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ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATIONS IN THE FLOWER INDUSTRY
Three Seas Economic JournalGlobal environmental challenges have influenced the floriculture industry in the direction of increasing investments in environmental innovations. The purpose of the article was to substantiate the economic feasibility of implementing environmental ...
Bohdan Furman
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EFFECT OF SOME CHEMICALS ON KEEPING QUALITY AND VASE LIFE OF SNAPDRAGON (Antirrhinum majus L.) CUT FLOWERS. [PDF]
Journal of Plant Production, 2012 This investigation was carried out during 2007-2008 to determine whether the selected chemical agents can be used to improve the post-harvest quality of snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus, L. cv.
S. Eissa +3 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The increasing popularity of ecotourism in regions like Central America and the Caribbean, particularly in the Dominican Republic, necessitates a deeper understanding of how these businesses can integrate innovation with environmental sustainability.
Hayrold José Ureña‐Espaillat +2 more
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Sustainable blooms: a look at environmental practices in U.S. floriculture
Frontiers in SustainabilityThe intensification of environmental issues in recent years, notably climate change, has brought sustainability to the forefront of floriculture business strategy.
Amanda Solliday +2 more
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Flower production prospects and sustainability challenges in Ethiopia: A systematic review
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 The people, planet, and profit sustainability concerns emerged as a novel concept in the ethical business governance system in the floriculture industry. In Ethiopia, however, the sectoral sustainability concern is in its infant stage.
Shiferaw Mebrat +3 more
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Beyond forests: Harnessing conservation gardening for open biomes in Brazil
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Urban gardening offers an innovative conservation strategy by integrating native ornamental species into urban landscapes. We evaluated the ornamental potential of the Brazilian flora by comparing the representation of species from forests versus open biomes (focusing on campo rupestre grasslands) and introduced and validated the Index of Ornamental ...
Flávia Santos Faria +2 more
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Production and competitiveness of Mexican floriculture [PDF]
, 2022 Objective: analyze the competitiveness of the international marketing of the main flowers grown in Mexico with respect to the United States of America. Design/methodology/approach: the cumulative growth rate from 2000 to 2020 of the production variables ...
Contreras-Castillo, José Maria +2 more
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The effect of growth retardants on growth and flowering of dwarf alstroemeria
Acta Agrobotanica, 2013 The experiment was conducted to inhibit the growth of dwarf alstroemeria cultivars 'Rosalina' and 'Dorotea' using flurprimidol and daminozide. Additionally, the effect of these retardants on days to anthesis, flowering shoots number, diameter and ...
Anna Pobudkiewicz +3 more
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Effect of Organic, Mineral Fertilization and Foliar Spraying with Some Biostimulants on Growth, Yield and Chemical Composition of Pea [PDF]
Journal of Plant Production, 2016 Two field experiments were carried out during 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 seasons to study the effect of organic fertilization (farmyard manure “FYM” at the rate of 20 t/fed and humic acid “HA” at the rate of 20 kg/fed), NPK fertilization (50 % of the ...
Nourgehan Salem +3 more
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Comparing verbenone‐based repellents for ambrosia beetle management in eastern apple orchards
Agricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.Non‐native ambrosia beetles (Xylosandrus germanus, X. crassiusculus, Anisandrus maiche) damage high‐density apple orchards across the eastern United States, motivating the search for selective, semiochemical‐based repellent strategies. Across Ohio, New York and Pennsylvania, three verbenone formulations, sachets, SPLAT® VERB and a test SPLAT ...
Kelsey N. Tobin +5 more
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