lisiantus is introduced among the 10 top cutting flowers in the world. micropropagation can be used in this plant because of some problems in traditional propagation. in this research, the effects of the growth regulators on the in vitro shoot regeneration and rooting of the shoots obtained from nodal explants were investigated. the effects of the different concentrations of bap and kin on shoo...

Measuring plant characteristics via image analysis has the potential to increase the objectivity of phenotypic evaluations, provides data amenable to quantitative analysis, and is compatible with databases that aim to combine phenotypic and genotypic data. We describe a new tool, which is implemented in the Tomato Analyzer (TA) software application, called Color Test (TACT). This tool allows fo...

Early seedling growth rate can be used to estimate seed vigor for small-seeded vegetable and flower seeds. However, hand measurement of small seedlings is tedious and difficult to reproduce among analysts. Computer-aided analysis digital images of seedlings should improve accuracy and reproducibility. A flat-bed scanner fitted with base and top lighting provided high resolution images of even s...

Ornamental horticulture is a very important economic aspect of horticulture and plays a fundamental part in the way humans interact with and modify the environment. Floriculture is in turn a dominant sector of ornamental horticulture. Now, thousands of varieties of cut-flowers, pot plants, hanging plants, bedding plants, shrubs, lawn and turf, ornamental tree and aquatic plants are available to...