ChronicaHorticulturae

Magazine of the International Societyfor Horticultural Science

Volume 41 • Number 1 • 2001

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IN THIS ISSUE

Viewpoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Comments on the organization of the Scienceof ISHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

A new Working Group on Soilless Culture - ISOSC 2

Fruit Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Section Vegetables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Nashi ( Japanese Pear) Cultivation and Research in Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

News from the World of Horticulture . . . . . . . . . 7

In memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Courses and Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

New Book Announcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

News of the ISHS Secretariat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Acta Horticulturae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

� ViewpointsThe ISHS invites you to express yourself!

The Viewpoints section of Chronica Horticulturae was created as a regular feature for ISHSmembers to express their views on current issues in Horticultural Science or on any Society relatedtopic in general.

ISHS members who do wish to publish an article in this or any other feature of ChronicaHorticulturae are requested to send their material to the ISHS Secretariat, preferably in electronicformat.

Comments on the organizationof the Science of ISHS � A New Working Group on

Soilless Culture - ISOSCAlliance of ISOSC (International Society for

Soilless Culture) as a new Working Group in theCommission of Plant Substrates of the ISHS

For several years ISOSC and the CommissionPlant Substrates of the ISHS have both beenvery active on several edges of substrates, soillessculture, growing media related to horticulture,crop growing, horticultural sciences and otherrelated fields. Many times our meetings havewelcomed the same group of people, and severalwere even the result of cross sponsorship.

During the last world congress of ISOSC inIsrael (14-18 May 2000), ideas were exchangedfor closer cooperation between the two groups inorder to better serve the researchers in ourcommon field of interest.

The historical background for this move wasthat the former ISOSC Secretary General -Treasurer had, according to the ISOSC Statutesand Rules of Procedure, announced in a letter tothe ISOSC members that the ISOSC bedissolved as from 31 December 1999. A majorityof the membership did not agree to that decision.Soon Professor M. Schwarz from Israel hadcalled a temporary Council to study the optionsfor the future. On the occasion of the last worldcongress of ISOSC, the ISHS was invited andDr. O. Verdonck, Chairman-elect of the ISHSCommission Plant Substrates, and ISHSrepresentative at the Congress, discussed withthe ISOSC Council the option for an alliance ofthe ISOSC group in the ISHS Commission.

The ISHS experienced the last five years avery remarkable growth in terms of membership,meetings and publications. Individualmembership increased from 2.100 researchers in1995 to 3.500 members today. Last year we werepleased to welcome 10.000 researchers at the 35meetings organized under the aegis of the ISHS.Country membership steadily increased withmore and more members from the Southernhemisphere, confirming the increased interestfrom countries in the higher profile of cash valuehorticultural products. The outlook of ourorganizational structure of Council, Board,Executive Committee, Sections, Commissionsand Working Groups has been adapting

accordingly. All regions and fields of interesthave equal opportunities to be represented bytheir members. To conclude the ISHS hadgrown from an initial European group into aworld community of researchers.

After several meetings of the temporaryCouncil of ISOSC and several of the members,ISOSC and ISHS moved the suggestion ofISOSC becoming an official Working Group onSoilless Culture related to the ISHS CommissionPlant Substrates. The Commission Substratescounted already 4 active Working Groups. All ofthese groups will gain importance through theexperience of the new number five. As any ISHSWorking Group, the new Working Group onSoilless Culture - ISOSC, will continue toorganize an international conference, known asthe International Conference on Soilless Culture.During this meeting, other working groups willalso be given opportunities to hold their ownworking parties. The ISHS Commission PlantSubstrates decided to publish regularly anelectronic newsletter including reports andactivities of the different working groups.

The individual members of ISOSC had beeninvited to cast their votes by mail ballot and alarge majority, in fact all, approved the proposalsof the temporary ISOSC Council. The ISHSCouncil agreed to the cooperation at its recentmeeting in Cairo. The ISOSC members arehereby invited to confirm to the ISHS Secretariattheir interest in automatic membership to theWorking Group on Soilless Culture. In order tobetter be kept informed, to receive full ISHSbenefits and to qualify for ISHS CommissionPlant Substrates membership, you are welcomedto register as an ISHS member (as most of yourcolleagues ISOSC members have been for a longtime). Annual ISHS membership dues are 40,-EURO (biennial for developing countries -please consult the ISHS website).

Professor Schwarz, acting Chairman ofISOSC, announced that the next WorkingGroup activity will be scheduled in Antibes(France) in autumn 2003. He also announcedthat FAO agreed to establish an internationalsoilless culture information center at FAOheadquarters in Rome.

From the article published in the previousissue of Chronica Horticulturae (Vol. 40-4) itappears that ISHS is planning to delete theCommission Urban Horticulture.

I personally feel that this would not beappropriate. -Diane Relf, Virginia Tech, USA.

Note from the publisher: The article “Commentson the organization of the Science of ISHS” inChronica vol. 40-4 was only a first attempt to starta discussion on what could be a possible futureapproach. However, it was a personal viewpoint ofthe author J.V. Possingham, hence the content of thatviewpoint had not yet been discussed by the ISHSCouncil and/or Executive Committee.

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Scientists and people from the industry met inbeautiful hotspring and ski-resort Termas deChillán, located in the Andean mountains at1800 m above sea level, 80 km east of the city ofChillán, Chile from 4 to 9 December 2000 forthe ‘ VII International Symposium on VacciniumCulture ‘. Attendants were hosted by Dr.Ruperto Hepp, Professor of the Facultad deAgronomía, Universidad de Concepción,Convener of the Symposium. In total, 106participants and 22 accompanying personsrepresenting 18 countries from all over the worldgathered in this peaceful corner of the southernhemisphere for an exchange of scientific andpersonal achievements. 76 papers were presented

during the symposium, 43 as oralcommunications and 33 as posters, coveringdiverse topics such as: pollination, diseasemanagement, breeding, genetics, plantdevelopment and performance, cultural practices,soil amendments, plant and soil nutrition,mycorrhizae, plant propagation and harvesting.

The symposium was opened with welcomingwords to the attendants from Dr. Marisol Berti,Vice Dean of the Facultad de Agronomía,Universidad de Concepción, followed byremarks on behalf of the ISHS by former ISHSVaccinium Chairman, Dr. Elden Stang. Threeinvited speakers presented an update on thefollowing topics:

- Mycorrhizae in Vaccinium, emphasis onblueberry, by Dr. John Smagula (University ofMaine),

- Postharvest fruit research in Vaccinium, by Dr.Mark Ehlenfeldt (USDA-ARS),

- Health aspects of blueberries, by Dr. CharlesMainland (North Carolina State University).During the second day of the symposium, the

participants had the chance to visit two blueberryfields in the vicinity of Chillán. In one fieldlocated in the andean foothills, they could seerabbiteye and highbush blueberries growing nextto harvest in a typical soil derived from volcanicashes, while in the second field, highbush andsouthern highbush varieties planted in a graniticheavy soil were at the peak of harvest.Participants were impressed with the growth andproduction of the blueberry plants, because thesesoils have a high pH which is not quite suitablefor growing blueberries. Local food, wine andcheese were offered to the participants by thegrowers in both visits, thus showing the typicalhospitality of the chilean grower.

A short business meeting of the workinggroup was held before the conclusion of thesymposium. Dr. Elden Stang paid generoustribute to the organizers and acknowledged thesupport given to him as Chairman of theVaccinium Group during the last four year. Dr.Bernadine Strik from Oregon State Universitywas elected new ISHS Vaccinium Chairperson.It was decided that the next VacciniumSymposium will take place in Portugal and Spainin the year 2004. After the meeting, everybodyenjoyed a typical chilean barbecue, accompaniedby life chilean folk music.

After the symposium, 85 people participatedin the post-conference tour to the south of Chile,visiting blueberry and cranberry plantings. Inthis tour, participants were also able to see thebeautiful landscape of this part of the country,characterized by a number of lakes, rivers ,volcanoes and a green vegetation. The tour gaveparticipants a clear overview of the blueberry andcranberry industry in Chile, and promoted a realfriendship among the scientists.

In summary, it was a memorable Symposium,from the professional point of view and as asocial event. My special thanks to the ISHS fortrusting in our organizing committee, to Dr.Elden Stang for his constant support, toANASAC, CONICYT, Cranberries Austral deChile, CranChile, Driscoll’s, ExportadoraAgroberries, Hortifrut, SunnyRidge Farm Inc.and Vital Berry Marketing for their sponsorship,to the growers for their time and patience, and tomy colleagues and students who did a wonderfuljob.

Dr. Ruperto Hepp, ConvenerFac. Agronomía, U. de Concepción - Chile

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The Fifth International Congress onHazelnut was held August 27-31, 2000 on thecampus of Oregon State University (OSU) inCorvallis, Oregon, USA. The Congress wassponsored by ISHS, OSU College ofAgricultural Sciences, and the Oregon hazelnutindustry.

Seventy-one scientists from 19 countriesattended the Congress. They were joined by anadditional 24 people from Oregon and 18accompanying persons. The representedcountries included the four major producers(Turkey, Italy, USA, and Spain), severaladditional countries with important geneticresources, and several countries interested inestablishing hazelnut industries. Financialassistance was provided to scientists indeveloping countries who would otherwise nothave been able to attend. Twenty-five newmembers joined ISHS.

A total of 86 papers were presented (37 as oralpresentations and 47 as posters). Status reportswere presented for several countries. Othertopics included breeding, genetics, geneticresources, cultivar evaluation, kernel quality,climatic adaptation, floral biology, insect pests,diseases, propagation, mineral nutrition, trainingsystems, cultural practices, and economics. Twotalks were on related topics: truffle fungi and theChilean hazel (Gevuina avellana).

Following a four-day pre-Congress tour, theCongress started with tours of OSU hazelnutresearch plots, Harry Lagerstedt’s “The Peach

Place” orchard, and the USDA-ARS NationalClonal Germplasm Repository, and a welcomingreception. The program allowed for extensiveformal and informal exchanges among theparticipants. An industry tour exposedparticipants to several aspects of Oregon’shazelnut industry, including commercialorchards, insect pest management practices, aprocessing plant, a nursery, orchard equipment,an on-farm dryer, and an orchard devastated byeastern filbert blight.

At the Monday evening banquet, specialawards were presented to Drs. Harry B.Lagerstedt and Maxine M. Thompson torecognize their many contributions to hazelnutresearch during their careers.

Researchers from Reus, Spain offered to hostthe Sixth Congress in late June or early July,2004, and the invitation was acceptedunanimously. For details, please contact Dr.Merce Rovira (Merce.Rovira@irta.es) or Dr.Joan Tous ( Joan.Tous@irta.es) by e-mail or byFax (977-344-055).

Dr. Shawn A. Mehlenbacher, ConvenerDept. of Horticulture, Oregon StateUniversityCorvallis, OR 97331 USA

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Horticultural Plants including as members theselected representatives from all the Balkancountries. He concluded that these countrieshave similarities in opportunities and constraintslinked to the agro-ecological environment andthe prevailing socio-economic conditions. So, itis expected that the regional working group willexploit the considerable and valuable scientificand technical experience available within theregion.

