This collection of 30 peer reviewed articles represents the published proceedings of a successful international conference - 3^rd International Seabuckthorn Association Conference (ISA 2007) - held in Quebec City, Canada, August 12-16, 2007. From nearly 100 abstract title applications received before the conference, just over 50 oral and poster presentations were accepted by the ISA 2007 Scientific Committee. From the pool of scientific presenters, 41 manuscripts were submitted to the ISA 2007 peer review process. Nine manuscripts were withdrawn, two manuscripts were not acceptable, and 30 manuscripts were revised and found acceptable by the scientific committee for publication in these proceedings.

Dr. Tom Li was instrumental in bringing this conference to Canada, so it was appropriate that he authored the introductory paper. Ten papers in the section on seabuckthorn production, cultivation and harvesting practices were authored by a diverse group of scientists from Canada, China, India, Romania and Russia. Thirteen papers in the seabuckthorn processing technology and chemistry section were provided by scientists from Canada, Finland, India, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Russia. Six papers in the seabuckthorn products, industry development and marketing section were authored by scientists based in Canada, China, Finland, Germany and Russia. Altogether, 14 papers were included from four regions of Canada. This is an excellent effort by Canadian scientists who have just recently begun work in the exciting area of seabuckthorn research along with 16 papers from scientists in the major seabuckthorn research and production areas of the world.

The many hours of effort by Associate Editors and Reviewers in providing helpful suggestions to manuscript authors is greatly appreciated. The effort required by reviewers and editors to understand a highly technical paper is much greater when an author's first language is not English, and a much greater familiarity with the manuscript is needed before appropriate suggestions can be provided. In particular, I would like to thank Associate Editors Stefan Cenkowski, Alphonsus Utioh, Tom S.C. Li, Wudeneh Letchamo, Cristina Ratti and Khaled Belkacemi.

David B. McKenzie, Editor-in-Chief

Citation:

McKenzie, D.B., S. Cenkowski, A. Utioh, T.S.C. Li, W. Letchamo, C. Ratti and K. Belkacemi (eds). 2009. Proceedings of the 3^rd International Seabuckthorn Association Conference, August 12-16, 2007. Université Laval. Québec (Québec), Canada.