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Magazine of the International Societyfor Horticultural Science

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IN THIS ISSUEViewpoints: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Overview of Olive Cultivars Grown in Turkey . . 2ISHS Horticultural Research International Directory(VI Edition) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Section Fruits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Section Ornamentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Section Fruits - Section Vegetables - Section Viticulture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Commission Engineering - Commission ProtectedCultivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Commission Tropical and Subtropical Horticulture . 8

Commission Biotechnology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

New Book Announcements - Non ISHS publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Courses-Awards-Exhibitions-Conferences . . . . . 12

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

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

Acta Horticulturae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

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Turkey, one of the Mediterranean countries,has suitable ecological conditions to most of thefruit species. Turkey is considered to be animportant germplasm source for a lot of fruits.One of them is olive (Olea europae L.) (Eris and Barut 1990,1992,1995).

Turkey has an important potential with 3.5million ha area for all fruit growing(includedvineyards). As a result of this, about 12 milliontons of fruit are pruduced in this area. Grape,among other species cultivated in Turkey, has thebest production share (3.7 million tons), apple(2,2 million tons) and olive (1.8 million tons)have the second and third order respectively(Anonymous 1998).

Turkey lies firmly in fourth place in the worldranking of producer countries after Spain,Italyand Greece. Turkey has around 100,000,000olive trees spread across almost the whole of thecountry, which makes it the word’s importantolive producer. Turkey’s total olive productioncapacity is 1,8 million tons (1,2 million tons foroil olive, 0,6 million tons for table olive). Thisproduction varies year by year because of

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Overview of Olive Cultivars Grown in Turkeyalternate bearing (Anonymous 1998).

Olive, one of the Mediterranean plants, findssuitable conditions for growing well on theAegean, Mediterranean and Marmara Coasts inTurkey. Olive growing, which extends to 250 kmfrom the sea to inner parts in Aegean Region,can reach to 580 m high in MediterraneanRegion. On the other hand, low platosSoutheast Region are another olive growing areain Turkey (Eris and Barut 1995).

Turkey’s genetic olive assets are extremelyvariable and not readily comparable to those ofother major olive producing nations. In point offact there are a great many cultivars. There areabout over of 250 different cultivars in Turkey.Such huge discrepancies can be attributed to themultitude of synonyms and homonyms that arefound and the fact that many cultivars are madeup of multi-clonal populations with substantialpheno-typical differences.

All cultivars grown in Turkey are native. InTurkey the research on selection among a lot ofolive cultivars have been done in the Universitiesand Research Instituties for 20 years. The

characteristics of those initially selected cultivarshave been maintained through vegetativepropagation. Now they constitute what aretoday’s cultivars.

In Turkey, Aegean, Meditteranean,Southeastern Regions have big importance on oilolive cultivars, while Marmara Region on tableolive cultivars. The combination of entrenchedcustoms and obcjective requirements have madefor diversity to say the very least in the culturalpractices employed in different olive growingareas, for instance, in harvest timing andmethods, pruning intervals and intensity, crophealth care, irrigation etc.

In Turkey, 20 Turkish cultivars are widelygrown . These cultivars are shown in Table 1.Among the cultivars, tendency to alternance ofcvs. ‘Çelebi’, ‘Domat’, ‘Tavsan Yüregi’, ‘Uslu’ arelow, cvs. ‘Ayvalık’, ‘Kalembezi’, ‘Nizip Yaglık’,‘Büyük Topak Ulak’, ‘Edincik-Su’,’Gemlik’ ,’KanÇelebi’, ‘Karamürsel-Su’ ,’Samanlı’, ‘Sarı Ulak’,‘Memeli’ are moderate and cvs. ‘Kilis Yaglık’,’Çakır’, ‘Izmir Sofralık’, ‘Halhalı’, ‘Memecik’ arehigh. The other features of cultivars are seen inTable 2,3(Anonymous 1991).

Aegean Region’s olive production ratio isabout 74 % in total of Turkey. Oil olive cultivarsare generally grown in this region. Cvs.’Ayvalık’,

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‘Çakır’, ‘Domat’, ‘Memeli’, ‘Memecik’, ‘Uslu’ and‘Izmir Sofralık’ are famous cultivars grown in thisregion. Cv.Ayvalık is the most important oil olivecultivar in Turkey.

Marmara Region has 7 % of total oliveproduction in Turkey and a big importance forgrowing table olive cultivars like cvs.’Gemlik’,‘Çelebi’, ‘Edincik-Su’, ‘Karamürsel-Su’,Samanlı’. Of these cultivars, especiallycv.’Gemlik’ is approved as one of the best qualityblack olive cultivars in the world.

Mediterranean (11 %) and Southeastern (6 %)regions are the other olive growing regions.Cvs.’Büyük Topak Ulak’,’Halhalı’, ‘Sarı Ulak’,‘Tavsan Yüregi’ in Mediterranean Region andcvs.’Kilis Yaglık’, ‘Nizip Yaglık’, ‘Kalembezi’,‘Kan Çelebi’ in Southeast Region are widelygrown.

Turkey has some rich oil and table olivecultivars, but also include many cultivars whichhave low economic value. Considering theimportance of standard olive cultivars there hasbeen a rapid increase in its use recently.

ReferencesAnonymous 1991. Catalogue of Standard

Olive Cultivars. Republic of Turkey, Ministry ofAgriculture and Rural Affairs, Ankara p. 107.

Anonymous 1998. 1996 AgriculturalStructure(Prodution,Price and Value). StateInstitute of Statistics, Prime Ministry Republic

Oil Olive Cultivars Table Olive Cultivars Oil or Table Olive Cultivars

Ayvalık Büyük Topak Ulak (Black) HalhalıKalembezi Çakır (Black) MemeliKilis Yaglık Edincik-Su (Black) MemecikNizip Yaglık Karamürsel-Su (Black)- Uslu (Black)- Gemlik (Black)- Çelebi (Green)- Domat (Green)- Izmir Sofralık (Green)- Kan Çelebi (Green)- Sarı Ulak (Green)- Samanlı (Green)

Table 1. Standard Turkish Olive Cultivars

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Ayvalık 62.54 11.84 14-34 16.05- 9.06 364-80B.Topak Ulak 65.21 12.01 7-18 12.05-9.06 484.30Çakır 52.14 11.64 5 -15 13.05-9.06 284.30Çelebi 52.58 12.56 16-42 12.05-9.06 710.80Domat 68.53 12.20 8-27 16.05-8.06 530.30Edincik-Su 62.98 11.72 7-21 12.05-12.06 494.20Gemlik 50.68 11.84 10-23 12.05-9.06 372.80Halhalı 63.18 11.82 9-25 16.05-03.06 383.01 I.Sofralık 71.00 11.60 7-17 16.05-9.06 750.20Kalembezi 58.50 12.86 11-23 16.05-14.06 222.00Kan Çelebi 67.62 10.96 11-28 15.05-04.06 615.10Karamürsel-Su 66.52 12.10 10-37 16.05-12.06 710.00Kilis Yaglık 57.46 13.18 14-30 20.05-04.06 176.80Memecik 53.70 10.84 6-15 16.05-06.06 478.00Memeli 57.38 11.08 10-24 21.05-09.06 463.80Nizip Yaglık 58.48 14.06 10-30 15.05-05.06 217.60 Samanlı 66.44 15.32 5-40 16.05-09.06 396.40Sarı Ulak 53.38 13.38 1-28 15.05-14.06 376.52T.Yüregi 59.60 9.20 8-15 20.05-04.06 608.17Uslu 59.60 12.40 6-19 12.05-04.06 353.40

Table 3. Fruit Features of Standard Turkish Olive Cultivars

Cultivars Weight of Fruit Number Fruit Fatty100 Lenght of Fruit Width

Fruits (g) Per kg. (mm) (mm) (%)

Ayvalık 364.80 274 23.40 19.14 24.72B.Topak Ulak 484.30 206 23.73 22.02 20.20 Çakır 284.30 352 23.64 19.64 26.89Çelebi 710.80 141 33.60 22.10 28.38Domat 530.30 189 26.70 19.48 20.57Edincik-Su 494.20 202 21.82 18.43 16.71Gemlik 372.80 268 22.33 17.91 29.98Halhalı 383.01 261 19.54 16.09 21.11I.Sofralık 750.20 133 30.63 22.93 20.16Kalembezi 222.00 450 18.28 15.07 31.50Kan Çelebi 615.10 163 25.73 21.37 16.90Karamürsel-Su 710.00 141 32.28 23.10 18.60Kilis Yaglık 176.80 566 17.58 14.91 31.82Memecik 478.00 209 25.61 19.40 24.50Memeli 463.80 216 25.94 17.64 20.20Nizip Yaglık 217.60 460 20.82 17.17 27.36Samanlı 396.40 252 22.52 20.80 20.77Sarı Ulak 376.50 266 24.43 14.97 18.84 T.Yüregi 608.17 164 27.60 21.10 20.20 Uslu 353.40 226 26.32 17.44 21.10

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Section Fruits

IV International Walnut SymposiumWalnut researchers, extension specialists and

industry representatives met for the 4thInternational Walnut Symposium in Bordeaux(France) from the 12th to 16th October 1999.The Fruit and Vine Research Station (InstitutNational de la Recherche Agronomique - INRA)organised this meeting and Dr. Eric Germain,Chair of the ISHS Walnut Working Group, wasthe convener of this Symposium.

117 scientists from 23 countries representing 5continents attended the Symposium. France,Italy, Romania, Spain, Turkey and the USA were

all represented by large delegations. Theorganisers were particularly pleased to note theattendance of scientists from the more distantcountries of the Southern Hemisphere:Australia, Chile, New Zealand and South Africa.

During the opening session, speeches weredelivered by J.P. Chassin, President of the INRACentre of Bordeaux, A.D. Webster, Vice Chairof the ISHS Fruit Section, M. Rinaldi, Directorof the Ctifl, F. Vergas-Garcia, Co-ordinator ofthe FAO/CIHEAM Network on Nuts, G.Salesses, Director of the INRA Fruit and Vine

Research Station of Bordeaux and E. Germain,convener.

The scientific programme featured sevensessions focussed on different topics. Theseincluded genetic resources, breeding, varieties,propagation and rootstocks, molecular biology,biotechnology, biology, physiology, plantprotection, orchard management, nut quality andeconomics. During 3 days of the Symposium 49oral communications and 48 posters werepresented showing research results from all overthe world. Thanks to the simultaneous

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translation provided, this bilingual Symposium(French and English) promoted improvedunderstanding and excellent discussions.

A technical visit was organised during anadditional full day in the Garonne Valley. After avisit to the INRA Experimental Farm of “LesJarres” near Bordeaux, where Eric Germainexplained his variety and rootstock walnutbreeding programme, the group visited acommercial farm and observed the mechanicalharvesting of fresh nuts in a hedgerow orchardand also visited a walnut and hazelnut co-operative.

During the Symposium, a short meeting wasorganised by F. Vergas-Garcia, co-ordinator of

the FAO/CIHEAM Inter-regional Co-operative Research Network on Nuts in Europe,the Near East and North America.

A Gala dinner was organised in “ChâteauxGiscours” one of the renowned “Château”located in the heart of the famous Medoc winegrowing area.

During the closing session, Dr Neus Aleta ofIRTA (Spain) was elected as the new proposedChair of the ISHS Walnut Working Group, inthe place of Dr. E. Germain of INRA (France)who will retire next year. Three countries putthemselves forward as candidates for the nextISHS Walnut Symposium: Australia, Chile andItaly. The proposal from Italy was widely

supported and will be recommended to the ISHSExecutive Committee for approval once the date,precise location, and convener are specified.

A two day post congress trip allowed morethan thirty of the Symposium participants to visitthe Dordogne Valley, which is one of the mainFrench walnut growing areas as well as beingfamous for its tourist sites.