The symposium social program included amemorable dinner with traditional Greek foodand dances in a beautiful venue and alsoinformative guided tours to archaeological citesof Thessaloniki and the tomb o Philippe II,father of the Great Alexander, at Vergina, and afine winery. We hope that this gave theopportunity to delegates to experience the Greekculture and hospitality.

We feel that the success of the symposium wasmainly due to the excellent scientificpresentations made and the relaxed and friendlyenvironment enjoyed by all participants helpingscientific discussion. Moreover, the money raisedby the sponsors made a significant contributionto the symposium success.

The proceedings of the Symposium are inpreparation for publication in Acta Horti-culturae. We are looking forward to meetingagain at the next Balkan symposium onVegetables and Potatoes, which will be organizedby Dr Ozkan Sivritepe at Uludag University inBursa, Turkey in 2004.

Dr. G. Paroussi, Greece. Convener

The 2nd Balkan Symposium on Vegetablesand Potatoes was held at the HELLEXPOconference center in Thessaloniki, Greece, inOctober 11-15, 2000. The symposium wasorganized by the Agricultural Research Center ofMacedonia and Thrace (N.AG.RE.F.) under theauspices of the International Society forHorticultural Science (ISHS) and the HellenicMinistry of Agriculture. The symposium wasattended by 144 delegates from 18 countries.The Balkan countries represented were Albania,Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, FYROM, Hungary,Poland, Romania, Turkey and Yugoslavia. Inaddition there were participants from Belgium,Egypt, France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Japanand USA.

The meeting gave a unique opportunity fordelegates from the Balkan region mainly topresent their research and to open up possiblecollaborations with nations within and outsidethe Balkans. The sessions on Genetics, Breedingand Evaluation, as well as Biotechnology werethe main themes of the meeting, highlighting theimportance of genetics and biotechnology ascritical areas of research in the next millennium.The other papers presented were covered in thesessions of Seed Technology and Propagation;Physiology; Culture and Management; Quality;Nutrition and Fertilization; IntegratedProduction; Plant Protection; Economic andMarketing. Papers and posters presented in latersessions clearly illustrated the need for basicresearch to address the problems facing modernhorticulture production.

The symposium was opened by the convenerDr. Georgia Paroussi and following formalintroductions in the plenary session by Prof. D.Cantliffe (USA), chairman of the section

Vegetables of I.S.H.S. on the scientific andtechnical activities of I.S.H.S. A total of 140presentations were given of which 54 were oraland the remaining posters. These included f_veinvited talks: Prof. D. Cantliffe gave apresentation on the culture and management ofopen-field vegetables grown in the off season ina semi-tropical climate;

Prof. A. Abou-Hadid (Egypt), chairman ofthe working group on Protected Cultivation inMild Winter Climates of I.S.H.S. gave anoverview presentation on integrated productionsystems for protected cultivation;

Prof. C. Olympios (Greece) gave a presen-tation on the present situation and perspectivesin vegetable production in Greece.

Prof. A. Kannelis (Greece) covered thescientific topic of genes involved in ascorbic acidbiosynthesis and oxidation;

Prof. H. Passam (Greece) gave a presentationon the quality aspects of Greek fruit vegetablesdestined for local consumption and export.

Dr Boxus from Belgium was also one of theinvited speakers, however, he died just before thesymposium and as a mark of respect a minute ofsilent was observed during the symposium.

In addition to the main program of theSymposium, the first workshop on GreenhouseCrop Production in Balkan Countries organizedby the Food and Agricultural Organization(FAO) of the United Nations took place.Selected scientists from the participating Balkancountries reviewed the situation of theGreenhouse Crop sector in their counties. DrWilfried Baudoin, senior officer of theHorticultural Crops Group Plant Productionand Protection Division in FAO, established aregional working group on Protected

Section Vegetables

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Production area, maincultivars and uniqueproduction practices

While the total area of Japanese pear (nashi,Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai) production in Japan has inrecent decades remained relatively constant,between 17,000 and 19,000 ha, there has beensteady progress toward expanding the array ofcultivars available to producers and consumers.Until the 1970’s, two predominant cultivars,‘Nijisseiki’ and ‘Chojuro’, accounted for 85% ofthe total production. The remainder came fromtwo other cultivars, ‘Niitaka’, ‘Shinkou’.However, with an improved national economyand higher per capita incomes, consumerpreference shifted quickly to sweeter cultivarswith better texture.

‘Kosui’ and ‘Hosui’, introduced by the nationalFruit Tree Research Station, Ministry ofAgriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Tsukuba,Ibaraki Prefecture, were such cultivars. ‘Kosui’quickly replaced ‘Chojuro’ which, while highlyproductive, lacked fruit quality. After 1980,‘Nijisseiki’, which is susceptible to black spot(Alternaria alternata) and difficult to grow, beganto be replaced by ‘Hosui’ (Figure 1).

At present, ‘Kosui’ is predominant in bothgrowing area and yield, ‘Hosui’ has become thesecond leading cultivar, and ‘Nijisseiki’, theleading cultivar in the past, now ranks third(Table 1). There are now 12 cultivars withsignificant production in Japan (Table 1).

Compared to the size of operations in manyother countries, pear growers in Japan operatevery small orchards. Accordingly, the emphasis ison intensive management to achieve reliablecropping and the highest possible market price.Intensive management practices commonly seenin Japanese pear orchards include artificialpollination, fruit thinning, and fruit bagging.

Recent advances in researchon Japanese pears

Important advances in research on Japanesepears have taken place in the following areas.

By studying sugar synthase, the role of growthsubstance, and the physiological function of the

vacuole membrane, the mechanism of photo-synthate translocation to the fruit and sugaraccumulation in the fruit have been elucidated(Moriguchi et al., 1992). Research on gene

expression of sugar metabolism enzymes duringfruit development is in progress. The genomesequence of Japanese pear is being deciphered atthe Fruit Tree Research Station. Ethyleneproduction, which is involved in fruit ripeningand can determine storage life in most Japanesepears, has been clarified at gene level. Therefore,in breeding practice of Japanese pear, it becomespossible to predict the maturation time andstorage potential of fruit by identifying DNAmarkers in 1-3-month-old seedlings (Itai et al.,1999).

Japanese pears are usually trained on ahorizontal trellis, so developing a dwarf rootstock

� Nashi ( Japanese Pear) Cultivation and Research in JapanTable 1. Planted area of main Nashi (Japanese Pear) cultivars in 19991)

Cultivar Area (ha) %Kosui 6,652.9 38.5Hosui 4,243.9 24.5Nijisseiki 2,781.1 16.1Niitaka 1,394.6 8.1Shinko 413.8 2.4Chojuro 355.2 2.1Shinsui 242.0 1.4Gold-Nijisseiki 234.9 1.4Nansui 101.6 0.6Atago 101.0 0.6Okusankichi 98.8 0.6Kikusui 83.1 0.5Others 995.0 3.2Total 18,132.0 100

From the Report issued by Fruit and Flowers Division, Agricultural Production Bureau, Minist.Agric. Forest. Fish., Japan.

Fig1. Changes in the area of total and individual cultivars of Nashi (Japanese pear) in Japen

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has not been a research priority. On the otherhand, having a rootstock tolerant to Japan’sclimate is very important. In Japan, a rainyseason lasting from June to Mid-July is followedby an intensely hot summer, with little rainfall,which lasts from late July to late August.Therefore, a rootstock tolerant to both floodingand drought is needed by the growers of Japanesepears. The research approach yielding thegreatest success has involved selecting strains ofPyrus calleryana. The reason why these strains aretolerant to flooding is that root mitochondriaremain active even under condition of lowoxygen concentration (Tamura et al., 1996).

Japanese pears are largely self-incompatibleand require cross pollination. This self-incompatibility is controlled by S alleles in thepollen and pistil and different S-genotypes havebeen found from Japanese cultivars originating atdifferent times (Hiratsuka et al., 1995).However, ‘Osa-Nijisseiki’, a mutant of‘Nijisseiki’ has proven to be self-fertile. The S-genotype of ‘Nijisseiki’ is S2S4. With ‘Osa-Nijisseiki’, the stylar-part-mutation of the S4allele results in the new genotype S2S4

sm. Sasa etal. (1992) determined that the S4 allele-relatedRNase was reduced in amount and activity byS4

sm gene and suggested that this may explainthe self-fertility of ‘Osa-Nijisseiki’.

Using 13CO2as a tracer, detailed research hasbeen carried out on the translocation andpartitioning of photosynthates in ‘Nijisseiki’ pear(e.g. Teng et al., 1999). These findings will beincorporated into the cultural managementpractices of pear trees to improve fruit productionand quality.

Breeding of Japanese pearsJapanese pear breeding has been carried out

mainly by the national Fruit Tree Research

Station, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry andFisheries, and many excellent cultivars have beenreleased. More recently, some good cultivars havebeen released from local agricultural experi-mental stations and universities in regions whereJapanese pear is the principal fruit tree.

Since releasing ‘Kosui’ and ‘Hosui’ the FruitTree Research Station has put a great deal ofeffort into the breeding of cultivars with reducedoccurrence of water core. Late-ripening cultivarswith large fruit size such as ‘Akizuki’, ‘Hogetsu’,and ‘Oushu’ arose from this crossing breeding. Abud mutant of ‘Nijisseiki’ resistant to black spot,named ‘Gold-Nijisseiki’, was obtained by x-rayirradiation. Recently, the national Fruit ResearchStation and the Horticulture ExperimentalStation of Tottori Prefecture have jointly released‘Osa-Gold’, a mutant of ‘Osa-Nijisseiki’ resistantto black spot.

Using the self-fertile cultivar ‘Osa-Nijisseiki’ asa female parent in a hybridization program,Tottori University has developed ‘Akibae’ and‘Zuishyu’, new self-fertile cultivars with excellentquality. Other new additions to the Japanese pearcultivar scene include ‘Nansui’, a cultivar withhigh sugar content from the Nanshin AgriculturalExperimental Station, ‘Aikansui’ from AichiPrefecture, and ‘Wakahikari’ and ‘Natsuhikari’from Chiba Prefecture. Choice in Japanese pearsis certainly much greater than in 1975.

Dates for the next ISHS Symposium onJapanese Pears are:

From the ISHS Calendar of events:August 25-29, 2001, Kurayoshi, Tottori

( Japan): International Symposium Asian PearsCommemorating 100th Anniversary of‘Nijisseiki’ Pear. Info: Prof. S. Iwahori(Convener): Fax: 81)298536617, e-mail:iwahori@sakura.cc.tsukuba.ac.jp or Prof. Dr.

Kenji Tanabe, Fax: (81)857316749, e-mail:tanabe@muses.tottori-u.ac.jp

References Hiratsuka, S., Y. Okada, Y. Kawai, F. Tamura

and K. Tanabe. 1995. Stylar basic proteinscorresponding to 5 self-incompatibility alleles ofJapanese pears. J. Japan. Soc. Hort. Sci. 64:471-478.

