The ISHS, dating from 1864 and formally constructed in 1959, has more than 6000 members representing 140 countries.  It is the world’s leading  independent organization of horticultural scientists and publisher of Acta Horticulturae, Chronica Horticulturae, Scripta Horticulturae.

TNAU which had its humble beginning as an Agricultural College at Coimbatore in 1906, attained the university status in 1971.It is rated as the ‘numero une’ State Agricultural University in India and continues to maintain its hegemony in academic excellence and agricultural research.  Development of seven improved papaya cultivars and standardization of production techniques including extraction of papain stand as a testimony for TNAU’s contribution in papaya research.

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