Reliable synthesis of the various rapidly expanding bodies of evidence is vital for the process of evidence-informed decision-making in environmental policy, practice and research. With the rise of evidence-base medicine and increasing numbers of published systematic reviews, criteria for assessing the quality of reporting have been developed. First QUOROM (Lancet 354:1896–1900, 1999) and then ...

The rose is a leader in the cultivation of cut crops, decorativeness which beyond doubt. Increasing attractiveness bouquet flowers priority task modern industrial floriculture. A number plant growth regulators can significantly improve decorative qualities flower-cutting products. During research, it was proved that immunomodulatory with protective functions increased valuable and economic prop...

postharvest senescence is a major factor, limiting the marketing of many species of cut flowers, including roses. considerable efforts have been devoted to developing postharvest treatments to lengthen the extend of the marketing period. the purpose of this study was to determine the most suitable nitric oxide, and thidiazuron concentrations to increase the antioxidant activity as well as prote...

the effects of sodium chloride (nacl) salinity (control; canal water with 0.4 ds m-1), 2.5 dsm-1, 5.0 ds m-1, 7.5 ds m-1 and 10.0 ds m-1, respectively) developed after 6 weeks of pruning (beginning of study) on plant growth, flowering and quality of three cut rose (rosa hybrida l.) cultivars viz. ‘kardinal’, ‘angelique’ and ‘gold medal’ were studied to achieve better management, quality product...

rosa hybrida l. is an important commercial cut flower. salicylic acid (sa) and calcium chloride (cacl2) act as endogenous signal molecules responsible for growth parameters in plants. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of preharvest sa and cacl2 treatments in extending the vase life of cut rose flowers. therefore, a factorial experiment based on completely randomized design with ...