Record 181 to 190 of 670
26-02-2016
Shaky Celebration
Reporting on Valentines Day trading, Joy Knight of FLONZI notes that Christchurch florist trading was interrupted by an unwelcome 5.7 magnitude shake, bringing some stores to a standstill as malls closed and sent staff home
26-02-2016
Global Visionaries
The AIPH (International Association of Horticultural Producers) is moving to create a global vision for the Ornamentals industry
26-02-2016
NZ Brinkman Alliances
Farmlands NZ has moved to form a closer association with Netherlands based Royal Brinkman, specialists in covered cropping technologies
24-02-2016
New method for selecting plants with better photosynthesis
Scientists from Wageningen University and Research Centre in the Netherlands (Wageningen UR) have developed the first ever method for accurately and simultaneously measuring the photosynthesis of nearly 1,500 plants over the course of several weeks.
19-02-2016
Preserved Chinese roses last up to 5 years
A bunch of red roses is not a surprising gift for Valentine's Day, but Zhang Hao, travelling from his home in London to Thailand to see his girlfriend on 14 Feb, didn't have an average bunch of roses in mind.
19-02-2016
3D printed flowers provide insights on how orchids attract pollinators
By using 3D printing to make casts for realistic artificial flowers, researchers have discovered how a type of orchid deceives flies into pollinating it, by pretending to be a mushroom.
18-02-2016
Ethiopian flower industry flourishing
Ethiopia has exported more than 11 million flower stems in connection with Valentine’s Day, the Walta Information Center reported.
16-02-2016
Valentine’s Day 2016 record year for Colombian flower industry
This year’s Valentine’s Day marked another record year for the Colombian flower industry. Over 500 million flowers arrived in North America just to celebrate 14 February. This confirms Colombia being the second largest cut flower supplier in the world and the largest supplier of cut roses in the US.
12-02-2016
Colombian floriculture meets US Valentine’s rush
Around 500 million cut Colombian flowers have reached the US market by 9 February in order to meet with increased demand on Valentine’s Day.
10-02-2016
FYI: Israeli plant research could revolutionise hort
Researchers from Tel Aviv University have succeeded in isolating a gene whose surplus expression activates the asexual reproduction (apomixes) mechanism in plants.
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