Em 14 a 21 de agosto de 2022, irá ocorrer o 31st International Horticultural Congress (IHC): ‘Horticulture for a world in transition’ em Angers, França,  organizado pelo ISHS (International Society for Horticultural Science). É o evento científico mais importante nas áreas relacionadas com Horticultura (Culturas hortícolas, cultivo e processamento: frutas, legumes, plantas aromáticas e medicinais, sementes e raízes, plantas ornamentais, paisagismo, viticultura) (https://www.ihc2022.org).

A docente Vivian Loges, do Departamento de Agronomia, estará  responsável pelo Simposio 7 (S7) Greener Cities will be related to improve the life quality in urban area by improving the use of plants in buildings, special infrastructures or open spaces (IHC2022 S7 Greener Cities).

 A chamada para resumos está aberta, com prazo até 15 de novembro. Além das taxas muito atraentes para os alunos, há redução de taxas de inscrição antecipada até 15 de novembro (https://www.ihc2022.org/registration/) e para 10 ou mais inscrições de uma mesmo organização.

 

 Entre os 25 simpósios, IHC2022 S7 Greener Cities está sendo organizado pela Professora Vivian Loges da UFRPE (Brasil) e Philippe Faucon do ARRDHOR - CRITT Horticole (França), evento sobre a melhoria da qualidade de vida em áreas urbanas a partir do uso de plantas em coberturas verdes, estruturas verdes e espaços abertos  (ver chamada para resumos https://www.ihc2022.org/symposia/s7-greencities2022/).

 

 A maioria dos simpósios irá durar de 2 a 3 dias e você poderá participar de todos os que lhe interessar (https://www.ihc2022.org/scientific-program/symposia/):

 

 

1.    Breeding and effective use of biotechnology and molecular tools in horticultural crops;

2.    Conservation and sustainable use of horticultural genetic resources;

3.    Quality seeds and transplants for horticultural crops and restorative species;

4.    In vitro technology and micropropagated plants;

5.    Innovations in ornamentals: from breeding to market;

6.    Innovative technologies and production strategies for sustainable controlled environment horticulture;

7.    Ii international symposium on greener cities: improving ecosystem services in a climate-changing world (GREENCITIES2022);

8.    Advances in vertical farming;

9.    Urban horticulture for sustainable food security (URBANFOOD2022);

10. Value adding and innovation management in the horticultural sector;

11. Adaptation of horticultural plants to abiotic stresses;

12. Water: a worldwide challenge for horticulture!;

13. Plant nutrition, fertilization, soil management;

14. Sustainable control of pests and diseases;

15. Agroecology and system approach for sustainable and resilient horticultural production;

16. Innovative perennial crops management;

17. Integrative approaches to product quality in fruits and vegetables;

18. III international symposium on mechanization, precision horticulture, and robotics : precision and digital horticulture in field environments;

19. Advances in berry crops;

20. The vitivinicultural sector: which tools to face current challenges?

21. XII international symposium on banana: celebrating banana organic production;

22. Natural colorants from plants;

23. Post-harvest technologies to reduce food losses;

24. IX international symposium on human health effects of fruits and vegetables - FAVHEALTH2022;

25. Medicinal and aromatic plants: domestication, breeding, cultivation and new perspectives;