Austropuccinia psidii , the causal agent of myrtle rust, has emerged as a significant threat to Myrtaceae in planted and natural woody ecosystems. The first detection A. puccinia South Africa was from severely infected ornamental Myrtus communis. This raised concern that M. communis sole species native Europe an important component vegetation Mediterranean regions, could be threatened by rust. ...

a pot experiment was carried out to determine the effect of foliage spraying of silicon (si) on growth and ornamental characteristics of calendula grown under salt stress and greenhouse conditions. a factorial experiment based on completely randomized design was conducted with 3 levels of si (0, 50 and 100 mg/l) and 3 levels of nacl (0, 100 and 200 mm) with 4 replications. at flowering stage, s...

Background Different yellow pigments can be responsible for the yellow colouration of flowers. This includes the wide-spread carotenoids, but also betalains, quinones, yellow flavonoids and anthochlore pigments (chalcones and aurones). Many popular ornamental plants do not produce yellow varieties or only ivory and pale yellow varieties despite of intensive conventional breeding efforts. World-...

Today, many applications are made to increase flower yield in order meet the high demand sector. However, chemical productivity both require costs and cause irreversible damages by disrupting physical balance of soil. For this reason, it is aimed reduce use fertilizers pesticides with various microorganisms called biofertilizers, which provide a more economical environmentally friendly fertiliz...