VI International Symposium on Peach. January 9-13, 2005, Santiago (Chile): Info: Prof. Dr. Rodrigo Infante, Santa Rosa 11.315, Departamento de Produccion Agricola, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Phone: (56)26785813, Fax: (56)26785626, email: rinfante@uchile.cl web: www.peach2005.cl

V International Symposium on Mineral Nutrition of Deciduous Fruit Crops: January 16-21, 2005, Talca (Chile):. Info: Dr. Jorge Benjamin Retamales, University of Talca, Escuela de Agronomía, Casilla 747, Talca, Chile. Phone: (56)71200214, Fax: (56)71200212, email: jretamal@utalca.cl web: www.fruitmineralnutrition.cl 

X International Symposium on Timing of Field Production in Vegetable Crops March 13-17, 2005, Bonn (Germany):. Info: Dr. Felix Lippert, Institut für Obstbau und Gemüsebau, Universität Bonn, Auf dem Hügel 6, 53121 Bonn, Germany. Phone: (49)228735139, Fax: (49)228735764, email: lippertf@uni-bonn.de  web: www.gartenbauwissenschaft.uni-bonn.de/vegcrop2005

International Symposium on Natural Preservatives for Food. March 29-31, 2005, Princeton, NJ (USA): Info: Dr. Daphna Havkin-Frenkel, Biotechnology Center for Agriculture and the Environment, Rutgers the State University of New Jersey, Foran Hall, Cook College, 59 Dudley Rd., New-Brunswick, NJ 08901-8520, USA. Phone: (1)7329329711ext349, Fax: (1)7329329441, email: daphnahf@aesop.rutgers.edu web: www.baktoflavors.com 

IV International Pineapple Symposium. April 11-15, 2005, East London (South Africa): Info: Mr. Allen Graham Duncan, Managing Director, Summerpride Foods Ltd., PO Box 507, East London, 5200, South Africa. Phone: (27)2743-7311770, Fax: (27)2743-7311544, email: allen@sumpride.co.za web: www.pinesymp05.org

III International Symposium on Figs May 16-20, 2005, Faro (Portugal):. Info: Prof. Dr. José Leitão, FERN, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal. Phone: (351)289800939, Fax: (351)289818419, email: jleitao@ualg.pt or fig2005@ualg.pt web: www.ualg.pt/fig2005

IV International Symposium on Pistachio and Almond. May 20-26, 2005, Tehran (Iran): Info: Dr. A. Javanshah, Iran Pistachio Research Institute, PO Box 77175/435 Rafsanjan, Iran. Phone: (98)3914225202, Fax: (98)3914225208, email: javanshah@pri.ir web: www.pri.ir

Applications of Modelling as an Innovative Technology in the Agri-Food Chain: May 29 - June 2, 2005, Leuven (Belgium): Model-IT 2005.. Info: Prof. Dr. Bart Nicolai, Laboratory of Postharvest Technology, KU Leuven, W. Decroylaan 42, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium. Phone: (32)16322375, Fax: (32)16322955, email: bart.nicolai@agr.kuleuven.ac.be web: www.model-it-2005.be

V International Cherry Symposium. June 6-10, 2005, Bursa (Turkey): Info: Prof. Dr. Atilla Eris, Uludag Universitesi, Ziraat Fakültesi, Bahce Bitkileri Bolumu Baskani, 16059 Bursa, Turkey. Phone: (90)2244428001, Fax: (90)2244428120, email: info@5ics.org or atillaer@uludag.edu.tr and Co-convener Dr. Masum Burak, Ataturk Central Horticultural Research Institute, 77102 Yalova, Turkey. Phone: (90)2268142520, Fax: (90)2268141146, email: masum_burak@yalova.tagem.gov.tr web: www.5ics.org

