February 2007 issue of the Cornell Flower Bulb Research Program Research Newsletter: In a joint project, financed by the Dutch Product Board for Horticulture, PPO and Cornell University investigated the role of temperature and drying out ...
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February 2007 issue of the Cornell Flower Bulb Research Program Research Newsletter: ‘Upper Leaf Necrosis” disorder is characterized by necrosed (dead) upper leaves and by leaf curling, distortion and/or leaf tip burn (Fig. 1). The disorder is ...
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August 2006 issue of the Cornell Flower Bulb Research Program Research Newsletter: Given the current trend of container gardening, and mixed containers, it comes as no surprise that consumers are more and more interested ...
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May 2006 issue of the Cornell Flower Bulb Research Program Research Newsletter: One trend in the industry is the development of bulbous products that are more ”consumer friendly”. Perhaps the first such product I saw was ...
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May 2006 issue of the Cornell Flower Bulb Research Program Research Newsletter: During summer 2005, an experiment was conducted at Cornell University’s Long Island Horticultural Research & Extension Center in Riverhead, NY with field-grown lilies. The objectives ...
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May 2006 issue of the Cornell Flower Bulb Research Program Research Newsletter: Lilies are very popular garden plants, and indeed are one of the most important plants in the traditional perennial border. Hybrid lilies have a ...
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February 2006 issue of the Cornell Flower Bulb Research Program Research Newsletter: In 2005 an ethylene sensor for the use in tulip storage rooms was introduced in the market. Until then measuring ethylene with a handy ...
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February 2006 issue of the Cornell Flower Bulb Research Program Research Newsletter: Many are familiar with the unusual problem of “spitting” in hyacinths. Spitting is a cultivar specific problem (mostly with blue cultivars), whereby the entire flower ...
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February 2006 issue of the Cornell Flower Bulb Research Program Research Newsletter: One of the ongoing issues for pot hyacinth growers in North America is “floppy stems”, where the heavy flower causes the stem to flop ...
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November 2005 issue of the Cornell Flower Bulb Research Program Research Newsletter: I see three new trends in container gardening and the evolution of container gardens will no doubt continue. The first new trend is the increased ...
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