Chronica Horticulturae

Chronica Horticulturae (ISSN 0578-039X) the quarterly publication of the International Society for Horticultural Science with a circulation of 7000+ is mailed to ISHS members, subscribers, organizations, libraries, institutes all over the world. For more details, subscriptions, advertising rates etc.

Members and non-members are urged to contribute articles for consideration. However it must be understood that Chronica is not a scientific journal that publishes original research. Research articles appropriate for horticultural science journals or proceedings are usually inappropriate for Chronica. We seek horticultural articles of interest to a broad audience composed of ISHS members and the broader community of horticultural science and industry professionals.

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Vol.49/Nr.4new December 2009 - Special issue featuring Iberia
Horticultural Highlights:
Juan Sαnchez Cotαn: Mystical Artist of Horticulture • The Epoch of Philip II: Botanical and Horticultural Impact • Historical Wines of Spain • Historical Wines of Portugal • Iberian Olive Growing in a Time of Change • The Citrus Industry in Spain • Temperate Fruits and Nuts: Iberian Diversity • Tropical Fruit Crops in Spain and Portugal • Postharvest Technology in Spanish Horticulture • Spanish Vegetable Production: Processing and Fresh Market • Horticultural Production in a Natural Park in Portugal • Iberian Ornamentals Industry: Diversified and Innovative • Protected Cultivation in Iberian Horticulture
Symposia and Workshops: All Africa Horticulture Congress • Rose Research and Cultivation • Eucarpia Section Ornamentals • Landscape and Urban Horticulture • Artichoke, Cardoon and Their Wild Relatives • Horticultural Economics and Management • Horticultural Research, Training and Extension • Molecular Markers in Horticulture • Growing Media and Composting
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Vol.49/Nr.3
September 2009
Horticultural Highlights:
Fifty Years of Progress for ISHS • Japanese Pomological Magic: Producing Fruits for Gifts • Brazilian Capsicums: Early History and Future Prospects • Tacuinum Sanitatis: Horticulture and Health in the Late Middle Ages • Ornamentals Production in Spain • Kenyan Horticulture
Symposia and Workshops: Medicinal and Aromatic Plants • Saffron • Walnut • Tropical and Subtropical Fruits • Guava and Other Myrtaceae • Vegetable Production and Quality and Process Standardization in Chain • Acclimatization and Establishment of Micropropagated Plants • Cryopreservation in Horticultural Species • Controlled and Modified Atmosphere • Postharvest
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Vol.49/Nr.2
June 2009
Horticultural Highlights:
Green Roofs and Living Walls • Dogrose: Wild Plant, Bright Future • The Vineland Research and Innovation Centre is Launched in Canada• Energy Saving Greenhouses • Bioreclamation of Degraded African Lands with Women Empowerment
Symposia and Workshops: ISAFRUIT - Increasing Fruit Consumption to Improve Health • Banana in Africa: Harnessing International Partnerships to Increase Research Impact • Chestnut • Protea • Organic Fruits • Persimmon • Tomato in the Tropics • Berry Production in Changing Climate Conditions and Cultivation Systems • Sap Flow • Postharvest Unlimited 2008
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Vol.49/Nr.1
March 2009
Horticultural Highlights:
Problems with Plastics • Critical Pests and Diseases Imperil World Citrus • Cactus Pear: Gift of the New World • Integrated Crop Management Strategies for Sustainable Production of Non-Traditional Agricultural Exports: Snow Peas in Guatemala • Horticultural Economy of Guangxi Province, China
