Horticulture Collection Database

Table of Contents

1. Collection and evaluation of banana and plantain landraces in Africa
2. Collection and evaluation of wild Musa species
3. Cytogenetics of structural rearrangements in Musa hybrids and cultivars
4. Developing hybrid banana varieties with improved properties
5. Exploiting current Musa collections
6. Genetic modification of bananas: the long road to farmers’ fields
7. Identifying and classifying banana cultivars
8. Making banana breeding more effective
9. Overcoming the fertility crisis in bananas (Musa spp.)
10. An overview of genetic improvement in bananas over the last century
11. Safe dissemination of germplasm resources of banana
12. Scope of collecting wild Musa species germplasm
13. Seed germination, preservation and population genetics of wild Musa germplasm
14. Targeted improvement of Cavendish clones
15. The usage of phenotyping, genetics and functional genomics approaches to improve environmental stress factors in banana
16. Advances in abiotic stress-resistant varieties of ornamentals
17. Advances in conventional breeding techniques for ornamentals
18. Advances in irrigation practices and technology in ornamental cultivation
19. Advances in molecular breeding of ornamentals
20. Advances in protected cultivation of ornamentals
21. Advances in tissue culture techniques for ornamental plant propagation
22. Diseases affecting ornamental geophytes and their control
23. Environmental physiology of ornamental crops
24. Exploiting the genetic diversity of ornamentals
25. Improving nutrient management in the cultivation of ornamental plants in greenhouse, container and field production
26. The use of gene-editing techniques in breeding improved ornamentals
27. Losses and waste in fruits and vegetables
28. Optimizing horticulture for urban agriculture
29. Advances in controlled atmosphere storage of horticultural produce
30. Advances in cooling technologies to preserve horticultural produce
31. Advances in modified atmosphere and active packaging of horticultural produce
32. Advances in postharvest sanitizing regimes for horticultural produce
33. Advances in the potential use of non-thermal plasma in postharvest treatment of fresh horticultural produce
34. Advances in the use of barrier coatings and additives in the preservation of fresh horticultural produce
35. Advances in the use of biological control agents in the disinfection of horticultural produce
36. Advances in the use of irradiation for the market access of fresh horticultural produce
37. Advances in the use of ozone in the disinfection of horticultural produce
38. Advances in understanding pathogens contaminating horticultural produce
39. Advances in using heat for disinfection/disinfestation of horticultural produce
40. Managing perennial Conservation Agriculture systems: orchards, plantations and agroforestry
41. Monitoring postharvest attributes: instrumental techniques for measuring harvest maturity/fruit quality
42. Postharvest handling of organically produced specialty crops
43. Post-harvest risk management of biological hazards encountered in horticultural produce
44. Smart distribution to maintain shelf life of horticultural produce
45. Achieving sustainable cultivation of litchi
46. Advances in avocado propagation for the sustainable supply of planting materials
47. Advances in breeding and cultivation of pomegranate
48. Advances in breeding of coconut
49. Advances in breeding of mangoes
50. Advances in breeding of papaya
51. Advances in cultivation of avocado
52. Advances in cultivation of coconut
53. Advances in guava breeding
54. Advances in guava cultivation
55. Advances in integrated pest management (IPM) in citrus cultivation
56. Advances in mandarin breeding
57. Advances in mango cultivation
58. Advances in papaya cultivation
59. Advances in postharvest handling of citrus fruit
60. Advances in understanding the ecology of citrus insect pests
61. Crop improvement in jackfruit
62. Ecological intensification of banana production systems
63. Harvesting citrus: challenges and perspectives in an automated world
64. Lime breeding: a way forward
65. Mapping and exploiting the citrus genome
66. Achieving sustainable greenhouse production: present status, recent advances and future developments
67. Advances in breeding of cucumber and watermelon
68. Advances in carrot breeding
69. Advances in greenhouse design
70. Advances in greenhouses and other protected structures used for cultivation of vegetables
71. Advances in irrigation management in greenhouse cultivation
72. Advances in irrigation techniques in vegetable cultivation
73. Advances in lettuce breeding and genetics
74. Advances in lettuce cultivation
75. Advances in nutrient management in greenhouse cultivation
76. Advances in organic cultivation of vegetables
77. Advances in organic greenhouse cultivation
78. Advances in pea breeding
79. Advances in pest and disease management in greenhouse cultivation
80. Advances in screenhouse design and practice for protected cultivation
81. Advances in understanding and mitigating vegetable responses to abiotic stress
82. Advances in understanding insect pests of vegetables: a case study of sweetpotato weevil
83. Advances in understanding soil health for vegetable cultivation
84. Alternative tillage production systems for cucurbit vegetables