Eric Germain, Convener

VII International Symposium on Vaccinium Culture

The Organizing Committee is pleased toinvite you to participate in the VII InternationalSymposium on Vaccinium Culture to be heldnear Chillán, Chile from December 4-9, 2000.

The scientific program will feature invitedspeakers, contributed papers and research postersfrom scientists throughout the world onblueberry, cranberry, lingonberry cultivardevelopment, culture, pests and diseases,harvesting, handling and processing.

The conference site will be the Gran HotelTermas de Chillán, located 1600 meter above sea

spend a few days vacation visiting the south ofChile and/or Argentina after the symposium.

You are kindly invited to contact the convenerin case you are interested since a secondannouncement is to be circulated soon.

Ruperto Hepp, Convener.

level in the Andean Mountains, at the foot of theChillán Volcano, surrounded by Chilean nativewoods, where you will have the chance to be incontact with nature and perform activities likerock climbing, horseback-riding, hiking,mountain biking, swimming or just relaxing inthe thermal pool.

Pre- and post symposium tours are alsoconsidered, visiting important blueberry andcranberry fields in the central and southern partof Chile.

Tours will be offered to those who wish to

IV International Symposium on New Floricultural CropsThe symposium was held at the

Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania inWest Crete on 22-27 May and was organised byNAGREF, the Agricultural Research Centre ofMacedonia and Thrace under the chairmanshipof Dr Eleni Maloupa.

Participants numbered about 80 withadditional accompanying persons representing 21nations. Papers and posters fully occupied 4 days.

The Agronomic Institute of Chania, one of 4Mediterranean centres, (the others are Bari,Montpellier and Zaragoza), proved an excellentvenue with a fine modern conference suite and alively academic atmosphere engendered by themany and varied post-graduate students andsenior agricultural staff who study there. Some ofour more fortunate delegates occupied luxurytraditional stone houses beneath the cool pinetrees of the academic village.

Sessions, posters and discussion centredaround some 60 new or improved ornamentalswhich hold potential for commercialisation.These included new flower and foliage products

from Australia, South Africa and elsewhere,where conservation measures require thatcommercial production replaces damaging“bush” gathering. Many European,Mediterranean and American speakersconcentrated on improving or adapting floral

products to meet new or wider markets.Specially invited speakers were Dr Nikos

Margaris on flowers in Greek mythology, DrBert Hennipman on the sustainable exploitationof genetic resources with special reference to hiswork with Hippeastrum, Prof. Kiyoshi Ohkawa

From left to right: Eleni Maloupa, Talie Plummer, Fernando Tombolato

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and profitability. “Why pedal against the windwhen with trend forecasting you could have thewind behind you” she said. As an encore she gavea taste of things to come including “TropicalDream”, “Wild garden”, “Sound of Water”,“Senses”, and “Taste me”.

While delegates pursued such thoughtsaccompanying persons made excursions to OldChania and Knossos. Of course, the weather wasglorious, and ideal for the memorable, ifstrenuous, day-long field trip to the spectacularSamaria Gorge, the biggest ravine in Europe.Botanical highlights of this National Parkinclude Paeonies and the impressive, but evilsmelling, walking stick high, Dracunculusvulgaris.

Hospitality included a reception andconference dinner with entertainment.Throughout a warm and friendly atmospherepervaded the five all too short days.

At the close of the symposium Dr FernandoTombolato of Brasil offered to host the nextsymposium on new floricultural crops probablyin 2003.

Andrew Tompsett U.K.

who reviewed the Asian flower market and Prof.Arne Skytt Andersen on growth regulation.

Particularly memorable contributions were byDr Arthur Cameron who with co-workers atMichigan State University showed how manyherbaceous perennials are being programmed tomeet a “season-long” demand for colourfulcontainer plants. Several Mediterranean workers,including Dr Maloupa, described the productionof “easy-care” stress and drought tolerant plantssuch as Limonium, Euphorbia, Lotus and Ebenusespecially suitable for water economy on hotpatios.

One of the most arresting contributions wasby Linda Noack of Team Grow-how, Denmark,who described market research into décor andplant fashions. Without this knowledge shecontends that the producer is likely to enter themarket too late and hit the downturn in demand

Group Photo

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Section Fruits - Section Vegetables - Section Viticulture

The Third International Symposium onIrrigation of Horticultural Crops was held in theregion of Lisbon, Portugal, on 28th June to 2ndJuly, 1999, under the auspices of ISHS. ThreeWorking Groups from the Vegetable Section, theFruit Section and, for the first time and followinga suggestion from Dr Possingham, theViticulture Section, contributed to this event.Those WG were Water Supply and Irrigation,Water Relations of Woody Crops and WaterRelations of Grapevines, respectively.

The aims of the symposium were to presentthe latest scientific results, ideas and possibilitiesconcerning water management in irrigatedhorticulture and agriculture as well as to givescientists from across the world the opportunityto meet each other for exchange of views and forthe discussion of ideas and research results.

school (since 1852) of Agronomy Engineers inPortugal, belonging to the Technical Universityof Lisbon (UTL). The convener and President ofthe Symposium Organizing Committee wasProfessor Isabel Ferreira, specialist on evapo-transpiration and irrigation scheduling at ISA(Agricultural Engineering Department).

The organisers were guided and helped by aScientific Committee composed of the chairmenfrom the WG involved and a number of otherexperts. This group helped to evaluate and selectmore than 200 abstracts for oral or posterpresentation. Those contributions wereorganized into 5 topics: crop water requirements(1), plant water relations (2), irrigationscheduling (3), water quality and environmentalimpact of irrigation (4) and irrigation systems,water management and productivity (5).

About 170 participants (mainly researchscientists) attended this meeting, representing 28countries (Portugal (39), Italy (23), Spain (23),France (10), Germany (8), UK (4), Greece (3),Netherlands (3), Denmark (2), Belgium (2),USA (15), Brazil (6), Israel (8), with others fromPoland, Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic,Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Venezuela,Chile, South Africa, UAE, Lebanon, Tunisia,Egypt and Iran. There was a particularly strongrepresentation (60%) from countries in theMediterranean region, where irrigation has astrong tradition over more than one thousandyears and where it has a high importance forspring-summer crops.

The Symposium was organized by researchersin this field, from different Departments of theInstituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA), the oldest

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The posters were displayed in the centralconference area where coffee-breaks were held,so that they could be seen during these occasions,as well as during the formal poster sessions. Forthe first group of posters (Session 8) a novelapproach was attempted with a commondiscussion by the chairmen of the sub-sessions,authors and audience in the lecture rooms.Although this proved controversial, this newapproach was highly appreciated by several of theauthors of the posters as it allowed them anopportunity to present some key points fromtheir papers. We consider that there could bemerit in developing this approach further infuture meetings, as long as there is adequate timefor the rapporteurs to prepare in advance.

Oral and poster communications wereaccepted as equal in publication of the specialissue of Acta Horticulturae. These proceedingswill be published as soon as the review andediting process of the submitted papers can beconcluded.

An important aspect of the conference was thetechnical excursions held on the third day. All theoptional excursions commenced with a visit tothe Sorraia Valley, where there was a presentationat the Associação de Regantes e Beneficiários do Valedo Sorraia (Sorraia Valley District Association)with information about the Irrigation Project(irrigated area: roughly 15 000 ha) as well asgeneral information about irrigated areas inPortugal, by IHERA. This was followed by atraditional lunch with folk dances. In theafternoon, the participants had the opportunityto visit vineyards and orchards as well aslandscape and monuments in the regions ofÉvora (Unesco World Heritage site), Setúbal(crossing the Natural Park of Arrábida) orÓbidos, according to their choice.

At the evening of the first day of the meeting,a welcome dinner was celebrated (with shortconcert by Portuguese guitars), offered by theEstoril Coast Tourism Office, at Hotel Palácio,Estoril. The social programme also included adinner with music, at the ISA Glasshouse, aftera short visit by bus to Lisbon, at the end of thefourth day. We also had an exhibition withphotographs by our colleague Dr Carole Isbérie,and some photographs from the last symposium(at Chania). After the farewell lunch on Friday,there was an optional visit to the coastal area ofSintra-Cascais, where one can find baroque stylepalaces in the middle of ravines full of luxuriousvegetation, magnificent sand dunes near the seaat Guincho and the vertiginous scenic cliffs atthe European continent’s most western point

(http://portugalvirtual.pt/_tourism/costadelisboa/estoril/index.html).

The main supporting organizations were theMinistério da Agricultura, do DesenvolvimentoRural e das Pescas (MADRP), UniversidadeTécnica de Lisboa (UTL) and Fundação para aCiência e Tecnologia (FCT). Other donors werementioned in the printed programme.

We would like to thank all the participants forcreating such a pleasant and cheerful atmospherethroughout the week and also for their messagesof support before and after the symposium. Wehope they all enjoyed their stay in Portugal andhad a profitable and enjoyable time.

Since all previous meetings have been held inEurope, there was some interest in organizingthe Fourth International Symposium onIrrigation of Horticultural Crops on anotherContinent. Israel or USA (Davis, CA) wereconsidered as optional countries for the nextsymposium and opportunities are beinginvestigated.

Isabel Ferreira, Convener and Hamlyn GJones, President of the SC

The Symposium was held at the EscolaSuperior de Hotelaria e Turismo do Estoril(ESHTE). Estoril is located on the coastbetween Lisbon and the fishing town of Cascais,23 km from Lisbon, 2 km from Cascais and 15km from Sintra (Unesco World Heritage site,surrounded by the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park).The participants were accommodated in thenearby hotels or at the ESHTE residence.

At the opening session there were welcomingaddresses from the convenor, the Rector of UTL,Professor António Lopes da Silva, the Presidentof the Executive Board of ISA, Professor PedroLeão, a member of the Board of ISHS, ProfessorAntónio Monteiro and the President of theScientific Committee, Professor Hamlyn Jones.Professor Carlos Cabral, as representative of hisExcellency, the Minister of Agriculture, RuralDevelopment and Fisheries and Eng. NunesVicente, President of the Institut of Hydraulics,Agricultural Engineering and Environment(IHERA), also honoured the opening session ofthe Symposium. There was also a presentationabout ISHS and a short video.

Following the welcome, Professor Jonesopened the Scientific Sessions by introducing theinaugural keynote address by Dr Gerald Stanhill(ARO, the Volcani Center, Israel) who spoke on“Research for a Sustainable IrrigatedHorticulture: Strategy and Tactics”. The mainpart of the Symposium was scheduled in 14sessions: 11 with oral communications (three fortopic 1, two for topic 2, three for topic 3, one fortopic 4 and two for topic 5), two with posters andone for general discussion and conclusions. It wasnecessary to run a few sessions in parallel as aresult of the encouragingly large number ofsubmitted papers. Each topic was introduced bya keynote speaker and/or sub-keynote speaker.

The keynote speakers invited by the ScientificCommittee were Dr G. Stanhill, Dr NigelLivingston (University of Victoria, Canada), DrKen Schakel (University of California, Davis,USA) and Dr Dave Goldhammer (University ofCalifornia, Parlier, USA), Dr Thomas Trout(USDA, Fresno, California, USA) and ProfessorMike Carr (Cranfield University, Silsoe, UK).There was a total of 198 presentations scheduled:62 oral papers: 11 invited (keynote andsubkeynote speakers) and 51 contributed papers.The topics of the presentations and otherdetailed information can still be found in thehomepage of the Symposium: http://www.isa.utl.pt/ishs_irrigation_symposium, where thelist of participants, abstracts and some selectedphotos will be included.

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plants moved in turn to a fixed robotic workstation. The presence of a radial temperaturegradient would enable different crops to begrown on each annular ring. The design isintended to reduce the environmental impact ofgreenhouses by a factor of 20.