XIII International Symposium on Apricot Breeding and Culture June 13-17, 2005, Murcia (Spain):. Info: Dr. Felix Romojaro and Dr. Federico Dicenta, CEBAS-CSIC, PO Box 164, 30100 Espinardo (Murcia), Spain. Phone: (34)968396328 or (34)968396309, Fax: (34)968396213, email: apricot@cebas.csic.es Symposium Secretariat: Viajes CajaMurcia, Gran Via Escultor Salzillo 5. Entlo. Dcha., 30004 Murcia, Spain. Phone: (34)968225476, Fax: (34)968223101, email: congresos@viajescajamurcia.com web: apricot.viajescajamurcia.com

II International Symposium on Sweetpotato and Cassava - 2ISSC June 14-17, 2005, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia):. Info: Dr. Tan Swee Lian, MARDI, Rice & Industrial Crops Research Centre, PO Box 12301, 50774 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Phone: (60)389437516, Fax: (60)389425786, email: sltan@mardi.my web: http://www.mardi.my

XI International Asparagus Symposium. June 16-19, 2005, Horst/Venlo (Netherlands): Info: Ir. Pierre Lavrijsen, Asparagus bv, PO Box 6219, 5960 AE Horst, Netherlands. Phone: (31)773979900, Fax: (31)773979909, email: plavrijsen@asparagus.nl or info@ias2005.com, web: www.ias2005.com

V International Symposium on Artificial Lighting. June 21-24, 2005, Aas (Norway): Info: Prof. Dr. Hans R. Gislerod, Dept. of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural University of Norway, PO Box 5022, 1432 Aas, Norway. Phone: (47)64947800 or (47)64947824, Fax: (47)64947802, email: hans.gislerod@ipf.nlh.no or lightsym2005@nlh.no web: www.lightsym2005.no

X International Symposium on Plant Bioregulators in Fruit Production. June 26-30, 2005, Saltillo Coahuila (Mexico): Info: Dr. Homero Ramirez, Salazar 1081, Zona Centro, Saltillo Coahuila 25000, Mexico. Phone: (52)84174167, email: homeror@terra.com.mx web: www.saltillo2005.org

IX International Controlled Atmosphere Research Conference. July 5-10, 2005, East Lansing, MI (USA): Info: Dr. Randolph M. Beaudry, Michigan State University, Department of Horticulture, A22 Plant& Soil Sci. Building, East Lansing, MI 48824-1325, USA. Phone: (1)517 355 5191 x303 or x339, Fax: (1)517 353 0890, email: beaudry@msu.edu or allens@msu.edu

International Symposium on Improving the Performance of Supply Chains in the Transitional Economies. July 19-23, 2005, Chiang Mai (Thailand):. Info: Dr. Peter J. Batt, ISHS Supply Chain Management Symposium, Horticulture, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth 6845, WA, Australia. Phone: (61)892667596, Fax: (61)892663063, email: p.batt@curtin.edu.au web: muresk.curtin.edu.au/conference/ishscm 

International Conference on Human Health Effects of Fruits and Vegetables. August, 2005, Québec (Canada): Info: Dr. Yves Desjardins, Academic Director, Institute of Nutraceutical and Functional Foods, Horticultural Research Center, Laval University, Quebec, QC G1K 7P4, Canada. Phone: (1)4186562131x2359, Fax: (1)4186567856, email: yves.desjardins@plg.ulaval.ca

International Symposium on Growing Media. September 4-10, 2005, Angers (France): Info: Dr. Jean-Charles Michel, National Institute of Horticulture, INH, Research Unit A-462, SAGAH, 2 rue Le Notre, 49045 Angers Cedex 01, France. Phone: (33)241225422, Fax: (33)241225553, email: jean-charles.michel@inh.fr or ishs-angers2005@inh.fr web: ishs-angers.agrena.org

International Conference & Exhibition on Soilless Culture September 5-8, 2005, Singapore (Singapore): - Singapore 2005 (ICESC-2005). Info: Dr. Mallick F. Rahman M., Chairman Conference Organizing Committee, Block 461 #13-75 Crawford Lane, Singapore 190461. Phone: (65)62918153, Fax: (65)62987978, email: ICESC2005@singaporehydroponics.com web: www.icesc-2005.com