Itai, A., T. Kawata, K. Tanabe, F. Tamura, M.Uchiyama, M. Tomomitsu, and N. Shiraiwa.1999. Identification of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid synthase genes controlling theethylene level of ripening fruit in Japanese pear(Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai). Mol. Gen. Genet.261:42-49.

Moriguchi, T., K. Abe, T. Sanada and S.Yamaki. 1992. Levels and role of sucrosesynthase, sucrose-phosphate synthase and acidinvertase in sucrose accumulation in fruit ofAsian pear. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 117:274-278.

Sassa, H., H. Hirano and H. Ikehashi. 1992.Self-incompatibility related RNases in styles ofJapanese pear (P. serotina Rehd.). Plant CellPhysiol. 33:811-814.

Tamura, F., K. Tanabe, and M. Katayama.1996. Characteristics of mitochondrial particlesin relation to flooding tolerance in pearrootstocks. J. Japan. Soc. Hort. Sci. 65:1-5.

Teng, Y., K. Tanabe, F. Tamura, and A. Itai.1999. Translocation of 13C-assimilates in thespring following fall assimilation of 13CO2 by‘Nijisseiki’ pear (Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai). J. Japan.Soc. Hort. Sci.68:248-255.

Kenji TanabeFaculty of Agriculture, Tottori University,Tottori 680-8553, Japan

� News from the World of Horticulture

With joint grants from the U. S. Departmentof Education and the European Commission,Directorate General for Education and Culture;the Horticulture Departments at PurdueUniversity, Alabama A&M University, andOklahoma State University in the United Stateswill form a consortium with the HorticultureDepartments at The Technological EducationalInstitute of Crete in Greece, Hogeschool Delftin the Netherlands, The Royal Veterinary andAgricultural University (KVL) in Denmark, andthe University of Hannover in Germany for theexchange of faculty and students. ProfessorAllen Hammer at Purdue will lead the U. S.partners which include Professor DouglasNeedham at Oklahoma State and Professor

addition to their combination of language andcultural diversity, the cooperating educationalinstitutions’ geographical locations provide aunique palette of horticultural industries, andthus experiential opportunities, for exchangestudents and faculty to interact.

Horticultural crop breeding, production, post-harvest handling, processing, and marketing areincreasingly important industries that havetranscended national frontiers and becomeinternational businesses. With the removal ofnational trade barriers and the expansion ofmembership, the European Union has become amajor economic force with community policiesaffecting this large horticultural market.Individual horticultural businesses are expanding

Caula Beyl at AAMU. Professor Ioannis Vlahosat Crete will lead the European partners, whichinclude Professor Skytt Andersen at KVL,Professor Henk Fuchs at Delft, and ProfessorHartmut Stuetzel at Hannover.

The program will establish academic linksthrough student and faculty mobility among themembers of the consortium in the fields ofhorticulture, including but not limited tofloriculture, turfgrass management, publicgarden management, plant breeding, andpreservation of biodiversity. The participatinguniversities on both sides of the Atlantic are alltaking an active role in the internationalization oftheir curricula and seek to expand theirhorticultural contacts on a global scale. In

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their production centers into numerous memberstates with horticultural products marketedthroughout the EU. A similar situation exists inthe United States where, long before Europeanmember states opened their borders, theinterstate cooperation has thrived in all areas ofagricultural production and distribution. Theconsortium will provide an ideal opportunity foryoung people majoring in horticulture to learnabout horticulture on both sides of the Atlantic.Faculty exchange will provide an opportunity for

lecture in the foreign classroom and/or toorganize short courses on horticultural topics ofcurrent importance for the place bound studentsat their home institution. The consortiumuniversities will also develop a web-based courseon International Horticulture that will be openedto horticulture students around the world. Theexpertise of this consortium group will be used todevelop a course with content and deliverysuperior to that which could be developed by oneinstitution alone.

The grants provide support for faculty travel,material development, course development,student recruitment, language training, andstudent travel scholarships over a three-yearperiod. Horticulture industries around the worldwill gain much from this grant-supportedprogram, as horticulture graduates will acquirefirst hand international experience as part of theiruniversity education.

Web site: http://hortecus.org

Arrangement to establish the Japanese Society of People-PlantRelationships

The preparatory assembly was held on 14October, 2000, at Nihon Seinen Kaikan, Tokyo,for establishment of the Japanese Society ofPeople-Plant Relationships. The convener wasProf. E. Matsuo (Faculty of Agriculture, KyushuUniversity). The Society aims at harmonizedimprovement of the environment and human lifeby cooperative research on people-plant relationamong various disciplines.

The promoters and supporters for esta-

blishment of the Society are composed ofspecialists in the fields of horticulture, civic orhome gardening, park or landscape gardening,horticultural or occupational therapy, city orenvironmental planning, psychology, psychiatry,pharmacognosy, education, social welfare, andalso literature and culture.

In the assembly, the following two invitedlectures were delivered. 1) Dr. M. Kawai (Prof.emeritus, Kyoto Univ.) : Harmonized symbiosis

between human and nature, and 2) Dr. P. D. Relf(Prof., Dept. of Hort., VPI & SU, Virginia) :People-plant research contributes to humanhealth and quality of life.

The Society will be established in autumn2001.

M. Iwata, Japan

Applied Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

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The Center for Traditional Medicine at theWidya Mandala University, Widya MandalaSurabaya Indonesia, is conducting research forthe traditional Indonesian drink “jamugendong”. Today people are still drinking jamufor their health. 21 plants are used to make theproduct using the traditional formulas.

Because of lack of training of the staff,upgrading workshops or short courses arenecessary to enhance future research on:a. standardization of the simplicia

b. good extractionc. pharmacology screening and simple bioassays

d. anti microbial screening of the plantse. formulations to be able to get better products

in other forms like capsules, tablets,dispersible tablets, granules, solutions, tea bagsetc

The University wishes to invite researchcolleagues for suggestions and collaboration in

these fields. Parties interested and planning tocome over are invited to make written contact sothat some lectures or visits to the jamu factories,gardens and other institutions could be arranged.

Contact: Dr. Adrianta, e-mail:surya@mail.wima.ac.idCenter of Traditional Medicine, WidyaMandala University, Surabaya, Indonesia

The symposium will be held from September28 to October 1, 2001, at Epocal InternationalCongress Center in Tsukuba City, Japan underthe auspices of ISHS and JSHS.

The official language of the symposium will beEnglish. The Chairperson of the OrganizingCommittee is Prof. Dr. S. Nishimura (Instituteof Agriculture & Forestry, University ofTsukuba).

The program will include country reports byinvited speakers from major growing areas,presentation of papers on selected topics byinvited speakers, and also voluntary presentationof papers on oral and poster sessions. Allcontributions relevant to any phase of cucurbitswill be welcome, however, tentatively selectedtopics of cucurbits are: 1) Development & physiology

2) Production technology3) Genetics & breeding4) Biotechnology5) Pests & diseases6) Postharvest technology, processing &

marketing. Papers submitted will be published in Acta

Horticulturae, if accepted by the Editing Board.The Second Circular will be issued soon, and

the deadline for submission of abstracts is 30April 2001.

During the symposium, a one-day pro-fessional tour will be planned to visit some

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cucurbit producing areas in Ibaraki Prefecture,and also a half-day sightseeing tour of localinterest for accompanying persons. In addition, apost-symposium sightseeing tour (optional,charged) will be planned to visit some historicalspots, and adjourn at Narita InternationalAirport.

Tsukuba City is located one and half hourdistance from Narita International Airport bylimousine, and also one hour from Tokyo Stationby express bus. The temperature range in

Tsukuba during September is about 25-15°C.For more details contact Dr. H. Ezura,

Secretary, c/o Gene Exp. Center, Inst. of Agr. &Forestry, Univ. of Tsukuba, Tsukuba City 305-8572, Japan

Fax: (81)298537263, e-mail: ezura@gene.tsukuba.ac.jp

M. Iwata, Japan

Prospects for Viticulture Enology

An international conference entitled“Prospects for Viticulture Enology” aimed atcommemorating the 150 years anniversary ofviticulture and Enology research in Croatia washeld November 22-24, 2000.

Some 170 participants from 19 countries inAfrica, Asia, Europe and North Americaparticipated in this three days event excitingmeeting. The ten oral invited, 13 oral selectedand 55 posters were presented during the courseof three sessions-, Viticulture, Enology, Genetics

and breeding and Microbiology of the Wine. Inaddition, there were three panel discussions;Certified plant material production, Wine landregister and Wine quality control.

A post conference tour including sightseeingand professional visits to wineries and vineyard insouth Croatia greatly contributed to exposing theparticipants to the exciting viticulture andenology of Croatia.

The conference was organized by the Facultyof Agriculture, University of Zagreb, in

association with the Viticulture section of ISHSunder the aegis of Ministry of Agriculture andForestry of the Republic of Croatia.

The ISHS was represented by the chairman ofthe Viticulture section, Professor Ben AmiBravdo who presented a series of slidesdescribing the ISHS and its activities and alsodelivered a post conference lecture on the effectof cultural practices on wine quality to facultyand students of the University and Zagreb.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE “PROSPECTS FOR VITICULTURE AND ENOLOGY”November 22-24, 2000 • Zagreb, Croatie

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Costas Balis (1936-2000)On 6 April 2000, Costas Balis unexpectedly

died of a heart attack while visiting Brussels (B).Prof. Balis had long been associated with ISHSand had previously convened a Working GroupSymposium “International Symposium onCompost Recycling of Wastes” in Athens in1989 (Acta Horticulturae 302 (1992) and morerecently the “International Symposium onComposting of Organic Matter” in Halkidiki,Greece in 1999 (Acta Horticulturae 549 (2001).

Costas Balis was born in 1936 in Kalamata,Messinia, Greece. He studied at TheAgricultural University of Athens (AUoA) andwas awarded his MSc in 1961. He studied for hisPhD in England as a Brook’s Fund Scholar atprestigious Magdalene College, Cambridge. Histhesis, entitled “Phialophora radicicola as a rootparasite of grasses and cereals” was awarded in1969. He returned to AUoA where he becameReader, Associate Professor and then Professor.He took the chair of Agricultural Microbiologyin 1988. In the intervening time he gainedinternational experience, working in Dublin(Ireland), Fort Collins, Colorado (USA) andTasmania (Australia). In 1998 he moved toHarokopio University of in Athens, as Professorof Microbiology.

He held a number of academic and committeepositions. From 1986 to 1989 he was Vice-Rector of AUoA and latterly Rector ofHarokopio University from 1997-99. He heldthe post of President of the Council of the Inter-University Centre for the Recognition of ForeignAcademic Titles (DIKATSA) from 1989 to1991. He was a member of the AUoA ResearchCouncil and of the National Research CouncilGeneral Secretariat of Research and Technology.He was a wellknown and respected member ofthe international research community and wasnational representative of the FAIR ProgrammeCommittee for the European Union.