During the technical tour a visit was made tothe pot plant nursery of Mr Boaz Shefer at KfarBialik, 10 km north of Haifa. A notable featureof this well equipped facility producing a widerange of foliage and flower plants was thatreverse osmosis was used to purify all the waterused for irrigation and nutrition. Visits were alsomade to the northern research station of theAgricultural Research Organisation and toPolygal Plastics Industries Ltd., themanufacturer of multi-walled polypropylene andpolycarbonate sheets. Between these technicalvisits was a tour of old and new churches inNazereth, and the return to Haifa along MountCarmel passed through some Druze villages.The papers submitted from the oralpresentations and the posters will be reviewedand the proceedings of the Conference will bepublished as a special volume of ActaHorticulturae by the ISHS.

This International Conference sponsored bythe Engineering and Protected CropsCommissions of the ISHS, took place in Haifa,Israel from 5 to 8th September 1999; it wascombined with the fourth British-IsraeliWorkshop on Greenhouse Research sponsoredby the British Council. The meeting took placeat the International Convention Centre andcoincided with Agritech 99, the nationalagricultural and horticultural trade exhibitionheld for the first time in Haifa. The conferencewas attended by 140 participants from 20countries. The meeting was opened withwelcoming addresses by the Convenor, Dr MeirTeitel (Agricultural Research Organisation,Volcani Center), Dr Bernard Bailey (SilsoeResearch Institute), Dr E. Putievski (Director ofVolcani Center), Eng. Uri Peiper (Director ofInstitute of Agricultural Engineering, VolcaniCenter), Prof. Zohara Yaniv (Head ofInternational Cooperation and Public Relations,Volcani Center) and Eng. Moshe Goren(President of Israel Society of Plastics inAgriculture).

The first day of the two-day scientific programwas devoted to greenhouse ventilation andcooling with keynote addresses by Dr BernardBailey and Prof. Dan Willits. There is nowsufficient understanding of ventilation throughleeward ventilators that the rates of air exchangecan be estimated reasonably well, but this is notthe case for windward ventilation. There wasconsiderable interest in the nature of the internalair flows created by natural ventilation throughroof, and roof and sidewall, ventilators by windand by temperature difference. These flowsinfluence uniformity of the internal environment.Several new experimental techniques weredescribed. One used sonic anemometers to mapair velocity profiles inside a greenhouse. Anotherused the density differences between water and asalt solution containing a dye to simulate andvisualise convective flow through ventilators.Several papers presented information on air flowdistributions that had been obtained usingcomputational fluid dynamics. The plenarysession ended with a discussion on industrialdevelopments and opportunities for research

cooperation on an international scale withparticular reference to strategic partnerships withthe European Union. The final event of the daywas the presentation of 25 posters by the authors.

A thought provoking keynote lecture by Prof.Dan Cantliffe on the future of protectedvegetable production got the second day off to agood start. The remainder of the day wasdivided into parallel sessions which coveredradiation selective greenhouse covers and theireffects on plants and diseases, plant-environmentinteractions, irrigation, water relations andtranspiration, carbon dioxide enrichment,environmental control, sustainable greenhouses,training and management. A keynote lecture waspresented in each session, to provide anintroduction and review of a selected topic. Dr.B. Bar-Yosef spoke in one of the sessions aboutleachate recycling in greenhouses and Dr. ArieKenig spoke in the parallel session on CO2enrichment in greenhouse production: practiceand bottlenecks. Jan Achten described aninteresting futuristic greenhouse having a 200 mdiameter, circular production area covered with ahyperbolically shaped plastic material suspendedfrom a 45 m high central mast. The plants wouldbe grown on concentric annular rings of concretefloating on water so they could be rotated and the

Greenhouse Techniques towards the 3rd Millennium

Commission Engineering - Commission Protected Cultivation

Commission Tropical and Subtropical Horticulture

Symposium participants discussing posters

The 2nd ISHS Conference on Tropical andSubtropical Fruits took place at The Universityof Bonn, from 24 to 26 June 1999 in close co-operation with ARTS (Master’s Programme forResource Management in the Tropics, Bonn),ATSAF (Council for Tropical and Subtropical

Agricultural Research, Germany) and ZEF(Centre for Development Research, Bonn).Recent advances about tropical fruits werepresented and discussed according to four majorfields of interest i.e. Crop Management, PlantPhysiology, Breeding and Genetics as well as

Fruit Quality and Marketing. The inauguraladdresses were given by Dr. Hubrich,Representative of the Ministry for Agriculture ofGermany and by Dr. Brügger, President of theGerman Fruit Importers Association.

During these three days not less than 100

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international participants, coming from research,industry and development agencies, could enjoycontributions delivered by 56 authors from 14countries. Next to world important fruit cropslike banana, citrus, pineapple and mango some ofthe lesser known species were also presented ase.g. fruit crops of the Sapotaceae, Pepino(Solanum muricatum), African pear (Dacryodesedulis), Ivory palms (Phytelephas spp.),Dattelpalme (Phoenix dactylefera), fruit species ofthe Lecythidaceae, Marula (Sclerocarya birrea) andSalak (Salacca zalacca). Furthermore, 16 posterswere exhibited.

Participants were given the opportunity tovisit the tropical section of the Botanical Gardensof the University as well as the famous Institutefor Biological Research of Bayer and itsadjoining Tropicarium in Monheim, followed bya buffet, sponsored by BAYER. The conferencebanquet was converted into an internationalbarbeque with exotic food from differentcontinents, music and dancing from Cameronand a well attended mode show of Tanzaniandresses. Mr. Luis Pocasangre (Honduras,University of Bonn) was given the Price for thebest conference whereas Miss Else Bünemann

(ZEF, Bonn) was awarded the Price for the bestposter.

The contributions will be published in aspecial issue of Acta Horticulturae in the firstmonths of the next century.

Jürgen Pohlan, Michael Blanke & MarcJanssens, University of Bonn, Institut fürObst- & Gemüsebau, Abt. TropischerPflanzenbau

Commission on Tropical and Subtropical Horticulture: What it’s all aboutThis Commission is addressed to topics

related with Horticultural Development in theTropics and Subtropics. The Commission wasestablished by the Society in the 1950s.

Due probably to the fact that the successiveCommission Chairpersons Dr. D. Tindall(United Kingdom), Dr. P. Martin Prevel(France) and myself are fruit devoted peoplemost of the Commission Working Groups aredevoted to Fruits. It is also true that within theISHS structure there are three Sections:Vegetables, Ornamentals and Root and Tuberswhich take care of the organization of severalSymposia and activities in the Tropics andSubtropics, while the ISHS Fruit Section doesnot touch Tropical and Subtropical Fruits.

The Commission is geographically orientatedas reflected by the existence of a Vicechairmanfor South East Asia, Dr. SuranantSubhadrabandhu (Department of Horticulture,Kasetsart University, Thailand) and another forLatin America, Dr. C. Ruggiero (UniversidadeEstadual Paulista. Campus Universitario deJaboticabal, Brazil). The positions for Africa andfor Australia are at present open and I take thisopportunity to ask for your participation bysuggesting me names to fill these positions. Dr.Pierre M. Prevel acts as Co-Chairman of theCommission for Tropical and SubtropicalHorticulture (CTSH).

There are at present about 70 active membersregistered to the CTSH but we want to increasethe number by opening the room to any ISHSmember interested in becoming part of it.

The CTSH has the following Working Groups:(For more details, addresses, ...we refer to the ISHS website www.ishs.org )

- (T01) Mango:Chairperson Dr. S. Gazit. Israel

- (T02) Temperate zone fruits in the Tropics and Subtropics (also includes the Tropical Viticulture Working Group since August 96).Chairperson Dr. Ayzin Küden. Turkey

- (T03) Agroforestry and Domestication of Plants with Horticultural PotentialChairperson Dr. Hannah Jaenicke. ICRAF. Kenya

- (T05) Postharvest Technology in the TropicsChairperson position open. Search for volunteers

- (T06) Tropical fruits. Chairperson Dr. Víctor Galán Saúco. Spain. Activities in bananas, cherimoya, avocado, litchi and longan and Tropical Fruits as a whole.

- (T07) Pineapple:Chairperson Dr. Duane Bartholomew. Hawaii.

- (T08) Vegetable production in the Tropics:Chairperson position open. To probably merge with the Working Group of the section of Vegetables with the same name chaired by Dr. George Kwo. Taiwan.

- (T09) Persimmon:Chairperson Dr. Akira Sukiura. Japan.

The activities programmed for the year 2000:- 6th Int’l TZFTS Symposium. Queretaro Mexico. Convener Dr. Salvador Pérez González

(E-Mail: maresca@sunserver.uaq.mx).- 1st Int’l Symposium on litchi and longan. (Convener Prof. Huibai Huang

(E-mail: huibai@scau.edu.cn). Date: 19-23 June 2.000. Guangzhou. China.- Int’l Symposium on Tropical Fruits. Convener Dr. Rod Drew

(E-mail: R.Drew@sct.gu.edu.au). Date: 27 November - 1 December 2.000.- 2nd Int’l Symposium on Persimmon. Convener Dr. Ray Collins

(E-mail: rcollins@uqg.uq.edu.au). Date: 10-13 September 2.000.

ISHS members interested in the activities of CTSH should contact the CommissionChairperson.

Dr. Víctor Galán Saúco.

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destination. Unique wilderness rainforest andthe Great Barrier Reef are on its doorstep. Theassociated activities on offer cover an enormousrange and cater to all ages. Cairns is wellappointed with accommodation varying fromfamily units to 5 star motel accommodation, andhas the added advantage of being highlyaffordable. Do not leave the family at home. Ihighlight of special interest for internationalvisitors will be a preconference tour covering2000km of eastcoast Australia. We hope you areable to come and be a part of this conference, andat the same time experience one of Australia’smost beautiful locations.

To date we have had 400 expressions ofinterest, so this should be a well attended event.A symposium website has been established fromwhich information and forms for registration canbe obtained. Should you be interested in thesymposium, please bookmark the site. Regularupdates will be made to the site, the address ofwhich is www.gu.edu.au/school/bbs/ishs.Alternatively, contact the conference convenor:details listed under coming “calender” in thisjournal.

Network on Biotechnology of Tropicaland Subtropical Species

The Working Group was proposed at theSymposium on Biotechnology of Tropical andSubtropical Species that was held in Brisbane inSeptember 1997. A recommendation at thissymposium was the development of a network ofscientists working in the field. This has nowbeen established and we welcome new members.Information and a forum for discussion on topicsproposed by members is available on our website:www.gu.edu.au/school/bbs/biotechnet.

Second International Symposium onBiotechnology of Tropical andSubtropical Species

Following the highly successful Brisbanesymposium in 1997, a second symposium isplanned for 2001 in Taiwan. The symposiumconvenor will be Professor Wie-Chin Chang ofAcademia Sinica in Taipei.

Rod DrewChairman

The Working Group on Biotechnology ofTropical and Subtropical Species invites you toparticipate in three new activities:

International Symposium on Tropical andSubtropical Fruits

This conference is an established symposiumthat is held every 4 years. Five hundred delegatesattended the last symposium in 1996 in KualaLumpur. To create a forum for all scientificworkers in the field of tropical and subtropicalfruits is the main purpose of this symposium.However, our agenda will be expanded to includetwo additional emphases. With the ever-increasing pressure for research to bedemonstrably relevant to industry, it is plannedto include an emphasis on technology transfer.We will strive to make the program of directinterest not only to scientists but also to thoseinvolved in the production and processingindustries. Secondly, an emphasis will also begiven to the field of conservation of fruit geneticresources.

