HISTORY - The InterAmerican Society for Tropical Horticulture (ISTH) was founded in 1951 in the United States, as the Caribbean Group of the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS). During the initial period (1951-1957) were memorable the efforts of Wilson Popenoe, since he was the Society's first Secretary-Treasurer-Executive. For several years the personal dedication of others importan
t selfless volunteers, such as Ernesto H. Cásseres (1958-1970), Carlos Enrique Fernandez (1972-1976), Franklin W. Campbell (1984-1997), and Richard J. Campbell (1998-2008), also was decisive to existence and maintenance of the group as a scientific society. At the beginning, founders aimed to establish a party of countries from the Caribbean Region to reunite more often not only to exchange information on tropical horticultural crops (fruits, vegetables and ornamentals), but also to disseminate it through newsletters and a scientific journal. As time passed and people from other countries joined in, the name was changed to American Society for Horticultural Science - Tropical Region, in 1966. Another change happened in 1986, when, for legal reasons, the group was separated from the ASHS adopting its current name. The group is, ever since, the only tropical American scientific society dedicated to gather and spread information on tropical horticultural production. SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS - The Journal of the ISTH is the scientific publication of the Society. It is published yearly and contains papers from members of ISTH. It is sent to all active members of the Society. Each active member of the ISTH may submitted up two papers per volume. To send your articles, please join us and download the Guide to Authors. From 1951 to 1966 was published as Proceedings of the ASHS - Caribbean Region (ISSN-0066-0116), from 1967 to 1985 as Proceedings ASHS - Tropical Region (ISSN-0254-2528) and from 1986 to 2008 as Proceedings of the ISTH (ISSN-0254-2528). From 2009 started to be published as Journal of the ISTH and were assigned new ISSNs (Print 2237-4256 and Online 2237-4264). Each paper published in the whole collection of volumes is available in www.journal.iasth.org and all the active members can download an unlimited number of articles. Moreover, since 2011, as a result of an agreement, it was be also possible to access the papers in PubHort (www.pubhort.org) from International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS - www.ishs.org). MEMBERSHIPS - Any person or organization public or private interested in promoting the objectives of the ISTH and participating in its activities is eligible for membership in the following categories: Undergraduate Student - $20; Graduate Student $ 40; Professional $60; Institutional $90; Contributor (minimum) $120. Active Member Benefits: Reduced registration fee at the Annual Meeting of the ISTH; Publish your papers in the Journal of the ISTH; A free copy per year of the Journal of the ISTH; Username and Password to download a ilimited number of full text articles of the Journal of the ISTH; Discount when purchasing printed copies of the Journal of the ISTH; Have vote at the ISTH Gereral Assembly; NEW - Additionally, Latin American active members of the ISTH are automatically members of the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) with all their benefits. For while, payment fee can be done during the ISTH Annual Meetings or directly with the country representatives.