In terms of his scientific achievements hecontributed significantly, including papers insome of the most highly regarded peer-reviewedjournals. He was actively involved in applieddevelopment work, including the “biowheel” forthe treatment of olive mill wastewater. Withrespect to composting, much of his work wasassociated with the microbiology of recyclinglocal material, particularly olive-wastes. This is,and will continue to be, an important issue formuch Mediterranean agriculture, horticultureand land-use. He published papers not only oncomposting but also on the microbiology ofvarious agricultural, horticultural and relatedtopics. In particular, he had a keen interest inmushroom biology, particularly Pleurotus sp. Thisincluded growing-substrates but alsomorphological and physiological aspects of thefungus. He was also involved in a number ofother research projects ranging from themicrobiology of cheese ripening to viral infectionof cucumbers.

He was a keen listener to classical music andthis was part of his everyday life which revolvedaround his work and his family. Of his dreams hewill not now have the chance to see thecompletion of Harokopio University nor will heretire to his dream of sculpture.

He leaves his wife, Mary Antonakou anddaughter, Voula Tassiopoulou.

Philippe Boxus (1934-2000)Philippe Boxus left us on Wednesday 11

October 2000, at the age of 65 years.He graduated from the Catholic University of

Louvain as Ingénieur Agronome, Agrégé andDocteur en Sciences Agronomiques. TheAgriculture and Veterinary Science University ofCluj-Napoca, Romania, bestowed upon him thetitle of Doctor Honoris Causa in 1997.

Philippe Boxus dedicated his entire career tothe Agricultural Research Center of Gembloux(Belgium). He started his career as researcher in1962 at the laboratory of Plant Virologyidentifying virus diseases on fruit crops. From1966 to 1972, he participated in starting up avirus indexing and eradication program of Prunusand strawberry at the Station for Fruit andVegetable Culture. Elaborating upon the resultsof Professor Morel, he finalized an industrialprocedure for rapid multiplication of strawberryplants through in vitro micropropagation frommeristems (a procedure internationallypatented). This procedure was implemented inmany countries and was the basis for theeradication of virus diseases in many fruit crops.

In 1989, he was appointed Director of theStation and from 1994 he headed theDepartment of Biotechnology until hisretirement in December 1999.

Philippe Boxus was a man of contacts andcommunication. He participated very actively innumerous horticultural science societies inBelgium and abroad. He was a visiting scholarteaching in many Horticultural Colleges andUniversities around the world. When asked to doso, he was always ready to assist in setting up invitro laboratories in other countries, which thenpermitted the local multiplication of healthy fruitvarieties. As part of his scientific activities,Philippe Boxus shared the knowledge of hislaboratory as organizer and coordinator of someEuropean Programs (COST, PHARE,TUTOR) and was an invited expert and keynotespeaker at many congresses, workshops,symposia and scientific study tours. He was longa member of ISHS, organizing and participatingin symposia and a member of the organizingcommittee for the XXIV InternationalHorticulture Congress in Brussels.

A great organizer and an indefatigable worker,Philippe Boxus will be remembered by many as aman very attentive to the development of otherpeople.

Erling Rein Strømme (1918-2000)

Erling Rein Strømme, Professor Emeritus ofFloriculture at the Agricultural University ofNorway (NLH) passed away on December 25,2000 at his residence.

He was very active till his last breath and hisdeath was unexpected. In the year 2000 heauthored two books, the first one on giving localnames to ornamental greenhouse plants and inthe second he chronicled the history ofNorwegian Floriculture. He also edited“Advances in Floriculture Research” which washis last scientific contribution to Floriculture. Hesent this book all over the world to scientists andgrowers just before Christmas. These three bookswere a great contribution on the occasion of the75-year celebration of Floriculture at NLH inthe fall of 2000. He has also written severaltextbooks in Floriculture and plant nomen-clature.

Erling Strømme is born on October 22, 1918in Bergen. Following graduation at NLH in1944, he studied at Michigan State Universityfor some years and received his PhD in 1951with a major in plant physiology. His Thesiswork: “The availability of iron and manganese inglassy fits” got great attention by the growers. In1951 he joined NLH as an assistant professor,and became a research leader in 1957. In 1964His Majesty King Olav V appointed him asProfessor in Floriculture, a position he held untilhis retirement in November 1986.

Erling Strømme has played an important rolein building and developing excellent researchfacilities at NLH. In the early 1960’s, theDepartment of Floriculture was one of the bestequipped in Europe. The study of environmentaleffects on plant growth and development was themajor area of research and teaching. As a resultof this pioneer work, in 1995 the Center forPlant Research in Controlled Climate (SKP) wasestablished as a joint venture between NLH, theNorwegian Forest Research Institute, and theNorwegian Crop Research Institute.

He was responsible for teaching “Plantproduction in controlled environment” andFloriculture for both undergraduate and graduatestudents.

Strømme has been actively engaged ininternational cooperation and was associatedwith the International Society for HorticulturalScience (ISHS) quite early. In 1968 he wasconvener for the first “International Symposiumon Flower Regulation in Florist Crops”,published in Acta Horticulturae No.14 in 1969.And later he was engaged in several ISHSsymposia in Norway.

Erling Strømme became an early member ofthe Commission for Protected Cultivation andthe Section for Ornamental Plants. He waselected Chairman for the Section in 1978 andserved until 1993. The Ministry of Agriculture in

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Norway nominated him as representative on theISHS Council in 1982. He was an excellent hostfor the Council and Executive Committeemeetings held in 1984 at Ås in Norway.

Strømme was elected member of theNorwegian Academy of Science and Letters. In1987 His Majesty King Olav V recognized hisservices to the Floriculture and Society byawarding him the Royal Golden Medal. TheNorwegian Growers Association honored himwith the Golden Pin.

The death of professor Erling Rein Strømme isa great loss for his friends, colleagues and family,and for the horticultural society as a whole.

Roar Moe, Ås, NorwayCouncil member of ISHS

Cyriel Van Assche (1931-2001)

On Wednesday 3 January 2001, Cyriel VanAssche passed away at the age of 69 years. Hewas Emeritus Professor since 1994 and formerHead of the Department of Plant Protection andPhytopathology of the University of Leuven,Belgium.

As was said by the Dean of the Faculty on theday of the funeral, with Cyriel, the Faculty of

Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences islosing a faithful partner. For 35 years, Cyriel haddedicated all his energy and knowledge on PlantProtection to the horticultural sector and he wasproud of his teaching of many students inphytopathology and horticulture.

He graduated as Agricultural Engineer fromthe Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) in1954 and specialized at the Bulb ResearchInstitute in Lisse (The Netherlands), till 1958,when he was appointed assistant Professor inLeuven. In 1964, Cyriel received fullprofessorship.

Prof. Van Assche started his research inCyclamen breeding and received a golden awardat the Flower Show of Gent in 1965. Hydrangea,Begonia, Pot Plants and many other plant speciesreceived all his attention. Born in a nurseryfamily, he loved spending his spare time amongthe growers. Gradually, his interests moved tosoil sickness and soil disinfestations, a field thatbrought him on the international platform.Under his guidance, Belgium hosted four timesthe International ISHS Symposium on SoilDisinfestation. He was fully recognized for thisachievement during the last meeting of thisISHS Working Group in Turin, Italy inSeptember 2000. In the mid seventies, Cyrielmade major discoveries in the field of ionexchangers of heavy metals. Recognized as one ofthe early guards of the environment, the resultsof his research were patented and sold by the

University to Bayer AG and other multinationalcompanies.

Cyriel Van Assche was a member of the ISHSsince 1962. From 1974 till 1998, he served on theISHS Council as one of the representatives forBelgium. In 1980, he was appointed asChairman of the ISHS Working Group on SoilBorne Pathogens and served as Chairman of theISHS Commission on Plant Protection from1990 till 1998. With growing internationalcontacts, Cyriel was a frequent visitor at severaluniversities in Western Europe, USA and Israel,but gradually became more and more involved asvisiting professor in Central and EasternEuropean Countries. In the early 90’s, he starteda series of courses on Modern Horticulture in theLien-Tacis framework of the EU for Central andEast European Countries. His leitmotiv for thesecourses was that the world could be much nicer ifpeople would be prepared to help and assist eachother while respecting each other’s differences.He was awarded d.h.c degrees and otherrecognitions from countries as Bulgaria,Romania, Poland, Ukraine, Belorussia andothers.

Cyriel suffert a heart attack on December 23rd2000 and remained unconscious till the lastmoment. He is leaving behind his wife Hilda,three married children and nine grandchildren.

Coursees and Meetings - (Non ISHS)

XXVIII COLUMA Conference andInternational Meeting on Weed Control will beorganized in Toulouse (France), December 5-7,2001. Those interested in crop protection andespecially weed control and soil management can

document, written specifically for growers, willbe forwarded to those attending the course. Thedocument will encompass current researchactivity on intelligent water use and the potentialfor using this information with regard to UKcommercial horticulture.

May 17-18, 2001. Lancaster University, Dept.of Biological Sciences, Institute ofEnvironmental and Natural Sciences, Dr. MarkBacon, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom.Fax: (44)1524843854

This course will present a view of theopportunities for improved understanding of

XXVIII COLUMA Conference and International Meeting on Weed Control

Plant Sciences for Industry Course: Horticultural Water Use in a Changing Environment

plant water use and how such information can beused to sustain commercial profitability. Sessionswill be led by internationally recognized speakersand provide a unique opportunity for thoseinterested in enhancing water use efficiencywhilst decreasing costs to set a research agendafor consideration by national funding agencies. A

write to AFPP, 6 boulevard de la Bastille, 75012Paris, France. Some items that will receivespecial attention are: present or future solutionsto prevent air, soil and water pollution, herbicideresistant crops, ...

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For more details on ISHS publications on theseand many other topics, we refer to the ISHS website(www.ishs.org) or to the Acta Horticulturae listprinted elsewhere in this issue of ChronicaHorticulturae

The Cambridge WorldHistory of Food

Edited by Kenneth F. Kiple and KriemhildConeè Ornelas. Published December 2000 byCambridge University Press, The EdingburghBuilding, Cambridge CB2 1BR, UnitedKingdom (Phone: (44)1223326050, Fax:(44)1223326111). 1,600,000 Words, 170 Essays,224 contributors from 15 countries, two volumehardback set, 2,000 pages. ISBN 0 521 40216 6,£110 (£95 until March 31, 2001).

The most comprehensive reference book onfood ever published. Serves up tasty tit-bitsabout specific foods, from ackee to zamia, as wellas full-course analyses fo the role of food inwarfare, immigration, longevity and the rise andfall of civilizations around the globe. Explores allnutritional aspects of food and drink - fromnutrients, additives, fads and taboos to diets,disorders and diseases. Looks at everythingmankind has ever eaten, from historically crucialstaples like sorghum and rice, to regionaldelicacies such as jicama, truffles and winter-green. Concludes with a historical dictionarywhich contains concise histories of the world’splant foods, along with their Latin names andcommon synonyms. Are Italian pasta andChinese noodles related, or was each inventedseparately? Just as corn and potatoes once savedthe lives of millions of Europeans, could cassavaand taro help eliminate world hunger today? Arethere historical reasons to believe that primitiveman was preliminarily a vegetarian? Do we reallyunderstand the environmental and health risksposed by genetically engineered food?...