Cairns is the venue for this symposium. It is asmall, friendly tropical city that is a tourist’sdelight and arguably Australia’s best tourist

Commission Biotechnology

Correspondent’s Notes

Report on the Working Group on Biotechnology of Tropical andSubtropical Species

10th International AsparagusSymposium

The above symposium will be held fromAugust 30 to September 2, 2001 at NiigataUniversity in Niigata City under the auspices ofISHS and JSHS. It will provide a goodopportunity for world scientists andtechnologists to read or display their up-to-dateresearch papers and exchange their ideas on allaspects of asparagus science, technology andmarketing. Scientific program will includeinvited lectures, voluntary oral and posterpresentation. The official language of thesymposium will be English.

The topics addressed in the asparagussymposium will be 1) Physiology of growth anddevelopment, 2) Cultural technology and system,3) Genetics and breeding, 4) Biotechnology, 5)Functional effects for human health, 6) Plantprotection, 7) Marketing and 8) Others.

Abstracts book and Acta Horticulturaeproceedings of this symposium will be published.A one-day professional field tour and symposiumbanquet will be arranged, too. For accompanyingpersons, sight-seeing-tours are planned.Accommodation will be prepared in Niigata

City. Niigata City is situated in the middle ofHonshu Island and along the Japan Sea. It can bereached in 2 hours by a bullet train from JRTokyo Station which is connected with NaritaInternational Airport by limousine (1 hr).

In addition, pre-symposium tour (August 27-29, Tokyo_Nagano_Niigata) and post-symposium tour (September 3-5,Niigata_western Japan) will be arranged.

About 45% of the total amount (45,000 metricton) of asparagus consumption in Japan arederived from imports from Australia,Philippines, Mexico, USA, NZ and Thailand.Nagano and Hokkaido are the two largestdomestic growing areas in Japan.

For details of the symposium, please contactwith Symposium Convener: Dr. H. Araki,University Farm, Niigata University,Muramatsu, Naka-Kambara, Niigata 959-1701,Japan. Fax: (81)250587046, E-mail: araki@agr.niigata-u.ac.jp

M. Iwata, Tokyo, Japan

7th Asia Pacific OrchidConference (APOC 7)

The APOC 7 will be held during 14-21March 2001 at Nagoya Dome in AichiPrefecture located in the middle of Japan, underthe auspices of Aichi Prefecture and Nagoya Cityetc. to develop worldwide the science andindustry of orchids. Besides researchpresentation, the exhibitions of new orchidcultivars as well as artistic orchid displays will beheld, too.

The sessions of research presentation will beclassified into 1) orchid culture and industry(breeding, propagation, commercial production,hobby’s culture, pest control and marketing) and2) orchid biology (evolution, molecular biology,genetics, taxonomy, anatomy, ecology, physiologyand conservation).

The research presentation will be made mostlyin poster (height: 200cm, width: 180cm) andpartly in oral sessions including invited lectures.Oral sessions will be held during 15-17 March,however, poster sessions and orchid exhibitionswill be open not only to the registrants but alsoto the public during 15-21 March. Excellentposters will be screened for several

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Encouragement Awards and an AcademicAward on 14 March by the Judging Committee.

The official languages will be English orJapanese with mutual simultaneousinterpretation in oral sessions. In poster sessions,presentation will be made in English or Japanesewith English title and summary.

During the Conference, one-day professionaltour on 19 March, and also one- or half-daysightseeing tours will be arranged during 14-18March.

Registration fee will be ¥10,000 (when paidbefore March 31, 2000), ¥15,000 (1 April -31December 2000), ¥20,000 (after 1 January 2001)

and ¥7,500 (anytime for an accompanyingperson), respectively. Reporters from abroad inoral or poster sessions, will be exempt from theregistration fee.

Applicants for research presentation willreceive the manuals for abstract and manuscriptfor proceedings. The proceedings published afterthe Conference will be sold to those who havemade the reservation.

For further information, please contact: Prof.Dr. S. Ichihashi, Department of Life Science,Aichi University of Education, Hirosawa 1,Igayacho, Kariya, Aichi 448-8542, Japan. Fax:(81)566262510

E-mail: sitihasi@auecc.aichi-edu.ac.jp

For SaleSouthern France: traditional stone-built house

and 40 ha in the Cévennes hills of the Garddepartment, Languedoc-Roussillon. Includes theorchard and arboretum of La Mazière PomologyResources Centre. For more information contactBrian Wills, Phone (33)466617308, Fax(33)466617263, e-mail wills@cirad.fr

New Book Announcements-Non ISHS publications

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

StrawberriesBy J.F. Hancock, Department of Horticulture,

Michigan State University (USA), in the seriesCrop Production Science in Horticulture,published by CABI Publishing, Wallingford,Oxon OX10 8DE, UK. 240 pages, paperback,ISBN 0 85199 339 7, $ 45, Orders:(44)1491832111.

The title covers aspects from taxonomy,ecology, morphology and genetics toenvironmental physiology, disease and pestcontrol, fruit ripening, storage and processing.

Breeding DendrobiumOrchids in Hawaii

By Haruyuki Kamemoto , Teresita D. Amoreand Adelheid R. Kuehnle, University of Hawaii(USA). Published by University of Hawaii Press,Honolulu, HI 96822-1888, USA. 165 pages,cloth, ISBN 0 8248 2118 1, $ 60.

Dendrobium orchids have been among Hawaii’smost popular plants since Dendrobium anosmum,with its hanging pseudo-bulbs and delightfullyfragrant flowers, was introduced from thePhilippines in 1896.

New Crop Compendium [ CD-ROM ]

By Jules Janick and Anna Whipkey (Centerfor New Crops & Plant Products, 1165 Hort.Building, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN47907, USA). Published by Purdue Universityand FAO. ISBN 0 931682 70 3. Price withoutshipping: $75. Additional information athttp://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop

The New Crop Compendium CD-ROM wasproduced by the Purdue University Center for

New Crops and Plant Products in cooperationwith the Crop and Grassland Service of the CropProduction and Protection Division of theUnited Nations Food and AgricultureOrganization (FAO).

The New Crop Compendium CD-ROM, asearchable resource of new crop information, wasedited by Jules Janick and Anna Whipkey andcontains the entire text and figures from theproceedings of the three National New CropSymposia: J. Janick and J.E. Simon (eds.). 1990.Advances in New Crops. Timber Press,Portland, Oregon. J. Janick and J.E. Simon(eds.). 1993. New Crops. Wiley, New York. J.Janick (ed.). 1996. Progress in New Crops.ASHS Press, Alexandria, Virginia.

The New Crop Compendium provides avaluable source of information on new, specialty,neglected, and underutilized crops for scientists,growers, marketers, processors, and extensionpersonnel. It employs an intuitive, easy to useinterface. There are several ways you can accessthe information contained on this CD-ROM.

A Cultura da Cherimóia e deseu Híbrido a Atemóia [entirely in Portuguese ]

By Léon Bonaventure. Published by LivrariaNobel sa, Rua da Balsa, 559, 02910-000 SãoPaulo, SP, Brazil. 182 pages, paperback, ISBN 85213 1094 3.

Neste livro, o primeiro no Brasil e um dospoucos no mundo, o productor brasileiroencontrará todas as informações necessaries paraconduzir a bom termo sua cultura. As orientaçõesbásicas também são aplicáveis ao cultivo de muitasoutras frutas. Para os pequenos produtores acherimóia e a atemóia representam uma excelentealternativa para diversificar seu pomar.

Vegetable Seed Production,2nd Edition

By Raymond A.T. George, former seniorlecturer, University of Bath (UK). Published by

CABI Publishing, Wallingford, Oxon OX108DE, UK. 328 pages, hardback, ISBN 0 85199336 2, $ 90, Orders: (44)1491832111.

Vegetables are vital food security for manysubsistence farmers and their dependants indeveloping countries. In developed countries,vegetable production industries are placingincreased emphasis on a supply of high qualityseeds. Contents of the book: organization,principles for seed production, agronomy,harvesting and processing, storage, seedhandling, quality control and distribution,chenopodiaceae, compositae, cruciferae, cucurbitaceae,leguminosae, solanaceae, umbelliferae, alliaceae,graminaea, amaranthaceae and molvaceae.

Sustainable Development inArid Zones

Volume 1: Assessment and Monitoring ofDesert Ecosystems and Volume 2: Managementand Improvement of Desert Resources. Editedby Samira A.S. Omar, Raafat Misak and DhariAl-Ajmi (Kuwait Institute for ScientificResearch, PO Box 24885, 13109 Safat, Kuwait).Published by A.A. Balkema Publishers, Old PostRd., Brookfield, VT 05036-9704, USA. Volume1: 356 pages, hardback, ISBN 90 5410 456 2,Volume 2: 381 pages, hardback, ISBN 90 5410457 0.

Aridlands contain a wealth of biodiversity,unique geological formations, diverse landscapeand a rich heritage of indigenous and non-indigenous culture and tradition. Deserts in theArabian region have provided livelihood to alarge number of people throughout history andthey continue to do so. Issues addressed are landdegradation, global climatic changes, Gulf Warimpact, sand encroachment, rangeland and watermanagement and conversation of resources.

Carrots and RelatedVegetable Umbelliferae

By V.E. Rubatzky and C.F. Quiros(Department of Vegetable Crops, University of

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California, Davis, USA) and P.W. Simon(USDA-ARS, University of Wisconsin, USA) inthe series Crop Production Science inHorticulture, published by CABI Publishing,Wallingford, Oxon OX10 8DE, UK. 304 pages,paperback, ISBN 0 85199 129 7, $ 50, Orders:(44)1491832111.

This book considers the vegetableUmbelliferae, particularly carrots, celery, fennel,parsley and parsnip. It also provides briefcoverage of lesser known vegetable Umbelliferaesuch as coriander, chervil and skirret as well asherbs such as dill, anise, caraway and cumin.

The Miklos Faust Award in PomologyThe Miklos Faust Award in Pomology,

founded with an endowment from the Faustfamily, will provide financial support for visitingscientists or post-doctoral researchers in fruitscience at Cornell University or otherhorticultural research institutions in the USA.Specifically, the award is intended to (a) promoteinterest in fruit research and production, andrelated sciences internationally; (b) fosterexchange of information between CornellUniversity and Hungarian research institutionsin pomology; and (c) promote researchcollaboration for improving fruit quality andproduction in developing countries world-wide.

The Miklos Faust Fellowship will be awardedby a joint committee of fruit scientists fromCornell University and the newly formed “SzentIstvan Eqyetem” (St. Steven University) inHungary.

Further information on these fellowshipawards is available from Dr. Ian A. Merwin, 118Plant Science Bldg., Cornell University, Ithaca,NY 14853, USA. e-mail: im13@cornell.edu

Retirement of Richard H. Zimmerman

Richard H. Zimmerman, Research Leader ofthe Fruit Laboratory, USDA/ARS, Beltsville,

Agricultural Research Center, in Beltsville,Maryland retired from his USDA position onDecember 31, 1999 after 34 years of governmentservice. His research interests have includednutrition and propagation of woody ornamentalplants and forest trees, juvenility and flowering ofpears and apples, use of growth regulators in fruitproduction, micropropagation of fruit plants,particularly apples, long-term field evaluation oftissue-cultured plants, organogenesis in fruitcrops, and use of by-products and composts incultural systems for blueberries.

He has been active in the American Societyfor Horticultural Science (ASHS), theInternational Society for Horticultural Science(ISHS) and the International Plant Propagators’Society (IPPS). An ISHS member since 1964,he has served as Chair of the Juvenility WorkingGroup, the In Vitro Culture Working Group andthe Commission Biotechnology, served as a U.S.representative on the Council from 1986-1992,on the Executive Committee from 1992-1998,and on the Board since 1994. He is a Fellow ofASHS and of IPPS-Eastern Region. During hiscareer, he has received awards from ASHS, IPPSand IPPS-ER, the American Association ofNurserymen and USDA.

