Scientia Horticulturae, 9 (1978) 291--294 Elsevier ScientificPublishing Company, Amsterdam-- Printed in The Netherlands
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News and Announcements
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR HORTICULTURALSCIENCE
Provisional Calendar of Events, after 1978 1979 March
Cochin Kerala State India
Commission Tropical and Subtropical Horticulture Symposium on Cashew Convener: Ir. J.G. Ohler, Royal Tropical Institute, Dept. of Agric. Research, Mauritskade 63, Amsterdam-O, The Netherlands.
1--7 April
Canterbury Gt. Britain
Section Fruits Symposium on Mineral nutrition and storage disorders of temperate tree fruits Secretary: Dr. D. Atkinson, East Mailing Res. Station, Maidstone, Kent ME19 6BJ, Gt. Britain.
Spring
Avignon France
Commission Horticultural Engineering in cooperation with CHE Working group Greenhouse Design and Environment Regional Working-party on Optimization of growth through control of the micro-climate Info: K.W. Winspear, N.I.A.E., Wrest Park, Silsoe, Bedford MK45 4HS, Gt. Britain.
11--15 June
Alnarp Sweden
Section Vegetables Symposium on Quality of vegetables Secretary: Dr. T. Nilsson, Dept. of Vegetable Crops, Agric. Univ. of Sweden, 230 53 Alnarp, Sweden.
June
Skierniewice Poland
Section Ornamental Plants Symposium on Growth regulators in ornamental plants Info: Prof. Dr. S.A. Pieniazek, Res. Inst. of Pomology, Skierniewice, Poland.
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August
Evora Portugal
Section Vegetables Symposium on Production of tomatoes for processing Info: Prof. Ing. Agr. C.A.M. Portas, Institut Universitaire d'Evora, Apartado 94, Evora, Portugal.
August
Northern Europe
Commission Horticultural Engineering Symposium on Internal transport systems for maximizing the labour efficiency of greenhouses (possible in connection with a Symposium on Cultivation of cut flowers) Info: Dr. G.H. Germing, I.M.A.G., P.O. Box 43, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Brasilia Brasil
Commission Tropical and Subtropical Horticulture Second South American Symposium Subject: Vegetable crop research Convener: Dr. L.A. Montoya, I.I.C.A., Caixa Postal 16.074 - ZC-01, 20000 Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
Los Bafios Philippines
Commission Tropical and Subtropical Horticulture Symposium on Current problems in fruit and vegetables crop research Info: Dr. E.B. Pantastico, Coll. of Agriculture, Univ. of the Philippines, Laguna, Philippines.
Nigeria
Commission Tropical and Subtropical Horticulture Sixth Africa Horticultural Symposium Subject: Indigenous vegetables Info: Prof. H.D. Tindall, Nat. Coll. of Agric. Engin. Silsoe, Bedford NK45 4DT, Gt. Britain.
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Littlehampton Gt. Britain
Section Ornamental Plants (under consideration) Symposium on Nutrient film technique Info: Mad. Denise Blanc, Centre de Recherches Agronomiques d'Antibes, B.P. 78, 06602 Antibes, France.
Hungary
Section Vegetables Second Symposium on Spices and medicinal plan ts Info: Prof. Dr. P. T~t~nyi, GySgynSv~ny Kutat5 Int~zet, P.F. 11, H-2011 Budakalfisz, Hungary.
Wageningen The Netherlands
Commission Horticultural Engineering Symposium on Computer for greenhouse environmental control Commission Horticultural Engineering Symposium on Greenhouse climate
Budapest Hungary
Commission Plant Protection Second Symposium on Small fruit virus diseases
N.W. Europe
Commission Horticultural Economics VIth Symposium on Horticultural Economics Info: It. W.G. de Haan, Agric.-Economic Institute, Conradkade 175, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Aarslev Denmark
Section Ornamental Plants (under consideration) Third Symposium on Flower bulbs Convener: E. Rasmussen, State Experiment Station, DK 5792 Aarslev, Denmark.
Marauna Italy
Section Fruits Symposium on High density planting
North America
Section Fruits Symposium on Breeding and machine harvesting of Rubus and Vaccinium
1980 May
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Fed. Rep. Germany
Section Ornamental Plants Fifth Symposium on Virus diseases .of ornamental plants Info: Dr. R. Koenig, Inst. ffir Virusserologie, Biol. Bundesanstalt ffir Land- und Forst wirtschaft, Messeweg 11/12, 33 Braunschweig, B.R.D. Commission Horticultural Engineering Regional Working-party on Energy saving (continuation of the meeting at Karlsruhe, 1976) Commission Protected Cultivation Commission Horticultural Economics Commission Horticultural Engineering Symposium on More profitable use o f energy in protected cultivation
1980 or 1981
Section Vegetables Symposium on Vegetable seed production Info: Dr. R.A.T. George, School of Biological Sciences, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, Somerset, Gt. Britain. 1981
Commission Horticultural Engineering Symposium on Alternative energy sources for horticulture (use o f waste heat and solar energy) 1982
Hamburg Fed. l~ep. Germany
XXIst International Horticultural Congress