Hugh Harries - Tropical Tree Crops Agronomist
MEXICO
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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.
1993 Consultant to Centro de Investigacion Cientifica de
Yucatan (CICY):
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.
1988 & 1989 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 problemàtica
del amarillamiento letal del cocotero en México.
Centro de Investigacion Cientifica de Yucatan, Mexico.