Asian Horticulture: Issues and Potential

摘要

Globalization has been a powerful force in Asia for over a decade. Significant increases in international trade of horticultural products, exchanges of professionals and students, new and improved cultivars and seeds, advanced professional and technical information, and practical as well as sophisticated farm equipment are deeply influencing Asian horticulture. The horticultural industry has become the major agricultural activity in some Asian countries in terms of product value and potentials. Manyof these industries, especially seed companies, have supported various ISHS symposia. Seventeen issues of Acta Horticulturae (759 to 775) have been published covering all the manuscripts submitted at IHC 2006. Maximum and intensive use of land have beenkey concerns for Asians, but alternative sources of additional income from other horticultural practices have been pursued such as value added technology, off-season production, high-quality produce, improved storage and marketing.