Lily tepals have a short lifespan. Once the tepals senesce, the ornamental value of the flower is lost. Some cultivars have attractive purple ovaries and fruits which greatly enhance the ornamental value of Asiatic hybrid lilies. However, little is known about the molecular mechanisms of anthocyanin biosynthesis in Asiatic hybrid lily ovaries. To investigate the transcriptional network that gov...

Based on a recent hypothesis, "Five same genomes of endosperm are essential for its development in Lilium", it is expected that allotriploid lily (OTO) can be hybridized with diploid Oriental lily (OO) for introgression breeding in Lilium L.. To test the hypothesis, OTO lilies, 'Belladonna', 'Candy Club' and 'Travatore', were used as the maternal parents and crossed with two diploid OO cultivar...

A new compound, Surflan (Surflan), for mitotic polyploidization in vitro in lily was tested and compared with the original compound ‘oryzalin’. Surflan was effective for mitotic polyploidization of lilies. The optimal concentration of Surflan was 0.0075% for in vitro chromosome doubling. A low concentration (0.0025%) was still effective to produce polyploid plants, however, a high concentration...

Lilies are considered nephrotoxic only to domestic cats, which belong to the family Felidae of the suborder Feliformia. However, a 7-month-old female meerkat, belonging to the family Herpestidae of the suborder Feliformia, presented with oliguria, seizure, tachypnea, self-biting, and nystagmus after it ingested lilies. The meerkat died approximately 40 hr after lily ingestion. Gross and histopa...

Height control of potted Lilium lancifolium (Tiger lily) and L. × aurelianense (Aurelian lily) plants would improve their marketability in the garden center and extend their market season. Bulbs (16-18 cm) were treated with Concise (uniconazole) or Piccolo (paclobutrazol). Bulbs were dipped for one minute in a 0, 2, 4, 8, or 16 mg/L Concise solution or for 15 minutes in a 0, 5, 10, 20, or 40 mg...