International Society for Horticultural Science

A society of individuals, organizations, and governmental agencies devoted to horticultural research, education and industry to improve human wellbeing

Dating from 1864 and formally constituted in 1959, ISHS builds & maintains human knowledge and skills and biological resources in support of worldwide horticulture

Provides – through meetings and publications – both context and ongoing support for professional decision making

Explores and explains the many contributions of horticulture to a healthy human environment

ISHS in figures:• >7000 Individual Members

in 150 countries• >150 Institutional Members• 60 Country Members

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Scientific Programme:• each year ~45 meetings • www.ishs.org/calendar

International Horticultural Congress• IHC2002 Toronto: 2500 delegates• IHC2006 Seoul: 2000 delegates• IHC2010 Lisbon: 3600 delegates• IHC2014 in Brisbane: 3290 delegates• IHC2018 in Istanbul, Turkey• IHC2022 in Angers, Loire Valley, France• IHC2026 in.....

www.ihc2018.org

XXXth International Horticultural CongressIstanbul, TurkeyAugust 12-16, 2018

+60 years 1050 symposia

7000 members Acta Hort

• All symposia published in Acta Horticulturae®

• All Acta (>1060) posted at www.actahort.org

• >58.000 full text articles• More than 160 Library

Subscriptions worldwide• >20.000 page views per

day!

• Chronica Horticulturae• Quarterly ISHS

membership magazine• Stay tuned to the world of

Horticulture

•the first ISHS peer-reviewed Journal•owned and published by the ISHS•Available in Print + ‘Online Open Access’

•www.ishs.org/ejhs

• Scripta Horticulturae• ISHS publication series for

special topics

www.harvestingthesun.org

www.pubhort.org

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