85. Apple mosaic virus: biology, epidemiology and detection
86. Apple replant disease: causes and management
87. Assessing the environmental impact of greenhouse cultivation
88. Assessing the impact of environmental factors on the quality of greenhouse produce
89. Automation and robotics in greenhouses
90. Biological control in integrated management of deciduous fruit insect pests: the use of semiochemicals
91. Breeding fruit cultivars with durable disease resistance
92. Brown rot: causes, detection and control of Monilinia spp. affecting tree fruit
93. Cultural control of arthropod pests in temperate tree fruit
94. Developments in breeding vegetables
95. Developments in growing substrates for soilless cultivation
96. Developments in soilless/hydroponic cultivation of vegetables
97. Disease monitoring and decision making in integrated fruit disease management
98. Epidemiology and management of apple scab
99. Fungal diseases of fruit: apple canker in Asia
100. Fungal diseases of fruit: apple cankers in Europe
101. Improving fungicide use in integrated fruit disease management
102. Improving monitoring and forecasting in integrated management of fruit arthropod pests
103. Improving plant propagation methods for fruit disease control
104. Insect pests of fruit: aphids
105. Integrated management of mite pests of tree fruit
106. Integrated management of tortricid pests of tree fruit
107. Integrated management of tree fruit insect pests: Drosophila suzukii (Spotted Wing Drosophila)
108. Integrated pest management (IPM) in vegetables: examples of successful deployment
109. Microbiological safety of vegetable produce: the impact of pre- and post-harvest practices
110. Models, sensors and decision support systems in greenhouse cultivation
111. New techniques for managing postharvest diseases of fruit: physical, chemical and biological agents
112. Optimizing insecticide use in integrated management of fruit insect pests
113. Plum pox virus: detection and management
114. Powdery mildew: biology, epidemiology, and management of Podosphaera spp. of tree fruit
115. Sustainable carrot production
116. Sustainable systems for integrated fish and vegetable production: new perspectives on aquaponics
117. Sustainable use of energy in greenhouses
118. Towards sustainable plant factories with artificial lighting (PFALs): from greenhouses to vertical farms
119. Understanding and monitoring diseases of vegetables
120. Understanding crop responses to controlled climates in greenhouses
121. Use of biocontrol agents in fruit tree disease management
122. Advances in breeding of chestnuts
123. Advances in breeding of hazelnuts
124. Advances in cultivation of chestnuts
125. Advances in cultivation of pistachio
126. Advances in cultivation of walnuts
127. Advances in detecting tree nut allergens
128. Advances in understanding health benefits of hazelnuts
129. Advances in understanding health benefits of pistachio
130. Advances in understanding the nutritional profile and health benefits of almonds
131. Developing hazelnuts as a sustainable and industrial crop
132. Integrated disease management in tree nut cultivation
133. The nutritional and nutraceutical value of walnut
134. Tree nut cultivation, ecosystem services, biodiversity and conservation
135. Uses and health benefits of chestnuts
136. Advances and challenges in apple breeding
137. Advances and challenges in blueberry breeding
138. Advances and challenges in cherry breeding
139. Advances and challenges in peach breeding
140. Advances and challenges in raspberry and blackberry breeding
141. Advances and challenges in strawberry genetic improvement
142. Advances and challenges in sustainable peach production
143. Advances and challenges in sustainable raspberry/blackberry cultivation
144. Advances in fruit genetics
145. Advances in the development and utilization of fruit tree rootstocks: a case study for apple
146. Advances in understanding fruit tree growth
147. Advances in understanding reproductive development in fruit-bearing plants
148. Advances in understanding tree fruit-rhizosphere microbiome relationships for enhanced plant health
149. Bioactive/nutraceutical compounds in fruit that optimize human health benefits
150. Challenges and opportunities in pear breeding
151. Challenges and opportunities in pear cultivation
152. Optimizing disease management in fruit cultivation
153. Optimizing fruit production efficiencies through mechanization
154. Optimizing pest management in fruit cultivation
155. Optimizing plant growth, yield and fruit quality with plant bioregulators
156. Optimizing precision in orchard irrigation and nutrient management
157. Optimizing production of quality nursery plants for fruit tree cultivation
158. Pre- and post-harvest strategies to optimize fruit quality and shelf life
159. Strawberries: a case study of how evolving market expectations impact sustainability
160. Sustainable plum and apricot cultivation
161. Sustainable sweet cherry cultivation: a case study for designing optimized orchard production systems
162. The use of agricultural robots in orchard management
163. Agroforestry for the cultivation of nuts
164. Advances in cultivation of almonds: effects of genotypes, environment and cultural techniques
165. Advances in understanding vegetable physiology: root systems as the next frontier in improving sustainable vegetable production