Symposia and Workshops: Medicinal and Aromatic Plants • Jujube • Woody Ornamentals of the Temperate Zone • Orchard Systems • Biotechnology of Fruit Species • Papaya • Brassica • Ecological Sound Fertilization Strategies for Field Vegetable Production • Vegetables and Potatoes • Quality and Safety of Agri-Foods
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Vol.48/Nr.4 December 2008
Horticultural Highlights:
Electronic Fruits and Other Sensors • Plug Technology: Horticultural Revolution • Carnivorous Plants: New Ornamentals • Vegetable Crop Production in Iran • Durian: Southeast Asia’s King of Fruits
Symposia and Workshops: Humulus • Hazelnut • Post Harvest Physiology of Ornamental Plants • Flower Bulbs and Herbaceous Perennials • Apricot Breeding and Culture • Plum and Prune Genetics, Breeding and Pomology • Longan, Lychee and Other Fruit Trees in Sapindaceae Family • Processing Tomato • Soilless Culture and Hydroponics • Vaccinium • In Vitro Culture and Horticultural Breeding
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Vol.48/Nr.3
September 2008
Horticultural Highlights:
The Future of Irrigation in Horticulture • The Pomegranate: New Interest in an Ancient Fruit • Giant Pumpkins: Genetic and Cultural Breakthroughs • Opium Poppy: Societal Blessing and Curse • Fruit Trees for the Sudano-Sahel Region of West Africa
Symposia and Workshops: Cactus Pear and Cochineal • Virus Diseases of Ornamental Plants • Mineral Nutrition of Fruit Crops • Late Blight • Strawberry • Strategies towards Sustainability of Protected Cultivation in Mild Winter Climate • Model-IT 2008
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Vol.48/Nr.2
June 2008
Horticultural Highlights: Orchard Tourism in China • Onion as a Nutraceutical and Functional Food • Floricultural Boom in India • Fruit Genetic Resources of Albania • Bourbon Vanilla:Natural Flavour with a Future
Symposia and Workshops: Horticulture in Europe • Application of Precision Agriculture for Fruits and Vegetables • Temperate Zone Fruits in the Tropics and Subtropics • Underutilized Plants for Food, Nutrition, Income and Sustainable Development • Edible Alliaceae • Socio-Economic Impact of Modern Vegetable Production Technology in Tropical Asia • Human Health Effects of Fruits and Vegetables • Quality Management in Postharvest Systems
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Vol.48/Nr.1 March 2008
Horticultural Highlights: Project-Based Learning in Horticulture: Composting in Egyps • Caldo Verde: A Story of Portuguese Brassicas • Fiddlehead Fronds: Nutrient Rich Delicacy • Gilding the Lilies: Rainbow Roses and Confetti Poinsettias • The Founding and Founders of the Royal Horticultural Society • Traditional Vegetables of Sicily
Symposia and Workshops: Chestnut Management in Mediterranean Countries • Balkan Fruit Growing • Quality Management in Supply Chains of Ornamentals • Fire Blight • Ripening Regulation and Postharvest Fruit Quality • Pineapple • Tomato Diseases • Supply Chains in the Transitional Economies • Taxonomy of Cultivated Plants
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Vol.47/Nr.4 December 2007: Transgenic Technology: Pro-Poor or Pro-Rich? • Indigenous Andean Root and Tuber Crops: New Foods for the New Millennium • Specialty Maize: Global Horticultural Crop • Watermelons: New Choices, New Trends • Recent Advances in Banana Crop Protection for Sustainable Production and Improved Livelihoods • Modelling in Fruit Research and Orchard Management • Fruit Breeding and Genetics • Phylloxera • Acclimatization and Establishment of Micropropagated Plants • Genetic Modifications • GreenSys2007 • Turfgrass Science and Management for Sport Fields • Growing Media and Hydroponics • Quality Management of Fresh Cut Produce 1900
