The author has tested various Rhodochlamys species over 15 years in Finland and found that they were suitable for indoor and greenhouse culture, and also can be grown outdoors during the growing season. As in their natural habitats, these species are seasonal plants with flowering, fruiting, and dormant period; they flower easily every year. Grown as indoor potted plants, they normally go into ...

Orchids are ornamental plants with varied and beautiful flower colors much favored by the public. Orchid have a higher economic value when compared to other plants, both as cut flowers potted flowers. In process of growth, orchid disturbed, namely Fusarium wilt disease caused Genus which can produce toxin compound, fusaric acid is widely used in vitro selection plants. Plant resistance be forme...

Strawberries in tropical West Java are cultivated intensively potted soil but the substrate condition received less attention. The objective of this descriptive research was to evaluate chemical and macronutrient profile potted-soils for strawberry cultivation, determine beneficial microbes’ population root-free bulk rhizosphere potted-strawberry. samples collected from 12-months one-month-old ...

zinnia elegans, an annual flowering plant of the genus zinnia, is one of the best known zinnias. present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of different growing media on the growth and flowering of zinnia elegans. seven different growth media including coconut compost, silt, soil loam, leaf manure, (leaf manure + silt; 2:1), (coconut compost + soil loam; 1:1) and (leaf manure + soil loa...

Xylem hydraulic conductance varies in response to changes in sap solute content, and in particular of potassium (K(+)) ion concentration. This phenomenon, known as the 'ionic effect', is enhanced in embolized stems, where it can compensate for cavitation-induced loss of hydraulic conductance. Previous studies have shown that in well-watered laurel plants (Laurus nobilis L.), potassium concentra...

Computer vision systems that identify and localize instances of predefined 3-D models in images offer many potential benefits to industrial and other environments. In many of these areas, solid models of the parts to be recognized already exist, and redesign of the part geometry for vision tasks should be avoided. This paper describes BONSAI, which is a model-based 3-D object recognition system...

Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid is a destructive pathogen of cowpea that causes serious charcoal rot disease with significant yield losses. Antifungal activity of three indigenous Ascomycetes viz., Trichoderma harzianum, T. viride, and T. hamatum, and two Meliaceae members, i.e., Melia azedarach L. and Azadirachta indica L. were assessed against the pathogen. Laboratory screening trials wi...

Balamuthia mandrillaris amoebas are recognized as a causative agent of granulomatous amoebic encephalitis, a disease that is usually fatal. They were first recognized when isolated from the brain of a mandrill baboon that died in the San Diego Zoo Wild Life Animal Park. Subsequently, the amoebas have been found in a variety of animals, including humans (young and old, immunocompromised and immu...

Alterations in under-canopy resource availability associated with elevated ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Dougl.) abundance can negatively influence understory vegetation. Experimental evidence linking under-canopy resource availability and understory vegetation is scarce. Yet this information would be beneficial in developing management strategies to recover desired understory species. We tes...