Dr. Zimmerman has served as an AssociateEditor or on the Editorial Board forHortScience, Journal of ASHS, ScientiaHorticulturae, Journal of EnvironmentalHorticulture, and Plant Cell, Tissue and OrganCulture (PCTOC) as well as Managing Editorof PCTOC. He has also edited several volumesof Acta Horticulturae, a book onmicropropagation and proceedings of severalmeetings.

The ISHS is very pleased with the aboveretirement news as we understand that from nowon Dr. Zimmerman will become even moreactive than ever in the ISHS.

VI International Congress on OrganicViticulture and 13th InternationalScientific Conference “The WorldGrows Organic”

Basel, Switzerland, August 2000.IFOAM, International Federation of Organic

Agriculture Movement represents the world-wide movement of organic agriculture. For moreinformation contact Urs Meier, FIBL, 5070Frick, Switzerland. ifoam2000@fibl.ch or have alook at http://www.ifoam2000.ch

Courses-Awards-Exhibitions-Conferences

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Acta Horticulturae

Acta Horticulturae is the series of proceedings ofISHS Scientific Meetings, Symposia orCongresses.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 Council Members

The ISHS would like to say welcome to the newCouncil members. Prof. Dr. Marian Saniewski,Prof. Dr. Janusz Lipecki and Prof. Dr. AndrzeyLibik have been appointed to represent Poland atthe Council of the ISHS. We also thank theretiring Council members for their commitment.

New ISHS Members

We are pleased to welcome the following newmembers to ISHS:

New Organisation Members:

Indonesia Horticulture Foundation, Prof.Haryanto Dhanutirto, Complex Liga MasIndah, Perdatam, Jl. D.T. Indah Raya, Blok i/12,12760 Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia. Phone:(62)217976445, Fax: (62)2179196354, e-mail:yhi@infohort.com

New Individual Members:

Algeria: Dr. Noureddine Benkeblia; Australia:Dr. John Faragher, Mr. Alan Seberry, Ms. SusanSweeney; Belgium: Dr. Ir. Peter Demeyer, Mr.Roland Valcke, Gino Vrancken; Canada: Mr.Ron Mueller; Chile: Mr. Francisco Diaz, Mr.Oscar Godoy, Dr. Samuel Ortega-Farias; China:Jinhai Tang; Croatia: Dr. Bernard Kozina, Ms.Ana Majdak, Dr. Edi Maletic; France: Dr.Bachar Blal, Dr. Jean-Charles Michel;Germany: Dr. Friedhelm Berger, Dr. HeidiHeuberger; Greece: Dr. Dimos Rouskas; Israel:Prof. Amihud Borochov, Raveh Eran, Dr. NuritKatzir, Ms. Tsipora Tirosh; Italy: GianlucaBurchi; Japan: Mr. Kazuo Kotobuki;Netherlands: Mr. Johan H.J. Haarhuis, JeremyHarbinson, Heleen Hooij, Jan Janssen, ChrisKolloffel, A. van Nieuwenhoven, Heino vanRynberk, Ir. T.A. Vrind; New Zealand: JohnClemens, Jocelyn Eason, John Elgar, Mr. TrevorHeard; Poland: Prof. Dr. Janusz Lipecki;Portugal: Eng. António Castro Ribeiro, MariaAmely Zavattieri Potes; Saudi Arabia:Mahmoud Siraj-Ali; Sri Lanka: Mr. MohanAmbawatte; Sweden: Mr. Federico Gómez, Dr.Ernst Witter; Tunisia: Azza Chelli-Chaabouni,Mr. Mohsen Khlif; Turkey: Prof. Omur Dundar,Gül Ülke; United Kingdom: Ian Gubb, Mr. NekDara Jan, Mr. Byong Hoon Park, Mr. YipengZhao; United States of America: Jianjun Chen,John Gazdik, Dr. Emmanuel Geoffriau, JeffGerberick, Dr. Assaf Guri, Mark Hamersky,Debbie Hamrick, Bob Harriman, Don Hunter,Elio Jovicich, Ann King, Howard Klehm,Kimberly Klock-Moore, Mr. Sahap KaanKurtural, Jeff Lowe, Anil Ranwala, AnneSchluter, Dennis Stimart, Ayumi Suzuki, Prof.Dr. Sherman V. Thomson, James Turner,Eleonora Uribe, Heather Yoder; Zimbabwe: Dr.Mike Barton

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Year 2000• January 30 - February 5, 2000, Nelson, (New

Zealand): VII International Symposium onOrchard and Plantation Systems. Info: Dr.John Palmer, HortResearch, Nelson ResearchCentre, PO Box 220, Motueka, NewZealand. Tel.: (61)35289106, Fax.:(61)35287813, e-mail: palmerj@hort.cri.nz ,Internet: http://www.hort.cri.nz/confer/ishs2000.htm

• March 6-8, 2000, Montpellier (France):ISHS Symposium on Molecular Markers forIdentifying and Characterizing HorticulturalCultivars. Info: Dr. Claire Doré, ViceChairman of the ISHS CommissionBiotechnology, INRA, Centre de Recherchesde Versailles, 78026 Versailles Cedex, France.Phone: (33)130833292, Fax: (33)130833319,e-mail: dore@versailles.inra.fr

• March 7-11, 2000, Cartagena and Almería(Spain): International Symposium onProtected Cultivation in Mild WinterClimates: Current Trends for SustainableTechnologies. Info: Conveners: corres-pondence and applications to Dr. Juan A.Fernandez, Universidad de Murcia, Dept.Ingenieria Aplicada, Paseo Alfonso XIII, 52,30203 Cartagena, Spain. Phone:(34)968325446, Fax: (34)968325435,juanfern@plc.um.es, or Dr. Pedro-FlorianMartinez, IVIA, Apdo. Oficial, 46113Moncada, Valencia, Spain, Phone:(34)961391000, Fax: (34)961390240,pfmarti@ivia.es , or Dr. Nicolas Castilla,Centro de Desarollo Agrario, Apdo. 2027,18004 Granada, Spain, Phone:(34)958267311, Fax: (34)958258510,ncastill@arrakis.es , Symposium Website:http://www.plc.um.es/~prodveg

• March 19-23, 2000 Ma’ale HachamishaResort (Israel): Cucurbitaceae 2000, VIIEucarpia Meeting on Cucurbit Genetics andBreeding. Nurit Katzir, Convener, ARO,Newe Ya’ar Research Center, PO Box 1021,Ramay Yishay 30095, Israel. e-mail:

geneweya@netvision.net.il Information:Eucarpia Cucurbitaceae 2000, c/oInternational Travel & Congresses Ltd., POBox 29313, Tel Aviv 61292, Israel. Phone:(972)37951444, Fax: (972)35107716, e-mail:100264.2432@compuserve.com Internet:http://probe.nalusda.gov/otherdocs/cgc/conferen/cucu2000/

• March 26-31, 2000 Jerusalem (Israel):Postharvest 2000. IV InternationalConference on Postharvest Science. Info: Dr.R. Ben Arie, Convener, Postharvest 2000,PO Box 50006, Tel Aviv 61500, Israel. Tel:(972)35140000, Fax: (972)35175674 or5140077, email: postharvest@kenes.com,web: http://www.agri.gov.il/events/PostHarvest2000.html

• April 2-8, 2000 Puerto de la Cruz (Spain): VInternational Protea Working GroupSymposium and IX International ProteaAssociation Conference. Info: ConvenerProf. J. A. Rodríguez-Pérez, Dept. deCiencias Agrarias, Universidad de LaLaguna, Carretera de Geneto, 2, 38200 LaLaguna, Tenerife, Spain, Islas Canarias.Phone: (34)922318529, Fax: (34)922318562,e-mail: jarodrip@ull.es

• April 8-13, 2000, Cairo (Egypt): PlantNutrition for the Next Millenium (ISHS-IAOPN). Info: Prof. Dr. Fouad E. Abdalla,Micronutrients Program, NRC, El-TahisTreet, Dokki, Cairo 12311, Egypt. Phone:(20)23365223, Fax: (20)23610850, e-mail:nrcmicro@mailer.datum.com.eg

• May 1-3, 2000 Griffin, GA (USA).International Conference Integrated View ofFruit and Vegetable Quality. Info: D. Belvin,Dept. of Agric. & Applied Economics,Univ.of Georgia, Griffin, GA 30223-1797.Phone: (1)7702287231 ext 123, Fax:(1)7702287208. Email: grf2000@griffin.peachnet.edu Internet: http://www.griffin.peachnet.edu/grf2000

• May 14-18, 2000 Tel Aviv (Israel): WorldCongress for Soilless Culture on “Agriculturein the Coming Millenium”. Convener: Dr.Meier Schwarz, OTRA Ltd, 1 Nirim St. Tel-Aviv, PO Box 9352, Tel Aviv 61092, Israel.Tel: (972)3-6384444, Fax: (972)3-6384455,email: info@ortra.co.il

• May 15-18, 2000 Paris (France): SymposiumBioEd 2000, International Union of BiologicalSciences, Commission for Biological Education,‘The Challenge of the Next Century’. Info:IUBS-CBE, 51 Bd. de Montmorency, 75016

Paris, France. Phone: ++33 145250009, Fax:++33145252029, e-mail: iubs@paris7.jussieu.fr, Internet: http://www.iubs.org

• May 21-25, 2000, (Israel): III InternationalSymposium on Roses. Info: Dr. N. Zieslin,Convener, Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem,Department of Ornamental Horticulture,PO Box 12, Rehovot 76-100, Israel. Tel.:(972)89481379 or 89481958, Fax: (972)89468263, e-mail: zieslin@agri.huji.ac.il

• May 28 - June 1, 2000, Anapolis (USA): XInternational Symposium on Virus Diseasesof Ornamental Plants. Info: Dr. J.Hammond, USDA-ARS, Floral NurseryPlants Research Unit, US NationalArboretum, Rm. 238, B-010A, BARC-West, 10300 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville,MD 20705-2350, USA. Tel: (1)3015045313,Fax: (1)3015045096, e-mail: jhammond@asrr.arsusda.gov

• June 10-13, 2000, Sacramento (USA): VIIInternational ISHS Symposium onProcessing Tomato - IV Worldwide Congresson Processing Tomato. Info: Dr. ChuckRivara, Carlifornia Tomato ResearchInstitute, 18650 E-Lone Tree Rd., Escalon,CA 95320-9759, USA. Phone: (1)2098381594, Fax: (1)2098381595, e-mail:chuck@tomatonet.org or California Leagueof Food Processors, 980 Ninth Street, Suite230, Sacramento, CA 95814, USA. Phone:(1)9164449260, Fax: (1)9164442746,Internet: http://www.clfp.com

• June 11-16, 2000, Heraklion - Crete(Greece): VI International Symposium onGrapevine Physiology and Biotechnology.Info: Prof. Kalliopi A. Roubelakis-Angelakis,Department of Biology, University of Crete,PO Box 2209, 71409 Heraklion, Greece.Phone/Fax: (30)81394459, e-mail: poproube@biology.uch.gr , Internet: http://www.biology.uch.gr/meetings

• June 12-18, 2000, Quertero (Mexico): VIInternational Symposium on Temperate FruitGrowing in the Tropics and Subtropics, Info.:Dr. Salvador Perez Gonzales, UniversidadAutónoma de Querétaro, Facultad deQuímica/Area Agrícola, Querétaro, Qro.76180 Mexico. email: sperezg@sunserver.uaq.mx

• June 14-16, 2000, Bonn (Germany): II ISHSSymposium in Conjunction with the VDI-MEG Colloquium: Mechanization ofVegetable Production / Stand Establishmentcovering seed quality. Propagation and

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Growing Systems for Vegetables. Info: Prof.Dr. Karl-H. Kromer, Institüt fürLandtechnik, Nussallee 5, 53155 Bonn,Germany. Phone: (49)228732395, Fax:(49)228732596, email: landtechnik@uni-bonn.de, Internet: http://www.uni-bonn.de/landtechnik

• June 19-23, 2000, Guangzhou, (China): TheFirst International Symposium on Litchi andLongan. An optional pre-symposium tour toGaozhou, the main litchi- and longan-producing region in Guangdong, will be heldon June 16-18. Info: Prof. Huibai Huang,Department of Horticulture, South ChinaAgricultural University, Wushan, Tianhe,Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China. Fax: 86-20-87592107; e-mail: hortscau@public.guangzhou.gd.cn or huibai@scau.edu.cn ;internet: http://www.scau.edu.cn/LITCHIPlease take notice of the change in dates,from June 24-28 to June 19-23.