Secretory Structures ofAromatic and MedicinalPlants - A Review and Atlasof Micrographs’

By Katerina P. and Tomas G. Svoboda, Editedby P. M. Syred, Illustrations and Micrographs:A. D. Syred, Microscopix Photolibrary,Published by Microscopix Publications, MiddleTravelly, Beguildy, Knighton, Powys LD7 1UW,United Kingdom, Fax: (44)1547510317. 64ppsoftback 19x26cm portrait format, full-colourthroughout, 36 light micrographs and 42scanning electron micrographs each comprehen-sively described including accurate magnificationfigures, 10 full-page contextual plates, 38-entryglossary, 77-entry bibliography, full list of plantsused in aromatherapy. ISBN: 0-9538461-0-5.Price £22,5 UK, £25 Europe and £30 Rest of theWorld.

The book describes the anatomical forms ofsecretory structures in aromatic and medicinalplants and is richly illustrated with colouredplates of original micrographs prepared from 31authentic plant species. These illustrate thevariability of internal and external secretorytissues and is a unique collection of micrographs.It is key reading for students, researchers andvarious practical and advisory workers concernedwith aromatic and medicinal plants and theirapplications’..

Elsevier’s Dictionary of PlantNames and their Origin

By D.C. Watts, In English (with definitions),Hardbound, 1032 pages, 30,000 terms, ISBN: 0-444-50356-0, Price: $209.50 US. ElsevierScience Inc., PO Box 945, Madison SquareStation, New York, NY 10160-0757, USA.

The dictionary contains about 30,000vernacular and literary English names of plants(plus a few American), both wild and cultivated,with their botanical name and a brief account ofthe names’ meaning if known. It was conceivedas part of the author’s wider interest in plant andtree lore, and ethnobotanical studies.

Knowledge of plant names can give insightinto largely forgotten beliefs. Why for exampleis, or was, the common red poppy known as“Blind Man”? An old superstition has it that ifthe poppy were put to the eyes it would causeblindness. Such names were probably the resultof some taboo against picking the plant.Similarly, other names were likely to have beenapplied as a result of a country mother’s warningto her children against eating poisonous berries.For the warning carries more weight when thename given to the berry reinforces the warning.Many such plants or fruits may be ascribed to thedevil, Devil’s Berries for Deadly Nightshade is anexample.

Names may also be purely descriptive, and canalso serve to explain the meaning of the botanicalname. Beauty-Berry is an example: it is the namegiven to the American shrub that belongs to thegenus Callicarpa, which is made up of two Greekwords that mean beauty and berry.

Literary, or “book” names, have also beenincluded in this dictionary, as being a veryimportant part of the whole. Many of themprovide links in the transmission of wordsthrough the ages. Thor’s Beard, for example, is abook name for “houseleek”, and has never beenused in the dialect. But it highlights the legendthat houseleek is a lightning plant, and by reverselogic is a preserver from fire.

News Book Announcements - Non ISHS publication

News of the ISHS Secretariat

The ISHS is an organisation of individuals,organisations - National and International - andgovernmental bodies interested in the field ofHorticultural Research and Horticulture ingeneral. The ISHS is registered in Belgium.

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The annual subscription to the InternationalSociety for Horticultural Science is 40 Euro forIndividual membership and 146 Euro forOrganisation membership; Student Membershiprate is 12 Euro. Members from a number ofcountries can benefit a special reducedmembership rate (40 Euro for two years ISHSmembership). For a complete list of thesecountries please refer to the ISHS website orcontact the ISHS Secretariat.

Acta Horticulturae

Acta Horticulturae is the series of proceedings ofISHS Scientific Meetings, Symposia orCongresses. (ISSN: 0567-7572)ISHS Members get a discount when orderingActa Horticulturae (See section on ActaHorticulturae in this Chronica Horticulturae).Back issues are available but their availability israther limited. An order form as well as anupdated list of available titles is available on theISHS website http://www.ishs.org

Correspondence with regard to the contents,orders for reprints, and other inquiries should beaddressed to the ISHS Secretariat.

New ISHS Members

We are pleased to welcome the following newmembers to ISHS:

New Country Member

DPR of Korea (North Korea): PyongyangVegetable Res. Institute, Dr. Hong Chang Bok,Director PVRI, Jangchondong, Sadong District,Pyongyang City, DPR of Korea. DPR of Koreaconfirmed its intention to join ISHS as aCountry Member.

New Organisation Members:

* NSW Agriculture, Ms. Jennifer Kirton,Wollongbar Agricultural Institute, Wollong-bar 2477, NSW Australia. Phone:(61)266261321, Fax: (61)266285925, e-mail:jennifer.kirton@agric.nsw.gov.au

* Mondial Fruit Selection, 1 rue A. Fleming,49066 Angers Cedex 01, France. Phone:(33)241221750, Fax: (33)241221751, e-mail:mondial.fruit@wanadoo.fr

* Starfruits, Mme. D. Thevenon, 14 LesGenets d’Or, 84430 Mondragon, France

* SOMECH - Sociedad Mexicana de CienciasHorticolas, Km. 36 Carretera Mexico-Tex-coco, Chapingo, Mexico. Phone: (52)33240133, Fax: (52)33243082, e-mail: vmmedina@hotmail.com

New Individual Members:

Australia: Andrew Bernuetz, Anna Klyne,Bertrand Vautrin; Belgium: Iris De Jaeger,Sabine Geysen, Bertrand Helliot; Brazil: PeterSchubert; Bulgaria: Ivan Tsvetkov; Canada:Maria Cecilia do Nascimento Nunes, Ernest

Andrew Kerr, Alan W. McKeown, AndreaMolinari, David Wees; Chile: HumbertoTascheri; Croatia: Zlatko Satovic; Cyprus:Polycarpos Polycarpou; Czech Republic: MilenaCvikrova; Denmark: Henrik Bolding Pedersen;Finland: Riikka Heikinheimo, Anja Hohtola,Juha Larkka, Pertti Pulkkinen, Irma Saloniemi,Hilkka Seppänen; France: Maryse Montarone,Grégoire Thomas; Germany: Josef Dettendorfer,Viola Hanke, Andrea Matt, Gabriele Schween;Greece: Christos Katsanos, Maria Papafotiou;India: Devinder Singh Cheema, Vijay Rani;Indonesia: Roedhy Poerwanto; Israel: TamarAriel, Meir Pilowsky, Chen Shifriss, B. Steinitz,Nakdimon Umiel, Alexander Vainstain, MichaVolokita, Ron Vunsh, Aaron Zelcer; Italy:Giovanna Bonetti, Giuseppe Martelli, StefanoMorini, Francesco Sunseri; Japan: Nami Goto-Yamamoto, Ichirou Kouyama; Kenya: HenryWanjala; Korea: Eun-Joo Hahn, Wan-SoonKim, Jun Kyu Suh, Huyn-Woo Lee, Ji-WeonLee; Latvia: Mintauts Abolins; Luxembourg:Thierry Franck; Macedonia: Stefanka HadziPecova; Madagascar: Gerald Bois d’ Enghien;Netherlands: Leon Batta, Krit Raemakers, KellySmeets, Stephan Snepvangers; Nigeria: AdewaleMufutau Ademola, Olubunmi Fadina; Norway:Dag Röen, Astrid Sivertsen, Gry Skieseth,Eivind Vangdal; Phillippines: Danilo Padua;Poland: Anna Lisek, Krystyna Szczygiez;Portugal: Maribela Pestana; Romania: ValeriuCotea, Gica Gradinaru, Victor Popescu, NistorStan, Constantin Târdea, Ana Tomescu; SaudiArabia: Abdullah Al-Ghamdi; Singapore: LeeTiang Lam-Chan; South Africa: Anna-MariaBotha-Oberholster, Stephanie Wand; Spain:Miguel Alcaide García, Reyes Blanco Prieto,Julian Cuevas González, Ramón Dolcet-Sanjuan, Pedro V. Mauri Ablanque, SalvadorRoselló, Mercè Rovira i Cambra, Joan TousMartí, Antonio Vicent Civera; Sudan: AbdulKarim Al Shamsi, Jalel Bedoui; Sweden: AndreaKosiba, Margit Nothnagl, Elisabeth WremethWeich; Turkey: Nuray Akbudak, Levent Arin,Remzi Dogan, Ümran Ertürk, Cevriye Mert,Serdar Polat; United Kingdom: RutgerCornelissen, Jeff Moorby, Muhammad Munir;United States of America: H.S. Aldwinckle,Cassandra Bright, Chang-Kui Ding, StephenGarton, Jiang Jingrui, Saratha Kumudini, Sal J.Locasio, Jim Mattheis, Arlie McFaul, Hugh A.Poole, Sriharsa Pradhan, William S. Sakai,Fenton Vaden, Steven A. Weinbaum, MarkYelanich, Costanza Zavalloni; Vietnam: TranVan Minh

Members News in Brief:We are proud to announce that our Hungarianmember, Dr. Norbert Somogyi, has beenappointed agricultural attaché at the HungarianEmbassy in Paris (France).

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Most ISHS events offer reduced registrationfees for ISHS members. Make sure to mentionyour ISHS membership number or join copy ofyour ISHS membership card when registering.

Non-ISHS meetings-included here for yourinformation-are printed in Italics.

