Ornamental plants provide many benefits to humans, including those that affect emotional/mental health, physiological social interactions, and economic/financial conditions. However, research related consumers’ perceived value of ornamental has focused primarily on production methods were used produce plants, while intrinsic postpurchase not been addressed. There is potential for benefit inform...

Horticultural trade is recognized as an important vector in promoting the introduction and dispersal of harmful non-native plant species. Understanding horticulturists' perceptions of biotic invasions is therefore important for effective species risk management. We conducted a large-scale survey among horticulturists in Switzerland (N = 625) to reveal horticulturists' risk and benefit perceptio...

The plant Plumbago zeylanica is native in Southeast Asia and is growing in Africa, too. It is a branched evergreen shrub reaching up to 2 meters. Leaves are dark-green, ovate 30 cm long and 15 cm wide. The flowers are white in dense racemes, individuals around 1cm across, flowering all the year long. In Europe Plumbago capensis is cultivated as an ornamental shrub with blue flowers. It was feat...

Cupressus lusitanica Mill. (Family: Cupressaceae), commonly known as &Mexican cypress' or &Cedar-of-Goa', is an ornamental plant found extensively in Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, and also in other parts of North and South America (USDA-ARS-GRIN database, 1999). Plant material was collected from Costa Rica and supplied by Biotics Limited, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. A vou...

In recent years, the keeping of ornamental freshwater animals and plants in garden ponds has been growing in popularity. Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) is one of the preferred macrophytes seasonally imported mainly from South-eastern Asia throughout the world. This constitutes a secondary introduction inasmuch as the species is native to South America. Although many assemblages of aquati...

Plant image identification has become an interdisciplinary focus in both botanical taxonomy and computer vision. The first plant image dataset collected by mobile phone in natural scene is presented, which contains 10,000 images of 100 ornamental plant species in Beijing Forestry University campus. A 26-layer deep learning model consisting of 8 residual building blocks is designed for large-sca...

Chemical plant growth regulators (PGRs) are used in the production of ornamental potted and bedding plants. Growth control is needed for maximizing production per unit area, reducing transportation costs and to obtain a desired visual quality. However, the use of PGRs is associated with toxicity risks to humans and the environment. In many countries the availability of PGRs is restricted as few...

DNA barcoding relies on short and standardized gene regions to identify species. The agricultural and horticultural applications of barcoding such as for marketplace regulation and copyright protection remain poorly explored. This study examines the effectiveness of the standard plant barcode markers (matK and rbcL) for the identification of plant species in private and public nurseries in nort...

S: VOLUME I Structure, Metabolism, Development, Physiology and Genetics Part 1 Flower growth, development, patterning, senescence and death Page 1. Genetics of floral development and patterning. MP Running, USA ...................................................................................... 1-11 Flowers are valued both for their beauty and their economic importance, as flower parts form t...