Methyl bromide is an effective pre-plant soil fumigant used to control nematodes in many high-input, high-value crops in the United States, including vegetables, nursery plants, ornamentals, tree fruits, strawberries, and grapes. Because methyl bromide has provided a reliable return on investment for nematode control, many of these commodities have standardized their production practices based ...

Commercial producers of herbaceous ornamentals have reported that long-day plants sometimes flower under short-day conditions when the photosynthetic daily light integral (DLI) is high, but little research-based information available to support phenomenon. We grew seedlings tickseed (Coreopsis grandiflora), echinacea (Echinacea × hybrida), lavender (Lavandula angustifolia), lobelia (Lobelia spe...

The biostimulant segment is becoming increasingly important worldwide. One of the reasons for this that fewer plant protection products are placed on market in European Union, and environmental sustainability also plays an role their use. Biostimulants often used several horticultural sectors, including ornamentals, to strengthen plants, achieve commercial standards, produce quality goods, incr...

We demonstrate how native and nonnative plant taxa used as ornamentals in private public urban green spaces can significantly strengthen conservation time of extinctions by expanding the capacity for ex situ living collections raising awareness among professional gardeners collectors. Based on global databases, we document current representation threatened horticulture compared to botanical gar...

Plant tissue culture refers to growing and multiplication of cells, tissues and organs of plants on defined solid or liquid media under aseptic and controlled environment. Micropropagation allows rapid production of high quality, disease-free and uniform planting material. The micropropagation of high quality planting materials of ornamentals, and forest and fruit trees has created new opportun...