt

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Contact for Organizer Committee correspondence: Dra. Juliette Valdés-Infante Herrero 7th Avenue, #3005, e/30 y 32, Miramar, Playa, La Habana. Cuba. FAX: (537) 204 6794. E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Phones: (537) 209-3585; (537) 206-6828 In the Website of the Research Institute on Tropical Fruit Culture (www.fruticulturacubana.co.cu), in the InterAmerican Citrus Network (IACNET) (www.riacnet.net), in the International Society of Horticultural Sciences (www.ishs.org) and in the IIFT facebook web site (Iift Iift) there is more information related with the Symposiums. In this Websites it will be possible to download information and documents related with the meeting. The following personalities have confirmed their participation:

Magistral conferences - Sustainable intensification based on Conservation Agriculture – relevance to fruit growing. Speaker: Sr. Theodor Friedrich. Representative of FAO in Cuba. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. - Limitations for pineapple growth and commercialization: the international researches contribution to solve limitations and its future projections. Speaker: PhD. Domingo Haroldo Reinhardt - EMBRAPA, Brazil, Chairman of the Pineapple Group from the International Society for Horticultural Sciences (ISHS). - Fruit Growing: its contribution to Food and Nutritional Safety and to the Sustainable Development. Speaker: MSc. Raixa Llauger Riverón, Sub-regional FAO Office in Mesoamerica, Panama.

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FIFTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL FRUIT GROWING

Scientific Sessions and Workshops

Genetic resources and breeding of fruit trees for food and nutritional safety, agriculture and biodiversity. Workshop: Status and conservation of agricultural phytogenetic resources.

- Citrus genomics: origin of cultivated varieties and generation of new cultivars. Speaker: PhD. Manuel Talón. Valencia Institute of Agrarian Investigations (IVIA). Spain. - Biotechnology for propagation and genetic improvement of tropical fruit trees Speaker: Ph.D. Richard Litz, Emeritus Professor, Tropical Fruit University of Florida, Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, USA.

Sustainable and resilient management of fruit trees agro-ecosystems. Workshop:

Value chains and local development – Productive and Metabolic Response of Citrus to Ring. Speaker: PhD. Fernando Rivas. National Institute of Agro-livestock Research (INIA), Uruguay. Director of the Sanitation and Citrus breeding Programs of Uruguay. Phytosanitary surveillance and pest management. Workshop: Pest of high impact

for citrus culture, challenges in the Americas - Phytoplasmas associated to diseases in tropical and subtropical fruit crops Speaker: PhD. Prof. Assunta Bertaccini. Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie. ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA, Italy. - Citrus leprosis: a disease with a complex etiology Speaker: PhD. Pedro Luis Ramos González. Biologic Institute, Sao Paulo, Brazil. - Biology, ecology and population dynamics of pest affecting fruit trees Speaker: PhD Jorge E. Peña, Emeritus Professor, Entomology, Tropical Fruit University of Florida, Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, USA. - Genetic diversity of Citrus tristeza virus in the sub-American region. Speaker: MSc. María José Benítez–Galeano. Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Northwest Regional Academic Center (CENUR Nortwest), University of the Republic, Salto, Uruguay.

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– Actual state of citrus HLB in Mexico: epidemiology, control and productive impacts. Speaker: PhD. Gustavo Mora Aguilera. Post-graduates College, Montecillo Campus. Mexico. Post-harvest, Industrialization and Commercialization. Workshop: Impact of

Cleaner Productions in the fruit tree agro-industry – Innovation in post-harvest technology as a strategy to reduce losses and maintaining fruit quality after harvesting. Speaker: PhD. Alejandra Salvador. Valencia Institute of Agrarian Investigations (IVIA). Center of Post-harvest Technology. Spain.

