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Rafael Poyatos, Working Group Chair, February 2026 At the global scale, the amount of water transpired by plants exceeds that transported by all rivers to the oceans. This water flux from the soil to the atmosphere is strongly regulated by plants in order to maintain a favorable water status. This regulation of plant water economy […]

A meeting was recently held between the Vice-Chair of ISHS Working Group Saffron, Prof. Mahmoud A. Sharafeldin, Convener of the VII International Symposium on Saffron Biology and Technology, which will be part of S10 – International Symposium on Medicinal, Aromatic Plants and Natural Colorants at the XXXII International Horticultural Congress (IHC2026), 23-28 August 2026, Kyoto, […]

ISHS Working Groups Growing Media and Substrate Analysis invite you to attend the first (hybrid) meeting of the Microbiology Initiative Topic: Biochar – microbial characterization of new growing media Speaker: Marta Streminska, Wageningen University & Research Centre, Business Unit Greenhouse Horticulture Date: February 10th, 2026 Time: 3pm-5pm (Central European Time)/ 9am-11am (Eastern Standard Time) Venue: […]

Honorary keynote at the national training workshop on Saffron Authenticity & Value Chain Development. Related article: https://iran.un.org/en/306412-fao-and-iran-new-step-innovation-and-quality-integrity-saffron-value-chain The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture-Jahad (MAJ) and the Iranian Society for Horticultural Sciences (IrSHS), held a National Workshop on Saffron Quality Integrity and Value Chain Development. Taking place […]

An online meeting was recently held between Prof. Mahmoud A. Sharafeldin, Convener of the VII International Symposium on Saffron Biology and Technology, which will be part of S10 – International Symposium on Medicinal, Aromatic Plants and Natural Colorants at the XXXII International Horticultural Congress (IHC2026), 23-28 August 2026, Kyoto, Japan (https://www.ishs.org/symposium/899), and Prof. Kourosh Vahdati, […]

In the research community of growing media and compost science, there is an increasing confusion related to inappropriate use of terms, and to a lack of description of minimal chemical, physical, biological characteristics of growing media for adequate data interpretation in scientific publications. A survey was conducted between the summer of 2019 and the autumn […]