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Food vs. fuel a global myth
By Robert Zubrin and Gal Luft In recent weeks, a flood of reports and statements has claimed that the world’s biofuel programs—in particular the U.S. corn ethanol effort—is starving poor people around the globe. Even the UN’s ...
Posted: 2008-05-06 at 09:05
Closing of the Utrecht Herbarium (The Netherlands)
On 26th March 2008 the University Board of Utrecht University, The Netherlands, informed the employees of the Utrecht Herbarium that as of 1 June 2008 the Herbarium is to be closed and, with immediate effect, access to the collections, from national as ...
Posted: 2008-04-28 at 08:50
Scientists sequence genetically modified papaya genome
Scientists have sequenced the genome of a genetically modified (GM) papaya, a step that could benefit both cultivation of the fruit and the understanding of fruit tree genomics. As the first GM virus-resistant fruit tree to be sequenced, the ...
Posted: 2008-04-26 at 08:57
Acta Horticulturae 766, 767, 783 and 784 available
Acta Horticulturae 766; XXVII International Horticultural Congress - IHC2006: International Symposium on Ornamentals, Now! (ISBN 978-90-66051-56-0 ), Acta Horticulturae 767; XXVII International Horticultural Congress - IHC2006: International ...
Posted: 2008-04-24 at 02:56
Apples from Uganda…
When researchers started trials for apple growing in the highlands of western Uganda in 2003, many local farmers refused to take them seriously. The farmers believed that apples could only thrive in countries with cold climates. Today, researchers at the ...
Posted: 2008-04-24 at 10:09
Mushrooms - sprouting with economic potential
Wild or cultivated, tropical mushrooms have a commercial potential that is only now starting to receive the attention it deserves. Quick and inexpensive to produce, mushrooms can provide a significant source of extra income for rural dwellers, especially ...
Posted: 2008-04-24 at 10:00
Bioreclamation of degraded lands in the Sahel
The Sahel, a vast area stretching from Senegal and Mauritania on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean in the west, to Eritrea in the east, is predominantly sand. The Sahel was once grassland and savanna, with areas of woodlands and
...Posted: 2008-04-23 at 10:58
Africa needs technology
‘Eating sweet potatoes and tea for breakfast is a sign of poverty. To show improved status; one has to have tea, milk and buttered bread here in the village.’ During my research days in Mutomo (an arid part of Eastern Kenya)
...Posted: 2008-04-23 at 10:58
Soaring food prices
Inadequate production levels, oil price hikes and a new fad for biofuels are making food costs soar. The trend spells disaster for the poorest consumers, but offers opportunities for farmers in the South. Cars pelted with stones, tyres burned, petrol ...
Posted: 2008-04-23 at 09:47
Africa should apply modern growing techniques to traditional fruits
The application of modern horticultural techniques could revive cultivation of traditional fruits in Africa like baobab, butterfruit and tamarind, according to a new report from the National Research Council in Washington, USA.
...Posted: 2008-04-23 at 09:20
Computers keep asparagus plants vital
Asparagus plants that retain sufficient sugars in their roots after harvesting survive the harvest better and are more productive in the next season. By contrast, when asparagus plants are cut too long, the sugar level is depleted and the quality ...
Posted: 2008-04-23 at 07:57
Dr. Lyle Craker fights for his right to grow Cannabis Sativa
University of Massachusetts Amherst (United States of America) Prof. Dr. Lyle Craker, former chairperson of the ISHS Commission on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and current Chairperson of the ISHS Working Group Culture of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants may ...
Posted: 2008-04-22 at 03:54
Commission Plant Substrates and Soilless Culture: 2 new working groups
The Chair of the ISHS Commission Plant Substrates and Soilless Culture proudly announces the creation of two new Working Groups: Working Group Ornamentals in Substrates and Soilless Culture (PS4): Chairperson Dr. Dora ...
Posted: 2008-04-21 at 10:44
ISHS Working Group Brassica: Prof. João Silva Dias elected new Chairperson
The ISHS Section Vegetables announces the results of the elections for a new chairperson in the Brassica Working Group
The newly elected chairperson is: Prof. João Silva Dias (Portugal).
For more details see www.ishs.org/science
Posted: 2008-04-20 at 10:40
Seed transmission of Pepino mosaic virus in tomato
Results from a joint European research project show that seed transmission of Pepino mosaic virus (PepMV) in tomato, even though at a low level, is possible. The seed transmission rates differed from 0,005% until 0.057% depending on the time ...
Posted: 2008-04-19 at 12:51
Cornell to build a teaching winery
Cornell University (Ithaca - NY, USA) will build an on-campus teaching winery for undergraduates, an addition to their three-year-old Enology and Viticultural Program. Both Enology and Viticulture classes had long been a part of the Horticultural/Food ...
