• Rickettsia discovered in diseased papaya apparently causes the disease and provides clue to plant evolution
• The challenges of developing a natural enemy augmentation program for pink pineapple mealybug management
• Improved monitoring systems for two important weevil pests of ornamental palms in Florida
• Larval and pupal parasitoids offer potential for managing fruit-piercing moths in Micronesia
• Modeling effects of supplements on performance of forage-fed beef cattle
• Molecular biology and genetic engineering studies on forage grasses
• Biocontrol of crop aphids on Guam

• Effluents from fish tank cultures prove effective fertilizer for pak choi production
• Bacterial blight of anthuriums suppressed by a mixture of four bacteria
• Papaya: A sweeter fruit
• A new strategy for genetically engineering resistance in plants to geminiviruses
• Two possible techniques to increase milk production in heat-stressed dairy cattle
• Development of sustainable vegetable agroecosystems though technology integration
• Fat supplementation can improve fertility of dairy cows

• Genetic engineering for a naturally caffeine-free coffee
• Establishment and persistence of grazing grasses in Florida and Puerto Rico
• Improved field production of herbs and spices benefit growers in the U.S. Virgin Islands
• Management of cabbage pests of the Asia Pacific low land tropics
• Improved management reduces southern green stinkbug damage in Hawaiian macadamia nuts
• Allelopathy aids weed control in vegetables in Puerto Rico
• Heat tolerance in various breeds and crosses of cattle

• T-STAR research helps Florida deal with citrus tristeza virus
• Trap crops and cultural methods for managing diamondback moth pests
• CBAG-sponsored research develops potential bioherbicide for pigweeds
• Improved nutrition for undernourished macadamia nut trees
• Tick vectors of African swine fever in the Caribbean Basin
• Critical need for phosphorus to manage natural resources in the tropics
• New methods of identifying Phytoplasma (disease agents of plants)
• Roundworm control with reduced pesticide use and reduced loss from soil to air

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• CBAG/PBAG workshop focuses on ways to sustain the fragile agroecosystems of the Caribbean and Pacific islands
• The moth heard "Round the World"
• CBAG-sponsored biotechnology research produces seedless watermelon
• Crop production by nematode control utilizing Mucuna and management techniques
• Explosive breeding in orchids
• Production of natural colors from the perfusion culture of tropical plant cells
• Biological control of invasive siam weed
• Predicting growth stage, harvest date, and yield of pineapple
• Managing and extending mango production

• Computer systems for enhancing agricultural decision making in the Caribbean
• Biological control of exotic weeds of the Pacific Basin with plant pathogens
• Control of palm weevils, Rhynchophorus spp. and red ring with semiochemical attractants
• Peach palm - A new crop for Hawaii
• New ornamental pot crops for the islands (Caribbean)
• Defoliation responses and quality-related determinants of Pennisetum forages

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