The Horticulture Journal (Hort. J.) is an international 
journal published quarterly by the Japanese Society for 
Horticultural Science. Its aim is to deliver new scientific 
and technological information to horticultural scientists 
worldwide. Hort. J. publishes articles based on original 
research, as well as reviews by society members.
Hort. J. covers research on fruits, vegetables, and 
ornamental plants grown in temperate and subtropical/
tropical regions. Manuscripts on both basic and applied 
research in a wide range of horticulture-related fields, 
such as crop production, physiology, propagation, genet ics, breeding, phytopathology, postharvest biology, stor age, transportation, and protected horticulture, but not on 
gardening and landscape architecture, will be considered 
for publication. Research papers featuring novel tech nologies and methodologies are welcome; however, the 
research results should be of significance to horticulture. 
Papers focusing on only basic plant science research 
without any direct contribution to horticulture are out side the scope of Hort. J.