Vol.47/Nr.3 September 2007: Horticultural Highlights: Pyrethrum Production: Tasmanian Success Story • Beneficial Plant Pathogens • The Glasshouse, Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley, UK • History and Iconography of Eggplant • Greenhouse Vegetable Production in Canada • Black Sea Agricultural Research Institute in Turkey
Symposia and Workshops: Medicinal and Nutraceutical Plants • Culinary Herbs • New Floricultural Crops • Pear • Breadfruit Research and Development
1900
Vol.47/Nr.2 June 2007: The Future of Horticultural Science and Education: A European Perspective • Ornamental Bananas: Focus on Rhodochlamys • Loquat: An Ancient Fruit Crop • The Photographs of Antonio Cezar d’Abrunhoza • Strawberry Production in Turkey • Fruit Production in India • Royal Flora Ratchaphruek 2006 • Seed, Transplant and Stand Establishment of Horticultural Crops • Indigenous Vegetables and Legumes • HORTIMODEL2006 1690
Vol.47/Nr.1 March 2007: Biotechnology and Horticulture • The Turfgrass Industry: Australia, NewZealand, and the Asia-Pacific Region • Malatya: World’s Capital of Apricot Culture • Natural Preservatives • Contribution of African Botanica to Humanity • Saffron • Pomegranate and Minor Mediterranean Fruits • EUCARPIA-Section Ornamentals • Irrigation of Horticultural Crops • Managing Quality in Chains 1850
Vol.46/Nr.4 December 2006: Biological Pest Control in Horticulture • Sweet Cherry Revolution in British Columbia Canada • Underutilized Plant Species • Intensification and Improvement of Market Gardening in the Sudano-Sahel Region of Africa • Chamomile • Protea • Artichoke, Cardoon and Their Wild Relatives • Vegetable Safety and Human Health • Processing Tomato • Grape Production and Processing • Grape Genetics and Breeding • Virus and Virus-like Diseases of Temperate Fruit Crops and Small Fruit Virus Diseases • Fresh Food Quality Standards 2200
Vol.46/Nr.3 September 2006: IHC2006 Seoul, Korea and ISHS General Assembly 2006 • Conserving Plant Genetic Resources • Global Conservation Strategy for Strawberry Genetic Resources • Control of Growth and Cropping of Temperate Fruit Trees • Diversifying the Intensive Cereal Cropping Systems of the Indo-Ganges through Horticulture • Walnut Germplasm in Kyrgyzstan • Labiatae • Loquat • Date Palm • Rubus and Ribes • Greenhouse Cooling • Soil and Soilless Cultivation under Protected Environment • Organic Apple and Pear 2080
Vol.46/Nr.2 June 2006: Future of Horticultural Science within Academia • Wollemi Pine • Clean Planting Materials and Management Practices for Sustained Production of Banana and Plantain in Africa • Antioxidant-rich Berries • Indigenous and Wild Cassava • Double Cropping of Table Grapes in Brazil • Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Production in Spain Rose Research and Cultivation • Guava • Cucurbit • Grapevine and Wine • Kiwifruit • Biotechnology of Temperate Fruit Crops and Tropical Species • Growing Media • Controlled Atmosphere 1900
Vol.46/Nr.1 March 2006: The World Vegetable Center: Higher Incomes and Healthier Diets for the Poor • Wrap-Ups: A Unique Method of Vegetable Usage and Consumption in Korea • Capsicum Peppers: A Vital Crop for Korea • Floricultural Production in Korea • Korean Fruit Science • Vegetable Production and Consumption in Korea • Quality and Safety Issues Related to Botanicals • Papaya • Asparagus • Grapevine Phylloxera Management • Supply Chain Management in Transitional Economies • Soilless Culture • Human Health Effects of Fruits and Vegetables 1800
Vol.45/Nr.4 December 2005: Distance Learning in Horticulture • World Foliage Plant Industry • Taxus spp. • Tree Fruit Growing in Kazakhstan • Southeast Anatolia Project of Turkey • Pistachio and Almond • Plant Bioregulators in Fruit Production • Sweetpotato and Cassava • Pineapple • Artificial Lighting in Horticulture 1980