Year 2001• April 15-18, 2001, Taichung (Taiwan):

International Symposium on Design andEnvironmental Control of Tropical andSubtropical Greenhouses . Info: Dr. Din-Sue Fon, Convener, Department ofAgricultural Machinery Engineering,National Taiwan University, 136 Cho-shanRd., Taipei 106, Taiwan. Fax: (886)22627620, e-mail: dsfong@ccms.ntu.edu.tw ,web: www.ISHS-GH2001.tari.gov.tw

• May 7-11, 2001, Caceres (Spain): IIInternational Symposium on Fig. Info:Margarita Lopez Corrales, SIA, Dpto.Hortofruticultura, Apdo. 22, 06080Badajoz, Spain. Phone: (34)924288100,Fax: (34)924288101, e-mail: sech2001@inia.es

• May 20-24, 2001, Piracicabe, São Paulo(Brazil): IX International Symposium onTiming Field Production in VegetableCrops. Info: Mrs. Maria Celia Rodrigues,Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz deQueiroz”/USP, Departamento de ProduçãoVegetal, Av. Pádua Dias, 11, Caixa Postal09, 13418-900 Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil.Phone: (55)194294190, Fax: (55)194294385, e-mail: celia@carpa.ciagri.usp.br

• May 20-24, 2001, Zaragoza (Spain): IIIInternational Symposium on Pistachios andAlmonds - XII GREMPA Colloquium.Info: R. Socias i Company, Unidad deFruticultura SIA-DGA, Apartado 727,50080 Zaragoza, Spain. Phone: (34)976716313, Fax: (34)976716335 or e-mail:rsocias@aragob.es

• June 25-30, 2001, Washington/Oregon(USA): IV International Symposium onCherry Production. Info: Dr. Gregory Lang,Convener, Horticulture Department, Plant& Soil Sciences Building, Michigan StateUniversity, East Landing, MI 48824-1325,USA, Tel. (1) 5174329542, Fax.: (1)5173530890, email: ishs@msu.edu Pre-Conference Tour: 24-25 June, PostConference Tour: July 1-3

• July, 3-6, 2001, Gent (Belgium): XXthInternational Symposium Strategies for NewOrnamentals. Section Ornamentals

EUCARPIA, Info: Dr. E. Van Bockstaele,Eucarpia Symposium, CLO, DvP,Caritasstraat 21, 9090 Melle, Belgium.Phone: (32)92722900, Fax: (32)92722901,email: eucarpia2001@clo.fgov.be , Internet:http://www.clo.fgov.be/congres/eucarpia.htm

• July 4-12, 2001, Invergowrie (Scotland):VIII International Rubus-Ribes Sym-posium. Info: Dr. R.J. McNicol, ScottischCrop Research Inst., Invergowrie, HeadSoft Fr. Gen., Dundee DD2 5DA, Tayside,Scotland, United Kingdom. Tel.(44)1382-562731, Fax.: (44)1382-562426, e-mail:r.mcnicol@scri.sari.ac.uk , web: http://www.scri.sari.ac.uk

• July 8-10, 2001, Budapest (Hungary): ISHSConference on Medicinal and AromaticPlants: Possibilities and Limitations ofMedicinal and Aromatic Plant ProductionTowards the 21st Century. Info: Dr. JenöBernáth, Univ. of Hortic. And FoodIndustry. Phone: (36)13726250, Convener:Dr. Oskár Köck, National Institute forAgricultural Quality Control, 1525Budapest, PO Box 30, 93, Hungary. Phone:(36)12123127, Fax: (36)12122673, email:map.congr@ommi.hu

• July 8-11, 2001, Davis, CA (USA): VInternational Peach Symposium. Info: Drs.C. Crisosto and S. Johnson, Conveners,University of California, Kearney Agric.Ctr., 9240 S. Riverbend Ave., Parlier, CA93648, USA. Phone: (1)5596466596, Fax:(1)5596466593, e-mail: sjohnson@uckac.edu or carlos@uckac.edu

• July 8-13, 2001, Rotterdam (Netherlands):VIII International Controlled AtmosphereResearch Conference. Info: Dr. J. Ooster-haven, PO Box 17, 6700 AA Wageningen,Netherlands. Phone: (31)317477554, Fax:(31)317475347, e-mail: ca2001@ato.wag-ur.nl web: http://www.ato.wageningen-ur.nl/ca2001

• July 16-18, 2001, Davis (California - USA):VI International Symposium on ComputerModelling in Fruit Research and OrchardManagement. Info: Dr. Ted DeJong,Convener, Department of Pomology,University of California, One ShieldsAvenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA. Phone:(1)530-752-0123, Fax: (1)530-752-8502,email: tmdejong@ucdavis.edu , web: http://conferences.ucdavis.edu

• July 22-25, 2001, Sacramento (California -USA): 98th ASHS Annual Conference. Info:ASHS, 113 S.West Street, Suite 200,Alexandria, VA 22314-2851, USA. Phone:(1)7038364606, Fax: (1)7038362024, e-mail: meetings@ashs.org

• July 28 - August 4, 2001, Hannover (Ger-many): XIV International Plant NutritionColloquium. Info: IPNC Secretariat,University of Hannover, Herrenhaeuser Strasse2, 30419 Hannover, Germany. Phone:(49)5117623625, Fax: (49)5117 623611, e-mail: ipnc@mbox.pflern.uni-hannover.de ,web: http://www.ipnc2001.uni -hannover.de

• August 13-17, 2001, Amsterdam (Nether-lands): VI International Symposium onAdjuvants for Agrochemicals (ISAA 2001).Info: ISAA2001, PO Box 33, 6870 AARenkum, Netherlands. e-mail: h.deruiter@isaa2001.com

• August 19-22 2001, Cheonju (Korea): IXInternational Symposium on PlantBioregulators in Fruit Production. Info: Dr.Seon-Kyu Kim (Convener), Department ofHorticulture, Chungbuk NationalUniversity, Cheonju 361-763, Korea.Phone: (82)432612527, Fax: (82)432735404, e-mail: kimskyu@cbu.ac.kr

• August 20-24, 2001, Plovdiv (Bulgaria):International Symposium on Plum andPrune Genetics. Info: Dr. VassiliyDjouvinov, Convener, 12, Ostromila Street.4004 Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Phone:(359)32771349, Fax: (359)32670808, e-mail: vd298@plovdiv.techno-link.com

• August 25-29, 2001, Kurayoshi, Tottori( Japan): International Symposium AsianPears Commemorating 100th Anniversaryof ‘Nijisseiki’ Pear. Info: Prof. S. Iwahori(Convener): Fax: 81)298536617, e-mail:iwahori@sakura.cc.tsukuba.ac.jp or Prof. Dr.Kenji Tanabe, Fax: (81)857316749, e-mail:tanabe@muses.tottori-u.ac.jp

• August 26-28, 2001, Geisenheim(Germany): Workshop on RootstockPerformance in Phylloxera InfestedVineyards. Info: Convener Prof. Rühl,Workshop Secretariat, ForschungsanstaltGeisenheim, Fachgebiet Rebenzüchtungund Rebenveredlung, Eibinger Weg 1,65366 Geisenheim, Germany. Phone:(49)6722502121, Fax: (49)6722502120, e-mail: ruehl.rz@geisenheim.fa.fh-wiesbaden.de

• August 30 - September 2, 2001, Niigata,( Japan): X International Symposium onAsparagus. Info: Convener: Prof. HajimeAraki, University Farm, Faculty ofAgriculture, Niigata University, Muramatsu,Naka-kanbara, Niigata 959-1701, Japan.Phone: (81)250585737, Fax: (81)250587046, email: araki@agr.niigata-u.ac.jp

• September 8-14, 2001, Alnarp (Sweden):International Symposium on GrowingMedia and Hydroponics. Info: Prof. Dr.Paul Jensén, Department of Horticulture,

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Division of Root and Substrate Research,Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences,Box 55, 230 53 Alnarp, Sweden. Phone:(46)40415365, Fax: (46)40465590, e-mail:paul.jensen@tv.slu.se

• September 10-14, 2001, Avignon (France):International Symposium on ApricotCulture. Info: Dr. J.M. Audergon,Convener, INRA, Domaine Saint Paul,84143 Montfavet, France. Phone:(33)432722668, Fax: (33)432722662, email:Jean-Marc.Audergon@avignon.inra.fr

• September 11-15, 2001, Merano (Italy):International Symposium on FoliarNutrition of Perennial Fruit Plants. Info:Prof. Dr. Massimo Tagliavini, Dipartim. diColture Arboree, Universita di Bologna, ViaFilippo Re 6, 40126 Bologna, Italy. Phone:(39)0512091499, Fax: (39)0512091500, e-mail: mtaglia@agrsci.unibo.it or Dr. W.Drahorad, Beratungsring, Via Chiesa 4,39018 Terlano (BZ), Italy. Phone:(39)0471257490, Fax: (39)0471257800, e-mail: beratungsring.terlan@rolmail.net,web: http://www.agrsci.unibo.it/isfn

• September 11-19, 2001, Potsdam (Germany):VI International Symposium on Fruit, Nut,and Vegetable Production Engineering. Info:Dr. M. Zude-Sasse, ATB, Max-Eyth-Allee100, 14469 Potsdam, Germany.Phone:(49)33156996 19, Fax:(49)3315699849, e-mail: mzude@ atb-potsdam.de web:www.atb-potsdam.de /symposium2001/

• September 19-22, 2001, Sani, Halkidiki(Greece): I International Symposium onAcclimatization and Establishment ofMicropropagated Plants. Info: Prof. Dr.Athanasios Economou, Dept. ofHorticulture, School of Agriculture,Aristotle University, PO Box 281, 54006Thessaloniki, Greece. Phone:(30)31998671, Fax: (30)31998679, e-mail:aseconom@agro.auth.gr

• September 20-22, 2001, Karlsruhe (Germany):Hortec 2001. Techniques in Horticulture fair.Info: Messe Karlsruhe, Festplatz 9, 76137Karlsruhe, Germany. e-mail: info@messe-karlsruhe.de

• September 28 - October 1, 2001, Tsukuba,Ibaraki ( Japan): II International Symposiumon Cucurbits. Info: Prof. Dr. ShigeoNishimura, Institute for Agriculture andForestry, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572,Japan. Phone: (81)298536620, Fax:(82)298536620, e-mail: nshigeo@agbi.tsukuba.ac.jp

• October 8-12, 2001, Napier (New Zealand):IX International Workshop on Fire Blight.Info: Dr. Christopher Hale, Hort Research,Private Bag 92169, Aucland, New Zealand. Phone: (64)98154200, Fax:(64)98154201, e-mail: chale@hort.cri.nzweb:http://www.hortresearch.co.nz/confer.htm

• November 5-9, 2001, Taipei (Taiwan): IISymposium on Biotechnology of Tropicaland Subtropical Species. Info: ConvenerProf. Wei-Chin Chang, Institute of Botany,Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan.Phone: (886)227899590 ext 120, Fax:(886)227827954, e-mail: wcc@wcc.sinica.edu.tw web: http://www.sinica.edu.tw/~wcchang2/2ndishs/

• November 4-5, Antalya (Turkey).ISHS Executive Committee meeting

• November 6-9, 2001, Antalya (Turkey):International ISHS Symposium onSustainable Use of Plant Biodiversity toPromote New Opportunities forHorticultural Production Development.Info: Prof. Dr. Yüksel Tüzel, Ege University,Faculty of Agriculture, Dept. ofHorticulture, 35 100 Bornova, Izmir,Turkey. Phone: (90)2323881865, Fax:(90)2323881865, email: tuzel@agr.ege.edu.tr

• November 2001, Lima (Peru): Sweet PotatoSymposium. Info: Dr. Patricio Malagamba,Centro International de la Papa, Apartado1558, Lima 12, Peru. Phone: (51-1)317.5314, Fax: (51-1)317.5333, e-mail:p.malagamba@cgiar.org

• December 9-13, 2001, Palmerston North(New Zealand): Second InternationalSymposium on Applications of Modelling asan Innovative Technology in the Agri-FoodChain, MODEL-IT. Info: Dr. MaartenHertog, Phone: (64)63506176, Fax:(64)63505610, e-mail: model-it@massey.ac.nz web: http://model-it.massey.ac.nz/

• December, 2001, Mendoza (Argentina):International Symposium on Irrigation andWater Relations of Fruit Trees and GrapeVines. Info: Dr. Hernán Ojeda, EEAMendoza INTA, San Martin 3853, (5507)Lujan de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina. email:h.ojeda@mendoza.inta.gov.ar

Year 2002• February/March 2002, Hawaii (USA):

International Protea Symposium.