Posted: 2008-04-08 at 02:07
Vietnamese researcher invents self-watering garden
Nguyen Quang Ngoc, chairman of Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam) based Fresh Green Earth (FGE) joint-stock company, is offering something almost unfathomable to anyone from the novice plant owner to the green-thumbed farmer. “I guarantee that you can leave ...
Posted: 2008-04-07 at 08:45
Italian Society for Horticultural Science - New website
Prof. Paolo Inglese, president of the Italian Society for Horticultural science (SOI), proudly informs the launch of the new website design of www.soihs.it The Italian Society for Horticultural Science (La Società di Ortoflorofrutticoltura Italiana) ...
Posted: 2008-04-02 at 10:14
Newsletter: Section Tropical and Subtropical Fruits
The March 2008 issue (Newsletter number 3) of the ISHS Section Tropical and Subtropical Fruits is now available for download from the ISHS Scientific Structure pages at www.ishs.org/science/
Posted: 2008-03-31 at 11:32
Global Conservation Strategy for Fragaria (Strawberry) - Scripta Horticulturae #6
Global Conservation Strategy for Fragaria (Strawberry); A consultative document prepared in collaboration with partners in the Fragaria germplasm, genetics research-and-development community. Scripta Horticultuae Number 6: ISBN 978-90-6605-129-4 (87 ...
Posted: 2008-03-27 at 09:08
Le verger tropical Cultiver les arbres fruitiers
The main crop techniques specific to tropical fruit production.
Posted: 2008-03-26 at 11:00
Acta Horticulturae 779, 780, 781 and 782 available
Acta Horticulturae 779; International Symposium on Growing Media (ISBN 978-90-66050-15-0 ), Acta Horticulturae 780; XI International Symposium on Small Fruit Virus Diseases (ISBN 978-90-66050-38-9 ); Acta Horticulturae 781 XX International ...
Posted: 2008-03-26 at 01:36
Biological soil disinfestation increases asparagus production by 50 percent
Biological soil disinfestation as part of a narrow crop rotation can result in major increases in asparagus yield over a period of several years. This is the result of research performed by Wageningen UR’s Applied Plant Research (PPO) in the ...
Posted: 2008-03-24 at 10:34
Underutilized Plants Symposium: recommendations
Over 200 delegates from 55 countries gathered in Arusha, Tanzania 3-7 March 2008 for an International Symposium on “Underutilized plant species for food, nutrition, income and sustainable development”. The Symposium was co-convened under the umbrella of ...
Posted: 2008-03-20 at 02:11
National Horticultural Research Institute Nigeria (NIHORT): Improving food production through biotechnology
Within its mandate to research into the genetic improvement, production, processing and marketing of fruits and vegetables, citrus, ornamental plants, herbs and spices, as well as disseminate information and transfer improved technologies on horticultural ...
Posted: 2008-03-16 at 10:12
HortResearch and AgResearch join forces in food and human health science and technology
New Zealand HortResearch and AgResearch today announced their intention to explore a new level of scientific and technological collaboration in the fields of food, human nutrition and health. The collaboration will have a strong “Farm to Fork” focus, ...
Posted: 2008-03-16 at 08:38
Crop scientists discover gene that controls fruit shape
Ohio State University (Wooster, Ohio, USA) Crop scientists have cloned a gene that controls the shape of tomatoes, a discovery that could help unravel the mystery behind the huge morphological differences among edible fruits and vegetables, as well as ...
Posted: 2008-03-11 at 11:05
Acta Horticulturae 764, 765, 777 and 778 available
Acta Horticulturae 764; XXVII International Horticultural Congress - IHC2006: International Symposium on Plant Biotechnology: From Bench to Commercialization (ISBN 978-90-66056-90-9 ), Acta Horticulturae 765; XXVII International Horticultural ...
Posted: 2008-03-11 at 01:30
The Global Partnership Initiative for Plant Breeding Capacity Building (GIPB)
The Global Partnership Initiative for Plant Breeding Capacity Building (GIPB) is an internationally facilitated platform dedicated to enhancing the capacity of developing countries to improve crops for food security and sustainable development through ...
Posted: 2008-03-11 at 11:42
EMBRAPA and ISHS sign Memorandum of Understanding
On October 21, 2007 at Florianopolis, Brazil, Embrapa Executive Director Dr. José Geraldo Eugênio de França, representing Director-President, Dr. Silvio Crestana, and Dr. Norman E. Looney, President of ISHS, signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The ...
Posted: 2008-03-10 at 11:12
New Zealand Primary Sector wins massive investment boost
The New Zealand Government has announced the largest-ever single investment in science and innovation for the primary sector. It has committed $700 million to new research, development and innovation for pastoral and food industries. Industry ...