166. Improvement options for horticultural production of fruits and vegetables
167. Advances and challenges in sustainable apple cultivation
168. Agroforestry for fruit trees in Europe and Mediterranean North Africa
169. Identifying and managing plant health risks for key African crops: banana and plantain
170. Identifying and managing plant health risks for key African crops: fruit and other tree crops
171. Identifying and managing plant health risks for key African crops: vegetables
172. Advances in breeding of pistachio
173. Towards sustainable production of walnut (Juglans regia L.)
174. Sustainable production of cabbage on plasticulture
175. Banana cultivation in Africa
176. Banana plant propagation methods
177. Challenges in cultivation of bananas in the subtropics
178. Conserving banana germplasm through field genebanks
179. Good agricultural practices: an end point or a starting point for more sustainable banana production?
180. Harvesting and packaging of bananas
181. Life cycle assessment and carbon footprint of banana cultivation
182. Nutrition and soil management in banana cultivation
183. Organic banana cultivation and sustainability
184. The origin, domestication and dispersal of bananas
185. Ripening systems for bananas
186. Sustainable banana cultivation: from standards to multiple solutions
187. Understanding the banana industry: monoculture and beyond
188. Challenges and opportunities for smallholders in banana value chains
189. A functional approach to bunch formation in banana
190. Advances in understanding flowering, pollination and fruit development in mangoes
191. Advances in understanding mango tree growth and canopy development
192. Exploiting the mango genome: molecular markers
193. The genetic diversity of mangoes
194. Improving fertilizer and water-use efficiency in mango cultivation
195. Integrated disease management in mango cultivation
196. Integrated pest management and biological pest control strategies in mango cultivation
197. Life cycle assessment of mango systems
198. Management of an ultra-high-density mango orchard and benefits of the small-tree system
199. Mango cultivation in greenhouses
200. Mango cultivation practices for the subtropics
201. Mango cultivation practices in the tropics: good agricultural practices to maximize sustainable yields
202. Monitoring fruit quality and quantity in mangoes
203. Organic mango production: a review
204. Post-harvest storage management of mango fruit
205. The nutritional and nutraceutical/functional properties of mangoes
206. Understanding post-harvest deterioration of mangoes
207. Advances in post-harvest storage and handling of apples
208. Advances in soil and nutrient management in apple cultivation
209. Advances in understanding apple tree growth: rootstocks and planting systems
210. The apple genome – harbinger of innovation for sustainable apple production
211. Bacterial diseases affecting apples
212. Growing organic apples in Europe
213. Innovations in apple tree cultivation to manage crop load and ripening
214. Advances in pest- and disease-resistant apple varieties
215. Advances in understanding apple tree growth: the manipulation of tree growth and development
216. Advances in understanding flowering and pollination in apple trees
217. Sustainable arthropod management for apples
218. Advances in marker-assisted breeding of tomatoes
219. Assessing the environmental impact and sustainability of apple cultivation
220. Evaluating and improving rootstocks for apple cultivation
221. Mechanization and automation for apple
222. Genetic resistance to viruses in tomato
223. Integrated pest management in tomato cultivation
224. Bio-ecology of major insect and mite pests of tomato crops in the tropics
225. Advances in marker-assisted breeding of apples
226. Developing disease-resistant tomato varieties
227. Sustainable approaches to control postharvest diseases of apples
228. The economics of apple production
229. Advances in understanding apple fruit development
230. Insect-transmitted viral diseases infecting tomato crops
231. Organic greenhouse tomato production
232. Developing tomato varieties with improved flavour
233. Genetic engineering of tomato to improve nutritional quality, resistance to abiotic and biotic stresses, and for non-food applications
234. Improving water and nutrient management in tomato cultivation
235. Understanding and improving the shelf life of tomatoes
236. Understanding and improving water-use efficiency and drought resistance in tomato
237. Developments in tomato breeding: conventional and biotechnology tools
238. Optimizing yields in tomato cultivation: maximizing tomato plant use of resources
239. Tomato plant responses to biotic and abiotic stress
240. Ensuring the genetic diversity of apples
241. Management of viruses and virus-like agents affecting apple production
242. Consumer trends in apple sales
243. Ensuring the genetic diversity of tomatoes
244. Integrated weed management in tomato cultivation
245. Modelling crop growth and yield in tomato cultivation
246. Pre- and Post-harvest fungal apple diseases

Author

• D. Karamura and W. Ocimati, Bioversity International, Uganda; G. Blomme, Bioversity International, Ethiopia; J. G. Adheka, University of Kisangani (UNIKIS), Democratic Republic of the Congo; C. Sivirihauma, Université Catholique du Graben (UCG), Democratic Republic of the Congo; D. B. Dhed’a, University of Kisangani (UNIKIS), Democratic Republic of the Congo; and E. Karamura, Bioversity International, Uganda
• Hugo A. Volkaert, Center for Agricultural Biotechnology – Kasetsart University, Thailand
• Fajarudin Ahmad, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Indonesia and Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands; Peter M. Bourke and Henk Schouten, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands; Hugo Volkaert, Center for Agricultural Biotechnology – Kasetsart University, Thailand; Gert H. J. Kema, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands; and Hans de Jong, Kasetsart University, Thailand and Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands
• Edson Perito Amorim, Vanusia Batista de Oliveira Amorim, Manassés dos Santos Silva, Fernando Haddad, Claudia Fortes Ferreira and Janay Almeida dos Santos Serejo, Embrapa, Brazil
• V. Guignon, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, France
• James Dale, Queensland University of Technology, Australia; Wilberforce Tushemereirwe, National Agricultural Research Organisation, Uganda; and Robert Harding, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
• Jeff Daniells, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Australia; and Steven B. Janssens, Botanic Garden Meise, Belgium
• F. Bakry, J. P. Horry and C. Jenny, CIRAD, UMR AGAP and AGAP, Université de Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, France
• Delphine Amah, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nigeria; David W. Turner, The University of Western Australia, Australia; D. Jane Gibbs, Consultant, Australia; Allan Waniale, Makerere University and National Agricultural Research Laboratories, Uganda; Gil Gram, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Uganda and Katholieke University of Leuven (KUL), Belgium; and Rony Swennen, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Tanzania and Katholieke University of Leuven (KUL), Belgium
• Mike Smith, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Australia; and Michael Pillay, Vaal University of Technology, South Africa
• John Thomas, The University of Queensland, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, Ecosciences Precinct, Australia; Sébastien Massart, Integrated and Urban Plant Pathology Laboratory, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Belgium; Ines Van den Houwe, Bioversity International Transit Centre, KU Leuven, Division of Crop Biotechnics – Laboratory of Tropical Crop Improvement, Belgium; Nicolas Roux, Bioversity International, France; and Kathy Crew, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Ecosciences Precinct, Australia
• Julie Sardos, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, Montpellier Office, France
• Bart Panis, Bioversity International and Katholieke University of Leuven (KUL), Belgium; Simon Kallow, Royal Botanical Gardens Kew, UK and Katholieke University of Leuven (KUL), Belgium; and Steven B. Janssens, Meise Botanic Garden, Belgium
• Eli Khayat, Rahan Meristem (1998) LTD., Israel
• Sebastien Christian Carpentier, Bioversity International and Katholieke University of Leuven (KUL), Belgium; and David Eyland, Katholieke University of Leuven (KUL), Belgium
• Qiansheng Li and Mengmeng Gu, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, USA
• Traud Winkelmann and Philipp Braun, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany; and Emmy Dhooghe and Johan van Huylenbroeck, Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Belgium
• John D. Lea-Cox, University of Maryland, USA
• Neil O. Anderson, University of Minnesota, USA
• James E. Faust, Clemson University, USA
• G. R. Rout, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, India; and S. Mohan Jain, University of Helsinki, Finland
• Gary A. Chastagner and Andrea R. Garfinkel, Washington State University, USA
• John Erwin, University of Maryland, USA
• Yoo Gyeong Park, Gyeongsang National University, Republic of Korea; Young Hoon Park, Pusan National University, Republic of Korea; Abinaya Manivannan, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Republic of Korea; Prabhakaran Soundararajan, National Institute of Agricultural Science, Republic of Korea; and Byoung Ryong Jeong, Gyeongsang National University, Republic of Korea
• John Majsztrik, Clemson University, USA; and James S. Owen Jr., USDA-ARS, USA
• Bruno Trevenzoli Favero, Josefine Nymark Hegelund and Henrik Lütken, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
• Elhadi M. Yahia, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Mexico; and Jorge M. Fonseca, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Italy
• B. W. Alsanius, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden; M. Jirström, Lund University, Sweden; M. T. Naznin and S. Khalil, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden; and E.-C. Ekström, Uppsala University, Sweden
• John DeLong, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada; and Robert Prange, Dalhousie University, Canada
• J. R. Olatunji and A. R. East, Massey University, New Zealand
• Jeffrey S. Brandenburg, The JSB Group LLC, USA
• Joshua B. Gurtler, Xuetong Fan, Tony Jin and Brendan A. Niemira, USDA-ARS, USA
• Sukhvinder Pal Singh and John Golding, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries and University of Newcastle, Australia
• Elizabeth A. Baldwin, formerly USDA-ARS, USA; and Jeffrey K. Brecht, University of Florida, USA
• Samir Droby, Agricultural Research Organization – Volcani Center (ARO), Israel; Michael Wisniewski, USDA-ARS, USA; and Davide Spadaro, University of Torino, Italy
• John Golding and Sukhvinder Pal Singh, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries and University of Newcastle, Australia
• Marcin Glowacz, Natural Resources Institute (NRI) – University of Greenwich, UK
• P. Truchado, A. Allende and M. I. Gil, CEBAS-CSIC, Spain
• Elazar Fallik and Susan Lurie, Agricultural Research Organization – Volcani Center (ARO), Israel; and Lisa Jamieson and Allan Woolf, The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, New Zealand
• Amir Kassam, University of Reading, UK; Emilio J. González-Sánchez, University of Cordoba and Asociación Española de Agricultura de Conservación Suelos Vivos (AEACSV), Spain and European Conservation Agriculture Federation, Belgium; Sim Choon Cheak, Sime Darby Research Sdn. Bhd, Malaysia; Zaharah A. Rahman, formerly Putra University, Malaysia; Julio Roman-Vazquez and Francisco Marquez-Garcia, University of Cordoba, Spain; Rosa Carbonell-Bojollo, Centro IFAPA Alameda del Obispo, Spain; Oscar Veroz-Gonzalez, Asociación Española de Agricultura de Conservación Suelos Vivos (AEACSV), Spain; and Dennis P. Garrity, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Kenya
