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Research matters ... salt tolerance in shrubs

As competition for water supplies increases, growers may soon be obliged to water their ornamental shrubs with saline water.

Science into practice: improving plants with irrigation management

Testing potential for the use of regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) as a tool to manage plant quality for the hardy...

Research matters ... Prolonging Lisianthus vase life

Lisianthus (Eustoma grandiflorum) is grown as a cut-flower in the UK. Although the vase life of the flowers can be...

Science into practice: Are sulphur-based fungicides bad for Encarsia?

Over the past five years, the previously successful prophylactic bio-control strategy for whitefly in tomato crops of weekly releases of...

Research matters... Applying pesticide sprays

Applying pesticides to leaves is still a relatively inefficient process. In the experiments described below, two different application systems were...

Science into Practice: Avoiding Choisya root rot

Choisyas are prone to root rots resulting in a loss of crop vigour and crop losses of up to 60...

Research matters... Pythium on geraniums

Most sectors of the horticultural industry are trying to introduce sustainable production methods.

Science into practice: New opportunities for cut flowers

There has been a marked increase in per capita purchases of cut flowers in the UK over the past 20...

Research matters... Control of flowering in apples

Some apple trees produce heavy crops in one year followed by light crops in the next -- a pattern that...

Science into Practice: Controlling Brassica black rot with biologicals

Black rot, which is caused by a bacterium, has the potential to cause complete crop loss. But more usually the...

 
 

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