Chronica - Acta Horticulturae

Participants of the Symposium.
Tuesday morning included presentations on
rootstock and variety evaluation. Invited speaker
Dr. Hrotko from Hungary, informed the
audience about the recent progress in cherry
rootstock research. On Tuesday afternoon, a
tour to the historical city of Nicea was organized
and a technical visit to Atatürk Central
Horticultural Research Institute took place to
view the genetic materials of sweet cherry rootstocks
and cultivars. These trips gave the participants
the possibility to take a break from the
intensive sessions.
The first session presentations on Wednesday
focused on plant physiology aspects of sweet
cherries and were followed by a session on
breeding and genetics of cherries. Invited
speaker Dr. Kappel from Canada gave an overview
on cherry breeding in the ‘New World’.
Both poster discussion sessions were scheduled
on Wednesday afternoon to give the participants
the opportunity to meet and discuss their
questions about the poster presentations with
the presenting authors of the posters. The
topics included in the first session on Thursday
morning were related to irrigation and its effect
on cherry quality. Invited speaker Dr. Lauri from
France gave an integrated view on sweet
cherry tree architecture, physiology and
management. The first session of the Thursday
afternoon meeting included presentations
Participants in the cherry orchard of Atatürk Central Horticultural Institute.
about the fruit cracking in sweet cherries and
invited speaker Dr. Sekse from Norway informed
the audience about some recent advances
in fruit cracking in sweet cherries. The last session
of Thursday included topics related to
sweet cherry pest and disease management.
Presentations about fruit quality and post harvest
physiology of both sweet and sour cherries
were introduced in the morning sessions of
Friday.
A pre-symposium tour included trips to visit the
historical places in Istanbul. On the other hand,
participants attending the post-symposium tour
had a chance to see cherry orchards in the provinces
of Canakkale and Izmir. Besides, they
also visited the ancient cities of Troy and
Ephesus and the Gallipoli district.
In the business meeting of the ISHS Working
Group on Cherry Production the participants
voted to organize the 6th International Cherry
Symposium in Chile in 2009. Dr. Atilla Eris from
Turkey was elected as new Chair and Dr.
Marlene Ayala from Chile as Vice Chair for the
next term. Furthermore, the participants were
informed about the deadlines and guidelines
for preparation of the manuscripts for the
Symposium proceedings, which will be
published as a volume of Acta Horticulturae.
Atilla Eris
CONTACT
Dr. Atilla Eris, Prof. of Horticulture, Uludag
University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department
of Horticulture, Görükle, 16059 Bursa, Turkey,
email: atillaer@uludag.edu.tr
ISHS • 38