Most important breeding goals in ornamental crops are plant appearance and flower characteristics where selection is visually performed on direct offspring of crossings. We developed an image analysis toolbox for the acquisition of flower and petal images from cultivated carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) that was validated by a detailed analysis of flower and petal size and shape in 78 comme...

zThe coding sequence is compared for each pair of genes. Comparisons were done using the gap program of the Wisconsin GCG sequence analysis package. yCHS = chalcone synthase; CHI = chalcone isomerase; DFR = dihydroflavonol reductase. xFirst row for each plant pair presents the percent amino acid similarity. wSecond row for each plant pair presents the percent amino acid identity. vThird row for...

Abstract This study was carried out in the laboratory of Shangqiu Institute Technology, Henan to investigate effect a different combination inorganic salt on quality and physiological characteristics cut flowers (CFs) Perpetual Carnation. Furthermore, find best preservation solution that can enhance ornamental value CFs Carnation prolong its vase life. Sucrose, 8-hydroxyquinoline, paclobutrazol...

Carnation crop in Colombia is one of the main income generating activities Colombian floriculture. However, growth dynamics and its relationship with thermal time are unknown. For this reason, objective research was to determine development carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) cv. ‘Moon Light’ when grown a greenhouse Bogotá savanna. This developed based on phenological stages accumulation Growi...

Many pests cause serious economic losses in the carnation cultivation areas Turkey. Western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis Perg. (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) is harmful on by feeding both leaves and flowers listed as a quarantine pest some exporting countries. Due to invasions of western thrips chemical control measures are traditionally used phytosanitary measure for flower cut carnatio...

Carnation is an important traded crop in many countries. Postharvest senescence is a major limitation to the marketing of many species of cut flowers and considerable effort has been devoted to developing postharvest treatments to extend the marketing period. The split-plot experiment was executed based on two factors randomized complete block design with three replications to examine the effec...

In carnation, vase life is shortened due to ethylene and water stress, resulting in petal curling, browning, wilting symptoms. Preservative solutions are used prolong the of cut flowers world, natural substances with antimicrobial properties have been preferred as preservatives recent years. It thought that benefiting from plant wastes will be beneficial for both flower industry waste managemen...

Flowers are prized as objects of great beauty and diversity, and are commercially valuable (~US$4.5 billion in international trade yearly) and highly perishable. Biologically, flower petals have an important role in the lifecycle of plants, as they protect immature reproductive structures, then provide the attraction and accessibility needed for pollination to occur. Flower petal cell wall cons...

Genetically-modified, colour-altered varieties of the important cut-flower crop carnation have now been commercially available for nearly ten years. In this review we describe the manipulation of the anthocyanin biosynthesis pathway that has lead to the development of these varieties and how similar manipulations have been successfully applied to both pot plants and another cut-flower species, ...

Growth of petal cells is a basis for expansion and morphogenesis (outward bending) of petals during opening of carnation flowers (Dianthus caryophyllus L.). Petal growth progressed through elongation in the early stage, expansion with outward bending in the middle stage, and expansion of the whole area in the late stage of flower opening. In the present study, four cDNAs encoding xyloglucan end...