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Characterization and selection of torch ginger for cut flower
Ornamental Horticulture, 2018 Torch ginger, Etlingera elatior, is among the most cultivated tropical flower of its genus. Its great acceptability in the market led researchers to improve production characteristics and to adapt it for commercialization.
Paula Guimarães Pinheiro de Araújo +5 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2018 Tropical forest loss and fragmentation can change bee community dynamics and potentially interrupt plant–pollinator relationships. While bee community responses to forest fragmentation have been investigated in a number of tropical regions, no studies ...
Tobias J. Smith, Margaret M. Mayfield
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Revista Ceres, 2023 Flower stems of the Heliconiaceae family are gaining more and more space in the Brazilian market of ornamental plants and further knowledge about quality, productivity, and postharvest management is necessary.
Auclar Felipe Botini +4 more
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Characteristics of pendent heliconia for use in landscape and as cut flower
Ornamental Horticulture, 2016 The Heliconia species with pendent inflorescences and colorful bracts is a good option for landscaping in tropical gardens and cut flowers market. In Brazil only a few species of Heliconia are commercially produced eg. H. rostrata, H.
Vivian Loges +3 more
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InsectsThe bean flower thrip Megalurothrips usitatus (Bagnall) is a severe pest on cowpeas and causes a 20–30% reduction in cowpeas in Hainan, China, with even complete crop failure in severe cases. Spinetoram is currently the most important pesticide against M.
Huailiang Yu +9 more
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Global vision of heliconias research as a cut flowers: a review
Ornamental Horticulture, 2020 It is relevant to systematize the global knowledge generated about heliconia due to its economic importance in tropical floriculture and the cut flower market.
Ariadna Linares-Gabriel +4 more
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Preservative solutions and pulsing on Zingiber spectabile postharvest
Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical, 2012 Postharvest aspects of tropical flowers are still relatively unknown, and there is no methodology for this stage of the production process. So, this study aimed at evaluating the effect of preservative solutions and sucrose on the postharvest ...
Lívia Lopes Coelho +3 more
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Achieving High‐Density and Stress‐Resilient Maize Breeding Via Germplasm Innovation
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Global population growth and climate change have exacerbated the global food crisis. This perspective presents a conceptual framework focusing on enhancing population advantages. Several novel breeding objectives are proposed to improve density tolerance and stress resistance for yield improvement.
Xinlong Li +9 more
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Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2007 O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar características pós-colheita da primeira haste floral de plantas de Heliconia psittacorum x H. spathocircinata Aristeguieta, cultivar Golden Torch, sob deficiência de macronutrientes.
Ana Cecília Ribeiro de Castro +5 more
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Trophic Diversity in Duckweed: Mixotrophy, More Than the Sum of its Extremes
Advanced Science, EarlyView.In the context of rising DOC in aquatic environments, mixotrophic duckweed may impact carbon cycling by acting as either a carbon sink, as they absorb CO2 through photosynthesis, or a carbon source, as they release CO2 through respiration of absorbed DOC, which depends on DOC concentration, light availability, temperature, and other environmental ...
Zuoliang Sun +5 more
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