• Kerry B. Walsh and Nicholas T. Anderson, Central Queensland University, Australia
• Penelope Perkins-Veazie, Chris Gunter and Marlee Trandel, North Carolina State University, USA
• Keith Warriner and Mahdiyeh Hasani, University of Guelph, Canada
• J. K. Brecht, University of Florida, USA; I. Uysal and M. C. N. Nunes, University of South Florida, USA; J. P. Emond, The Illuminate Group, USA; S. Mercier, Décathlon Canada, Canada; and U. McCarthy, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland
• Xuming Huang, South China Agricultural University, China
• Jayeni Hiti-Bandaralage, Alice Hayward, Chris O’Brien, Madeleine Gleeson, William Nak and Neena Mitter, The University of Queensland, Australia
• Ibrahim Kahramanoglu, Serhat Usanmaz and Turgut Alas, European University of Lefke, Cyprus
• L. Perera, Coconut Research Institute, Sri Lanka; R. Manimekalai, Sugarcane Breeding Institute, India; and S. Sudarsono, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia
• Sunday O. S. Akinyemi, National Horticultural Research Institute, Nigeria
• Sunil Kumar Sharma, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India
• Gary S. Bender, University of California Cooperative Extension, USA
• M. A. Foale, Quang Thien Nguyen and Steve W. Adkins, The University of Queensland, Australia
• Pankaj Kumar and K. Usha, Division of Fruits and Horticultural Technology – Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India; and Bhupinder Singh, Centre for Environment Science and Climate Resilient Agriculture (CESCRA), India
• Noosheen Zahid and Mehdi Maqbool, University of Poonch, Pakistan; and Ajit Singh and Asgar Ali, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Malaysia
• Lukasz Stelinski, University of Florida, USA
• José Cuenca, Luis Navarro and Pablo Aleza, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Spain
• Victor Galán Saúco, Instituto Canario de Investigaciones Agrarias, Spain
• Parmeshwar Lal Saran, ICAR – Directorate of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research, India; and Ravish Choudhary, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India
• John Golding and John Archer, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries and University of Newcastle, Australia
• Robert W. Jones, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Mexico; Pablo Liedo, Departamento de Entomología, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Mexico; and Santiago Vergara-Pineda, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Mexico
• S. Shyamalamma and S. Priyanka, University of Agricultural Sciences, India; and G. S. K. Swamy and P. M. Sampath, University of Horticultural Sciences, India
• Charles Staver, Bioversity International, France
• Marcos David Ferreira, Embrapa Instrumentação, Brazil
• Muhammad Usman, University of Agriculture, Pakistan; Muhammad Mumtaz Khan and Rashid Al-Yahyai, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman; and Bilquees Fatima, University of Agriculture, Pakistan
• Patrick Ollitrault, CIRAD, France
• Leo F. M. Marcelis, Wageningen University, The Netherlands; Joaquim Miguel Costa, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal; and Ep Heuvelink, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
• Todd Wehner, North Carolina State University, USA; and Rachel Naegele, USDA-ARS, USA
• Emmanuel Geoffriau, Agrocampus Ouest, IRHS, France
• Juan I. Montero, formerly Institut de Recerca i Tecnología Agroalimentaries, Spain; and Yi Zhang, Qichang Yang and Xinglin Ke, Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, China
• Martine Dorais, Centre de recherche en innovation sur les végétaux, Université Laval, Canada
• Stefania De Pascale, University of Naples Federico II, Italy; Luca Incrocci, University of Pisa, Italy; Daniele Massa, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Italy; Youssef Rouphael, University of Naples Federico II, Italy; and Alberto Pardossi, University of Pisa, Italy
• Andre da Silva and Timothy Coolong, University of Georgia, USA
• Germán Sandoya, University of Florida, USA
• Rosemary Collier, University of Warwick, UK
• Neil S. Mattson, Cornell University, USA; and Christopher J. Currey, Iowa State University, USA
• Xin Zhao, University of Florida, USA; Francesco Di Gioia, Pennsylvania State University, USA; Kathleen Delate, Iowa State University, USA; Erin Rosskopf, USDA-ARS, USA; and Wenjing Guan, Purdue University, USA
• Martine Dorais, Université Laval, Canada
• Diego Rubiales and María J. González-Bernal, Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, Spain; Tom Warkentin and Rosalind Bueckert, University of Saskatchewan, Canada; Maria C. Vaz Patto, ITQB NOVA-Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal; Kevin McPhee, Montana State University, USA; Rebecca McGee, USDA-ARS, USA; and Petr Smýkal, Palacký University, Czech Republic
• Gerben J. Messelink and H. Marjolein Kruidhof, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands
• Josef Tanny, Agricultural Research Organization – Volcani Center, Israel
• Frederik Börnke, Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ) and University of Potsdam, Germany; and Dietmar Schwarz, Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ), Germany
• Kenneth Sorensen, North Carolina State University, USA
• Ajay Nair, Iowa State University, USA
• S. Alan Walters, Southern Illinois University, USA
• Karel Petrzik, Biology Centre CAS, Czech Republic
• Zhiquan Mao and Yanfang Wang, Shandong Agricultural University, China
• Assumpció Antón, Erica Montemayor and Nancy Peña, Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA), Spain
• Nazim Gruda, University of Bonn, Germany
