Mitigating the water footprint of export cut flowers from the Lake Naivasha Basin, Kenya [PDF]
, 2012 Kenya’s cut-flower industry has been praised as an economic success as it\ud contributed an annual average of US$ 141 million foreign exchange (7% of Kenyan export value) over the period 1996–2005 and about US$ 352 million in 2005 alone.
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Improving Cut Flower Production of Balloon Flower [PDF]
HortScience, 2002 Experiments aiming to adapt the perennial balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus) as a commercial cut flower crop were conducted for 4 years under various growing conditions: four controlled-temperature rooms at two photoperiods in a phytotron, heated and unheated greenhouses, and a saran net-house (15% shade). Best flower yield was obtained following
Abraham H. Halevy +2 more
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Inheritance of determinants of flower colour in tetraploid roses [PDF]
, 2009 The choice of selection breeding for crop improvement in cut roses requires a better understanding of biological mechanisms and knowledge of the inheritance of the major target traits which can lead to new or improved screening methods.
Gitonga, V.W. +5 more
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Partisipasi Tenaga Kerja Wanita di USAha Bunga Potong di Kelurahan Kakaskasen II, Kecamatan Tomohon Utara, Kota Tomohon [PDF]
, 2016 In this era of globalization, many efforts have done in order to earn money for the family. Efforts in agriculture be one choice of families and communities.
Ngangi, C. R. (Charles) +2 more
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Nuncius, 2017 Designations of still life as natura morta, nature morte, naturaleza muerta are based on a gross misunderstanding. We are only beginning to fully understand how masterfully the genre played with the supposed boundaries between the living and dead. It is above all floral still life painting after 1600, in which the intermediate state between life and ...
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Causes of Quality Loss of Cut Flowers - A Critical Analysis of Post-Harvest Treatments [PDF]
, 2009 Temperature is one of the most important factors in the postharvest phase to control quality losses, yet temperature is still poorly managed, partly because its effects are not always understood well.
Meeteren, U., van
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Amanda Camacho: Columbian Cut-Flower Worker [PDF]
, 2009 this story is part of ILRF\u27s Stories of Working Women series. In her testimony, Amanda Comacho describes the cut-flower industry, working conditions, and her daily life in Colombia.
International Labor Rights Forum
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Fairness in flowers: Addressing violations of labor rights and health standards in the Latin American cut flower industry [PDF]
, 2009 A flyer providing information on the cut flower industry and its workers in Latin America. Includes suggestions for actions American consumers can take to help protect flower workers’ rights, health, and safety conditions in the ...
International Labor Rights Forum
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Obstruction of Water Uptake in cut Chrysanthemum Stems after Dry Storage: Role of Wound-induced Increase in Enzyme Activities and Air Emboli [PDF]
, 2009 Hydraulic conductance of cut chrysanthemum stems was lowered by the aspiration of air as well as by a wound-induced plant response. By measuring the hydraulic conductance of stem segments in which air could be introduced into and/or removed from the ...
Arevalo-Galarza, L., Meeteren, U., van
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Can managed grasslands enhance pollinators in intensively farmed areas? [PDF]
, 2018 Wild flower strips is a common agri-environmental scheme used by farmers and land managers in order to improve biodiversity of pollinators. However, managed grasslands may also provide flower resources for flower visiting insects in agricultural ...
Cong, W-F, Dupont, Y.L., Eriksen, J.
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