PROCEEDINGS

"International Conference on Mango and Date Palm Conference: Culture & Export"

June 20-23, 2005

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Cover Page

Printing Information

Title Page

Organizing Committees

A tribute to (late) Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ibrahim Chaudhary

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Foreword

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Preface

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Inaugural Address

Prof. Dr. Bashir Ahmad (E.F)

Vice Chancellor, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad

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Key Note

Dr. Aman Ullah Malik

Institute of Horticultural Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad

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Welcome Address

Prof. Dr. Bashir Ahmad (E.F)

Vice Chancellor, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad

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Concluding Remarks

Mr. Sikandar Hayat Bosan

Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Livestock

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Session I: Breeding, Propagation, Nutrition and Management

1

Mango water relations and irrigation scheduling

Ping Lu

9

2

Influence of source of N, P and K on absorption of nutrients in the leaves of mango cv. Dusehri

Nav Prem Singh, W.S. Dhillon,  C. S. Malhi, R.C. Sharma and B.S .Brar

20

3

Effect of foliar feeding of N, P and K on vegetative and fruiting characters of mango cv. Dusehri

Nav Prem Singh, C.S. Malhi and R.C. Sharma

27

4

Use of Ethrel^® to eliminate late flushing and promote flowering in mango

Ping Lu

32

5

Evaluation of some mango cultivars under North  Indian conditions

Y.R.. Chanana, J S. Josan and P.K. Arora

34

6

Economics of mango growing in Punjab

Khuda Bakhsh, Basharat Ali Saleem, Aman Ullah Malik and Khurram Ziaf

39

7

Study on mineral nutrient in mango orchard in Iran

A. H. Mohebi

46

8

Faiz Kareem: A new mango cultivar

Ishtiaq Ahmad, Mehboob ur Rahman, Nabeela Tabassam, Yusuf Zafar, Raheel Anwar, Aman Ullah Malik and Saeed Ahmad Malik

52

Session II: Plant Protection and Food Safety

9

Mango decline disorders prevailing in Pakistan

Muhammad Tariq Malik, Altaf Ahmad Dasti, Sultan Mahmood Khan

53

10

Immunogold localization of fungus Fusarium mangiferae in malformed buds of mango

Zafar Iqbal, Sohail Hameed, Altaf Ahmad Dasti, Ahmad Saleem, Nosheen Mushtaq and Fauzia Y. Hafeez

61

11

Fungicidal management of powdery mildew of mango in Punjab, India

S.K. Thind, J.S. Josan and V.K. Vij

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12

Evaluation of mango (Mangifera indica L.) germplasm against malformation

Ishfaq Ahmad Hafiz, Nadeem Akhtar Abbasi, Ikhlaq Ahmad Khan and Choudhary Abdul Haq

73

13

Changes in sugar, amino acid and mineral contents of barks of two mango cultivars affected with quick decline disease

Muhammad Tariq Malik, Aslam Shad, Altaf Ahmad Dasti,  Sultan Mahmood Khan and Abdul Haq

79

14

Mango malformation in relation to leaf nitrogen contents

Raheel Anwar, Muhammad Saleem, Basharat Ali Saleem, Saeed Ahmad and Zahoor Hussain

84

15

Effects of environmental factors on population fluctuation of mango hopper (Idioscopus clypealis Leth.) in south east of Iran

H. pezhman

89

16

Investigations to explore the etiological agent of mango decline in the Punjab, Pakistan

Muhammad Shahbaz, Zafar Iqbal, Sultan Mehmood Khan and Ahmad Saleem

93

17

Incidence of mango midge and its control in different mango growing countries of the world

Waqar Ahmed, M. Azher Nawaz, Basharat Ali Saleem and M. Asim

98

18

Induction of vegetative malformation on mango seedlings by artificial inoculations of fungus Fusarium mangiferae

Zafar Iqbal, Ahmad Saleem and Altaf Ahmad Dasti

103

19

Combating mango malformation through an integrated management strategy

Zafar Iqbal, Altaf Ahmad Dasti and Ahmad Saleem

110

20

Association of isolates of fungus Fusarium mangiferae with malformed tissues of local and exotic cultivars in Pakistan

Zafar Iqbal, Ahmad Saleem and Altaf Ahmad Dasti

116

21

Selective growth media to study morphological and cultural characteristics of Fusarium mangiferae, the cause of mango malformation

Zafar Iqbal, Altaf Ahmad Dasti and Ahmad Saleem

124

22

In vitro evaluation of fungicides against fungus Botryodiplodia theobromae, the cause of mango decline in the Punjab

Muhammad Shahbaz, Zafar Iqbal, Ahmad Saleem and Sultan Mehmood Khan

130

23

Evaluation of sucking type of mango strains under sub mountane zone of Eastern Punjab (India)

Nav Prem Singh and R.C. Sharma

135

24

Genetic diversity among Botryodiplodia theobromae isolates causing collar/stem rot of mango in Pakistan

Muhammad Tariq Malik, Mehboob-ur-rahaman, Tahira Yasmin, Altaf Ahmad Dasti, Sultan Mahmood Khan and Yusuf Zafar

142

Session III: Harvest, Postharvest handling, Marketing, Export, Processing and Industrial Uses

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Studies on behavior of Chausa mango during cool storage and ripening

B. V. C. Mahajan, A. S. Dhatt, Satish Kumar and Manohar L.

151

25

Post harvest handling of mango – a review

P.S. Gill, Nav Prem Singh and S.K. Jawandha

157

26

Commercial potential of value added mango products

Ehsan Elahi Bajwa, Muhammad Mushtaq Ahmad, Babar Ehsan Bajwa, Naeem Zafar Perwaiz and Abdul Ghafoor

