ISHS Acta Horticulturae 208: VI International Symposium on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, XXII IHC
PREFACE |
| Authors: | James E. Simon, A. Mathe, Lyle E. Craker |
| Abstract:
The ISHS Section on Medicinal, Spice and Aromatic Plants was joined for the first time with the Herb, Spice and Medicinal Plant Working Group of the American Society for Horticultural Science to host the Sixth International Symposium on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. This conference, held August 10–18, 1986 during the XXIInd International Horticultural Congress, University of California, Davis, CA, USA, was the world's largest Horticultural Congress with over 4,000 participants from around the world. The production and processing of medicinal and aromatic plants represents an economically significant area in horticulture and offers a promising and exciting future. The scientific study of these plants has led to significant contributions in the understanding of physiological processes in the biosynthesis of natural plant products, and in the ecological relationships of plants within their environment. The continual search, interest, and production of plants for natural compounds of medicinal and aromatic value has acted as a catalyst for exploring the methodologies involved in obtaining the required plant material and probing the botanical, chemical, ecological, and pharmacological relationships among plants. The editors take great pleasure in compiling this volume which includes three invited lectures from the workshops. 'Recent Developments in Medicinal Plant Production and Processing' and 'Development Potential for Vegetable Seeds and Spices in the Tropics' plus 26 of the delivered scientific papers representing a wide range of scientific areas and individual plant species. | |
