Many herbaceous perennials are poorly branched, slow to fill out the pot, and produce few propagules. Configure (6-BA, Fine Americas, Inc.), labeled for branching of floricultural crops, was evaluated on a variety of perennials. Configure improved the basal branching of Echinacea purpurea ‘Doubledecker’ with a three-fold increase in the number of new shoots per plant at two weeks after treatmen...

In approximately 3.2% of bird species individuals regularly forgo the opportunity to breed independently and instead breed cooperatively with other conspeci¢cs, either as non-reproductive `helpers' or as co-breeders. The traditional explanation for cooperative breeding is that the opportunities for breeding independently are limited owing to peculiar features of the species' breeding ecology. H...

DESCRIPTION OF THE TEST CHEMICALS Acrinathrin is a new active ingredient which belongs to the family of Synthetic Pyrethroids and possesses high insecticidal activity against a wide range of insect pest together with miticidal activity. It has been discovered and synthesized by Roussel Uclaf in 1980s. In Japan, acrinathrin has been developed for application on various crops including vegetables...

Interest in the sustainability of farming practices has increased in response to environmental problems associated with conventional agricultural management often adopted for the production of herbaceous crops, ornamentals, and fruit crops. Availability of measures of the status of the soil ecosystem is of immediate importance, particularly for environmental assessment and monitoring programs. ...