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Host Plant Volatile Lures Attract Apanteles polychrosidis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) to Ash Trees Infested With Caloptilia fraxinella (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Caloptilia fraxinella Ely (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), the ash leaf-cone roller, is an aesthetic pest of horticultural ash trees (Oleaceae, Genus Fraxinus) in prairie communities across Canada.
Sarah M. McPike   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Current and Emergent Economic Impacts of Covid-19 and Brexit on UK Fresh Produce and Horticultural Businesses [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2021
This paper describes a study designed to investigate the current and emergent impacts of Covid-19 and Brexit on UK horticultural businesses. Various characteristics of UK horticultural production, notably labour reliance and import dependence, make it an important sector for policymakers concerned to understand the effects of these disruptive events as
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Horticultural Therapy

open access: yesEDIS, 1969
Horticulture is the art and science of growing plants. Horticultural therapy is the practice of engaging people in horticultural activities to improve their bodies, minds, and spirits. Therapeutic benefits occur when people are exposed to plants, and when they take part in planning, planting, growing, and caring for plants.
Eva C. Worden   +2 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Organic greenhouse horticulture in the Netherlands [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The total area occupied in the Netherlands by organic horticulture under glass is growing steadily. Several growers convert to this form of horticulture every year and some existing organic growers are expanding their businesses.
Meijer, Rob
core   +8 more sources

Urban Horticulture for Food Secure Cities through and beyond COVID-19

open access: yes, 2020
Sufficient production, consistent food supply, and environmental protection in urban +settings are major global concerns for future sustainable cities.
M. Khan   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

LED Lighting Systems for Horticulture: Business Growth and Global Distribution

open access: yesSustainability, 2020
In recent years, research on light emitting diodes (LEDs) has highlighted their great potential as a lighting system for plant growth, development and metabolism control. The suitability of LED devices for plant cultivation has turned the technology into
I. Paucek   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Primer of Horticulture [PDF]

open access: yesNature, 1893
THIS primer contains the substance of ten lectures delivered by Mr. Wright for the Surrey County Council. Besides the lectures, some sets of questions, asked after the lectures, are given together with the answers to these questions. Primer of Horticulture. By J. Wright. (London: Macmillan and Co., 1893.)
openaire   +2 more sources

Growing Potatoes in the Alaska Garden [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Potatoes are a great crop for Alaska gardens because they are easy to grow and have a high yield per square foot. This publication includes tips on planting, growing, harvesting and storing potatoes as well as suggestions for cooking and preparing them ...
Smeenk, Jeff
core   +1 more source

Provision of carbohydrate resources to support Apanteles polychrosidis, to increase parasitism of Caloptilia fraxinella in horticultural ash trees

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
The provision of nutritional resources for beneficial insects that support pest control, such as parasitoid wasps, is one tactic in conservation biological control.
S. M. McPike   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Advanced Greenhouse Horticulture: New Technologies and Cultivation Practices

open access: yesHorticulturae, 2020
Greenhouse horticulture is one of the most intensive agricultural systems, with the advantages of environmental parameter control (temperature, light, etc.), higher efficiency of resource utilization (water, fertilizers, etc.) and the use of advanced ...
A. Koukounaras
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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