• March 23-26, 2002, Davis (USA): XIIICrucifer Genetics Workshop. Info: Carlos F.Quiros, University of California, Davis, CA95616, USA.

• March 25-28, 2002, Cairo (Egypt):International Symposium on the Horizonsof Using Organic Matter and Substrates inHorticulture. Info: Prof. Dr. Ayman F. AbouHadid, Dept. of Horticulture, Faculty ofAgriculture, Ain Shams University, PO Box68 Hadayek Shobra, 11241 Cairo, Egypt.Phone: (20)24441386, Fax: (20)24446852,e-mail: ruafah@rusys.eg.net

• March 2002, Catania (Italy): 6thInternational Symposium on ProtectedCultivation in Mild Winter Climates. Info:Prof. G. La Malfa, Istituto Orticoltura eFloricoltura, Via Valdisavoia 5, 95123Catania, Italy. Phone: (39)095355079 Fax:(39)095355079 e-mail: ishs.symposium@mbox.fagr.unict.it

• March 2002, Santa Catharina (Brazil): 2ndInternational Symposium on Banana in theSubtropics. Info: EPAGRI, GerênciaRegional de Joinville, Caixa Postal 37,89201-270 Joinville, SC, Brazil. Phone:(55)474338267, Fax: (55)474338267, e-mail: arj@epagri.rct-sc.br

• April, 2002, Veracruz (Mexico): IVInternational Pineapple Symposium.Convener: Daniel Uriza Avila, SerapioRendon 83, Col. San Rafael, DelCuauhtemoc, 06470 Mexico, DF, Mexico.Phone: (52)551401612, Fax: (52)555469020, e-mail: lauckv@inifap2.inifap.conacyt.mx web: http://mx.geocities.comfips2002mx/

• June 11-14, 2002, Zaragoza (Spain): IInternational Symposium on Rootstocks forDeciduous Fruit Tree Species. Info: Drs.Maria Moreno and Alvaro Blanco,Conveners, Department of Pomology, AulaDei Experiment Station, PO Box 202,50080 Zaragoza, Spain. email:mmoreno@eead.csic.es , web: http://www.iamz.ciheam.org/rootstocks-Zaragoza2002.htm

• August 11-17, 2002, Toronto (Canada):XXVI ISHS INTERNATIONALHORTICULTURAL CONGRESS. Info:Dr. N.E. Looney, Pacific Agri-FoodResearch Centre, AAFC, Summerland, BCV0H 1Z0, Canada. email: looneyn@em.agr.ca See also the XXVI ISHS IHC pageson the ISHS website

• August 2002, (Brazil): II Latin AmericanSymposium on Products of Medicinal andAromatic Plants and Condiments. Info: Dr.Lin Chau Ming, Dept. Horticulture,Agronomic Sciences College, Sao PauloState University, Botucatu, Sao Paulo, BrazilCEP: 18.603-970. Phone: (55)14.821.3883x172, Fax/ (55)14.821.3483, e-mail:linming@fca.unesp.br

• August 11-17, 2002, Toronto (Canada): 99thASHS Annual Conference (and XXVI ISHSInternational Horticultural Congress). Info:ASHS, 113 S.West Street, Suite 200,Alexandria, VA 22314-2851, USA. Phone:(1)7038364606, Fax: (1)7038362024, e-mail: meetings@ashs.org

• September 15-20, 2002, Wuhan - Hubei(China): V International Symposium onKiwifruit. Info: Dr. Hongwen Huang,Wuhan Institute of Botany, The ChineseAcademy of Sciences, Moshan, Wuchang,Wuhan 430074, China. Phone:

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• September 2002, (Brazil): VII InternationalMango Symposium. Info: Dr. AlbertoCarlos Queiroz Pinto, EMBRAPA, Centrode Pesquisa Agropecuaria dos Cerrados, BR020, Km. 18, (PO Box 08223), 73301-970Planaltina, DF, Brazil. Phone: (55)613889924, Fax: (55)613889859, email:alcapi@cpac.embrapa.br

• 2002, Davis, California (USA): InternationalSymposium on Vegetable Quality. Info: Dr.Marita I. Cantwell, Mann Laboratory,Department of Vegetable Crops, OneShields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8746,USA. Phone: (1)9167527305, Fax:(1)9167524554, e-mail: micantwell@ucdavis.edu

Year 2003• February 2-8, 2003, Christchurch (New

Zealand): VIII International Congress of PlantPathology (ICPP). Info: ICPP, PO Box 84,Lincoln University, Canterbury, NewZealand. Phone: (64)33252811 ext8955 Fax:(64)33253840, e-mail:shrewsbh@lincoln.ac.nz web: http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/icpp2003/

• March, 2003, Brasilia, DF (Brazil):International Symposium on NewOrnamental Crops. Convener: Dr. AntónioFernando Caetano Tombolato, Ist.Agronomico, Governo do Estado de SaoPaulo, Caixa Postal 28, 13001-970Campinas SP, Brazil, Phone:(55)192315422, Fax: (55)192314943, e-mail: tombolat@cec.iac.br

• May 2003, Pisa (Italy): Symposium onManaging Greenhouse Crops in SalineEnvironment. Info: Prof. Tognoni,Dipartimento di Biologia delle PianteAgrarie, Viale delle Piagge n° 23, 56100Pisa, Italy. Phone: (39)050570420, Fax:(39)050570421

• August, 2003 (The Netherlands):International Symposium on PostharvestPhysiology of Ornamentals. Convener: Dr.U. van Meeteren, Mr. Van Rennesweg 29,6871 GG Renkum, Netherlands. Phone:(31)317314926, Fax: (31)317484709, e-mail: uulke.vanmeeteren@users.tbpt.wag-ur.nl

• September 2-5, 2003, Fortaleza-CE (Brazil):Annual Meeting of the Interamerican Societyfor Tropical Horticulture (ISTH). Info: Dr.Ricardo Elesbao Alves, Embrapa AgroindustriaTropical, CP 3761, 60.511-110 Fortalza, CE,Brazil. e-mail: elesbao@cnpat.embrapa.br web:http://w ww.49isth.cjb.net

• 2003 or 2004, Bornova, Izmir (Turkey):International Symposium on ProtectedCultivation in Mild Winter Climates. Info:Prof. Dr. Yüksel Tüzel, Ege University,Agriculture Faculty, Department ofHorticulture, 35100 Bornova Izmir, Turkey.Phone: (90)2323880110ext1398, Fax:(90)2323881865, e-mail: tuzel@ziraat.ege.edu.tr

• 2003 or 2004 (Italy): 5th InternationalWalnut Congress. Place and date to bedetermined.

Year 2004• January 2004, Stellenbosch (South Africa):

5th International Symposium on MineralNutrition of Deciduous Fruit Trees.Convener: Dr. John Woolridge.

• March 2004, Stellenbosch (South Africa):9th International Symposium on PearGrowing. Info: Dr. Karen Theron,Department of Horticulture, University ofStellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland7602, South Africa. Phone: (27)218084762,Fax: (27)218084336, e-mail: kit@land.sun.ac.za

• April 2004, Niigata ( Japan): InternationalSymposium on Flowerbulbs. Info: Prof. Dr.Hideo Imanishi, College of Agriculture,Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan. Phone:(81)722521161, Fax: (81)722520341, e-mail: h-ima@plant.osakafu-u.ac.jp

• June-July 2004, Reus (Spain): 6thInternational Congress on Hazelnut. Info:Dr. Joan Tous, Apartat 415, 43280 Reus(Tarragona), Spain. Phone: (34)977343252,Fax: (34)977344055, e-mail: joan.tous@irta.es

• 12-17 September, 2004, Brisbane(Australia): 5th International StrawberrySymposium. Info Dr. Neil Greer, QLDDept Primary Industries, PO Box 5083,Sunshine Coast Mail Centre, Nambour,QLD 4560, Australia. Phone:(61)754449605, Fax: (61)754412235, e-mail: greern@dpi.qld.gov.au

• 2004, (Turkey): 5th InternationalSymposium on Olive Growing. Info: Dr.Mucahit Taha Ozkaya, University ofAnkara, Faculty of Agriculture, Departmentof Horticulture, 06100 Ankara, Turkey.Phone: (90)5355264860, Fax:(90)3123179119, e-mail: ozkaya@agri.ankara.edu.tr

• 2004, Bursa (Turkey): 3rd BalkanSymposium on Vegetables and Potatoes.Info: Dr. H. Özkan Sivritepe, UludagÜniversity, Department of Horticulture,

• September 30 - October 4, 2003, Providence -Rhode Island (USA): 100th ASHS AnnualConference - Centennial Meeting. Info: ASHS,113 S.West Street, Suite 200, Alexandria, VA22314-2851, USA. Phone: (1)7038364606,Fax: (1)7038362024, e-mail: meetings@ashs.org

• September 2003, Davis, California (USA):4th International Symposium on Irrigationof Horticultural Crops. Info: Dr. RichardSnyder, UC Davis, 1709 Palm Place, Davis,CA 95616, USA. Phone: (1)5307524628,Fax: (1)5307521552, e-mail: rlsnyder@ucdavis.edu

• October 2003 Nauni (India): 7thInternational Symposium on TemperateZone Fruits in the Tropics and Subtropics.Info: Dr. K.K. Jindall, Parmar University ofHorticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan(HP) 173230 India. Phone: (91)179252315,Fax: (91)179252242, e-mail: dres@yspuhf.hp.nic.in or kkjindal@yspuhf.hp.nic.in

• October 2003, Vila Real, (Portugal): IIIInternational Chestnut Symposium. Info:Dr. Carlos Abreu, Universidade de Tras-Os-Montes e Alto Douro, Apartado 202, 5001Vila Real Codex. Phone (351)59.323688Fax: (351)59.325058

• 2003, (New Zealand): Root and Tuber CropSymposium. Info: Dr. M. Nichols,Department of Plant Science, MasseyUniversity, Palmerston North, NewZealand. Phone: (64)6-3569099, Fax:(64)6-3505606, e-mail: m.nichols@massey.ac.nz

• 2003, Jerusalem (Israel): 6th InternationalSymposium on Chemical and non-Chemical Soil and Substrate Disinfection.Info: Prof. J. Katan, University ofMinnesota, C/O Dept. Of Plant Pathology,Borlaug Hall, St. Paul, MN 55108-0010,USA. Phone: (972)89481217, Fax:(972)89466794, e-mail: gamliel@agri.huji.ac.il

• 2003, Wageningen (The Netherlands):Symposium on Greenhouse Crop Tolerance.Info: Prof. Hugo Challa, WageningenAgric. University, Sect.Agric.Engineering&Physics, Bomenweg 4, 6703 HDWageningen, Netherlands, Phone:(31)317482397, Fax: (31)317484819, e-mail: hugo.challa@user.aenf.wau.nl

