Scientia Horticulturae is an international journal publishing research related to horticultural crops.
Articles in the journal deal with open or protected
production of vegetables, fruits, edible fungi and ornamentals under temperate, subtropical
and tropical conditions. Papers in related areas (biochemistry,
micropropagation, soil science, plant breeding, plant physiology, phytopathology,
etc.) are considered, if they contain information of direct significance
to horticulture. Papers on the technical aspects of horticulture
(engineering, crop processing, storage, transport etc.) are accepted for publication only if
they relate directly to the living product.
In the case of plantation crops, those yielding a product that may be used fresh (e.g. tropical vegetables, citrus,
bananas, and other
fruits) will be considered, while those requiring processing (e.g. rubber, tobacco, tea, and quinine) will not.
Types of contribution
1. Original full papers (Regular Papers)
2. Review articlesshould cover a part of the subject of active current interest.
3.
Short Communications
3.1 Report of preliminary results of important research (pilot investigation; e.g. no duplications or with other
restrictions).
3.2 Report on research with restricted originality; modification of earlier reported research with no or limited explanatory
aspects.
3.3 Newly developed methodology or modification of existing methodology, possibly description of first test.
3.4 Results
of the application of an earlier published research methodology on other crops or under different conditions (fact finding or recipes)
that are nevertheless of interest to an international readership.
4. Book Reviews will be included in the journal on a range of relevant
books which are not more than 2 years old.
Original papers should report the results of original research. The material should not
have been previously published elsewhere, except in a preliminary form. Reviews should cover a part of the subject active current interest.
They may be submitted or invited.
Short Communications should be as completely documented, both by reference to the literature and
description of the experimental procedures employed, as a regular paper. They should not occupy more than 4 printed pages (about 8 manuscript
pages, including figures, etc.).
For consultation or suggestions please contact:
Dr. John Bower
Department of Horticultural
Science
University of KwaZulu-Natal
P. Bag X01
Scottsville
Pietermaritzburg 3209
South Africa
Dr. Robert
Geneve
Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
College of Agriculture
N318 Ag Science Bldg North
Lexington
KY 40546-0091
USA
Dr. Dietmar Schwarz
Institute for Vegetable and Ornamental Crops
Theodor Echtermeyer Weg 1
14979 Grossbeeren
Germany
Dr. X. Deng
National Key Laboratory of
Crop Genetic Improvements
National Center of Crop
Molecular Breeding
Huazhong Agricultural University
Wuhan 430070,
PR China
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Abstracts
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special issues, etc. published in a periodical Rice, K., 1992. Theory and conceptual issues. In: Gall, G.A.E., Staton, M. (Eds.),
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Scientia Horticulturae is abstracted/indexed in: Current Contents
(A, B and ES), Research Alert, SciSearch, Science Citation Index; BIOSIS (Previews), Biological Abstracts; CAB Abstracts; Current Awareness
in Biological Sciences (CABS); Geobase, Ecological Abstracts; EMBiology; PASCAL. Also covered in the abstract and citation database Scopus.
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