• E. J. van Henten, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands
• Larry Gut, Christopher Adams and James Miller, Michigan State University, USA; and Peter McGhee and Donald Thomson, Pacific Biocontrol Corporation, USA
• Vincent G. M. Bus and Joanna K. Bowen, The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, New Zealand; Andrea Patocchi, Agroscope, Switzerland; Giovanni A. L. Broggini, ETH Zürich, Switzerland; Satish Kumar, The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, New Zealand; and François N. D. Laurens, Institut National de Recherche Agronomique, France
• Imre Holb, University of Debrecen and Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
• Matthew J. Grieshop, Michigan State University, USA
• Laura A. Chatham and John A. Juvik, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, USA
• Youbin Zheng, University of Guelph, Canada
• Dimitrios Savvas, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece; and Damianos Neocleous, Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment, Cyprus
• Angela Berrie, NIAB EMR, UK
• Tom Passey and Xiangming Xu, NIAB EMR, UK
• Baohua Li, Qingdao Agricultural University, China
• Robert Saville and Leone Olivieri, NIAB EMR, UK
• Mengjun Hu, University of Maryland, USA
• Tim Belien, Proefcentrum Fruitteelt VZW, Belgium; Slawomir Lux, inSilico-IPM, Poland; Bart De Ketelaere, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium; and Dany Bylemans, Proefcentrum Fruitteelt VZW, Belgium
• Ioannis Tzanetakis, University of Arkansas, USA; and Robert Martin, USDA-ARS, USA
• Giuseppe E. Massimino Cocuzza, Università di Catania, Italy
• Rebecca A. Schmidt-Jeffris, Clemson University, USA; Elizabeth H. Beers, Washington State University, USA; and Carlo Duso, University of Padua, Italy
• Alan L. Knight, USDA-ARS, USA; Gary J. R. Judd, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, Canada; Todd Gilligan, USDA-APHIS-PPQ, USA; Eduardo Fuentes-Contreras, Universidad de Talca, Chile; and William B. Walker III, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
• Neil Audsley, Fera Science Ltd, UK; and Lorenzo Tonina and Nicola Mori, University of Padova, Italy
• Joshua Freeman, University of Florida, USA
• Max Teplitski, NIFA-USDA, USA
• Oliver Körner, Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ), Germany
• Simona Marianna Sanzani and Antonio Ippolito, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
• Claudio Ioriatti and Gino Angeli, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Italy; Greg Krawczyk, The Pennsylvania State University, USA; and Carlo Duso, University of Padova, Italy
• Manuel Rubio, Federico Dicenta and Pedro Martínez-Gómez, CEBAS-CSIC, Spain
• A. Amiri and L. Gañán, Washington State University, USA
• Mary Ruth McDonald and Zachariah Telfer, University of Guelph, Canada
• B. W. Alsanius and S. Khalil, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden; A. Tadesse, Debre Berhan University, Ethiopia; A. K. Rosberg, K. J. Bergstrand, R. Hartmann, L. Mogren, M. Alam, M. Grudén and T. Naznin, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden; and A. Getahun, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
• S. Hemming, J. C. Bakker, J. B. Campen and F. L. K. Kempkes, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands
• Toyoki Kozai, Japan Plant Factory Association, Japan; Yumiko Amagai, Chiba University, Japan; and Eri Hayashi, Japan Plant Factory Association, Japan
• Mohammad Babadoost, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, USA
• Chieri Kubota, The Ohio State University, USA
• Jürgen Köhl, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands
• Teresa Barreneche, BFP, INRA, Université de Bordeaux, France; Roberto Botta, Università di Torino, Italy; and Cécile Robin, BIOGECO, INRA, Université de Bordeaux, France
• Ali Islam, University of Ordu, Turkey
• Ümit Serdar, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Turkey; Toshihiro Saito, Institute of Fruit Tree and Tea Science, Japan; Beatriz Cuenca, Empresa de Transformacion Agraria S.A (TRAGSA) Maceda, Spain; Burak Akyüz, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Turkey; José Gomes Laranjo, University of Tras-Os-Montes (UTAD) CITAB, Portugal; Gabriele Beccaro and Giancarlo Bounous, University of Turin, Italy; Rita Lourenço Costa and Patrícia Fernandes, Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal; Maria Gabriella Mellano, University of Turin, Italy; and Pereira Lorenzo Santiago, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
• Bekir Erol Ak, University of Harran, Turkey
• D. L. McNeil, University of Tasmania, Australia
• Stef J. Koppelman and Melanie L. Downs, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
• Loretta Bacchetta, Silvia Procacci and Barbara Benassi, ENEA-Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Italy
• Pablo Hernández-Alonso, Mònica Bulló and Jordi Salas-Salvadó, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
• Özlem Tokuşoğlu, Celal Bayar University, Turkey
• Valerio Cristofori, Stefano Speranza and Cristian Silvestri, University of Tuscia, Italy
• Andrea Vannini and Carmen Morales-Rodríguez, Department for Innovation in Biological, Agro-food and Forest systems (DIBAF) – University of Tuscia, Italy
• Turan Karadeniz, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, Turkey; Faik Ekmel Tekintaş, Adnan Menderes University, Turkey; and Seyit Mehmet Şen, Kastamonu University, Turkey
• Gabriele Beccaro, Marta De Biaggi, Chiara Ferracini and Simona Bonelli, University of Turin, Italy
• Eduardo Augusto dos Santos Rosa, Maria Cristina Seixas Martins Morais, Ivo Vaz Oliveira, Berta Maria de Carvalho Gonçalves Macedo and Ana Paula Calvão Moreira da Silva, Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences (CITAB), University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), Portugal
• Amanda Karlström, NIAB EMR and University of Reading, UK; Magdalena Cobo Medina, NIAB EMR and University of Nottingham, UK; and Richard Harrison, NIAB EMR, UK