• mid 2000, Pretoria (South Africa):International Symposium on Root and TuberCrops. Info: Dr. Ben Pieterse (convener),ARC Roodeplaat Vegetable and OrnamentalPlant Institute, Private Bag x293, Pretoria,South Africa. Phone: (27)128419611, Fax:(27)128081127, e-mail: pieterse@vopi.agric.za

• July 2-7, 2000, Tampere, (Finland): IVInternational Symposium on In VitroCulture and Horticultural Breeding. Dr.Seppo Sorvari, MTT Institute ofHorticulture, Toivonlinnantie 518, 21500Piikkiö, Finland. Tel.: (358)24772204, Fax.:(358)24772299, e-mail: seppo.sorvari@mtt.fiInfo.: TAVI Congress Bureau, Papinkatu 21,33200 Tampere. Tel.: (358) 3 2133.555, Fax:(358) 3 2132840, email: tavi@sci.fi , Internet:http://www.elvi.com/fennohort/

• July 9-14, 2000, Tampere (Finland): IVInternational Strawberry Symposium. Mrs.Tarja Hietaranta (Msc), Convener,Agriculture Research Centre of Finland,Plant Production Research, Horticulture,Toivonlinnantie 518, FIN-21500 Piikkio,Finland. Tel.: (358) 2 477.22.02, Fax.:(358) 2477.22.99, e-mail: tarja.hietaranta@mtt.fiInfo.: TAVI Congress Bureau, Papinkatu 21,33200 Tampere. Tel.: (358) 3 2133.555, Fax:(358) 3 2132840, email: tavi@sci.fi

• July 9-15, 2000, Canterbury (UnitedKingdom): XVIII International Symposiumon Virus & Virus-like Diseases of TemperateFruit Crops. Info: Convener Dr. Michael F.Clark, FV2000, Entomology & PlantPathology Department, HRI, East Malling,Kent ME19 6BJ, United Kingdom. Phone:

(44)1732843833, Fax: (44)1732849067, e-mail: michael.clark@hri.ac.uk or fv2000@hri.ac.uk , Internet: http://www.hri.ac.uk/fv2000.htm

• July 10-14, 2000, Mosonmagyaróvár(Hungary): VIII International PollinationSymposium. Info: Prof. Pal Benedek,Convener, Zoology Department, Faculty ofAgricultural Sciences, Pannon University ofAgricultural Sciences, H-9201 Moson-mayaróvár Vár 4., Hungary. Phone:(36)96578638, Fax: (36)96215931, email:benedek@movar.pate.hu

• July 10-12, 2000, Wageningen (Netherlands):Agricontrol 2000 International ConferenceModelling and Control in Agriculture,Horticulture and Post-Harvest Processing. Info:WAU, Congresbureau, Costerweg 50, 6701 BHWageningen, Netherlands

• August 6-12, 2000, Québec (Canada): XIInternational Peat Congress - Sustaining ourPeatlands. For more information Phone:(1)4186573853, Fax: (1)4186577934 email:cqvb@cqvb.qc.ca or visit http://www.cqvb.qc.ca/wetland2000/

• August 13-18, 2000, Penticton, BC(Canada): IV International Symposium onMineral Nutrition of Deciduous Fruit Crops.Info: Dr. Gerry Neilsen, Pacific Agri-foodResearch Centre, Summerland,BritishColumbia,Canada VOH IZO. Phone (1)2504947711, Fax (1)2504940755, E-mail:neilseng@em.agr.ca, http://res.agr.ca/summer/ismndfc/mndfc1.htm

• August 27-31, 2000, Corvallis, OR (USA): VInternational Congress on Hazelnut. Info:Dr. S. Mehlenbacher, Convener, OregonState University, Dept. of Horticulture, 4017ALS bldg., Corvallis, OR 97331-7304, USA.Tel.: (1) 503-737-5467, Fax: (1) 503-737-3479, e-mail: mehlenbs@bcc.orst.eduInternet: http://www.orst.edu/dept/hort/hazelnut/

• August, 2000, Ljubliana (Slovenia): FirstInternational Workshop on Indigenous-localGrapevine Varieties. Info: Prof. Dr. ZoraKorosec-Koruza, Convener, BiotehniskaFakulteta, Jamnikarjeva 101, 1000 Ljubljana,Slovenia, Tel.: 061/123-1161, Fax.:061/123-1088, e-mail: zora.korosec@bf.uni-lj.si

• August, 2000, (South Africa): VIIIInternational Symposium on Flowerbulbs.Info: Dr. G. Littlejohn, Convener, FynbosResearch Unit, Private Bag x1, Elsenburg7607, South Africa, Tel.: (27) 218085436,Fax.: (27) 218085440.

• August/September,2000, Quebec, (Canada):International Symposium on Artificial

Lighting. Info.: Dr. A. Gosselin, Convener,Department of Phytology, Pavillon Paul-Comtois, Université Laval, Ste-Foy, QuebecJ3B 6Z8, Canada, Tel.: (1) 418-656-7234,Fax.: (1) 418-656-7856.

• August 20-26, 2000, Iguassu Falls (Brazil):XXI International Congress of Entomology.For information: Dr. D.L. Gazzoni, CaixaPostal 231, 86001-970 Londrina-PR, Brazil.Phone: (55)433716213, Fax: (55)433716100,email: ice@sercomtel.com.br Internet:http://www.embrapa.br/ice

• September 5-10, 2000, Bologna (Italy): VIIIInternational Symposium on Pear Growing.Info: Prof. Dr. S. Sansavini, Convener,University of Bologna, Dipt. di ColtureArboree, Via Filippo Re 6, 40126 Bologna,Italy. Tel.: (39) 51 351 490, Fax.: (39) 51 351500, e-mail: fruit@agrsci.unibo.it

• September 6-8, 2000, Dijon (France): INRA -XI International Conference on Weed Biology.Info: Dr. J. Gasquez, INRA Malherbologie etAgronomie, BV 1540, 21034 Dijon Cedex,France. Fax: (33)380693262, email: gasquez@epoisses inra.fr

• September 10-13, 2000, Twin Waters Resort,Sunshine Coast, QLD (Australia): 2ndInternational Workshop on Persimmon. Info:Assoc. Prof. Ray Collins, Convener, Schoolof Natural and Rural Systems Management,University of Queensland, Gatton, QLD4345, Australia. Phone: (61)754601321, Fax:(61)754601324, e-mail: rcollins@uqg.uq.edu.au , Internet: http://www.nrsm.uq.edu.au/nrsm/pers/conf.htm

• September 11-14, 2000, Wageningen (TheNetherlands): ISHS Workshop “Towards anEcologically sound Fertilisation in fieldVegetable Production”, Info.: Dr. JacquesNeeteson, Convener, AB-DLO, Bornsesteeg65, PO Box 14, 6700 AA Wageningen, TheNetherlands. Phone: (31)317475700, Fax:(31)317423110, e-mail: j.j.neeteson@ab.dlo.nl or Irene Gosselink (Secretary - sameaddress) Phone: (31)317475731, Fax:(31)317423110, email: ishs2000@ab.dlo.nl ori.m.g.gosselink@ab.dlo.nl . Internet: http://www.ab.dlo.nl/congres/ishs2000.htm

• September 11-15, 2000, Grugliasco - Torino(Italy): Symposium on Chemical and non-Chemical Soil and Substrate Disinfestation.Info: Convener Dr. Maria Lodovica Gullino,DI.VA.P.R.A. - Patologia Vegetale, Via L.Da Vinci 44, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy. Phone:(39)0116708539, Fax: (39)0116708541, e-mail: congress.mlg@agraria.unito.it Inter-net: http://www.agraria.unito.it/news/SD2000. html

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• September 14-16, 2000, Trento (Italy): ISHSSymposium on Apple Scab. Info: ConvenerProf. Antonio Bergamini, Direttore IstitutoSperimentale per la Frutticoltura, SezioneOperativa periferica di Trento, Via della Val2, 38057 Pergine Valsugana (TN), Italy.Phone: (39)0461533000, Fax: (39)0461532775, email: isft.sezioneditrento@valsugana.com

• September 25-30, 2000, Bari - Valenzano(Italy): IV International Symposium on OliveGrowing. Info: Prof. Dr. Claudio Vitagliano,Convener, Scuola Superiore di StudiUniversitari e di Perfezionamento S. Anna,Via G. Carducci 40, 56127 Pisa, Italy, Tel.:(39) 050883292; Fax.: (39) 050883210 or050883215, e-mail: olive2000@iamb.it

• September, 2000, Wellesbourne (U.K.):International Symposium on Brassica,Brassica 2000. Info.: Dr. Graham J. King,Convener, HRI, Warwick CV35 9EF, UnitedKingdom. Tel.: (44)789470382, Fax.:(44)789470522, email: brassica.2000@hri.ac.uk , http://www.hri.ac.uk/site2/vacs/Conferences/brass2000/newfbrass.htm

• October 17-21, 2000, Valenzano - Bari(Italy): IV International Congress onArtichoke. Info: Dr. Nicola Calabrese,Istituto sull’Orticoltura Industriale - CNR,Via Amendola 165/a, 70126 Bari, Italy.Phone: (39)0805443097, Fax: (39)0805443039, email: artichoke2000@area.ba.cnr.itInternet: http://area.ba.cnr.it/artichoke2000

• October, 2000, Hammamet (Tunisia) -provisional - : IV International Symposiumon Cactus Pear an Cochinelle. Info: Dr. AliNefzaoui, nefzaoui.ali@iresa.agrinet.tn

• October 2000, Thessaloniki (Greece): IIBalkan Symposium on Vegetables andPotatoes. Info: Convener Dr. G. Paroussi,NAGREF, Agricultural Research Center ofMacedonia and Thrace, 570 01 Thermi-Thessaloniki, Greece. Phone: (30)31471544,Fax: (30)31471209, e-mail: paroussi@otnenet.gr

• October 29 - November 3, 2000, Athens, GA

(USA): III International Symposium onEdible Alliaceae. Info: Dr. William M.Randle, Department of Horticulture,University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602,USA, email: wrandle@arches.uga.edu

• November 7-10, 2000, Antalya (Turkey):International Symposium on Techniques toControl Salination for HorticulturalProduction. Info: Dr. Serra Hepaksoy, EgeUniversity, Faculty of Agriculture,Department of Horticulture, 35100 Bornova,Izmir, Turkey. Phone: (90)2323881865, Fax:(90)2323881864; e-mail: salinity@ziraat.ege.edu.tr

• October-November, 2000, Lleida (Spain): VInternational ISHS-IOBC Symposium onIntegrated Fruit Production. Info: ConvenerDr. J. Avilla, Area Proteccion de Conreus,Centre Udl-IRTA, Av. Alcalde Rovira Roure,177, 25006 Lleida, Spain. Phone:(34)973702581, Fax: (34)973238301, e-mail:avilla@lleida.irta.es

• November 2000, Cairns (Australia):International Symposium on Tropical andSubtropical Fruits. Info: Dr. R. Drew,Convener, Redlands Research Station, POBox 327, Cleveland, QLD 4163, Australia.Tel.: (61) 7 286 1488, Fax.: (61) 7 286 3094,e-mail: r.drew@sct.gu.edu.au, web: http://www.gu.edu.au/school/bbs/ishs/

• November 28 - December 1, 2000, La Serena(Chile): IV International Symposium on TableGrape. Info: Dr. Jorge Valenzuela, La PlatinaExperimental Station, Agricultural ResearchInstitute, INIA-La Platina, P.O.Box 439/3Santiago, Chile. Phone: (56)25416983 Fax:(56)25417667 e-mail: tablegrape@platina.inia.cl or on the Internet: http://platina.inia.cl/tablegrape/symposium.html

• December 3-7, 2000, Orlando, FL (USA): IXCongress of the International Society ofCitriculture. Information: L.G. Albrigo,General Chair, CREC, 700 Experiment StationRoad, Lake Alfred, FL 33850, USA. Phone(1)9419561151, Fax: (1)9419564631, email:albrigo@lal.ufl.edu, Internet: http://www.lal.ufl.edu/isc_citrus_homepage.htm

• December 4-9, 2000, Chillan, (Chile): VIIInternational Symposium on Vacciniumculture. Info: Dr. R. Hepp, Convener,University of Concepcion, V. Mendez 595,PO Box 537, Chillian, Chile. Phone:(56)42208761, Fax: (56)42275305, email:rhepp@mail.udec.cl

• 2000, Wageningen (The Netherlands):International Symposium on SustainableGreenhouse Systems, Info.: Dr. G. Bot.

