General information

‍As the official language is English, only abstracts and papers in English will be accepted and reviewed. Please pay a particular attention to scientific quality and written English as the selection for oral or poster presentation will be based on abstracts. Abstracts need to include background and objectives, materials and methods, main results and perspectives. Abstracts should not exceed 300 words. The presenting author of each accepted abstract must be registered for ISC 2025. For an abstract to be confirmed for oral presentation, the presenting author must be fully registered before 01 July 2025.

For any questions regarding the submission of abstracts or the scientific programme, please contact the scientific committe by email: strawberrycongress@hoogstraten.eu

The scientific committee and the convener would like to say thanks to those authors who have already submitted their abstracts in time before the initial deadline. They will select oral or poster presentations based on quality and content of the abstract and a notification of acceptance will be sent as from 01 May 2025.

1. Oral presentation

All presenters are notified and asked to submit a revised extended abstract by 15 August 2025.
The presentation itself must be received by the Congress secretariat by 8 September 2025.

All oral presenters, must submit an extended abstract (max. 3 pages). These extended abstracts will be used to prepare the Book of Abstracts. The extended abstract should be maximum 3 pages in length, including a brief introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion and references. A table and/or figure can be included in the extended abstract.

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2. Poster presentation
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The updated abstract is requested by 30 June 2025.
We did not receive it from all the presenters. Could you please send this by 15 August 2025?

Posters can be mounted on Wednesday, 17 September, the first day of the congress.
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Poster guidelines:

1. Recommended poster dimension: A0 size 118,9 cm (height) x 84,1 cm (width). We also recommend one complete sheet, rather than small multiple sheets.
2. Ensure that the manuscript titles, author names, and affiliations are prominently displayed at the top of the posters.
3. Authors are encouraged to include their photographs, to assist in authors identification.
4. All posters are to be removed by the end of congress day 2 (Thursday 18^th September 2025)

Poster boards will be sequentially numbered in alignment with their respective session numbers.

The poster identification number will be available in the Book of Abstracts and on the congress website once finalized.

The poster presenter should mount their poster on the designated board. Upon arrival, please proceed directly to the registration desk. You will receive the location of your poster board and materials to attach your poster. Please refrain from using any other method to secure your poster.

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3. Full Manuscript

For publication in the Book of Abstracts we request the full paper of our selected authors. All authors are invited to submit their full paper before 1 September, 2025 to strawberrycongress@hoogstraten.eu. Papers received later than this date cannot be included in the Book of Abstracts. Your full paper should be limited to 6 pages, strictly following the template (hereunder). Full papers not adhering to this format will be returned to the authors.

A selection will be made by the Scientific Committee, and these authors will be invited to submit a full manuscript for publication in eJHS (European Journal of Horticultural Science), the official journal of the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS). This notification of selection will be sent by 31 July 2025. The submission for the publication in eJHS will be done via ISHS. The deadline to submit the full manuscript is 30 November 2025.Please find the Guidelines to be followed for a eJHS paper, via: https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/journal/ejhs/submission-guidelines

Every delegate will receive a copy of this special issue when it becomes available after the congress.