Science into practice: improving plants with irrigation management
12 March 2010, Horticulture Week
Testing potential for the use of regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) as a tool to manage plant quality for the hardy...
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Research matters ... salt tolerance in shrubs
12 March 2010, Horticulture Week
As competition for water supplies increases, growers may soon be obliged to water their ornamental shrubs with saline water.
Research matters ... Prolonging Lisianthus vase life
05 March 2010, Horticulture Week
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?
05 March 2010, Horticulture Week
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
26 February 2010, Horticulture Week
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
26 February 2010, Horticulture Week
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
19 February 2010, Horticulture Week
Most sectors of the horticultural industry are trying to introduce sustainable production methods.
Science into practice: New opportunities for cut flowers
19 February 2010, Horticulture Week
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
12 February 2010, Horticulture Week
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
12 February 2010, Horticulture Week
Black rot, which is caused by a bacterium, has the potential to cause complete crop loss. But more usually the...
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