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Tomato is the main horticultural crop for processing industry. Tomato puree is a source of phytonutrients such as carotenoids. Puree viscosity is a major quality trait, and industrial companies need reliable indicators of tomato fruit ability to produce viscous puree. Fruit quality is primarily assessed by measuring the soluble solid content, which is insufficient to […]28 February 2023 -
Sijia Chen is a PhD candidate working on the effect of light spectrum on the fruit set of sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum L.), at the Horticulture and Product Physiology Department, Wageningen University (The Netherlands). She studies under the supervision of Dr. Ep Heuvelink, Professor Leo Marcelis, and Professor Remko Offringa. She found that the fruit […]28 February 2023 -
Wounding is a fundamental factor effecting the survival of woody cuttings for plant propagation. Adventitious rooting is directly related to mechanical damage as a result of plant detachment. In this sense, methods of manipulating wounded regions to stimulate adventitious roots have most frequently been applied to hardwood species. Our first experiments investigating the role of […]28 February 2023 -
A new series of ISHS Talks on Vertical Farming organized by Prof. Dr. Francesco Orsini, Prof. Dr. Leo F.M. Marcelis and Prof. Dr. Murat Kacira is available. After the successful first series of ISHS Talks on Vertical Farming which was launched in June 2021, the first episode of the second series is about to be released online on 28 February 2023.Subsequently, each […]17 February 2023 -
Check out the new issue of eJHS online at https://www.pubhort.org/ejhs/ (Volume 88, issue 1, February 2023) including the following articles: Twitter: #eJHS_journal eJHS (European Journal of Horticultural Science; ISSN 1611-4426 print and ISSN 1611-4434 online) publishes original research articles and reviews on significant plant science discoveries and new or modified methodologies and technologies with a broad international and […]5 February 2023 -
First episode in a new ISHS Horticulture Debate series called “Hort Forum” Are 2-D orchard canopy management systems a leap forward or a side-step? Speaker: Terence Lee Robinson, Professor of Pomology, Horticulture Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell AgriTech, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University (USA) Tuesday, 7th February 2023, Hours: 17:00 – […]30 January 2023 -
Aleksandra Korićanac is a PhD student at the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture, and a Research Assistant at the Fruit Research Institute, Čačak, Serbia. Her research is largely focused on fruit quality changes during ripening, harvest, storage, and postharvest management of temperate zone fruit species, particularly plums. Little is currently known about how European […]6 January 2023 -
Chronica Horticulturae Volume 62 Number 4 (December 2022) is available for download – proceed to https://www.ishs.org/chronica-horticulturae/vol62nr4. Topics in this number include News & Views from the Board Spotlight on Honoured ISHS Members Horticultural Science News The World of Horticulture Symposia and workshops News from the ISHS Secretariat Check out https://www.ishs.org/chronica-horticulturae/vol62nr4 and download your copy! Not yet a member? See https://www.ishs.org/members for more […]14 December 2022 -
Check out the current issue of Fruits – The International Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Horticulture online at https://www.pubhort.org/fruits/ (Volume 77, issue 6, November-December 2022). Twitter: #Fruits_journal Fruits, The International Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Horticulture (ISSN 0248-1294 print and ISSN 1625-967X electronic), a leading scientific journal published by the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) in collaboration with CIRAD. […]14 December 2022 -
Check out the new issue of eJHS online at https://www.pubhort.org/ejhs/ (Volume 87, issue 6, December 2022) including the following articles: Twitter: #eJHS_journal eJHS (European Journal of Horticultural Science; ISSN 1611-4426 print and ISSN 1611-4434 online) publishes original research articles and reviews on significant plant science discoveries and new or modified methodologies and technologies with a broad international and […]10 December 2022