ISHS Acta Horticulturae 648: South Pacific Soilless Culture Conference - SPSCC
FOREWORD, PREFACE |
| Authors: | M. Nichols, The ISHS Board of Directors |
| Abstract:
FOREWORD The conference was based at Massey University, at Palmerston North and commenced on the Sunday evening with a welcome barbecue in the grounds of Wharerata—(the original homestead at the University). Warm (but not hot) weather ensured that the delegates from the northern hemisphere were not shocked too rapidly from their winter dormancy. An optional 4 day pre-tour (commencing in Auckland) was organized by Lynette Morgan and Simon Lennard and this provided some delegates with a mixture of technical and scenic visits. Throughout the meeting there was an exhibition by 7 New Zealand greenhouse servicing organisations, and there were also two mid-conference technical visit. The first involved a visit to the NZ Controlled Environment Laboratory (NZCEL) belonging to HortResearch. The second tour included visits to a greenhouse tomato grower, a lavender farm, and a calla (zantadeschia) nursery ended. It ended with dinner at the Southwards Antique Car Museum near Paraparauamu where the gull winged Mercedes proved a great attraction. At the dinner Delshad (a graduate student from Iran) was presented with the HortReserch prize for the best student paper. M. Nichols Chairman of the Organising Committee PREFACE The papers contained in this volume of Acta Horticulturae report the Proceedings of the South Pacific Soilless Culture Conference. Keynote speakers and authors of selected contributed oral and poster presentations were given the opportunity to submit a manuscript for publication. These manuscripts were reviewed by the symposium editors and members of the Editorial Board. Only those papers judged suitable for publication following the authors consideration of reviewer suggestions appear in this volume of Acta Horticulturae. The ISHS acknowledges and appreciates the contribution of all editors and reviewers. They have made a significant contribution to improving the quality of this publication. The ISHS Board of Directors | |
