A field survey was carried out to record plant species climbed by Ephedra alte in certain parts of Jordan during 2008-2010. Forty species of shrubs, ornamental, fruit, and forest trees belonging to 24 plant families suffered from the climbing habit of E. alte. Growth of host plants was adversely affected by E. alte growth that extended over their vegetation. In addition to its possible competit...

Plant tissue culture comprises a set of in vitro techniques, methods and strategies that are part of the group of technologies called plant biotechnology. Tissue culture has been exploited to create genetic variability from which crop plants can be improved, to improve the state of health of the planted material and to increase the number of desirable germplasms available to the plant breeder. ...

Flower color is one of the most important features of ornamental plants. Its development and regulation are influenced by many internal and external factors. Therefore, understanding the mechanism of color development and its regulation provides an important theoretical basis and premise for the cultivation and improvement of new color varieties of ornamental plants. This paper outlines the fun...

Oleander (Nerium oleander L.) is a popular woody ornamental plant, often used for decorating public areas, terraces and gardens. Many diseases may decrease in the value of these plantings. Between 2018 2020, plant pathogenic bacteria were examined, many samples infected plants collected from different sites Hungary. Two non-pigmented Serratia marcescens isolates identified by classical molecula...

The brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) is an invasive plant-feeding insect native to eastern Asia. This herbivore is highly polyphagous, feeding on and damaging diverse plants, including field crops, vegetables, tree fruits, and ornamentals. Woody ornamental plants provide early- and late-season resources for adults emerging from and returning to over...

thrips specimens were collected in the year 2014 on different ornamental plants from mahallat (markazi province), iran. in this study, 11 species in six genera and three different families of thysanoptera were collected and identified. the scientific names of thrips species are as follow: melanthrips knechteli, m. pallidior, frankliniella intonsa, f. occidentalis, microcephalothrips abdominalis...

Trunk injection is a targeted delivery of pesticides, insecticides, nutrients, or other plant protection materials into the stem trunk woody plants as an alternative to spraying soil drenching. has historically been used for disease and pest management high-value forest tree species ornamental when aerial applications are problematic due spatial problems health-related concerns. An interest in ...

a pot experiment was conducted in a completely randomized design, to study the effect of zinc sulphate (znso4) and ascorbic acid(as) foliar application application 20 and 40 ppm was compared to the control (distillated water) on flowering gazania (gazania rigens l. daybreak red stripe).results were analyzed by spss software and duncan test. results showed that znso4 and as had positive effect o...

pot marigold (calendula officinalis l.) is a medicinal and ornamental plant. the effect of different concentrations of chlormequat (cycocel), and daminozide, two plant growth retardant, on plant height, flowering, the content of essence and some other traits in pot marigold (calendula officinalis) was assessed. plant growth retardants are commonly applied to limit stem elongation and produce a ...