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IX INTERNATIONAL PINEAPPLE SYMPOSIUM

Under the aegis of the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) http://www.ishs.org/symposium/591

Scientific Sessions

Management of pineapple agro-ecosystems - Pineapple growth under agro-ecologic management using biotechnological tools. Speaker: PhD. Alain Soler - CIRAD, Reunion Islands, France, specialist in agro-ecological plantations management. - Traditional management of 'MD-2' pineapple plantations in Costa Rica. Speaker: Eng. Zulay Castro – Tecnologic Institute, Costa Rica, specialist in traditional plantations management. Genetic resources, breeding and biotechnology - Germplasm conservation and propagation methods in pineapple. Speaker: Dra. Fernanda Vidigal Duarte Souza - EMBRAPA, Brazil, specialist in propagation and genetic resources conservation. Post-harvest, Industrialization and Commercialization Plant protection - Principal pest affecting pineapple plantations and its impact in crop development. Speaker: PhD. Aristoteles Pires de Matos - EMBRAPA, Brazil, specialist in phytopathology. The event includes magisterial conferences, sessions for papers presentation and discussion; workshops and guided tours to scientific institutions, fruit groves, industries, mini industries and conditioning and packing houses for tropical fruits.

EXHIBITION FAIR During the event, an exhibition fair will be developed, which will be held in the halls of the National Hotel of Cuba. The commercial firms will have the possibility to expose their products and present their main results; as well as a contribution with promotional publicity

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articles representative of its trademark. The Organizing Committee will give recognitions to the stand with greater promotion and presence. The following commercial firms have confirmed their participation: - Stoller Group: Founded by Dr. Jerry H. Stoller in 1970 and currently headquartered in Houston Texas and has more than 20 subsidiaries around the world including Australia, Spain, Turkey, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Canada, Philippines, Chile, among others. The company is dedicated to the formulation and commercialization of nutritional and physiological products, mainly foliar fertilizers and products with contents of plant hormones or molecules that signal physiological processes. Representative for Central America and the Caribbean: Noel Molina. Technical - Commercial Manager. Guatemala. - Phyto Nutrimentos from Mexico. S. A. de C. V: Was founded in the state of Michoacán at the end of 1998. It is a company specialized in plant nutrition, formulation and innovation of Bioregulators, Hormonal Growth Regulators, Enzymatic Root Stimulator, Cell Regenerators, Pollinators, Energizers and Foliar Fertilizers. National Sales Manager from Group Nutra: Eng. Jaime Luciano Garza Blanc.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Acknowledgments will be given to scientists, producers and young people highlighted in the framework of FRUTICULTURA 2017 Oral presentation and poster of basic research Oral presentation and poster of applied research Scientific with relevant results to fruit growing Producers related to science and innovation Young prominent researchers

Presentation of papers

The topics of the Symposiums will be presented and discussed in Scientific Sessions and Workshops, both orally and in posters. Authors interested in presenting a paper should send (only in electronic format) an abstract (up to 250 words) before June 30th, 2017, together with the registration form available in www.fruticulturacubana.co.cu and in www.riacnet.net. Later on, when the Scientific Committee of the Fifth International Symposium on Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Growing confirms the approval of the abstract, you will have de possibility to send a complete paper (up to 10 letter type sheets) before July 30th, 2017. The selected papers will be published in CitriFrut Journal, edited by the Research Institute on Tropical Fruit Culture, which editorial standards are available in the website www.fruticulturacubana.co.cu. The papers selected by the Scientific Committee of the IX International Pineapple Symposium will be published in a special edition of the journal Acta Horticulturae (www.actahort.org) and will be reviewed by an International Editorial Committee. The

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articles should be written in English or Spanish language, according to the guidelines available at http://www.ishs.org/authors. For papers in English it is not obliged to also include an abstract in Spanish. For papers in Spanish it is obliged to also include an extended abstract in English, the English title and the English keywords next to the Spanish abstract, title and keywords.

Presentation standards for abstracts and posters

Abstract For the V International Symposium on Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Growing, abstracts should be submitted in Spanish and English language; 10 points Arial letter; and a maximum extension of 250 words. Also, should be accompanied with the following data: Title of the paper Complete Name and surname of the authors (indicating which will present the paper) Country, Institution, address, phone, fax, E-mail The text should contain objectives, actual status of the thematic, methods and techniques used and principal results. Also, at the end should include three key words to identify the thematic of the paper. For the IX International Pineapple Symposium, abstracts should be submitted in Spanish or English language and all abstracts and full text articles must be submitted using ROSA - Responsive Online System for Acta Horticulturae submission and review, available in www.actahort.org/members/symposiar?nr=591, following the author manual instructions located in www.ishs.org/sites/default/files/page-documents/onlinesubmissionauthorsguide.pdf The text should contain objectives, actual status of the thematic, methods and techniques used and principal results. Poster Size: The posters should have a total area no longer that 0.90 m (wide) x 1.00 m (long). Title and filiation: Letter for the title should be minimum 2.5 cm high and with contrasting color. Also, should contain Name of the authors, institution and address for the correspondence. Text: The headlines for tables and graphics, as well as the text, should be at least 1 cm high, to permit its reading from a 2 m distance. The writing of complex paragraphs and sentences should be avoided. Figures, tables and photos: The letters and numbers included in the figures, tables and photos have the same rules that the text. The official languages of the Symposium: Spanish & English

