PROCEEDINGS

OF THE 20th ANNUAL MEETING ST. CROIX, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS OCT. 21-26, 1984


 Vol. XX

 TABLE OF CONTENTS


Foreword .................. .......... ..... ...... ....1
 Arthur A. Richards, President
 College of the Virgin Islands
 CFCS Presidential Address:
 Innovative Technologies for enhancing Food Production
 Capabilities in the Caribbean. ........... ..... ............ .. 3
 Darshan S. Padda, Vice-President
 Research and Land-Grant Programs,
 College of the Virgin Islands
 CFCS Keynote Address:
 A New Era of Agriculture .................... ...........9.. 9
 Orville G. Bentley
 Asst. Secretary for Science and Education
 U.S. Department of Agriculture
 Closing Remarks at the CFCS Banquet, October 25, 1984 ........... 11
 Alejandro Ayala, Chairman
 CFCS Board of Directors
 Minutes- 20th Annual Meeting of the
 Caribbean Food Crops Society ................................. 13

 COUNTRY AND HISTORICAL PAPERS
 Small-Scale Agriculture in the U.S. Virgin Islands
 1930-1932 ................ ................................ 17
 Jerome McElroy, St. Mary's College
 Notre Dame, IN, USA
 Klaus de Albuquerque, College of Charleston
 Charleston, SC, USA

 The Decline of Agriculture and the Projection
 of the Number of Farms in the U.S. Virgin Islands................23
 Frank L. Mills, College of the Virgin Islands

 CFCS-How it All Started ............... ................. 30
 Hugh Miller, Founding Member

 TECHNICAL PAPERS
 Defoliators and Sap Sucking Insects
 of Pigeon-Pea in Barbados, W.I ............................. 35
 M.M. Alam and I.H. Gibbs
 Barbados, WI
 Pigeon-Pea Pod Borers and Their Natural Enemies
 in Barbados, W.I. ................ ........................ 38
 M.M. Alam and I. H. Gibbs
 Barbados, WI
 Control of Hartrot or Fatal Wilt of Coconut Palm .................. 42
 V.T. Alexander, Ministry of Agriculture
 Suriname, South America

Use of Open Versus Closed Systems
in Caribbean Prawn Hatcheries .............................. 45
 D.E. Alston, University of Puerto Rico, and
 F. Ibaiez, Aquaculture Enterprises, Inc., Puerto Rico


Developing Pest Management Strategies for Small Farmers
Based on Traditional Knowledge .......................... 47
 M.A. Altieri, University of California
 Berkeley, CA, USA

 Small Farming Systems in Las Cuevas Watershed,
 Dominican Republic ....................... ............ 51
 J. Alvarez, P.E. Hildebrand, and J.A. Nova
 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Predators and Parasites of Insect Pests on Cantaloupe
and Asparagus Beans, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands ...............56
 R.G. Bland, Central Michigan University, USA, and
 W.I. Knausenberger, CVI Agricultural Experiment
 Station, St. Croix, USVI

Vagility and Probability of Survival in Two Weevils
(Coleoptera, Curculionidae): The Sugar Cane Rootstock
Borer Weevil (Diaprepes abbreviatus L.) and the
Sweet Potato Weevil (Cylasformicarius F.) ....................... 61
 L. Bonnefil-Bauduy,
 Inter-American University, Puerto Rico

Beekeeping in the Caribbean ............... ................66
 R.A. Breyer, Michigan State University, USA
 E. Harris, and T. Sorhaindo
 Ministry of Agriculture, Dominica, W.I.

Etude de la Matiere Organique des Sols
par Fractionnement Granulometrique.
1 Decomposition au Champ d'un Compost
Enfoui dans Plusieurs Types de Sols des Antilles ................ 68
 M. Brossard, A. Balesdent, C. Feller,
 A. Plenecassagne, et J.F. Turenne,
 Laboratoire Matiere Organique et des Sols,
 Martinique, F.W.I.

Foliar Analysis as a Diagnostic Technique
in Tropical Horticulture ................. ................... 74
 G.A. Cahoon, Ohio State University, USA

Adaptation of CIMMYT's High Protein Quality
Corn Varieties in Puerto Rico ............... ................ 77
 C. Cardona, L. WesseI-Beaver, and P. R. Hepperly,
 College of Agricultural Sciences,
 University of Puerto Rico
Some Factors Affecting the Adoption
of Hand Tractors by Vegetable Farmers in Trinidad ................ 81
 W.G. Clark, Geo. F. Huggins & Co., Ltd., and
 P.I. Gomes, University of the West Indies,
 Trinidad, W.I.
Jojoba-An Alternative Agriculture in the
Caribbean Area ................... .................... 85
 R.C. Cutting, Jr., R.C. Cutting & Co., MA, USA