• Susan McCallum, James Hutton Institute, UK
• José Quero-García, INRA, University of Bordeaux, France; Amy Iezzoni, Michigan State University, USA; Gregorio López-Ortega, IMIDA, Spain; Cameron Peace, Washington State University, USA; Mathieu Fouché and Elisabeth Dirlewanger, INRA, University of Bordeaux, France; and Mirko Schuster, Julius Kühn-Institut, Germany
• Dario J. Chavez and Rachel A. Itle, University of Georgia, USA; Daniel Mancero-Castillo, Universidad Agraria del Ecuador, Ecuador; Jose X. Chaparro, University of Florida, USA; and Thomas G. Beckman, USDA-ARS, USA
• Ramón Molina-Bravo, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica; Margaret Leigh Worthington, University of Arkansas, USA; and Gina E. Fernandez, North Carolina State University, USA
• Chris Barbey and Kevin Folta, University of Florida, USA
• Luca Corelli Grappadelli, Brunella Morandi and Luigi Manfrini, University of Bologna, Italy; and Pasquale Losciale, University of Bari, Italy
• Julie Graham, Alison Karley, Alison Dolan, Dominic Williams and Nikki Jennings, James Hutton Institute, UK
• Ksenija Gasic and Christopher Saski, Clemson University, USA
• Gennaro Fazio, USDA-ARS Plant Genetics Resources Unit, USA; and Terence Robinson, Cornell University, USA
• Ted DeJong, University of California-Davis, USA
• Tomoya Esumi, Shimane University, Japan; and Ryutaro Tao, Kyoto University, Japan
• Mark Mazzola and Shashika S. Hewavitharana, USDA-ARS, USA
• Federica Blando and Miriana Durante, Institute of Sciences of Food Production (ISPA), Italy; and B. Dave Oomah, formerly Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Canada
• Danielle Guzman and Amit Dhingra, Washington State University, USA
• Todd Einhorn, Michigan State University, USA
• Sara M. Villani, North Carolina State University, USA; Kerik D. Cox, Cornell University, USA; and George W. Sundin, Michigan State University, USA
• Manoj Karkee, Center for Precision and Automated Agricultural Systems, Washington State University, USA; Jacqueline Gordón, Washington State Tree Fruit Association, USA; Bernardita Sallato, Washington State University, USA; and Matthew Whiting, Center for Precision and Automated Agricultural Systems, Washington State University, USA
• Arthur Agnello, Cornell University, USA
• Duane Greene, University of Massachusetts, USA
• Denise Neilsen and Gerry Neilsen, Summerland Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada
• Stefano Musacchi, Washington State University and Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center, USA; and Davide Neri, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
• Peter Toivonen, Pacific Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada
• M. P. Pritts, Cornell University, USA; and T. M. Sjulin, formerly Driscoll Strawberry Associates, USA
• Mihai Botu, University of Craiova, Romania
• Gregory A. Lang, Michigan State University, USA
• Qin Zhang and Manoj Karkee, Washington State University, USA; and Amy Tabb, USDA-ARS, USA
• Michael A. Gold, University of Missouri, USA
• Ettore Barone and Francesco Sottile, Università di Palermo, Italy
• Felipe H. Barrios-Masias, University of Nevada, USA; Cristina Lazcano, University of California Davis, USA; and Leonardo H. Hernandez-Espinoza, University of Nevada, USA
• Cornelius Adewale and David Granatstein, Washington State University, USA
• Pierre-Éric Lauri and Sylvaine Simon, INRA, France
• Pierre-Éric Lauri, INRA, France; Karim Barkaoui, CIRAD, France; Mohammed Ater, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Morocco; and Adolfo Rosati, CREA, Italy
• Stefan Hauser, IITA, Nigeria; Clifford Gold, Nevada City, USA; Cornelia Pasberg-Gauhl and Friedhelm Gauhl, FG-Inter-Agro-Consult KG, Austria; Juliet Akello, IITA, Zambia; Kim Jacobsen, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium; Lindsey Norgrove, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland; Daniel Coyne, IITA, Kenya; P. Lava Kumar, IITA, Nigeria; George Mahuku, Manoj Kaushal, IITA, Tanzania; Valentine Nakato, IITA, Uganda; and Leena Tripathi and Jaindra Tripathi, IITA, Kenya
• Peter Neuenschwander and Désiré Gnanvossou, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Benin; Stefan Hauser, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nigeria; Georg Goergen, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Benin; Rachid Hanna, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Cameroon; Lindsey Norgrove, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland; and Koffi Negloh and Cyriaque Agboton, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Benin
• Ignace Godonou, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and Catholic University of West Africa, Benin; May-Guri Sӕthre, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nigeria; Ghislain Tepa-Yotto, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and Université Nationale d’Agriculture, Benin; Désiré Gnanvossou and Ouorou Douro- Kpindou, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Benin; and Danny Coyne, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Kenya
• Salih Kafkas, University of Çukurova, Turkey
• Annarita Marrano and David Neale, University of California-Davis, USA
• Charles E. Barrett, Lucas G. Paranhos, Kati W. Migliaccio, Gary K. England and Lincoln Zotarelli, University of Florida, USA
• W. K. Tushemereirwe and J. Kubiriba, National Agricultural Research Laboratories, Uganda
• Sharon D. Hamill, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Australia
• Víctor Galán Saúco, Instituto Canario de Investigaciones Agrarias, Spain
• Mike Smith, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Australia
• Charles Staver, Bioversity International, France
• Juan José Aycart, Dole, Ecuador
• Louis Bockel, Laure-Sophie Schiettecatte and Orane Debrune, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Italy