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• May 20, 2001, São Paulo (Brazil): IXInternational Symposium on Timing FieldProduction in Vegetable Crops. Info:Convener Keigo Minami, University of SãoPaulo, Luiz de Queiroz, College ofAgriculture, Department of Plant Science,Av. Padua Dia, sn, CP09, Piracicaba, SP,CEP 13418-900, Brazil. Phone:(55)194294190, Fax: (55)194294385, e-mail:mailto:kminami@carpa.ciagri.usp.br

• May 20-24, 2001, Zaragoza (Spain): IIIInternational Symposium on Pistachios andAlmonds. Info: R. Socias i Company, Unidadde Fruticultura SIA-DGA, Apartado 727,50080 Zaragoza, Spain. Phone:(34)976576436, Fax: (34)976575501 or e-mail: rsc@mizar.csic.es

• June 25-26, 2001, Washington/Oregon(USA): IV International Symposium onCherry Production. Info: Dr. Gregory Lang,Convener, WSU-IAREC, 24106 N. BunnRoad, Prosser, WA 99350-9587, USA, Tel.(1) 509-786-9261, Fax.: (1) 509-786-9370,email: glang@tricity.wsu.edu PostConference Tour: July 1-3

• June 2001, Avignon (France): InternationalSymposium on Apricot Culture. Info: Dr.Jean Marc Audergon, INRA - Stat. deRecherches Fruitières Mediterraneennes,Domaine Saint Paul, 84143 Montfavet,France. Phone: (33)432722668, Fax:(33)432722662, email: Jean-Marc.Audergon@avignon.inra.fr

• July, 3-6, 2001, Gent (Belgium): XXthInternational Symposium Strategies for NewOrnamentals. Section OrnamentalsEUCARPIA, Info: Eucarpia Symposium,Dr. Erik Van Bockstaele, 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 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 Food Industry.Phone: (36)13726250, Convener: Dr. OskárKöck, National Institute for AgriculturalQuality Control, 1525 Budapest, PO Box 30,93, Hungary. Phone: (36)12123127, Fax:(36)12122673, email: mailto:map.congr@ommi.hu .

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• July 8-13, 2001, Rotterdam (The Netherlands):VIII Int’l Controlled Atmosphere ResearchConference. For more information seehttp://www.ato.dlo.nl /CA2001 or mail toca2001@ato.dlo.nl

• July 9-11, 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, CA 93648,USA. Phone: (1)5596466596, Fax:(1)5596466593, e-mail: sjohnson@uckac.eduor carlos@uckac.edu

• July 16-18, 2001, Davis (USA): VIInternational Symposium on ComputerModelling in Fruit Research and OrchardManagement. Info: Dr. Ted Dejong,Convener, Department of Pomology,University of California, Davis, CA 95616-8683, USA. Phone: (1)916-752-1843, Fax:(1)916-752-8502, email: tmdejong@ucdavis.edu

• August 19-22, 2001, Cheonju (Korea): IXInternational Symposium on PlantBioregulators in Fruit Production. Info: Dr.Seon-Kyo Kim (Convener), Department ofHorticulture, Chungbuk National University,Cheonju 361-763, Korea. Phone:(82)431612527, Fax: (82)4312735404, e-mail: kimskyu@chucc.chungbuk.ac.kr

• August 25-29, 2001, Kyrayoshi, Tottori( Japan): International Symposium AsianPears Commemorating 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

• 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

• August, 2001, Invergowrie (Scotland): VIIIInternational Rubus-Ribes Symposium. Info:Dr. R.J. McNicol, Scottisch Crop ResearchInst., Invergowrie, Head Soft Fr. Gen.,Dundee DD2 5DA, Tayside, Scotland,United Kingdom. Tel.(44)382-562731, Fax.:(44) 382-562426

• September 11-14, 2001, Merano (Italy):International Symposium on Foliar Nutritionof Perennial Fruit Plants. Info: Prof. Dr.Massimo Tagliavini, Dipartim. di ColtureArboree, Universita di Bologna, Via Filippo

Re 6, 40126 Bologna, Italy. Phone:(39)0512091490, 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

• September 2001, Thessaloniki (Greece): IInternational Symposium on Acclimatizationand Establishment of MicropropagatedPlants. Info: Prof. Dr. AthanasiosEconomou, Dept. of Horticulture, School ofAgriculture, Aristotle University, PO Box281, 54006 Thessaloniki, Greece. Phone:(30)31998671, Fax: (30)31998679 or31998679 and A.P. Read.

• September, 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: wcchang@wcc.sinica.edu.tw

• 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.nz

• December, 2001, Mendoza (Argentina):[provisional] International Symposium onIrrigation and Water Relations of Fruit Treesand Grape Vines. Info: Dr. Ruben Oliva orDr. Jorge Perez Pena, EEA Mendoza INTA,San Martin 3853, (5507) Lujan de Cuyo,Mendoza, Argentina. email: patagua@inta.gov.ar

• 2001, Hawaii (USA): InternationalSymposium on Ornamental Palms and OtherWoody Species for Interior Use.

• 2001, (USA): International Symposium onModels for Plant Growth

• 2001, Plovdiv (Bulgaria): InternationalSymposium on Plum and Prune Genetics.Info: Dr. Vassiliy Djouvinov, Convener.

• 2001, Merida or Caceres (Spain): 2ndInternational Symposium on Figs.

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• May, 2002, Zaragoza (Spain): I InternationalSymposium on Fruit Crops RootstockResearch. Info. Drs. Maria Moreno andAlvaro Blanco, Conveners, Department ofPomology, Aula Dei Experiment Station, POBox 202, 50080 Zaragoza, Spain. Email:

mmoreno@eead.csic.es

• August 11-17, 2002, Toronto (Canada):XXVI International Horticultural Congress,Info: http://www.ihc2002.org for regularlyupdated information or contact Dr. N.E.Looney, President, Pacific Agri-FoodResearch Centre, AAFC, Summerlan, BC,V0H 1ZO, Canada. email:looneyn@em.agr.ca

• September 2002, (Brazil): VII InternationalMango Symposium. Info: Dr. Alberto CarlosQueires Pinto, EMBRAPA, Centro dePesquisa Agropecuaria dos Cerrados, BR020, Km. 18, (PO Box 08223), 73301-970Planaltina, DF, Brazil. Phone:(55)613891171ext2188, Fax: (55)613892953,email: alcapi@cpac.embrapa.br

• 2002, (Spain): I International Symposium onFruit Crops Rootstock Research. Info: Dr.A.D. Webster, Convener. Dr. Anthony DavidWebster, 1 Pine Grove, Maidstone, KentME14 2AJ, United Kingdom, Phone: (44)732-843833, Fax: (44)1732849067

• 2002, Toronto (Canada): InternationalSymposium on Nutrition and Fertilisation.Info: Dr. Tremblay, Convener. AgricultureCanada, 430 Gouin Boulevard, St. Jean surRichelieu, Quebec J3B 3E6, Canada. Phone:(1)4503464494 ext232, Fax: (1)4503467740,Email: tremblayna@em.agr.ca

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522 Proceedings of the XXV InternationalHorticultural Congress, August 1998 (Part12). Application of Biotechnology andMolecular Biology and Breeding, GeneralBreeding, Breeding and Evaluation ofTemperate Zone Fruits for the Tropics andthe Subtropics. (55 EUR)

521 Proceedings of the XXV InternationalHorticultural Congress, August 1998 (Part11). Application of Biotechnology andMolecular Biology and Breeding, GeneExpression and Molecular Breeding,Genome Analysis. (60 EUR)

520 Proceedings of the XXV InternationalHorticultural Congress, August 1998 (Part10). Application of Biotechnology andMolecular Biology and Breeding. In VitroCulture. (61 EUR)

519 Proceedings of the XXV InternationalHorticultural Congress, August 1998 (Part9). Computers and Automation, ElectronicInformation in Horticulture. (58 EUR)

507 III International Workshop on Models forPlant Growth and Control of the Shootand Root Environments in Greenhouses.Bet Dagan, Israel, February 1999. (63EUR)

506 International Workshop on EcologicalAspects of Vegetable Fertilisation inIntegrated Crop Production in the Field,Warwick, UK, July 1998. (47 EUR)

505 VII International Rubus and RibesSymposium, Melbourne, Australia, January1998. (76 EUR)

504 VI Symposium on Stand Establishmentand ISHS Seed Symposium, Roanoka,USA, May 1999. (53 EUR)

503 II World Congress on Medicinal andAromatic Plants for Human Welfare,WOCMAP II, (Part 4: IndustrialProcessing, Standards and Regulations,Quality, Marketing, Economy). Mendoza,Argentina, November 1997. (50 EUR)

502 II World Congress on Medicinal andAromatic Plants for Human Welfare,WOCMAP II, (Part 3: AgriculturalProduction, Post Harvest Techniques,Biotechnology). Mendoza, Argentina,November 1997. (74 EUR)

501 II World Congress on Medicinal andAromatic Plants for Human Welfare,WOCMAP II, (Part 2: Pharmacognosy,Pharmacology, Phytomedicines,Toxicology). Mendoza, Argentina,November 1997. (65.70 EUR)

500 II World Congress on Medicinal andAromatic Plants for Human Welfare,WOCMAP II (Part 1: BiologicalResources, Sustainable Use, Conservationand Ethnobotany). Mendoza, Argentina,November 1997. (50 EUR)

499 V International Symposium on ComputerModelling in Fruit Research and OrchardManagement. Wageningen, TheNetherlands, July 1998. (60 EUR)

498 IV International Symposium on Kiwifruit.Santiago, Chile, January 1999 (69 EUR)

497 I International Symposium on Cherimoya /1er Simposio Internacional SobreChirimoya (English + Español). Loja,Ecuador, March-Marzo 1999 (71 EUR)

496 International Symposium on Urban TreeHealth. Paris, France, September 1997 (82EUR).

495 WCHR - World Conference onHorticultural Research. Rome, Italy, June1998 (103 EUR).

494 II International Symposium on Chestnut.Bordeaux, France, October 1998. (88EUR).

493 I ISHS Workshop on Water Relations ofGrapevines, Stuttgart, Germany, May1998. (63 EUR)

492 I International Symposium on Cucurbits.Adana, Turkey, May 1997. (71 EUR).

491 Int’l Symposium on GreenhouseManagement for Better Yield & Quality inMild Winter Climates. Antalya, Turkey,November 1997. (84 EUR)

