The present investigation on Effect of organic and inorganic sources nutrients flowering hybrid gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii B.) cv. Shimmer in open field condition was conducted at Biotechnology cum Tissue Culture Centre, OUAT Bhubaneswar during 2015-16 2016-17. aim the study to find out suitable for cut flower production condition. There were eight treatment combinations consisting 100% recomme...

gerbera cut flowers is one of the important and popular cut flowers in the world that regardless of increasing production of this plant in iran, the duration of its life is short due to rapid wilting petals and bending neck of flower. to increase vase life of gerbera cut flowers cv. ‘alain ducasse’, the essences of eucalyptus and rosa damascena, the combination of these two essences at a concen...

Chalcone synthase (CHS) is a key enzyme in the biosynthesis of flavonoids, which are important for the pigmentation of flowers and act as attractants to the pollinators. Genes encoding CHS constitute a multigene family in which the copy number varies among plant species and functional divergence appears to have occurred repeatedly. Plants of the Dendranthema genus have white, yellow, and pink f...

Reports of boron (B) deficiency have become more prevalent in pansy (Viola ×wittrockiana), petunia (Petunia ×hybrida), and gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii) plug production. When symptoms are observed in production the presence and severity of symptoms have no obvious pattern; symptomatic plants can be located adjacent to asymptomatic plants in the same plug flat. The availability of B in the soil de...

Drought is a key abiotic stress that confines agriculture development worldwide. Silicon (Si) commonly considered to be valuable element for resistance against drought and sustainable agriculture. To investigate the morpho-physiological biochemical characteristics of Gerbera jamesonii plants, pot experiment was conducted under greenhouse conditions exposed water (60% FC) well-watered (100% cond...