Most modern carnations have little fragrance whereas many wild dianthus species have a strong fragrance. Obviously, one desirable project would be to breed this fragrance into modern carnations.
Excessive use of synthetic fertilisers has led to the leaching of nutrients into local watercourses with consequent damage to native ecosystems. Greater efficiency in the use of fertilisers is required both in conventional and organic systems of cropping.
There is increasing pressure on conventional growers of orchard and field crops to reduce their usage of synthetic fungicides while the fungicides available to organic growers are limited both in number and effectiveness.
Crown rot in strawberries can cause severe losses or even complete crop loss if the disease is not effectively controlled when using susceptible cultivars. Caused by the fungus Phytophthora cactorum, crown rot affects strawberries in both propagation and fruit production.
It is useful, especially for the horticultural industry, to know whether putting plants in the workplace has any impact on the productivity and well-being of workers. In the study presented here, the people-plant relationships of employees were explored in a number of offices in Denmark.
The bulb onion acreage in the UK is approximately 9,000ha with an annual production of 400,000 tonnes. Internal bacterial infections on average account for around two per cent of all marketable losses year on year.
With long-season tomato crops in glasshouses it is well-established that the photosynthetic ability of their leaves declines as the leaves become overshadowed by younger ones. Research workers, growers, and their advisors have often mused on whether this decline is due just to the increasing age of...
Conifer growers have reported root rot and die-back problems for many years. Species of Phytophthora, and to a lesser extent species of Pythium, are recognised causes.
Various fruits and vegetables are now marketed as possessing health-giving properties. The constituents that produce these properties are often antioxidants - such as phenolic compounds - and their natural function is to boost the plant's resistance to environmental stresses.
Broccoli is a high-value crop. Basic Horticultural Statistics (2010) gave a provisional farm gate value of £57.5m for 2009. However, due to the perishability of the crop, industry estimates post-harvest handling losses in the range of five-to-seven per cent (£3-4m), while losses due to crop left in...
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