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Ornamental plant breeding: entering a new era?
Ornamental Horticulture, 2022 During the last century, plant breeding of crops and ornamentals has become an important business. Mendel’s principles of inheritance of traits laid the foundation of today’s modern genetics.
J. Van Huylenbroeck, K. Bhattarai
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PROPHYLACTIC MEASURES FOR THE IMPROVMENT OF FLOWER PRODUCTION IN Jesminum sambac ·L. PLANTS [PDF]
Journal of Plant Production, 2005 One year old transplants of Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac L.) with a height of 15-20 cm were sprayed monthly with one of the follOWing solutions: 1- A fungicide: Topsin M (thiophanate-methyl) at 2 gil.
S. Gomaa, Samira Ahmed, F. Saadawy,
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Ornamental plant domestication by aesthetics-driven human cultural niche construction.
Trends in Plant Science, 2021 Unlike plants that were domesticated to secure food, the domestication and breeding of ornamental plants are driven by aesthetic values. Here, we examine the major elements of the extended evolutionary synthesis (EES) theory that bridges the gap between ...
A. Altman, S. Shennan, J. Odling-Smee
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Trends in Ornamental Plant Production
Horticulturae, 2022 Growing ornamental plants is a dynamically developing and profitable sector of plant production [...]
P. Salachna
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NATURAL LOCAL MEDIA AND THEIR EFFECT ON WATER REQUIREMENTS OF Ficus “HAWAII” [PDF]
Journal of Plant Production, 2011 This study was carried out in the nursery of the Ornamental Plant Research Department, Horticulture Research Institute, Giza, Egypt during the period from February to November of the two successive seasons of 2009 and 2010.
A. El-Fouly, B. Rezk-Alla, F. Saadawy
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PRODUCTION OF SOME INDOOR PLANTS USING NATURAL LOCAL MEDIA [PDF]
Journal of Plant Production, 2005 Peat moss is an important component of potting media for a variety of ornamental plants. In recent years, environmental concerns and the cost of peat have escalated.
A. El-Fouly, B. Rezk-Alla, F. Saadawy,
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Molecular Biology of Ornamental Plants
Plants, 2023 Relative to model plants, ornamental plants have many special characteristics, such as their flower color and shape, and a floral fragrance [...]
Aiping Song, Yu Chen
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Species-Specific Impact of Fusarium Infection on the Root and Shoot Characteristics of Asparagus
Pathogens, 2020 Soil-borne pathogens can have considerable detrimental effects on asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) growth and production, notably caused by the Fusarium species F. oxysporum f.sp. asparagi, F. proliferatum and F. redolens.
Roxana Djalali Farahani-Kofoet +4 more
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BMC Plant Biology, 2021 Background Manipulation of flowering time and frequency of blooming is key to enhancing the ornamental value of orchids. Arundina graminifolia is a unique orchid that flowers year round, although the molecular basis of this flowering pattern remains ...
Sagheer Ahmad +9 more
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Molecular evolution of chloroplast genomes in subfamily Zingiberoideae (Zingiberaceae)
BMC Plant Biology, 2021 Background Zingiberoideae is a large and diverse subfamily of the family Zingiberaceae. Four genera in subfamily Zingiberoideae each possess 50 or more species, including Globba (100), Hedychium (> 80), Kaempferia (50) and Zingiber (150).
Dong-Mei Li +4 more
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