ASHS 2015 Annual Conference
Introduction to the Colloquium
Meanwhile, there are challenges associated with the introduction of new crops: lack of information on alternative crop varieties, cultural practices, marketing and invasive potential. Farmers may face risk from poor economic returns if proper management and marketing information is not provided. When introducing new crops, invasiveness assessment and control methods also should be taken into account. Particularly, alternative fruit crops have been introduced many decades ago and grown in many regions throughout U.S. They are gaining attention in recent years due to their inherited advantages such as adaptation under a multitude of environments, higher nutritional value and improved fruit qualities.
In this colloquium, we will bring together researchers and specialists to address the importance of alternative specialty crops, introduce various types of alternative specialty crops and their consumption as fresh and/or processed fruits, share their cultural practices and marketing strategies, and discuss how to mitigate potential problems associated with the introduction of alternative specialty crops. The proposed colloquium will have two general objectives: 1) Introduction to alternative specialty crops and 2) Potentials and challenges.
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