Hugh Harries - Tropical Tree Crops Agronomist
LATIN AMERICA
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1992 Consultant to IBPGR (IPGRI) to establish COGENT
(Coconut Genetic Resources Network).
Harries, H.C. &
Almeida T., E. (1993) Coconut as a fresh fruit. International
Symposium on Tropical Fruit, Brasil, November 1993.
1987 Visit NBPOD agent for distribution of PNG oil palm
planting in Latin America.
1970 Presented paper at VIII
Reunion Latino-americana de Fitotecnica,
Harries, H.C.
(1971) Coconut varieties in America. Oléagineux
26, 235-242; visited coconut and oil palm research stations and
plantations.
Harries, H.C. (1970) Report on a visit to
Colombia. CIB (unpublished)
1999 Advisor to Hacienda Victoria on hybrid coconut seed production
1999 Coconuts in Latin America presentation at EARTH meeting
1988 & 89 Advisor to SACRAC on hybrid coconut seed
production;
Harries, H.C. (1988) Recommendations for hybrid
seed garden operations. SACRAC (consultant report).
Harries,
H.C. (1989) Further recommendations for hybrid seed garden
operations. SACRAC (consultant report).
1977 To advise Associacion Bananera Nacional (ASBANA) on
coconut hybrid production.
Harries, H.C. (1977) Coconut
hybrid seed production in Costa Rica. CIB (consultant report to
ASBANA).
Richardson, D., Harries, H.C. & Balsevicius,
E. (1978) Variedades de cocoteros en Costa Rica. Turrialba
28,87-90;
2005 Consultant to Foods of the Earth Inc to advise Sheritt Green on the possibility of exporting fresh coconuts from Baracoa.
2000 Collecting information for CICLY
1978 To advise on coconut research.
Waters, H.,
Romney, D.H. & Harries, H.C. (1980) Cuba: Lethal yellowing
disease of coconuts. FAO Plant Prot. Bull. 28, 139-141.
Harries, H.C., Carrodeguas,
A & Romney D.H. (1978) Fruit component analysis of coconut
varieties varieties in Cuba .Ciencias de la Agricultura (en
español)
1999 FAO Virologist to advise Sanidad Vegetal on
location of LY pest free area.
Harries, H.C,
Herasme-C., J. & Hichez Frias, E. (2001) Reasons why lethal
yellowing disease of the coconut palm has not become epidemic in the
Dominican Republic. Palms 45(2) 92-96.
2000 To advise IICA on rehabilitation after Hurricane Mitch
2000 To advise IICA, Wafaluma & Prolansate on
LY rehabilitation after Hurricane Mitch
1999 To
advise FHIA on LY rehabilitation after Hurricane Mitch
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2002 onwards Profesor-Investigador Invitado
1998 to 2002 Centro de Investigaciòn Cientìfica de Yucatïàn AC, Investigator Titular C (also see CICY web page); from 1999 moderating internet groups on coconut - lethal yellowing (CICLY), cultivars (ICCRA), pests, etc.
Publications - see Coconut Time Line
1997 International Symposium on Coconut Biotechnology,
CICY, Merida, Mexico, December 1997.
Harries, H.C. (1999)
Does clonal coconut material have a potential use in any agricultural
system?
1993 Fundacion Ecologica, Jalisco.
The Costa Cuixmala
Palmetum: a proposal to conserve national palm genetic resources in
Mexico - the "Theme Park" approach.
1988, 89 & 93 Consultant to Centro de Investigacion
Cientifica de Yucatan (CICY):
Zizumbo V., D. & Harries,
H.C. (1990) Variedades y disponibilidad de germoplasma de Cocos
nucifera L. en Mexico. In: M.L. Robert & D. Zizumbo V. (eds)
La problem�tica del amarillamiento letal del
cocotero en México.
Centro de Investigacion Cientifica de Yucatan, Mexico.;
Zizumbo-V.,
D., Hernandez-R., F. & Harries, H.C. (1993) Coconut
varieties in Mexico. Economic Botany 47(1) 65-78;
Harries,
H.C. (1995) The genetics of durable resistance to lethal yellowing
disease. In: C. Oropeza et al (eds) Lethal Yellowing: Research &
Practical Aspects, Kluwer Academic Publishers pp. 149-171.
1989 FAO Consultant on Lethal Yellowing disease.