HORTICULTURE IN JAPAN 2026
Extra Issue of The Horticulture Journal
Edited by The Japanese Society for Horticultural Science
CONTENTS
EDITORS
AUTHORS
PREFACE
I. GENERAL
I-1. A Centennial Progress of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science
I-2. The Japanese Personality and Horticultural Products
I-3. Land and Natural Conditions
I-4. Marketing System of Horticultural Crops
I-5. Horticultural Statistics of Japan
II. FRUIT TREES
II-1. Citrus
II-2. Apple
II-3. Grape
II-4. Pears
1. European Pear
2. Japanese Pear
II-5. Stone Fruits
1. Peach
2. Cherry
3. Japanese Apricot, Plum and Apricot
II-6. Persimmon
II-7. Other Fruit
1. Japanese Chestnut
2. Loquat
3. Berries
4. Kiwifruit
5. Tropical Fruits
6. Fig
II-8. New Technology for Fruit Trees
1. Application of DNA Markers and Breeding Techniques to Practical Fruit Breeding
2. Current State in Fruit Processing Industries and Changes in Consumer Preference
3. Health Effects of β-Cryptoxanthin Present in Abundance in Japanese Citrus Fruits
4. Smart Agriculture for Fruit Trees
5. The Tree Joint Training System for Fruit Trees
6. Growing Fruit Trees in Greenhouses
III. VEGETABLES
III-1. Strawberry
III-2. Tomato
III-3. Eggplant
III-4. Sweet Pepper
III-5. Cucumber
III-6. Watermelon
III-7. Melon
III-8. Pumpkin and Squash
III-9. Okra
III-10. Sweet Corn
III-11. Garden Pea
III-12. Vegetable Soybean
III-13. Green Bean
III-14. Onion
III-15. Bunching Onion
III-16. Chinese Chive
III-17. Cabbage
III-18. Broccoli
III-19. Chinese Cabbage
III-20. Komatsuna (Brassica rapa var. perviridis)
III-21. Lettuce
III-22. Spinach
III-23. Asparagus
III-24. Japanese Radish
III-25. Carrot 154
III-26. Edible Burdock
III-27. Lotus Root
III-28. Ginger
III-29. Garlic
III-30. Potato
III-31. Sweet Potato
III-32. Chinese Yam
III-33. Taro
III-34. Vegetables Unique to Japan
1. Garland Chrysanthemum (Glebionis coronaria)
2. Japanese Honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis)
3. Perilla (Perilla frutescens)
4. Japanese Butterbur (Petasites japonicus)
5. Myoga (Zingiber mioga)
6. Wasabi (Eutrema japonicum)
7. Bamboo Shoot (Phyllostachys spp.)
III-35. Shiitake (Lentinula edodes)
III-36. New Technology for Vegetable
1. Breeding
1-1. Vegetable Breeding in Japan
1-2. Development of Highly Clubroot-Resistant Chinese Cabbage F1 Cultivar, ‘Akimeki’, Accumulating
Resistance Genes Crr1, Crr2, and CRb
1-3. An Introduction to Parthenocarpy Trait
1-4. Production of Seedless Watermelon Using Soft X-ray Irradiated Pollen
1-5. Development of Seedless Sweet Pepper Cultivar ‘Tane-Nappi’
1-6. Capsicum Rootstock Cultivars
1-7. Winter Squash Cultivars with Short Internodes
1-8. ‘Tokun’, A Unique Aromatic Decaploid Interspecific Hybrid Strawberry
1-9. ‘Yuhaku’ and ‘Sarah White’, Japanese White Radish Cultivars for Processing Use
1-10. Bunching Onion Cultivars with Short and Thick Leaf Sheaths: “Warabe” Series
2. Cultivation
2-1. Large-Scale Smart Greenhouse Horticulture in Japan
2-2. Grafting of Vegetables
2-3-1. Smart Agriculture
2-3-2. Environmental Control for Greenhouse Vegetables
2-3-3. Plant Growth Prediction for Greenhouse Vegetables
2-3-4. Environmental Control for Strawberry Production
2-3-5. Sensing for Open Field Vegetables
2-3-6. Growth Prediction for Open Field Vegetables
IV. ORNAMENTALS
IV-1. Chrysanthemum
IV-2. Carnation
IV-3. Rose
IV-4. Flower Bulbs
IV-5. Lisianthus
IV-6. Gentian
IV-7. Orchids
IV-8. Limonium
IV-9. Dahlia
IV-10. Stock
IV-11. Sweet Pea
IV-12. Ranunculus
IV-13. Other Cut Flowers
1. Delphinium
2. China Aster
3. Gerbera
4. Snapdragon
5. Sunflower
IV-14. Potted Ornamentals
1. Cyclamen
2. Other Potted Ornamentals
2-1. Potted Woody Ornamentals
2-2. Hydrangea
2-3. Potted Orchid
2-4. Ornamental Foliage Plants
IV-15. Bedding Plants
1. Pansy
2. Petunia
3. Marigold
4. Ornamental Cabbage
5. Primula
IV-16. Woody Ornamentals
1. Azalea
IV-17. New Technology for Ornamentals
1. Generation of Genetically Modified Ornamental Plants
2. Flowering Regulation Mechanisms in Chrysanthemums
3. Postharvest Physiology and Technology of Ornamental Plants
4. Properties of Floral Scent
5. Bedding Plants for Planting in Urban Summer Heat
IN MEMORIAM
