ISHS Acta Horticulturae 422: International Conference on Integrated Fruit Production
PREFACE |
| Authors: | F. POLESNY, W. Müller |
| Abstract:
Integrated Fruit Production (IFP) is a new system of producing fruit. It has been developed by scientists and by growers. IFP has been created in Europe and is now spreading continuously to all fruit growing regions of the world. IFP is defined within the frame of Integrated Production as the economical production of high quality fruit, giving priority to ecologically saver methods, minimizing the undesirable side effects and use of agrochemicals, to enhance the safeguards to the environment and human he alth. All aspects of the system are under continuous review and need permanent improvement, based on latest research results and practical innovation. To achieve common understanding of Integrated Fruit Production and to discuss new possibilities to improve the system, it is essential to organize meetings of experts in this field. The International Conference on Integrated Fruit Production in Cedzyna in Poland from 28th of August to 2nd of September 1995 was a resounding success in this sense. More than 150 paying participants from 26 countries attended the meeting. The contributions and discussions of the conference published in this proceeding volume are expected to bring outstanding improvements in IFP. The conference was organized as a joint meeting of IOBC/WPRS (working group “Integrated Plant Protection in Orchards” and working group “Stone Fruit”) and ISHS with the distinct aim of joining the experts in technical matters and the scientists.
An efficient organizing committee was chaired by R.W.Olszak with the participation of secretary R.Z. Zajac and several members of the Research Institute of Pomology and Floriculture of Skierniewice.
They did an excellent job! We would like to express our thanks to everybody who has helped in the organisation of the conference. | |
