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Chronica HORTICULTURAE Chronica Horticulturae © , ISBN: 90 6605 607 X (Volume 44 - Number 1; March 2004); ISSN: 0578-039X Published quarterly by the International Society for Horticultural Science, Leuven, Belgium. Lay-out and printing by Drukkerij Geers, Gent, Belgium. ISHS © 2004. All rights reserved. No part of this magazine may be reproduced and/or published in any form, photocopy, microfilm or any other means without written permission from the publisher. all previous issues are also available online at www.ishs.org/chronica. Contact the ISHS Secretariat for details on full color advertisements (1/1, 1/2, 1/4 page) and/or mailing lists options. A publication of the International Society for Horticultural Science, a society of individuals, organizations and governmental agencies interested in horticultural research, education, industry and human well-being. ISHS Editorial Office and Contact Address: ISHS Secretariat, PO Box 500, B-3001 Leuven 1, Belgium. Phone: (+32)16229427, fax: (+32)16229450, e-mail: info@ishs.org, web: www.ishs.org or www.actahort.org. Editorial Staff Jules Janick, Science Editor, janick@purdue.edu Jozef Van Assche, Managing Editor, jozef@ishs.org Gerard Weststeijn, Associate Editor - Symposia, gerard.weststeijn@ishs.org Peter Vanderborght, Associate Editor - Production and Circulation, peter.vanderborght@ishs.org Editorial Advisory Committee Jules Janick, Purdue University, USA, Chair of the Editorial Advisory Committee Anthony G. Biggs, President AuSHS, Australia Byung-Dong Kim, Department of Plant Sciences and Center for Plant Molecular Genetics and Breeding Research, Seoul National University, Korea António A. Monteiro, College of Agriculture and Forestry, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal Robert K. Prange, Atlantic Food and Horticulture Resarch Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Manfred Schenk, Institute of Plant Nutrition, University of Hannover, Germany Membership and Orders of Chronica Horticulturae Chronica Horticulturae is provided to the Membership for free: Individual Membership 40 EUR annually (special rate for Individual Members from selected developing countries: 40 EUR for 2 years), Student Membership 12 EUR per year. For all details on ISHS membership categories and membership advantages, including a membership application form, refer to the ISHS membership pages at www.ishs.org/members. Payments All major Credit Cards accepted. Always quote your name and invoice or membership number. Make checks payable to ISHS Secretariat. Money transfers: ISHS main bank account number is 230-0019444-64. Bank details: Fortis Bank, Branch “Heverlee Arenberg”, Naamsesteenweg 173/175, B-3001 Leuven 1, Belgium. BIC (SWIFT code): GEBABEBB08A, IBAN: BE29230001944464. Please arrange for all bank costs to be taken from your account assuring that ISHS receives the net amount. Prices listed are in euro (EUR) but ISHS accepts payments in USD as well. Acta Horticulturae Acta Horticulturae is the series of proceedings of ISHS Scientific Meetings, Symposia or Congresses. (ISSN: 0567-7572). ISHS Members are entitled to a substantial discount on the price of Acta Horticulturae. For an updated list of available titles go to www.ishs.org/acta. A complete and accurate record of the entire Acta Horticulturae collection, including all abstracts and full text articles is available online at www.actahort.org. ISHS Individual membership includes credits to download 10 full text Acta Horticulturae articles. All Acta Horticulturae titles-including those no longer available in print format-are available in the ActaHort CD- ROM format. CONTENTS ■ News from the Board 3 ISHS Membership: Access to World Horticulture, U. Aksoy ■ Issues 5 Horticulture? For the Love of Life, E.O. Wilson ■ Horticultural Science Focus 9 Plantain and Banana:Progress in Breeding and Delivering Improved Plantain and Banana to African Farmers, A. Tenkouano and R.L. Swennen ■ Horticultural Science News 15 China’s Energy-Saving Greenhouses 18 Parboiled Fresh Rice Hulls Can Replace Perlite in ■ Symposia and Workshops 19 Fruit Breeding and Genetics 21 Euro Berry Symposium 22 Saffron Biology and Biotechnology 24 Temperate Zone Fruits in the Tropics and Subtropics 26 Irrigation of Horticultural Crops ■ The World of Horticulture 28 Polish Society for Horticultural Science 30 Scientists Call for Increased Capacity in Africa 31 The International Organisation of Vine and Wine 31 The California Seed Growers Isolation Pin Map System 31 Society of American Florists (SAF) ■ News from the ISHS Secretariat 32 New books, websites 34 Courses and meetings 34 New Members 35 In Memoriam 36 Calendar of ISHS Events 39 Available Issues of Acta Horticulturae Cover photograph: Strawberries by Dr. B. Mezzetti, see p. 21 ISHS • 2
