Registered under the Societies Registration Act XXI, 1860, was established with a view to promote interdisciplinaryresearch in the field of horticulture and to provide a forum for expressing views on policies and programmers relating to horticultural research and development.

Progressive Horticulture, an official scientificpublication of ISHRD, is a peer reviewed journal published since the year 1969. Presently the journal is published twice every year, in the month of June & December. Original contributions covering fundamental and applied research relating to various disciplines of horticultural crops, post harvest management, biotechnology, diversification, policy issues, trade, market, case studies and success stories related to horticultural field are considered for publication. Review articles, summarizing the existing state of knowledge in horticultural research, are published by invitation only.

The basic aim of the society is to promote inter-disciplinary research in the field of Horticultural Sciences and provide a forum for expressing views on policies and programmes relating to horticultural research and development. The Society has wide scope to provide a platform for communicating research data, creativity ideasand policies among the interested researchers. Scope includes activities related to fruit crops, vegetables, flowers, ornamental crops, medicinal and aromatic plants, plantations crops, spices and condiments and other crops considered under wide area of horticulture.