Preliminary results: ISHS Sections/Commissions – Chairperson elections
The ISHS Sections/Commissions where the result of the elections for a new Chairperson (2010-2014) is already available after the end of the first election round are as follows:
- Section Citrus: Dr. Yain Erner
- Section Banana and Plantain: Dr. Stephan Weise
- Section Tropical and Subtropical Horticulture: Prof. Dr. Sisir Kumar Mitra
- Section Nuts and Mediterranean Climate Fruits: Dr. Damiano Avanzato
- Section Root and Tuber Crops: Prof. Dr. Noureddine Benkeblia
- Section Vegetables: Prof. Dr. Silvana Nicola
- Commission Fruits and Vegetables and Health: Prof. Dr. Olaf Van Kooten
- Commission Sustainability through Integrated and Organic Horticulture: Dr. Robert K. Prange
- Commission Education, Research Training and Consultancy: Prof. Dr. Errol W. Hewett
- Commission Horticultural Engineering: Prof. Dr. Sadanore Sase
- Commission Nomenclature and Cultivar Registration: Dr. Janet Cubey
- Commission Plant Protection: Dr. Chris Hale
- Commission Irrigation and Plant Water Relations: Dr. R. Snyder
- Commission Economics and Management: Prof. Dr. Peter Oppenheim
- Commission Protected Cultivation: Dr. Nicolas Castilla
- Commission Landscape and Urban Horticulture: Prof. Dr.rer.hort.habil.Gert Groening
- Commission Plant Substrates and Soilless Culture: Dr. W.R. Carlile
The Sections/Commissions where the first election round did not result in a candidate receiving the required 50%+1 majority of the votes are as follows (candidates who proceed to the second round between brackets):
- ISHS Section Pome and Stone Fruits (Fallahi – Costa – DeJong)
- ISHS Section Vine and Berry Fruits (Lopes – Strik)
- ISHS Section Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (Brown – Barata – Máthé)
- ISHS Section Ornamental Plants (Serek – Bridgen – Zuliani)
- ISHS Commission Molecular Biology and In Vitro Culture (Lambardi – Zhang – Dorion)
- ISHS Commission Quality and Post Harvest Horticulture (Kanlayanarat – Watkins – Tonutti)
- ISHS Commission Plant Genetic Resources (Reed – Jaenicke – Botta)
ISHS elections are open to all members of the Sections/Commissions involved (who receive a personal invitation to cast their votes).
The new elected chairpersons will come into office in Lisbon, August 2010 at the General Meeting of the ISHS organised on the occasion of the 2010 International Horticultural Congress.
More details on www.ishs.org/elections/
Posted: February 17th, 2010 under ISHS Board, Sections/Commissions.