• 2003 Antalya (Turkey): InternationalSymposium on the International Cut FlowerChain. Info: Dr. K.K. Jindall, ParmarUniversity of Horticulture and Forestry,Solan, Nauni, India. Fax: (91)179252242, e-mail: Dr. Burhan Ozkan, University ofAkdeniz, Faculty of Agriculture,Department of Agricultural Economics,07058 Antalya, Turkey. e-mail:ozkan@agric.akdeniz.edu.tr

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16059 Bursa, Turkey. Phone:(90)2244428970, Fax: (90)2244429098, e-mail: ozkan@uludag.edu.tr

• 2004, (Korea): 4th ISHS Symposium onBrassica and 15th Crucifer GeneticsWorkshop. Info: Dr. Yong Pyo Lim, Dept.of Horticulture, Chungnam NationalUniversity, Kung-Dong 220, Yusong-Gu,Taejon 305-764, South Korea. e-mail:yplim@hanbat.chungnam.ac.kr

• 2004, Perugia (Italy): InternationalSymposium on Nutrition and Fertilization.Info: Prof. Francesco Tei, Dept.Agroenvir.&Crop Science, University of Perugia, BorgoXX Giugno 74, 06121 Perugia, Italy. Phone:(39)0755856320, Fax: (39)0755856344, e-mail: f.tei@unipg.it

• 2004 (Thailand): 2nd InternationalSymposium on Litch, Longan and relatedSapindaceae. Infor: Dr. SuranantSubhadrabandhu, Department ofHorticulture, Faculty of Agriculture,Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900,Thailand. Phone: (66)25790308 or25614891, Fax: (66)25791951, e-mail:agrsns@ku.ac.th

• 2004, Verona (Italy): 5th InternationalPostharvest Research Symposium. Info:Prof. Dr. Pietro Tonutti, University ofPadova, Department of Vegetable Crops,Agripolis, Via Romea 16, 35020 Legnaro(Padova), Italy. Phone: (39)0498272845,Fax: (39)0498272850, e-mail: ptonutti@agripolis.unipd.it

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547 III International Symposium on Rose Research and Cultivation 75

546 International Symposium on Molecular Markers for Characterizing Genotypes and Identifying Cultivars in Horticulture 105

545 V International Protea Research Symposium 62

544 IV International Walnut Symposium 100

543 VII International Symposium on Postharvest Physiology ofOrnamental Plants 72

541 IV International Symposium on New Floricultural Crops 70

540 I International Conference on Banana and Plantain for Africa 96

539 III International Symposium on Brassicas and XII CruciferGenetics Workshop 45

538 Eucarpia symposium on Fruit Breeding and Genetics 123

537 III International Symposium on Irrigation of Horticultural Crops 146

536 XIV International Symposium on Horticultural Economics 111

535 I International Citrus Biotechnology Symposium 56

534 International Conference and British-Israeli Workshop onGreenhouse Techniques towards the 3rd Millennium 69

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532 V International Symposium on Chemical and Non-Chemical Soil and Substrate Disinfectation 54

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531 II ISHS Conference on Fruit Production in the Tropics andSubtropics 59

530 International Symposium on Methods and Markers for Quality Assurance in Micropropagation 82

529 III International Pineapple Symposium 67

528 VII International Symposium on Grapevine Genetics and Breeding 124

527International Symposium on Growth and Development of FruitCrops 49

526 V International Symposium on Grapevine Physiology 84

525 International Conference on Integrated Fruit Production 87

524 XXV International Horticultural Congress, Part 14: Horticultural Economics at Micro and Macro Level, International Trade and Marketing, International CooperativePrograms, Relations between Research, Development, Extension and Education 59

523 XXV International Horticultural Congress, Part 13: New andSpecialized Crops and Products, Botanic Gardens and Humon-Horticulture Relationship 53

522 XXV International Horticultural Congress, Part 12: Application of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology and Breeding - General Breeding, Breeding and Evaluation ofTemperate Zone Fruits for the Tropics and the Subtropics. 55

521 XXV International Horticultural Congress, Part 11: Application of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology and Breeding - Gene Expression and Molecular Breeding, Genome Analysis. 60

520 XXV International Horticultural Congress, Part 10: Application of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology and Breeding - In Vitro Culture. 61

519 XXV International Horticultural Congress, Part 9:

Computers and Automation, Electronic Information inHorticulture 58

518 XXV International Horticultural Congress, Part 8: Quality of Horticultural Products, Storage and Processing, New Outlooks on Postharvest Biology and Technology,Underutilized Fruits of the Tropics 55

517 XXV International Horticultural Congress, Part 7: Quality ofHorticultural Products, Starting Material, Auxiliary Products,Quality Control 85

516 XXV International Horticultural Congress, Part 6: CultureTechniques with Special Emphasis on Environmental Implications Physiological Processes in Plants 47

515 XXV International Horticultural Congress, Part 5: CultureTechniques with Special Emphasis on Environmental Implications Chemical, Physical and Biological Means ofRegulating Crop Growth in Ornamentals and Other Crops 61

514 XXV International Horticultural Congress, Part 4: CultureTechniques with Special Emphasis on Environmental Implications 63

513 XXV International Horticultural Congress, Part 3: CultureTechniques with Special Emphasis on Environmental Implications, Disease, Pest Control and Integrated Pest Strategies 89

512 XXV International Horticultural Congress, Part 2:

Mineral Nutrition and Grape and Wine Quality 49

511 XXV International Horticultural Congress, Part 1: Culture Techniques with Special Emphasis on Environmental Implications - Nutrient Management 60

510 VII Eucarpia Meeting on Cucurbit Genetics and Breeding 87

509 VI International Symposium on Mango 135

508 XIX International Symposium on Improvement of Ornamental Plants 66

507 III International Workshop on Models for Plant Growth and Control of the Shoot and Root Environments in Greenhouses 63

506 International Workshop on Ecological Aspects of VegetableFertilization in Integrated Crop Production 47

505 VII International Symposium on Rubus and Ribes 76

504 VI Symposium on Stand Establishment and ISHS SeedSymposium 53

503 II WOCMAP Congress Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Part 4: Industrial Processing, Standards & Regulations, Control,Supply & Marketing and Economics 50

502 II WOCMAP Congress Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Part 3: Agricultural Production, Post Harvest Techniques,Biotechnology 74

501 II WOCMAP Congress Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Part 2: Pharmacognosy, Pharmacology, Phytomedicine, Toxicology 66

500 II WOCMAP Congress Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Part 1: Biological Resources, Sustainable Use, Conservation and Ethnobotany 50

499 V International Symposium on Computer Modelling in Fruit Research and Orchard Management 60

498 IV International Symposium on Kiwifruit 69

497 I International Symposium on Cherimoya / 1er SimposioInternacional Sobre Chirimoya (English + Español) 71

496 International Symposium on Urban Tree Health 82

495 WCHR - World Conference on Horticultural Research 103

494 II International Symposium on Chestnut 88

493 I ISHS Workshop on Water Relations of Grapevines 63

492 I International Symposium on Cucurbits 71

491 International Symposium Greenhouse Management for Better Yield & Quality in Mild Winter Climates 84

490 I International Symposium on Banana in the Subtropics 97

489 VIII International Workshop on Fire Blight 109

488 XI International Symposium on Apricot Culture 126

487 VI International Symposium on Processing Tomato & Workshop on Irrigation and Fertigation of Processing Tomato 97

486 II International Symposium on Ornamental Palms & otherMonocots from the tropics 67

485 International Symposium Effect of Pre- & Postharvest factors in Fruit Storage 74

484 Eucarpia Symposium on Fruit Breeding and Genetics 97

483 International Symposium on Vegetable Quality of Fresh andFermented Vegetables 78

482 International Symposium on Cut Flowers in the Tropics 76

481 International Symposium on Growing Media and Hydroponics 124

480 I International Symposium on Figs 63

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479 IX International Asparagus Symposium 83

478 VI International Symposium on Plum & Prune Genetics, Breeding, Pomology 67

477 IV International Symposium on Replant Problems 45

476 International Symposium Applications of Modelling as Innov.Tech. in Agri-Food chain. Model-It 71

475 VII International Symposium on Pear Growing 104

474 III International Symposium on Olive Growing 123

473 International Symposium Importance of Varieties and Clones in Quality Wine 46

472 XVII International Symposium Virus&Virus-Like DiseasesTemperate Fruit Crops 128

471 VIII International Symposium Small Fruit Virus Diseases 43

470 II International Symposium Pistachios and Almonds 98

468 III International Cherry Symposium 124

467 III International Symposium Diversification of Vegetable Crops 71

466 II Workshop on Pome Fruit 46

465 IV International Peach Symposium 120

464 International Postharvest Science Conference Postharvest 96 95

462 I Balkan Symposium On Vegetables and Potatoes (Vol. I&II) 159

461 International Symposium on Biotechnology of Tropical andSubtropical Species Part 2 89

460 International Symposium on Biotechnology of Tropical andSubtropical Species Part 1 30

459 International Symposium Brassica 97, Xth Crucifer Genetics Workshop 79

458 International Symposium on Water Quality & Quantity-Greenhouse 75

457 Symposium on Plant Biotechnology as a tool for the Exploitation of Mountain Lands 75

453 IV International Protea Working Group Symposium 45

452 International Symposium on Myrtaceae 45

451 VI International Symposium on Integrated Canopy, Rootstock, Environmental Physiology in Orchard Systems (2Vols.) 123

446 VI International Symposium on Vaccinium Culture 85

445 IV International Symposium on Hazelnut 95

444 III International Symposium on Kiwifruit 145

442 III International Walnut Congress 79

439 III International Strawberry Symposium 150

438 III International Congress on Cactus Pear and Cochenille 49

436 I International Persimmon Symposium 72

434 Strategies for Market Oriented Greenhouse Production 73

431 Tospoviruses and Thrips of Floral & Vegetable Crops 90

430 VII International Symposium on Flowerbulbs 156

429 XIII International Symposium on Horticultural Economics 87

425 II International Pineapple Symposium 98

424 II International Rose Symposium 66

422 International Conference on Integrated Fruit Production 81

418 III International Symposium on Artificial Lighting in Horticulture 52

414 International Symposium on the Genus Lilium 61

413 II International Symposium on Taxonomy of Cultivated Plants 31

411 VII International Workshop on Fire Blight 75

409 IV International Symposium on Growing Temperate Zone Fruits in the Tropics and in the Subtropics 37

408 International Seminar on Soilless Culture Technology Protected Crops Mild Winter Climates 26

405 VI International Symposium on Postharvest Physiology ofOrnamental Plants 60

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Acta Horticulturae titles in Preparation - Soon to be released:Acta ActaNumber Title542 VII International Symposium on the Processing Tomato548 International Symposium on Growing Media and Hydroponics549 International Symposium on Composting of Organic Matter