According to recent figures about 800 million tones of vegetables were produced worldwide in 2009.The increase in vegetable production was mainly due to bigger harvests.The leading varieties are tomatoes,cabbage and cucumbers,and sweet pepper,melon and strawberries.Chinas vegetable production accounts 55 percent of the world total.The ornamental horticulture industry has become a major international economic sector,and generating extensive interest from farmers,researchers,investors and development planners.Worldwide sales of ornamental horticulture products had reached over $ 50 billion.Greenhouses with soilless cultural systems could address several of the serious challenges facing the vegetable and ornamental industry worldwide and could provide a new industry to Shandong producers.In addition to protecting crops in enclosed controlled environment,greenhouses extend the growing season and ensures high profitability and sustainability of an agricultural enterprise.Although,some of the greenhouse culture technologies are currently exist,they need to be evaluated and refined for Shandong use.Detailed information available on production of greenhouse tomatoes,sweet peppers,cucumbers,and strawberries will be discussed.Already,this protected agriculture technology is in use in several places in the world,including Spain,Turkey,Morocco,Holland,the US,Canada,and Mexico.These countries face some of the same challenges as does Israel vegetable and ornamental industry.The contribution of plant protection research and development,Integrated Pest Management in the floriculture and horticulture industries will be extensively discussed.