NEWS FROM THE BOARD NEWS FROM THE BOARD ISHS Membership Access to World Horticulture Uygun Aksoy Uygun Aksoy, ISHS Board member The International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) has been a unique platform in world horticulture for more than 40 years. The objective of ISHS is “to further all sectors of horticulture by improving international cooperation in the scientific study and exchange of knowledge of biological, technical, ecological, environmental, sociological, educational and economic issues as they affect horticulture.” The scientific structure is composed of commodity-based Sections and cross-commodity Commissions. Their outputs are based on symposia, workshops and congresses which are published in Acta Horticulturae and Chronica Horticulturae. These publications are available in various research libraries and include nearly 650 Acta containing over 32,000 articles. These are all now available online on the ISHS website (www.ishs.org) or directly at www.actahort.org. They represent a tremendous resource of horticultural information. The world-wide network formed through ISHS develops information on horticulture and facilitates the exchange of information required to advance horticultural science. Membership in this international forum is open to all individuals, organizations, countries or states. The main aim of ISHS is to provide efficient networking among stakeholders in various fields of horticulture throughout the world. Data on membership between 1986 and 2003 are presented in Figure 1. Since 1995 there has been a steady increase reflecting increased services provided by our Society. Individual members come from 125 countries, the largest number from Europe followed by Asia and Oceania, and North America. The proportion of the membership coming from Europe and North America decreased slightly from 1998 to 2003 whereas that from other continents is increasing. The highest rate of increase was in the members from Central and South America, 4 fold, and from Middle East and Africa, 3.5 fold, (Figure 2). Increasing the number of members from developing countries has been a priority for the Society. Starting from 1996, the annual fee paid by members coming from developing countries is valid for two years, essentially halving the membership fee. Members from developing countries are encouraged to organize ISHS symposia. The World Conference on Horticultural Research, co-sponsored by ISHS and the American Society for Horticultural Science, held in Rome in 1998 was a milestone in the development of strategies to improve horticultural research in developing countries. An ISHS Committee for Research Cooperation (CRC) has been established to provide greater reach of the Society into the developing world. However, individual membership from developing countries still needs to be promoted. One way could be through organizing “twinning” programs with members from developed countries. I am convinced that many members, if approached, will support individual membership to their colleagues in the developing world who are constrained by bureaucratic or financial realities. This is essential since membership now provides 10 downloads to Acta Horticulturae online, helping to build linkages with counterparts in other parts of the world. ISHS symposia are organized regularly, now over 30 per year. They are announced in Chronica Horticulturae, received quarterly by each member. Early announcement permits ISHS members to plan and participate in these narrowly focused symposia. Participants at these symposia include researchers, farmers, academics, and industry personnel. As an example, The First International Conference on Turfgrass Management and Science for Sports Fields was organized in June 2003 in Athens (Greece) exactly a year before the Olympic Games. By participating in these symposia, horticulturists working on a specific commodi- INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP The main body of the ISHS is formed by the individual members. Currently, there are nearly 6000 individual members from 125 countries. The numbers are increasing each year. The privileges of individual membership include: Figure 1. Evolution of individual membership in ISHS between 1986 and 2003. 6000 5000 4000 ❚ Four issues of Chronica Horticulturae ❚ A list of members and their contact information by country ❚ Reduced registration fees at ISHS symposia and the International Horticultural Congress (IHC) ❚ Free download of a prescribed number of Acta Horticulturae articles from Acta on-line ❚ Reduced cost of ISHS publications ❚ A certificate and card of membership 3000 2000 1000 0 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 individual members CHRONICA HORTICULTURAE •VOL 44 • NUMBER 1 • 2004 • 3
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