The role played by exotic plants in urban ecosystems: comments on Spennemann, 2019 [PDF]
The article written by Dirk HR Spennemann, and published in the European Journal of Ecology, addresses the role played by a palm tree species native to the Canary Islands as food source for several frugivore species found in Australian cities.
Angeoletto, Fabio+4 more
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In vitro laser radiation induces mutation and growth in Eustoma grandiflorum plant
Background Eustoma grandiflorum is a new floral crop for the international flowers market, moderately cold-tolerant annual or biennial plant. A large number of seedlings can be produced by seed propagation but the quality is not uniform due to variations
Abou-Dahab M. Abou-Dahab+6 more
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Given its limited land and water use and the changing climate conditions, indoor farming of halophytes has a high potential to contribute significantly to global agriculture in the future.
Maria Fitzner+7 more
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Mitigation of Salt Stress by Mycorrhizal Inoculation on Nitraria schoberi as a Native Landscape Plant in the Arid regions [PDF]
Increasing the salinity in the water and soil can negatively affect plant growth and development. Mycorrhizal fungi application is one of the ways to reduce the undesirable effect of salt stress on plants.
Z. Karimian, L. Samiei
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A review of Leptospermum scoparium (Myrtaceae) in New Zealand [PDF]
Information about Leptospermum scoparium (Myrtaceae), the most widespread and important New Zealand indigenous shrub species, is reviewed. L. scoparium is a variable species, requiring more study of the genetically based differences between New Zealand ...
Clarkson, Bruce D.+2 more
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Plant-Parasitic Nematodes and their Effects on Ornamental Plants: A Review
Worldwide, the ornamental plant industry is estimated to be valued at $70 billion, with the United States’ ornamental plant industry valued at $4.8 billion in 2020.
D. Howland Amanda, Quintanilla Marisol
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The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Paphiopedilum purpuratum (Orchidaceae)
Paphiopedilum purpuratum, an endangered terrestrial orchid distributed in southwestern and south of China. In this study, the complete chloroplast genome (cpDNA) sequence of P. purpuratum was determined from Illumina pair-end sequencing data.
Xian-De Chen+4 more
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Image analysis and statistical modelling for measurement and quality assessment of ornamental horticulture crops in glasshouses [PDF]
Image analysis for ornamental crops is discussed with examples from the bedding plant industry. Feed-forward artificial neural networks are used to segment top and side view images of three contrasting species of bedding plants.
Edmondson, R. N.+2 more
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Adventitious root (AR) formation in the stem base of cuttings is the basis for propagation of many plant species and petunia is used as model to study this developmental process. Following AR formation from 2 to 192 hours after excision (hpe) of cuttings,
Uwe eDruege+6 more
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Strengthening Production with Liquid Organic Nano Fertilizer Technology in Ornamental Plant Business in the Sekar Sempol Farmer Group [PDF]
The ornamental plant business is increasing due to the high demand of this plant. This program solves production of ornamental plant problems. Sekar Sempol Farmer Group is one the who produce the ornamental plant.
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