Chronica Horticulturae volume 49 number 2 ... - Acta Horticulturae

Close proximity to markets is an important feature
of production areas on the mainland.
Production area in Israel is estimated at 250 ha.
Banksia and Grevillea species join Leucadendron
as the main genera grown in Israel.
A research scholarship is awarded by the IPA at
each biennial conference. In 2008 5 applications
were received. The two successful proposals
will conduct research into Fusarium wilt of
Proteaceae, and investigate post harvest control
of Botrytis cinerea in Leucospermum and
Leucadendron. Applications for this scholarship
will be received prior to the next IPA conference
in 2010.
Audrey Gerber
Tour to a new plantation.
Africa, production in Zimbabwe has expanded
into neighbouring countries of Mozambique,
Malawi and Zambia. Chile features as a South
American producer of proteas, with increasing
interest coming from Peru, Ecuador and
Columbia. Production areas in Europe are
Spain, including the Canary Islands, and
Portugal, including Madeira and the Azores.
CONTACT
Dr. Audrey Gerber, Floricultural Adviser, P.O. Box
112, Sassafras, VIC 3787, Australia, Phone:
+61 438 630 316, Fax: +61 3 9755 2539,
email: audrey@gerbermail.com.au
Section Pome and Stone Fruits –
Second ISOFAR Conference on Organic
Commission Sustainability through
Fruits & Sixteenth IFOAM Organic World
Integrated and Organic Horticulture
Congress
At the conclusion of its Symposium at the
International Horticultural Congress in Seoul in
2006, the recently-formed ‘Commission
Sustainability through Integrated and Organic
Horticulture’ declared its intention to organise a
Commission-sponsored symposium before the
next IHC Congress in 2010. Fortuitously, the
International Federation of Organic Agricultural
Movements (IFOAM) was holding its next
World Congress in Modena, Italy in June, 2008
and the IFOAM organisers responded warmly
to collaborating with our Commission. As a
result, our Commission agreed to co-organise a
satellite ‘Organic Fruit Conference’ (temperate
and tropical), which was held in nearby Vignola
from June 15-17.
The collaboration between our ISHS
Commission and IFOAM brought to both conferences
a lot of synergies, which likely attracted
more participants than if they were held
independently. The ISHS Organic Fruit
Conference was scheduled as a 3-day conference
before the main IFOAM World Congress
began. This allowed individuals to participate in
Opening of the Organic Fruit Conference: Plenary Session by the Conveners, Drs. Weibel (right)
and Prange (second from right), in the main conference hall of Vignola Castle.
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