Zimbabwe’s cut flower industry has declined over the past years. We determined national competitiveness of using Porter’s diamond model competitive advantage in 2018 a descriptive and exploratory design that made use qualitative quantitative research methods. Low numbers key players forced researchers to administer questionnaires only 20 respondents comprising growers, marketers, fl...

The respiration of cut flowers of gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii H. Bolus ex Hook.f. 'Vesuvio') and sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) increased exponentially with increasing storage temperature. Poststorage vase life and negatively gravitropic bending of the neck of the flowers were both strongly affected by simulated transport at higher temperatures. Vase life and stem bending after dry storage sho...