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Registration fee Fifth International

Symposium on Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Growing

IX International Pineapple Symposium

International Delegates

350 CUC* ISHS Members: 350 EUROS Non ISHS Members: 430 EUROS

Students (not graduated)

200 CUC 250 EUROS

Accompanying persons

150 CUC 100 EUROS

National Delegates

350 CUP 350 CUP*

*CUC Cuban Convertible Peso (1CUC=0,96USD; 1CUC=1,10 EUROS). To USD, an additional 10% charge it’s applied. This change tax can vary daily. *CUP Cuban Peso The registration fee includes:

Program of the event

Abstract (CD-R)

Participation Certificate

Coffee break

Lunch

Welcome cocktail

Closing ceremony

For the participants to the IX International Pineapple Symposium, also includes, the special edition of the journal Acta Horticulturae and the technical tour (but not includes the hotel accommodation during the tour) in the Ciego de Avila province.

For the participants in the Fifth International Symposium on Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Growing, the registration fee does not include the technical tour, which has and additional cost of 35 CUC. These must be paid during the registration the first day of the Symposium. You can ask for your participation in the technical tour when you fill the registration form or through the official Email of the event [email protected].

Transportation of delegates to the event Copa Airlines, the official carrier of the event, offers to all the participants which ask their reservations in their offices, an Special Discount of 10% of the public price available in the 32 destinies of 20 countries of South, Central and North America and the Caribbean. To apply for this discount, you can access to the Copa Airlines website (www.copaair.com) and to introduce the discount code B7229 for FRUTICULTURA 2017 in the link “Promotional Code”. Hotels Reservations For hotels reservations, participants in the event must contact with the traveling agency CUBANACAN, which will guarantee your stay in Cuba and the participation in the event.

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We recommend making the reservation in the selected hotel before July 31th, to guarantee accommodation availability for the date in which the symposiums will take place.

PRICES/ CUC / DAILY

HOTEL DOUBLE ROOM SINGLE

Hotel Nacional de Cuba***** Event Location

Initial cost: 280.00 Promotion: 190.00 Event cost: 220.00

Initial cost: 330.00 Promotion: 135.00 Event cost: 160.00

Hotel Tryp Habana Libre***** 200.00 345.00 Hotel Capri**** 175.00 270.00 Hotel Presidente**** 125.00 165.00 Hotel Vedado / St. John´s*** 90.00 120.00 Hotel Iberostar Mojito Cayo Coco Ciego****

150.00 170.00

The promotion is for participants who make their reservation before July 31, 2017 and does not include transportation to the airport or dinner. The event price is for participants who make their reservation after July 31, 2017 and does not include transportation to the airport or dinner. The reservation in the Iberostar Mojito Cayo Coco Ciego Hotel is only for the participants in the technical tour of the IX International Pineapple Symposium. The accommodation in the night included during the technical tour will be in this hotel, located in Cayo Coco, in the north of Ciego de Avila province. Booking requests for the hotel should be sent to: Lic. Oscar Lopez Betancourt CUBANACAN Traveling Agency Phone: (53)-7- 206-9590 al 93 Ext.: 248 (53)-7-204-65-66 Ext.: 248 E-mail: [email protected] Visa request For your participation in the scientific sessions, workshops and cultural activities of the event, you must ask for a tourist visa at the Cuban consulate of your countries, traveling agencies, airlines or directly in the airport when you arrive to our country. If you one to participate in the visits to Cubans scientific institutions and technical tour, you must ask to the Executive Secretary of the Organizing Committee ([email protected]) for an event visa, which is going to be processed and its cost will be assumed by the Cuban Organizing Committee.