climate-controlled greenhouse at the G.C.Horn turf field laboratory at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Floratam St.Augustinegrass is being compared with a mix of ornamentals including canna, nandina, ligustrum and allamanda. Plant material is growing in 80-gallon plastic pots in an Arredondo fine sand. There are three fertilizer treatments (16-4-8 quick-release, 15-0-15 quick-release,...

ISHS II International Symposium on Tropical and Subtropical Ornamentals Propagation of an Indonesian native species Tetrastigma glabratum (Blume) Planch, a medicinal plant from Mount Prau, Central Java, Indonesia

The genus Allium L., Amaryllidaceae includes numerous economically important vegetables used primarily for their unique flavors. Most people recognize the main vegetable alliums, such as bulb onion and shallot (A. cepa), garlic (A. sativum), leek (A. ampeloprasum var. porrum), and chive (A. schoenoprasum). However, there are numerous cultivated vegetable alliums of more regional importance, inc...

MilStop fungicide was recently registered for the control of a number of leaf spot and blight diseases, as well as powdery mildew on numerous annual, herbaceous, and woody ornamentals. The active ingredient in MilStop is potassium bicarbonate. MilStop is reported to have curative activity against powdery mildew and is also labeled for the control of diseases caused by fungi such as Alternaria ,...

While consumers are interested in organic or biorational alternatives to synthetic fungicides for the control of diseases of ornamentals as well as vegetables and tree fruits in residential landscapes, relatively few field trials have been conducted to establish their performance against ornamentals diseases. Weekly applications of Armicarb® 100 (potassium bicarbonate) controlled powdery mildew...

DRESENT INTEREST in grow' ing ornamental plants has created a demand for information on the control of the insects, mites and other pests attacking them. Requests for this information come from home gardeners, florists, nurseries and contract applicators. Until recently very little attention was given the problem since there was no satisfactory way of estimating monetary losses of ornamentals d...

Sixty-nine herbaceous perennial ornamentals in 56 genera were evaluated for root galling after 2 months in soil infested with Meloidogyne hapla under greenhouse conditions. Plants were rated susceptible or resistant based on the number of galls present on the root system. Thirty-six percent had more than 100 galls on the roots (similar to 'Rutgers' tomato controls) and were rated susceptible. T...