167

27

Economics of mango and dates exports from Pakistan

Muhammad Iqbal

169

28

Role of polyamines in fruit development, ripening, chilling injury, storage and quality of mango and other fruits: a review

Aman Ullah Malik, Zora Singh  and Ahmad Sattar Khan

182

Session I: Breeding, Propagation, Nutrition and Management

29

Evaluation of date palm cultivars in arid irrigated region of Punjab

V.K. Vij, S.K. Thatai and P.K. Monga

189

30

Varietal study of date cultivars under central Punjab conditions

Shafqat Ali Syed, Raheel Anwar, Saeed Ahmad  and Ali Asghar Asi

196

31

Economics of date palm growing in Punjab, Pakistan

Khuda Bakhsh, Basharat Ali Saleem, Raheel Anwar, Khurram Ziaf and Zahoor Hussain

203

32

Date cultivars in Iran

Saeed Hajian

211

Session II: Culture and Management, Plant Protection and Food Safety

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Effect of different pollination methods on fruit set, pomological characters and yield of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) cv. Dhakki under the agro-climatic conditions of Dera Ismail Khan

Muhammad Iqbal, Muhammad Munir, Muhammad Subhan and Muhammad Qasim Khan

219

34

Effects of water use in drip irrigation and surface irrigation methods on yield and vegetative characteristics on date palm

A. H. Mohebi

225

35

Evaluation of date palm varieties against Graphiola leaf spot disease

S. K.Thind, Nirmaljit Kaur and S. K. Thatai

229

36

Study on effects of different bunch covers and thinning methods on date bunch fading disorder

H. Pezhman, V. Roshan and E. Rahkhodaei

233

37

Study on population dynamism of date palm spider mite Oligonychus afrasiaticus (Tetranychidae) and its natural enemies in Hormozgan province

Bagheri, A., M. Askari and A. Shahriari

238

38

Study on the effect of Imidacloprid on date palm hopper by soil application and injection

Askari, M and A. Bagheri

247

39

Fundamentals of pollination in date palm plantations in Iran

Saeed Hajian

252

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Pollination studies with relation to post splitting time intervals of female spathes on fruiting of date (Phoenix dactylifera L.) cultivars

Shafqat Ali Syed, Raheel Anwar, Saeed Ahmad and Ali Asghar Asi

260

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Comparative study of modified pollinator: a mechanical tool for the accelerated pollination work in the date palm orchard

Shafqat Ali Shah and Raheel Anwar

264

42

Development of a date palm dethorning device

Ahmad Mosttan

269

Session III: Harvest, Postharvest Handling, Marketing, Export, Processing and Industrial Uses

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Postharvest handling, curing and processing for export quality dates

Samir H. Alshakir

283

44

Influence of storage atmosphere on shelf stability of Dhakki dates

Ahmad K. Baloch, Shahzada A. Saleem, Musa K. Baloch and Waqar Ahmad Baloch

292

45

Present scenario and future prospects of date industry

Raheel Anwar, Shafqat Ali Syed, Zahoor Hussain and Saeed Ahmad

299

46

Commercial prospects of date processing for export purposes

Muhammad Mushtaq Ahmad, Ehsan Elahi Bajwa, Babar Ehsan Bajwa, Anjum Javed and Abdus Salam

310

47

Procedures, regulations and facilitation of horticulture export

Muhammad Iqbal

312

48

Standardization of in-situ grafting time in mango (Mangifera indica L.) under rainfed conditions in the lower Shivaliks of Punjab

P.S. Aulakh and S.S. Bawa

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Establishment of mango plants with limited water application under rainfed conditions in the lower Shivaliks of Punjab

P.S. Aulakh and J.S. Kamboj

324

50

Effect of inorganic fertilizers, organic manure and their time of application on fruit   production and fruit quality in mango cv. Dushehari

Y. R. Chanana, Harmail Singh and Rajbir Singh Boora

325

51

Bio-chemical control of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) infesting mangoes (Mangifera indica)

Khalid Abdullah and Abdul Latif

326

52

Postharvest management of mango for distant marketing

A.S. Dhatt

327

53

Export supply function for Pakistani mango: an empirical estimation

Khalid Mushtaq and Abdul Ghafoor

328

54

Diversity in characters of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) grown in NWFP, Pakistan

Atiq Ahmad Alizai, Mohammad Amin and Nasir ud Din

329

55

Genetic diversity of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) accessions from Oman determined by AFLP markers

Iqrar A. khan, Pachanoor, S. Devanand, Jinggui Fang and Thompson Chao

330

56

Interplantation of citrus cultivars in date palm for better economic returns

S.K. Thatai, V.K. Vij and Nirmaljit Kaur

332

57

Investigation of knife and leaf factors on cutting strength and energy of date palm leaf

A. Marzban, N. Khademolhosseini and A. Albozahar

333

58

Impact of controlled atmosphere on the stability of Dhakki dates

Ahmad K. Baloch, Musa K. Baloch, and   Shahzada A. Saleem

334

59

Exploiting the potential of freeze technology for monitoring product flow: improvement in yield and quality of Dhakki dates

Ahmad K. Baloch, Shahzada A. Saleem and Musa K. Baloch

335

60

Analysis of mango fruit and seed

Khurram Ziaf and  A.U. Malik

336

61

Influence of microwave radiation on ripening of Dhakki dates

Shahzada A. Saleem and Ahmad K. Baloch

337