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The list down below shows the candidates in the first voting round (2026) of the elections for a new Chairperson in the following ISHS Divisions:

– Division Greenhouse and Indoor Production Horticulture [DGIP]
– Division Plant Genetic Resources, Breeding and Biotechnology [DBIO]
– Division Plant-Environment Interactions in Field Systems [DPHY]
– Division Precision Horticulture and Engineering [DENG]
– Division Sustaining Horticulture in a Changing World [DSUS]
– Division Tropical and Subtropical Fruit and Nuts [DTRO]
– Division Vegetables, Roots and Tubers [DVEG]
– Division Vine and Berry Fruits [DVIN]

Candidates in each Division are listed in alphabetical order.
Only those members in the relevant ISHS Division who are ISHS Individual Members in good standing are eligible to vote.
Members eligible to vote each receive a personal invitation with instructions to cast their vote.

To cast your vote, navigate to https://www.ishs.org/elections-ballot-divisions [page opens in a new tab]

Deadline for voting is: April 30, 2026 – First election round Division Chairpersons: open

List of candidates with a short bio for each candidate
Click the link below each Division name to access the respective candidate profiles.

Division Greenhouse and Indoor Production Horticulture [DGIP] candidates:
[1] Dr. Nazim Gruda [2] Mr. Graeme Smith

Division Horticulture for Human Health [DHEA] candidates:
[1] Dr. Tim O’Hare (*)

Division Landscape and Urban Horticulture [DURB] candidates:
[1] Dr. John Wesonga (*)

Division Ornamental Plants [DORN] candidates:
[1] Dr. Patricia Paiva (*)

Division Plant Genetic Resources, Breeding and Biotechnology [DBIO] candidates:
[1] Dr. Sandra Correia [2] Dr. Sandhya Gupta

Division Plant-Environment Interactions in Field Systems [DPHY] candidates:
[1] Dr. Stefano Musacchi [2] Dr. Mehdi Sharifi

Division Postharvest and Quality Assurance [DPHQ] candidates:
[1] Dr. Giancarlo Colelli (*)

Division Precision Horticulture and Engineering [DENG] candidates:
[1] Dr. In-Bok Lee [2] Dr. Carlos Poblete-Echeverria

Division Sustaining Horticulture in a Changing World [DSUS] candidates:
[1] Dr. Maria Claudia Dussi [2] Dr. Melinda Knuth

Division Temperate Tree Fruits [DFRU] candidates:
[1] Dr. Luca Corelli Grappadelli (*)

Division Temperate Tree Nuts [DNUT] candidates:
[1] Dr. Giulia Marino (*)

Division Tropical and Subtropical Fruit and Nuts [DTRO] candidates:
[1] Dr. Nicolas Roux [2] Dr. Zora Singh

Division Vegetables, Roots and Tubers [DVEG] candidates:
[1] Dr. Ferdinando Branca [2] Dr. Emmanuel Geoffriau [3] Dr. Masayoshi Shigyo

Division Vine and Berry Fruits [DVIN] candidates:
[1] Dr. Arif Atak [2] Dr. Bruno Mezzetti

(*) elected without competition in the absence of other candidates