Archive for 'Vine and Berry Fruits'
X International Rubus and Ribes Symposium
First announcement and website available June 22-26, 2011, Zlatibor (Serbia): X International Rubus and Ribes Symposium. Info: Prof. Dr. Mihailo Nikolic, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrado, 6 Nemanjina, 11080 Belgrade, Serbia. Phone: (381)63 801 99 23, Fax: (381)11 21 93 659 or Dr. Brankica Tanovic, Pesticide & Environment Research Inst., 31b Banatska, 11080 Zemun-Belgrade, [...]
Posted: July 28th, 2010 under ISHS Meetings, Rubus and Ribes, Vine and Berry Fruits.
Robotic vine pruner in development
New Zealand Scientists from Canterbury and Lincoln universities are trying to develop a vine-pruning robot they say could move at walking pace down vineyard rows and save New Zealand’s horticulture industry $27.5 million a year. The team, led by the Canterbury University’s Richard Green, has received almost $3m in funding from the Foundation for Research, [...]
Posted: July 12th, 2010 under Announcements, Horticultural Engineering, Vine and Berry Fruits.
II International Symposium on Tropical Wines
May 25-28, 2010, Petrolina (Brazil): II International Symposium on Tropical Wines. Info: Dr. Giuliano Elias Pereira, EMBRAPA Semiárido, BR 428, Km 152, PO Box 23, 56302-970 Petrolina PE, Brazil. Phone: (55)8738621711, Fax: (55)8738621744, E-mail: gpereira@cpatsa.embrapa.br The symposium website is now available online at http://www.cpatsa.embrapa.br/istw/istw-en
Posted: March 31st, 2010 under ISHS Meetings, Tropical Viticulture, Vine and Berry Fruits.
II Balkan Symposium on Fruit Growing
First announcement and Pre-registration September 5-7, 2011, Pitesti (Romania): II Balkan Symposium on Fruit Growing. Info: Dr. Mihail Coman, Fruit Research Institute, Str. Popa Sapca, Nr. 14, Cod. 110150, Jud. Arges, Pitesti-Maracineni 0300, Romania. Phone: (40)248278292, Fax: (40)248278477 E-mail: mihailcoman1@gmail.com E-mail symposium: office@icdp-pitesti.ro Web: http://bsfg2011.icdp.ro/
Posted: March 26th, 2010 under ISHS Meetings, Nuts and Mediterranean Climate Fruits, Pome and Stone Fruits, Vine and Berry Fruits.
II International Symposium on Tropical Wines
First Announcement May 25-28, 2010, Petrolina (Brazil): II International Symposium on Tropical Wines. Info: Dr. Giuliano Elias Pereira, EMBRAPA Semiárido, BR 428, Km 152, PO Box 23, 56302-970 Petrolina PE, Brazil. Phone: (55)8738621711, Fax: (55)8738621744, E-mail: gpereira@cpatsa.embrapa.br
Posted: March 11th, 2010 under Tropical Viticulture, Vine and Berry Fruits.
Australia’s Wine Industry in Deep Crisis
Wine companies are being forced to close their businesses and abandon vineyards as demand for their product dries up. South Australia’s wine industry has plunged into a deep crisis that threatens to claim hundreds of jobs. Great Southern, Australia’s largest agricultural investor until it went into receivership in May, has announced it has shut the [...]
Posted: October 22nd, 2009 under Announcements, Economics and Management, Vine and Berry Fruits.
ISHS Scientific Structure: updates
- Section Citrus: Vice Chair: Dr. Yair Erner – Section Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: New Working Group on MAPs in the Dry Areas, Chair: Dr. Mohamed Neffati – Section Tropical and Subtropical Fruits: WG on Myrtaceae Fruit Crops: name changed to Working Group on Guava and Other Myrtaceae – Section Vine and Berry Fruits: New [...]
Posted: July 27th, 2009 under Announcements, Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Ornamentals, Tropical and Subtropical Fruits, Vine and Berry Fruits, citrus.
Acta Horticulturae 824, 825 and 826 available
Acta Horticulturae 824; International Symposium on Application of Precision Agriculture for Fruits and Vegetables (ISBN 978-90-66053-70-0 ), Acta Horticulturae 825; I Balkan Symposium on Fruit Growing (ISBN 978-90-66054-10-3 )and Acta Horticulturae 826; I International Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Conference on Culinary Herbs (ISBN 978-90-66054-68-4 ) have just been released. For further details, orders and article [...]
Posted: May 29th, 2009 under Acta Horticulturae, Horticultural Engineering, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Nuts and Mediterranean Climate Fruits, Pome and Stone Fruits, Vegetables, Vine and Berry Fruits, citrus.
Acta Horticulturae 816, 817 and 818 available
Acta Horticulturae 816; IV International Phylloxera Symposium (ISBN 978-90-66051-30-0 ), Acta Horticulturae 817; I International Symposium on Horticulture in Europe (ISBN 978-90-66051-57-7 )and Acta Horticulturae 818; I International Symposium on Pomegranate and Minor Mediterranean Fruits (ISBN 978-90-66052-49-9 ) have just been released. For further details, orders and article downloads go to www.actahort.org
Posted: March 30th, 2009 under Acta Horticulturae, Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Fruits and Vegetables and Health, Landscape and Urban Horticulture, Nuts and Mediterranean Climate Fruits, Plant Genetic Resources, Plant Protection, Pomegranate and Minor Mediterranean Fruits, Quality and Post Harvest Horticulture, Vine and Berry Fruits.
X International Conference on Grapevine Breeding and Genetics: First announcement
August 1-5, 2010, Geneva, NY (United States of America) X International Conference on Grapevine Breeding and Genetics. http://www.grapebreeding2010.com Every four years, the grape breeding and genetics research community gathers to share the latest advances from around the world. For just the second time since this series began in Germany in 1973, we will meet in [...]
Posted: March 16th, 2009 under ISHS Meetings, Vine and Berry Fruits.