Vol.45/Nr.3 September 2005: Bioactive Compounds and Designer Plant Foods • Vitamin-A Partnership for Africa • Plastic Greenhouse Industry of Spain • Horticulture in Eritrea Natural Preservatives in Food Systems • Olive Growing • Cactus Pear and Cochineal • Mineral Nutrition of Fruit Plants • Cherry • Tropical and Subtropical Fruits • Model-IT 1950
Vol.45/Nr.2 June 2005: Intellectual Property Rights for Plants • Macadamia • European Apple Breeding Programs Turn to Biotechnology • Early Evidence for the Culinary Use of Squash Flowers in Italy • Small Urban Gardens • Horticulture in Iran • Walnut • Flower Bulbs • Orchard Systems • Peach • Tomato Diseases • Micropropagated Plants • Sustainable Greenhouse Systems • Soilless Culture and Hydroponics 1800
Vol.45/Nr.1 March 2005: The Next Green Revolution • Blueberry • Horticulture in Afghanistan • Humulus • Chestnut • Modelling and Orchard Management • Potato Tuber Quality • Vegetables and Potatoes • Processing Tomato • Brassica • Horticultural Education • Greenhouses, Environmental Controls and In-house Mechanization for Crop Production in the Tropics and Subtropics • Postharvest Unlimited 1750
Vol.44/Nr.4 December 2004: Horticultural Biotechnology: Challenges for Commercial Development • Caravaggio’s Fruit: A Mirror on Baroque Horticulture • Australian Ginger Industry • Biodiversity of Tropical African Vegetables • Horticulture in Sri Lanka • Horticultural Research in the French Agricultural Research Centre (CIRAD) Rose Hip • Hazelnut • Plum and Prune Genetics, Breeding and Pomology • Persimmon • Fire Blight 1663
Vol.44/Nr.3 September 2004: The Art of Horticulture in Public Spaces • Production and Breeding of Cacti for Grafting in Korea • North American Pawpaw • Horticulture in Turkey Virus Diseases of Ornamental Plants • Edible Alliaceae • Ecologically Sound Fertilisation Strategies for Field Vegetable Production • Protected Cultivation in Mild-Winter Climates • Postharvest 2004 963
Vol.44/Nr.2 June 2004 Europe’s Organic Fruit Industry • Seed Treatments for Horticultural Crops • Low Carbohydrate Diets and Horticulture • Mediterranean Greenhouse Technology • Greenhouse Cultivation of Bananas • New Floricultural Crops • Pear Growing • Root and Tuber Crops • Modelling of Plant Growth, Environmental Control and Greenhouse Environment 989
Vol.44/Nr.1 March 2004: Horticulture? For the Love of Life • Improved Plantain and Banana • China’s Energy-Saving Greenhouses • Fruit Breeding and Genetics • Euro Berry Symposium • Saffron Biology and Biotechnology • Temperate Zone Fruits in Tropics and Subtropics • Irrigation of Horticultural Crops 999
Vol.43/Nr.4 December 2003: Tropical Soils and World Development • Cassava: African Rural Development • WOCMAP III • QualiFlor 2203 • Virus and Virus Like Diseases of Temperate Fruit Crops and Small Fruit • Quality in Chains • Standardisation 871
Vol.43/Nr.3 September 2003: The Next Green Revolution • Orchids as Major World Floral Crop • World Apple Cultivar Dynamics • Horticultural Science and Industry in Mexico Artichoke • Grapevine-growing, -trade and -science • Turfgrass Management and Science for Sport Fields • Managing Greenhouse Crops in Saline Environment 803
Vol.43/Nr.2 June 2003: The Power of Partnerships in Agricultural Research for Development • Recent Progress on Cowpea Improvement • Advances in Vegetable Grafting • South Pacific Soilless Culture Conference • Horticulture in Poland 962
Vol.43/Nr.1 March 2003: Nurturing and Nourishing the World’s Poor • 1-MCP: The “magic bullet”? • ISHS: A look into the Future • Salinity Center joins ISHS • Frontis • Sustainability in Horticulture • Genetic Resources of TZFTS • Conference on Urban Horticulture 910

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