American Society for Horticultural Science

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The American Society for Horticultural Science (abbreviation ASHS) is an American organization for the promotion of horticulture .

The organization was founded in 1903 under the name Society for Horticultural Science . It is based in Alexandria , Virginia, USA . Co-founder and first president was the botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858-1954). The constituent meeting ( organizational meeting ) took place on 9. – 10. September 1903 in Boston . Since then - with the exception of the two war years 1942 and 1943 - an annual conference has been held. The current president is Paul Bosland .

In addition to the journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science ( ISSN  0003-1062 ), which appears regularly every two months , the organization also publishes the journals HortTechnology ( every two months, ISSN  1063-0198 ) and HortScience (monthly, ISSN  0018-5345 ).

The InterAmerican Society for Tropical Horticulture (ISTH) was founded in 1951 as a Caribbean branch of the American Society for Horticultural Science.

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  • Jules Janick: Lecture 30 Origins of Horticultural Science . In: History of Horticulture . 2002 (can be found online as * .doc, status May 24, 2013.).
  • Scientific Organizations , Texas Winegrape Network website. Retrieved May 24, 2013.

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  1. ↑ Past Conferences ( Memento of the original from May 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Web presence of the American Society for Horticultural Science . Retrieved May 24, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ashs.org
  2. ^ Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science . Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  3. ^ HortTechnology at the American Society for Horticultural Science . Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  4. ^ HortScience at the American Society for Horticultural Science . Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  5. ↑ History , website of the InterAmerican Society for Tropical Horticulture . Retrieved May 24, 2013.

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