A novel, scalable, solution-based method suitable for the control of ZnO crystal morphology at moderate temperature from rods/stars to rose-shaped, flowerlike structures is presented here. The synthesized ZnO roselike crystals are composed by wide nanosheets folded several times on themselves. This study represents the first step toward the full understanding of the growth mechanism that led to...

Forty-four taxa of three sections (Cinnamomeae (=Rosa) 26, Chinenses 8 and Gallicanae 10) and eight modern garden roses in the genus Rosa were surveyed for their floral anthocyanins. Eleven anthocyanins: 3-glucosides and 3,5-diglucosides of cyanidin (Cy), pelargonidin (Pg) and peonidin (Pn), 3-rutinosides and 3-rho-coumaroylglucoside-5-glucosides of Cy and Pn, and Cy 3-sophoroside, were isolate...

Comparison in the RGB domain is not suitable for precise color matching, due to the strong dependency of this domain on factors like spectral power distribution of the light source and object geometry. We have studied the use of multispectral or hyperspectral images for color matching, since it can be proven that hyperspectral images can be made independent of the light source (color constancy)...

The global cut flower industry has faced serious challenges over the years, but still remains an important sector of agriculture. Floriculture businesses seek new, innovative trends and niches to help increase product sales. Specialty (SCF) production increased in past 20 years US, Australia, Africa, Europe. SCF sales could further if these new products were supported by dynamic marketing campa...

Beginning phonetics students are taught that American English has two contrasting reduced vowels, transcribed as [ ́] and [È], illustrated by the unstressed vowels in the minimal pair Rosa’s vs. roses. However little seems to be known about the precise nature or distribution of these vowels. This study explores these questions through acoustic analysis of reduced vowels in the speech of twelve A...

Roses, both fresh and dried, often appear during festive occasions. However, roses do not last long, dried flowers are marinated with environmentally unfriendly chemicals. This paper proposes the procedure experiment of drying by freeze-drying method. After proposed method, results show that rose color changes very slightly but still retains its natural, eye-catching, friendly appearance.

Flower scent is an important trait of ornamental roses and has been character in the selection processes. In present study, composition volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted by both petals pollen 21 garden (Chinensis, Climber, English rose, Floribunda, Hybrid Tea, Multiflora, Damascena, Musk Polyantha, Rugosa Shrub) was investigated through GC-MS Static Headspace method. A total 19 differen...

Disturbance in water relations is the major causes of vase life reduction and senescence in cut flowers This problem is mainly due to microorganism proliferation in the vase solution which leads to vascular occlusion and reduction in solution uptake by cut flowers. Therefore a comprehensive study was conducted to evaluate the biocidal effect of nano silver particles (NSP) and compare it with so...