Journal of Horticultural Science 100^th volume celebration

Horticultural Science – from discovery to application

27^th March 2024 – University of Reading.

In association with the Association of Applied Biologists (AAB)

The 6 invited speakers will be covering key areas relevant to production and consumption of horticultural crops in the UK – including diet, policy, climate change and developing technologies including genetic modification, greenhouse production, vertical farming and robotics and AI.

The Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology (JHSB) publishes its 100^th volume in 2025. JHSB was founded by Edward Bunyard in 1919 as an independent Journal publishing horticultural science in terms accessible for informed readers. Today guided by its Board of Trustees, and published by Taylor & Francis, JHSB successfully fulfils that aim. This Conference celebrates JHSB’s success and provides a forward vision for horticultural science and its importance in the 21^st century. It is on the second day of a 2-day conference organized by the AAB.

More details about both days and registration here: Summary - Horticultural Science: From Discovery to Application (cvent.com)

Importance of horticultural crops for human health and the status of the food system/supply with a focus on the UK
Joanna Trewern, Head of Research at ProVeg International	Transforming UK diets for health and sustainability
Tim Lang, City University	UK Horticulture: its policy lock-ins and options in the poly-crisis
Gareth Redmond-King, ECIU	Climate impacts on UK food imports
Developing technologies to support horticultural production in the 21st century
Jim Giovannoni, Cornell University, USA	Exploring genome diversity and targeted genetic modification to study and improve horticultural crops
Ep Heuvelink, Wageningen University, Netherlands	State of the art and beyond in greenhouse horticulture and vertical farming
Simon Pearson, University of Lincoln	Robotics and AI in Horticulture