Ultraviolet (UV) is a component of solar radiation that can be divided into three types defined by waveband: UV-A (315–400 nm), UV-B (280–315 and UV-C (<280 nm). UV light influence the physiological responses plants. Wavelength, intensity, exposure have great impact on plant growth quality. Interaction between plants regulated photoreceptors such as Resistance Locus 8 (UVR8) enables acclimat...

There is a growing recognition that the present demographic patterns in sub-Saharan Africa, including Ghana, do not augur well for the achievement of sustainable development. Ghana is characterized by a youthful population, rapid population growth, uneven population distribution, high fertility, and rural-urban migration which has brought human numbers into collision with resources to sustain ...

Sustainability is a key challenge for humanity in the 21st century. Ecosystem services-the benefits that people derive from nature and natural capital-is a concept often used to help explain human reliance on nature and frame the decisions we make in terms of the ongoing value of nature to human wellbeing. Yet ecosystem service science has not always lived up to the promise of its potential. De...

Robbie Robertson is a development historian, currently Professor and Director of Development Studies at the University of the South Pacific. Sustainable economic growth requires both vertical and horizontal linkages. In Fiji these linkages have often been missing, with the result that the impact of even significant economic sectors has been more palliative than energising. Combined with politic...

Background: Schizophrenia is a devastating psychiatric disorder and its  Positive and negative symptoms have negative effects on social functions. A combination of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments is considered more effective for this condition. The present study aimed to determine the effect of a group horticulture program on psychiatric symptoms in patients with chronic...

ISHS XXXI International Horticultural Congress (IHC2022): Symposium on Urban Horticulture for Sustainable Food Security (UrbanFood2022) Benefit cost analysis of innovation packages to reduce the use synthetic pesticides: cases combined insect-proof nets with Neem and Carapa oil tomato protection

Ethics refers to moral considerations on a human level. It includes standards of what is considered inherently “right or wrong” in terms of rights, obligations, and benefits to individuals and to society. Furthermore, ethical considerations involve the precepts of specific virtues such as honesty and fairness, and impose obligations on conduct, including the obligation to avoid harm to others a...

1 Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States, 2 Department of Horticulture, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States, 3 U.S. Salinity Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Riverside, CA, United States, 4 Department of Seed, Crop and Horticultural Sciences, University of Eldoret...

EFFECTS OF CARBOHYDRATE SOURCE ON THE IN VITRO ASYMBIOTIC SEED GERMINATION OF THE TERRESTRIAL ORCHID HABENARIA MACROCERATITIS Scott L. Stewart a b & Michael E. Kane a a Plant Restoration, Conservation, and Propagation Biotechnology Program, Environmental Horticulture Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA b Horticulture and Agriculture Programs, Kankakee Community College,...

Horticulture is an important subsector of agriculture. The potential of horticultural crops has not yet been fully explored or exploited in Bangladesh. More than 90 vegetables and 60 fruits are grown in Bangladesh, with great regional variation in the extent of cultivation. The cultivated area given to fruits and vegetables is 0.52 million hectares, covering 3.7 percent of total cropped area. V...