• Jetse J. Stoorvogel, Wageningen University, The Netherlands; and Rafael A. Segura, CORBANA S.A., Costa Rica
• Frans Wielemaker, Consultant (formerly Director of Research at Dole Fresh Fruit International), Costa Rica
• Hugo Volkaert, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Thailand
• Frits Popma, Popma Fruit Expertise, The Netherlands
• Sietze Vellema and Kees Jansen, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
• Dan Koeppel, Independent Journalist and Researcher, USA
• William Tinzaara, Bioversity International, Uganda; Dietmar Stoian, Bioversity International, France, Walter Ocimati, Enoch Kikulwe and Gloria Otieno, Bioversity International, Uganda; and Guy Blomme, Bioversity International, Ethiopia
• D. W. Turner, School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Australia and D. J. Gibbs, Consultant, Perth, Australia
• Maria Hilda Pérez-Barraza and Jorge Alberto Osuna-Gracia, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Mexico
• Frédéric Normand, CIRAD, UR HortSys, France; and Pierre-Éric Lauri, INRA, UMR System, France
• V. Pérez and J. I. Hormaza, Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea La Mayora (IHSM La Mayora – CSIC – UMA), Spain
• Noris Ledesma, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden – Florida, USA
• A. G. Levin, Supplant Ltd, Israel
• Randy C. Ploetz, University of Florida, USA
• Stefano De Faveri, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Australia
• Claudine Basset-Mens, Sandra Payen, Henri Vannière, Angela Braun and Yannick Biard, CIRAD, France
• Steven A. Oosthuyse, HortResearch SA, South Africa
• John Y. Yonemoto, Japan Tropical Fruit Association, Japan
• Victor Galán Saúco, Instituto Canario de Investigaciones Agrarias (ICIA), Spain
• Sisir Mitra, International Society for Horticultural Science, India; and A. Bhagwan, Fruit Research Station, India
• Kerry Walsh and Zhenglin Wang, Central Queensland University, Australia
• Víctor Manuel Medina-Urrutia, Jaime Eduardo Reyes-Hernández, Gil Virgen-Calleros and Enrique Pimienta-Barrios, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico; and Marciano Manuel Robles-González, Campo Experimental Tecomán, Mexico
• Noam Alkan, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Volcani Center, Israel; and Anirudh Kumar, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Volcani Center, Israel and Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (IGNTU), India
• Laurent Urban, University of Avignon, France; Mônica Maria de Almeida Lopes and Maria Raquel Alcântara de Miranda, Federal University of Ceará, Brazil
• Apiradee Uthairatanakij and Pongphen Jitareerat, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand; and Robert E. Paull, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
• Christopher B. Watkins, Cornell University, USA
• G. H. Neilsen, D. Neilsen and T. Forge, Summerland Research and Development Centre Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; and K. Hannam, Natural Resources Canada
• Dugald Close, University of Tasmania, Australia
• Amit Dhingra, Washington State University, USA
• John Norelli, USDA-ARS, USA
• Jutta Kienzle, Independent Researcher, Germany; and Markus Kelderer, Research Station of Laimburg, Italy
• Stefano Musacchi, Washington State University, USA; and Duane Greene, University of Massachusetts, USA
• Markus Kellerhals, Agroscope, Switzerland
• Dugald C. Close and Sally A. Bound , University of Tasmania, Australia
• Peter M. Hirst, Purdue University, USA
• Elizabeth H. Beers, Washington State University, USA
• Junming Li, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers – Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), China
• D. Granatstein, Washington State University, USA; and G. Peck, Cornell University, USA
• G. Fazio, USDA-ARS/Cornell University, USA
• Q. Zhang, M. Karkee and L. R. Khot, Washington State University, USA
• Moshe Lapidot and Ilan Levin, Institute of Plant Sciences – Volcani Center, ARO, Israel
• Robert L. Gilbertson, Marcela Vasquez-Mayorga and Mônica Macedo, University of California-Davis, USA; and R. Muniappan, Virginia Tech, USA
• R. Srinivasan, AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center, Taiwan
• K. Evans and C. Peace, Washington State University, USA
• D. R. Panthee, J. P. Kressin and P. Adhikari, North Carolina State University, USA
• W. J. Janisiewicz and W. M. Jurick II, USDA-ARS, USA
• R. Karina Gallardo, Washington State University, USA; and Hildegard Garming, Thünen Institute of Farm Economics, Germany
• A.N. Lakso and M. C. Goffinet, Cornell University, USA
• H. Czosnek, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; A. Koren, Hishtil Nursery, Israel; and F. Vidavski, Tomatech R&D, Israel
• Martine Dorais, Laval University, Canada
• M. Causse, E. Albert and C. Sauvage, INRA, France
• B. Kaur and A. K. Handa, Purdue University, USA; and A. K. Mattoo, USDA-ARS, USA
• E. Simonne, M. Ozores-Hampton, A. Simonne and A. Gazula, University of Florida, USA
• K. Wang and A. K. Handa, Purdue University, USA; and A. K. Mattoo, USDA-ARS, USA
• Agustin Zsogon, University Fedefrale de Vicosa, Brazil
• Y. Bai, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands
• V. S. Almeida, F. T. Delazari, C. Nick, W. L. Ara ú jo and D. J. H. Silva, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil
• C. A. Avila, S. C. Irigoyen and K. K. Mandadi, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
• Gayle M. Volk, USDA-ARS-CARR National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation, USA
• Kenneth C. Eastwell, Washington State University, USA
• Desmond O’Rourke, Washington State University and Belrose Inc., USA
• Andreas W. Ebert and Lawrence Kenyon, AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center, Taiwan
• Francesco Tei and Euro Pannacci, University of Perugia, Italy
• Kenneth J. Boote, University of Florida, USA
• Wayne M. Jurick II, USDA-ARS, USA and Kerik D. Cox, Cornell University, USA