Posted: 2008-03-10 at 08:24
Food Miles and Horticultural Trade
Feeling guilty – of course you are! You have just purchased some roses in your local supermarket that have been flown half-way round the World, and you have been told repeatedly that this is a bad thing. They have left a large “carbon footprint” and you ...
Posted: 2008-03-04 at 10:44
Extreme cold hits farmers in Afghanistan
29 February 2008 – Extreme cold has devastated the Afghan livestock sector, seriously affecting livelihoods, while high prices for fuel, vegetable oil and cereals are compounding the vulnerability of poor households.
Posted: 2008-02-29 at 09:49
Climate Change and Horticulture
Ian J. Warrington, ISHS Vice-President Climate change has undoubtedly resulted in greater public involvement with a scientific subject than with any other topic in the history of modern science, with the possible exception of a preoccupation ...
Posted: 2008-02-28 at 02:53
Newsletter: Commission Plant Genetic Resources
The March 2008 issue of the new Newsletter published by the Commission Plant Genetic Resources is now available for download from the ISHS Scientific Structure pages at www.ishs.org/science/
Posted: 2008-02-27 at 04:55
Svalbard Global Seed Vault: Arctic Seed Vault Opens Doors for 100 Million Seeds
Ceremony Marking Unprecedented Effort to Protect Global Agriculture Draws World Leaders and Seeds from Over 100 Countries The Svalbard Global Seed Vault opened today, February 26, 2008 on a remote island in the Arctic Circle, receiving ...
Posted: 2008-02-26 at 10:59
Newsletter: Plant Substrates, Soilless Culture, Protected Cultivation
The January 2008 issue of the new joint Newsletter published by the Commission Plant Substrates and Soilless Culture in cooperation with the Commission on Protected Cultivation is now available for download from the ISHS Scientific Structure pages at ...
Posted: 2008-01-29 at 02:31
Health: Africa needs to up its fruit and vegetable consumption
In Africa, the growth in chronic diseases such as obesity and diabetes is another argument in favour of promoting fruit and vegetables. Numerous experts from African and international organizations, including CIRAD, recently decided to work together ...
Posted: 2008-01-15 at 11:00
Coffee in vitro plants enter the industrial age
A million Arabica coffee hybrid in vitro plantlets were produced in 2007 by an industrial firm in Nicaragua. This record figure is the fruit of 25 years' research by CIRAD on in vitro propagation of coffee.
Posted: 2008-01-10 at 11:00
The Flight from Science and Reason
By Dick Taverne, a member of the House of Lords in the United Kingdom and of its Science and Technology Committee. Five years ago he founded the charity Sense About Science, of which he is chairman, to promote the evidence-based approach to the public ...
Posted: 2008-01-10 at 10:17
2008 - International Year of the Potato
The celebration of the International Year of the Potato (IYP) will raise awareness of the importance of the potato in addressing issues of global concern, including hunger, poverty and threats to the environment. Over the next two decades, the ...
Posted: 2008-01-09 at 10:48
Acta Horticulturae 762, 763 and 776 available
Acta Horticulturae 762; XXVII International Horticultural Congress - IHC2006: International Symposium on Horticultural Plants in Urban and Peri-Urban Life (ISBN 978-90-66057-00-5 ), Acta Horticulturae 763; XXVII International Horticultural ...
Posted: 2008-01-04 at 09:20
The Costa Rica guava, an atypical fruit and now an ice cream
The Costa Rica guava, a fruit with a distinctive flavour, was introduced into Réunion by CIRAD and is now the subject of interest from the agrifood sector. The recent launch in supermarkets of ice creams containing the fruit should provide producers with ...
Posted: 2007-12-19 at 11:00
ISHS and CTA: partners in development
Posted: 2007-12-05 at 09:43
Fruits for nutritious benefits part 2
Are indigenous fruits just a poor man’s food?
Posted: 2007-12-05 at 09:34
Fruits for nutritional benefit 1
How to get the most from baobab.
Posted: 2007-12-05 at 09:24
Domesticating and cultivating fruit trees
Growing the fruits in your own homestead.
Posted: 2007-12-05 at 09:24
CTA and ISHS Sign Memorandum of Understanding
The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EC (CTA), with headquarters in Wageningen (Netherlands), is mandated by the ACP-EC Cotonou Agreement to improve agricultural production and rural development, help reduce poverty, promote ...
Posted: 2007-12-01 at 02:10
ISHS delegation to attend the CGIAR AGM07
For the third year in a row, ISHS will be represented at the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Annual General Meeting (AGM). The CGIAR’s Annual General Meeting (AGM07) will take place from December 3 ...
Posted: 2007-11-28 at 02:31
ISHS Publications - continuous growth
The number of scientific meetings held each year, and hence the number of Acta Horticulturae published, continues to grow. There will be 36 Acta Horticulturae published this year, including 6 from IHC2006. This represents around 1,900 articles and ...
Posted: 2007-11-27 at 10:09
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