III International Symposium on Cucurbits September 12-16, 2005, Townsville, North QLD (Australia):. Info: Dr. Gordon Rogers, Horticultural Research and Development, PO Box 552 Sutherland NSW 2232, Australia. Phone: (61)295270826, Fax: (61)295443782, email: gordon@ahr.com.au or III Cucurbitsymposium, Joanna Embry, Growcom, PO Box Bundaberg QLD 4670, Australia. Phone: (61)741532555, Fax: (61)741531322, email: jembry@growcom.com.au web: www.cucurbitsymposium.org.au

International Symposium on Advances in Grapevine and Wine Research. September 15-17, 2005, Venosa (Italy): Info: Dr. Vitale Nuzzo, Dipartimento di Scienze dei Sistemi Colturali, Forestali e dell'Ambiente, Viale dell'Ateneo Lucano, 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy. Phone: (39)0971205263 or (39)3293606254, Fax: (39)0971205378, email: nuzzo@unibas.it

IV International Symposium on Rose Research and Cultivation. September 18-22, 2005, California (USA): Info: Dr. H. Brent Pemberton, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A&M University Agricultural Research and Extension Center, PO Box 200, 1710 N. Highway 3053, Overton, TX 75684-0200, USA. Phone: (1)9038346191, Fax: (1)9038347140, email: b-pemberton@tamu.edu web: flowers.tamu.edu/symposium/

International Symposium on Biotechnology of Temperate Fruit Crops and Tropical Species. October 10-14, 2005, Daytona Beach (USA):. Info: Dr. Ralph Scorza, USDA-ARS Appalachian Fruit Research Station, 2217 Wiltshire Rd., Kearneysville, WV 25430, USA. Phone: (1)3047253451, Fax: (1)3047282340, email: rscorza@afrs.ars.usda.gov or Dr. Richard Litz, University of Florida/IFAS, Horticultural Sciences Department, 18905 SW 280 St., Homestead, FL 33031-3314, USA. Phone: (1)3052467001ext310, Fax: (1)3052467003, email: rel@ifas.ufl.edu web: conference.ifas.ufl.edu/ishscrops

High Value Indigenous Fruit Trees in the Tropics and Subtropics: Production, Utilisation and Marketing. October 20-28, 2005, Lilongwe (Malawi):. Info: Dr. Festus K. Akinnifesi, SADC-ICRAF Agroforestry Programme, Makoka Agricultural Research Station, PO Box 134, Zomba, Malawi. Phone: (265)01534203, Fax: (265)01534283, email: f.akinnifesi@cgiar.org

I International Symposium on Papaya. November 2005, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia): Info: Dr. Abd. Shukor Abd. Rahman, Horticulture Research Centre, MARDI, GPO Box 12301, 50774 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Phone: (603)89437263, Fax: (603)89487590, email: arshukor@mardi.my

IX International Rubus and Ribes Symposium. December 1-7, 2005, Santiago (Chile):. Info: Dr. Maria Pilar Banados, Universita Catolica de Chile, Departamento de Fruticultura y Enologia, Casilla 306-22, Vicuna Mackenna 4860, Santiago, Chile. Phone: (56)26864305, Fax: (56)25534130. email: pbanados@puc.cl

I International Guava Symposium. 5-9, December 2005, Lucknow - Uttar Pradesh (India): Info: Prof. Dr. R.K. Pathak, Central Institute of Subtropical Horticulture, Rehmankhera, PO Kalkori, Lucknow 227 107, India. Phone: (91)5222841022, Fax: (91)5222841025, email: intguavsymp@cishlko.org website www.intguavasymp.net 

VIII International Mango Symposium. February 5-10, 2006, Sandton, Johannesburg (South Africa):. Info: Dr. Richard Elphick, 48, Malelane 1320, South Africa. Phone: (27)137260089, Fax: (27)137260113, email: elphickr@iafrica.com