490 First International Symposium on Bananain the Subtropics, Tenerife, Spain,November 1997. (97 EUR)

489 VIII International Workshop on FireBlight. Kusadasi, Turkey, October 1998.(109 EUR).

488 XI International Symposium on ApricotCulture (Volume I & II). Veria -Makedonia, Greece, May 1997. (126EUR).

487 VI International ISHS Symposium on theProcessing Tomato and Workshop onIrrigation and Fertigation of ProcessingTomato. Pamplona, Spain. May 1998. (97EUR)

486 II International Symposium onOrnamental Palms and Other Monocotsfrom the Tropics. Tenerife, Spain, February1997. (67 EUR)

485 International Symposium on Effect ofPreharvest and Postharvest Factors in FruitStorage. Skierniewice, Poland, August,1997. (74 EUR)

484 Eucarpia Symposium on Fruit Breedingand Genetics, Oxford, UK, September1996. (97 EUR)

483 International Symposium on the Quality ofFresh and Fermented Vegetables, Seoul,Korea, October 1997. (78 EUR)

482 International Symposium on Cut Flowersin the Tropics, Bogotá, Columbia, October1997. (76 EUR)

481 International Symposium on GrowingMedia and Hydroponics, Windsor,Ontario, Canada, May, 1997. (124 EUR)

480 I International Symposium on Figs, Izmir,Turkey. June 1997. (63 EUR)

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479 IXth International Asparagus Symposium,Pasco, Washington USA, July 1997. (83EUR)

478 VI International Symposium on Plum andPrune Genetics; Skierniewice, Poland.August 1997. (67 EUR)

477 IV International Symposium on ReplantProblems, Budapest, Hungary. August1996. (45 EUR)

476 International Symposium on Applicationsof Modelling as an Innovative Technologyin the Agri-Food-Chain (Model-It),Wageningen, The Netherlands, November1998. (71 EUR) - Also available on CD-ROM.

476 (CD-ROM) International Symposium onApplications of Modelling as an InnovativeTechnology in the Agri-Food-Chain(Model-It), Wageningen, TheNetherlands, November 1998. (71 EUR) -Also available in book format.

475 VII International Symposium on PearGrowing, Santiago, Chile, January 1997.(104 EUR)

474 III International Symposium on OliveGrowing (Volume I & II), Chania, Greece,September 1997. (123 EUR)

473 International Symposium on theImportance of Varieties and Clones in theProduction of Quality Wine, Kecskemet,Hungary, August 1997. (46 EUR)

472 VII International Symposium on VirusDiseases in Fruit Trees, Beltsville, USA.June 1997. -Two Volumes. (128 EUR)

471 International Symposium on Small FruitViruses, Beltsville, USA. June 1997. (43EUR)

470 II International ISHS Symposium onAlmond and Pistachio, Davis, CA, USA,August 1997. (98 EUR)

469 International Symposium on Compostingand Use of Composted Materials forHorticulture, Auchincruive, Scotland.April 1997. (82 EUR)

468 III International Cherry Symposium(Volume I and II), Norway-Denmark. July1997. (124 EUR)

467 III International Symposium onDiversification of Vegetable Crops,Beijing, China, September 1996. (71EUR)

466 II International Workshop on Pome Fruit,Bonn, Germany, November 1996. (46EUR)

465 IV International Peach Symposium(Volume I and II), Bordeaux, France, June1997. (120 EUR)

464 International Postharvest ScienceConference, Taupo, New Zealand. August1996. (95 EUR)

463 Eight International Symposium on PlantBioregulators in Fruit Production,

Valencia, Spain, April 1997. (out of stock-no longer available)

462 First Balkan Symposium on Vegetables andPotatoes (Volume I & II), Belgrade,Yugoslavia, June 1996. (159 EUR)

461 International Symposium onBiotechnology of Tropical and SubtropicalSpecies, Part II, Brisbane, Australia.October 1997. (89 EUR)

460 International Symposium onBiotechnology of Tropical and SubtropicalSpecies, Part I, Brisbane, Australia,September-October 1997. (30 EUR)

459 X International Brassica Symposium,Rennes, France, September 1997. (79EUR)

458 International Symposium on WaterQuality and Quantity in GreenhouseHorticulture, Tenerife, Spain, November1996. (75 EUR)

457 International Symposium on PlantBiotechnology as a tool for theExploitation of Mountain Lands, Torino,Italy, May, 1997. (75 EUR)

456 II International Symposium on models forPlant Growth, Environmental Control andFarm Management in ProtectedCultivation, Wageningen, the Netherlands,August, 1997. (out of stock-no longeravailable)

455 V International Mango Symposium(Volume I & II), Tel Aviv, Israel,September 1996. (out of stock-no longeravailable)

454 International Symposium on NewFloricultural Crops, Perth, WesternAustralia, October 1-4, 1996. (72 EUR)

453 IV International Protea Working GroupSymposium, Jerusalem, Israel, March 17-21, 1996. (45 EUR)

452 International Symposium on Myrtaceae,Curitiba, Brazil, October 1996. (45 EUR)

451 International Symposium on IntegratingCanopy, Rootstock and EnvironmentalPhysiology in Orchard Systems. (Volume I& II). Wenatchee, WA (USA) andPenticton, BC (Canada), July 1996. (123EUR)

450 out of stock-no longer available

449 Second International Symposium onIrrigation of Horticultural Crops (Vol. I &II), Chania, Greece, September 1996. (123EUR)

448 Third International Symposium onMineral Nutrition of Deciduous FruitTrees, Zaragoza, Spain, May 1996 (85EUR)

447 III International Symposium on In VitroCulture and Horticultural Breeding.Jerusalem, Israel, June 1996. (out of stock-no longer available)

446 Sixth International Symposium onVaccinium Culture, Maine, USA, August1996. (85 EUR)

445 Fourth International Symposium onHazelnut, Ordu, Turkey, July-August1996. (95 EUR)

444 Third International Symposium onKiwifruit (Vol. I & II), Thessaloniki,Greece, September 1995. (145 EUR)

443 International Conference and British-Israeli Workshop on GreenhouseTechnology, Tel-Aviv, Israel, May 1996.(out of stock-no longer available)

442 Third International Walnut Congress,Alcobaça, Portugal, June 1995. (79 EUR)

441 V International Symposium on TemperateZone Fruits in the Tropics and theSubtropics, Adana, Turkey, May-June 1996(80 EUR)

440 out of stock-no longer available 439 III International Symposium on

Strawberry (Vol. I & II), Veldhoven,Netherlands, April-May, 1996. (150 EUR)

438 Third International Congress on CactusPear and Cochenille, Johannesburg, SouthAfrica, January-February 1996. (49 EUR)

437 Seventh International Symposium onPollination, Lethbridge, Canada, June1996. (out of stock-no longer available)

436 First International Workshop onPersimmon, Chiang Mai, Thailand, July1996. (72 EUR)

435 out of stock-no longer available 434 International Symposium on Strategies for

Market Oriented Greenhouse Production,Alexandria, Egypt, March 1995. (73 EUR)

433 First International Symposium on EdibleAlliaceae, Mendoza, Argentina, March1994. (out of stock-no longer available)

432 out of stock-no longer available 431 International Symposium on Tospovirus

and Thrips of Floral and Vegetable Crops,Taichung, Taiwan, November 1995. (90EUR)

430 out of stock-no longer available 429 XIII International Symposium on

Horticultural Economics. New Brunswick,NJ, USA. August 1996. (86 EUR)

428 Workshop Ecological Aspects of VegetableFertilization in Integrated Crop Productionin the Field, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse,Germany, September 1995. (53 EUR)

427 out of stock-no longer available 426 out of stock-no longer available 425 Second Pineapple Symposium, Fort-de-

France, Martinique, February 1995. (98EUR)

424 II International Symposium on Roses.Antibes, France, 1995. (66 EUR)

423 out of stock-no longer available 422 International Conference on Integrated

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Fruit Production, Cedzyna, Poland,August-September 1995. (81 EUR)

421 Second International Symposium onSensors in Horticulture, Copenhagen,Denmark, August 1995. (59 EUR)

420 Symposium on Ornamental PlantImprovement, Classical and MolecularApproaches (EUCARPIA XVIII), TelAviv, Israel, March 1995. (26 EUR)

419 out of stock-no longer available 418 Third International Symposium on

Artificial Lighting in Horticulture,Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands,January 1994. (52 EUR)

414 International Symposium on the GenusLilium, Taejon, Korea, August-September,1994. (61 EUR)

413 Second International Symposium on theTaxonomy of Cultivated Plants, Seattle,USA, August 1994. (31 EUR)

412 First International Symposium onSolanacea for Fresh Market, Málaga,Spain, March 1995. (76 EUR)

411 Seventh International Workshop on FireBlight, St. Catharines, Canada, August1995. (75 EUR)

409 Fourth International Symposium onGrowing Temperate Zone Fruits in theTropics, Cairo, Egypt, May 1995. (37EUR)

408 Symposium on Updating the SoillessCultivation Technology for ProtectedCrops in Mild Winter Climates, Chania,Greece, October 1993. (26 EUR)

405 Sixth International Symposium onPostharvest Physiology of OrnamentalPlants, Oslo, Norway, June 1995. (60EUR)

Other ISHS Publications Available:

Physiological Charecterization of Salt Tolerancein Mango, Ulrich Schmutz, Berlin, 1998 (16EUR - ISBN 90 6605 889 7)

For updated information on availability of bookswe refer to the ISHS website www.ishs.org

Acta Horticulturae in Preparation - Soon to bereleased. (Please note that the following booksare not yet available !):

509 VI International Symposium on Mango508 XIX International Symposium on

Improvement of Ornamental Plants,Angers, France, July 1998. (66 EUR)

xxx III International Symposium on Pineapple

XXV International Horticultural CongressActa Horticulturae volumes in Preparation:Part 1. - Acta Horticulturae 511: CultureTechniques with Special Emphasis onEnvironmental Implications NutrientManagement

Part 2. - Acta Horticulturae 512: MineralNutrition and Grape / Wine Quality, MineralManagement to Optimize Fruit Quality

Part 3. - Acta Horticulturae 513, CultureTechniques with Special Emphasis onEnvironmental Implications, Disease, PestControl and Integrated Pest Strategies.Sustainable Crop Production, BromeliadProduction in the 21st Century, RecentAdvances in Strawberry Plug TransplantTechnology

Part 4. - Acta Horticulturae 514: CultureTechniques with Special Emphasis onEnvironmental Implications, Chemical, Physicaland Biological Means of Regulating CropGrowth: Vegetables and Fruits

Part 5. - Acta Horticulturae 515: CultureTechniques with Special Emphasis onEnvironmental Implications, Chemical, Physicaland Biological Means of Regulating CropGrowth: Ornamental and Other Crops

Part 6. - Acta Horticulturae 516: CultureTechniques with Special Emphasis onEnvironmental Implications, PhysiologicalProcesses in Plants

Part 7. - Acta Horticulturae 517: Quality ofHorticultural Products: Starting Material -Auxiliary Products - Quality Control

Part 8. - Acta Horticulturae 518: Quality ofHorticultural Products, Storage and Processing,New Outlooks on Post Harvest Biology andTechnology, Potentiality of Processing ofUnderutilized Fruits of the Tropics

Part 13. - Acta Horticulturae 523: New andSpecialized Crops and Products, BotanicGardens and Human-horticulture Relationships

Part 14. - Acta Horticulturae 524: Economics,Research and Extension