ISHS Acta Horticulturae 207: Naturally Occuring Toxins in Horticultural Food Crops, XXII IHC
FOREWORD |
| Authors: | Heiko H. van der Borg, S. Spayd |
| Abstract:
The Programme Committee of the XXIInd International Horticultural Congress in Davis decided in consultation with the American Society for Horticultural Science and the ISHS to publish the papers of the one-day symposia and of some of the workshops held during this Congress. The ASHS will publish the proceedings of 23 symposia and one workshop in HortScience while the ISHS will publish in 12 volumes of Acta Horticulturae 8 symposia, 3 workshops and a compilation of papers on different economic aspects presented in different sessions. We will publish these volumes in the first half of 1987. This will be made possible with the important assistance we have received from the moderators and from the authors by using the proposed ISHS-publishing system. The Programme Committee and the ISHS are very grateful for the work done by Dr.
Sara E. Spayd for this Acta number 207, titled International Symposium on Naturally Occurring Toxins in Horticultural Food Crops. Horticultural scientists need to be aware of components of horticultural food crops which are naturally occuring toxins. In addition, horticultural scientists should be aware of factors which contribute to the presence and affect the concentrartions of these compounds in edible plants. Cultural practices and cultivar selection can play an important role in the concentration of naturally occuring toxins in horticultural food crops. Some of these compounds may pose very little to no risk to human health, while having the potential to serve as natural pesticides. The purposes of this multidisciplinary symposium are to review the types of naturally occuring toxins, understand how these compounds are detected and their risk assessed, illustrate factors affecting the occurrence of selected compounds and examine the food industry's concern about the presence of naturally occuring toxins in horticultural crops. This symposium was sponsored by the Food Quality and Nutrition Working Group as a part of the XIInd International Horticultural Congress which was held at The University of California-Davis campus 11–20 August, 1986. The authors would like to thank the American Society for Horticultural Science for support of the cost of publication of these proceedings. | |