International Symposium on New Crop Technologies in Soil and Soilless Cultivation under Protected Environment. February 19-24, 2006, Agadir (Morocco):. Info: Conveners Dr. A Hanafi and Dr. W.H. Schnitzler, Institut Agronomique et Véterinaire Hassan II, Complexe Horticole, PO BOX 12042, Cité Balnéaire, Agadir 8000, Morocco. Phone: (212)48248152 or 61177968, Fax: (212)48248152, email: hanafi@iavcha.ac.ma

VI International Kiwifruit Symposium. February 21-24, 2006, Rotorua (New Zealand): Info: Dr. Bob Martin, Market Access and Technical Manager, Zespri International Ltd., 400 Maunganuit Rd., Mount Maunganui (PO Box 4043, Manganui South), New Zealand. Phone: (64)75751591 or 21595128, Fax: (64)75751340, email: bob.martin@zespri.com web: www.kiwi2006.com

VI International Symposium on Artichoke, Cardoon and their Wild Relatives. March 28-31, 2006, Lorca - Murcia (Spain): Info: Ir. Regino Aragón Pallarés, Dpto. Horticultura, IMIDA, C/ Mayor, S/N, 30150 La Alberca (Murcia), Spain. Phone: (34)968366773, Fax: (34)968366792, email: regino.aragon@carm.es  or Dr. Juan A. Fernández, Departamento Producción Vegetal, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Paseo Alfonso XIII, 52, 30203 Cartagena, Spain. Phone: (34)968325446, Fax: (34)968325435, email: juan.fernandez@upct.es Symposium Secretariat: Viajes CajaMurcia, Gran Via Escultor Salzillo 5. Entlo. Drcha., 30004 Murcia, Spain. Phone: (34)968225476, Fax: (34)968223101, email: congresos@viajescajamurcia.com web: www.viajescajamurcia.com/artichoke

II International Symposium on Loquat April 1-5, 2006, Guangzhou (China):. Info: Dr. Shunquan Lin, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Wushan, China. Phone: (86)2085288262, Fax: (86)2085282107, email: cmliu@scau.edu.cn

XX International Symposium on Virus and Virus-like Diseases of Temperate Fruit Crops and XI International Simposium of Small Fruit Virus Diseases. May 22-26, 2006, Antalya (Turkey): Info: Prof. Dr. Kadriye Çaglayan, Mustafa Kemal University, Agriculture Faculty, Plant Protection Department, 31034 Antakya-Hatay, Turkey. Phone: (90)3262455836 Ext.1347, Fax: (90)3262455832, email: caglayan@mku.edu.tr and Prof. Dr. Filiz Ertunc, Ankara University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection, 06110 Ankara, Turkey. Phone: (90)3123170550 ext.1120, Fax: (90)3123187029, email: ertunc@agri.ankara.edu.tr

IX International Conference on Grape Genetics and Breeding. August 2006, Udine (Italy):. Info: Prof. Enrico Peterlunger, Università di Udine, Dip. di Produzione Vegetale e Tecnologie Agrarie, Via delle Scienze 208, 33100 Udine, Italy. Phone: (39)0432558601, Fax: (39)0432558603, email: enrico.peterlunger@dpvta.uniud.it

XXVII International Horticultural Congress. August 13-19, 2006, Seoul (Korea): web: www.ihc2006.org

II International Symposium on Saffron Biology and Technology. October 28-30, 2006, Mashhad (Iran): - ISSBT. Info: Prof. Dr. A. Koocheki, CESC, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, PO Box 91775-1163, Mashhad, Iran. Phone: (98)5117610760 or (98)5118788494, Fax: (98)5118787430, email: akooch@ferdowsi.um.ac.ir or saffron-ir@ferdowsi.um.ac.ir web: saffron-ir.um.ac.ir

II International Symposium on Rootstocks. 2007, Geneva, NY (USA):. Info: Dr. Terence Robinson, Dept. Horticultural Science, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY 14456-0462, USA. Phone: (1)315-787-2227, Fax: (1)315-787-2216, email: tlr1@nysaes.cornell.edu