GENERATING AND DELIVERING NOVELTY IN ORNAMENTAL CROPS THROUGH INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDISATION: SOME EXAMPLES

2009 ◽  
pp. 97-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.R. Morgan ◽  
G.K. Burge ◽  
G. Timmerman-Vaughan ◽  
J.E. Grant
Keyword(s):  
Interspecific Hybridisation ◽  
Ornamental Crops

Growth Response and Carbohydrate Status of Gibberellin-treated Spectral Filter-grown Chrysanthemum Plants

HortScience ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 522c-522
Author(s):  
Anuradha Tatineni ◽  
Sonja L. Maki ◽  
Nihal C. Rajapakse
Keyword(s):  
Plant Height ◽  
Growth Regulation ◽  
Red Light ◽  
Sucrose Phosphate Synthase ◽  
Spectral Filter ◽  
Spectral Filters ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Ornamental Crops ◽  
Carbohydrate Levels ◽  
Carbohydrate Status

Interest in the use of non- (or less) chemical methods to reduce the height of ornamental crops has increased tremendously. Manipulation of greenhouse light quality is one alternative for plant growth regulation. We have shown that eliminating far-red light from the greenhouse environment with liquid CuSO4 spectral filters is effective in reducing the height of a wide range of plants though plant carbohydrate status is also altered under CuSO4 filter. In previous studies, application of GA3 reversed both the reduction of plant height and carbohydrate status of CuSO4 spectral filter grown plants. It has been proposed that GAs enhance the activity of the enzyme sucrose phosphate synthase to regulate carbohydrate levels. In the present study the role of exogenously applied GA19, GA1, and GA3 in overcoming the reduction of plant height and carbohydrate levels was investigated. Chrysanthemum plants were treated weekly for 4 weeks with saturating doses of GA19, GA1 and GA3 (25 μg) or the growth retardants paclobutrazol and prohexadione. GA1 was also applied with paclobutrazol and prohexadione to assess whether response to GAs is altered under CuSO4 filter. GA1 and GA3 promoted growth similarly under control or CuSO4 filter. GA19 was least effective in promoting growth under CuSO4 filter. In summary, these results suggest that gibberellin physiology is altered under spectral filters with the conversion of GA19 a possible point of regulation. The correlation between the carbohydrate status and the growth of the plants will be discussed.

Observations on the ecology of hybridisation in the clubmosses (Lycopodiaceae)

1985 ◽  
Vol 86 ◽  
pp. 245-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Øllgaard
Keyword(s):  
Male Gamete ◽  
Interspecific Hybridisation ◽  
Parent Species ◽  
Spore Dispersal ◽  
Population Densities ◽  
Ecological Conditions ◽  
Highly Effective ◽  
Subterranean Habitat

SynopsisEcological conditions for intergametophytic mating and interspecific hybridisation in the clubmosses are discussed. Several features, including the number of recorded hybrids, records of gametophyte population densities, and conditions for movement of the male gamete in the soil, indicate that intergametophytic mating in Lycopodium is not especially impeded by the subterranean habitat, as has been commonly assumed. The evidence from one site indicates highly effective spore dispersal, and a greater ecological tolerance than expected for the species involved. Two cases are discussed in which hybrids have been formed between ecologically and/or taxonomically very different parent species, in the absence of one parent sporophyte, or with one of the parent species sporophyte poorly adapted to the hybrid habitat. The protected, relatively uniform, subterranean gametophyte habitat is thought to account for successful gametophyte growth and hybridisation between species of widely different sporophyte ecology.

scholarly journals GLOBAL STATUS OF PHYTOPLASMA ASSOCIATED DISEASES ON DIFFERENT ORNAMENTAL CROPS. A REVIEW OF RECENT RESEARCH

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shoeb Ahmad ◽  
Akil A. Khan
Keyword(s):  
Ornamental Plants ◽  
Important Group ◽  
Associated Diseases ◽  
Treatment Techniques ◽  
Global Status ◽  
Ornamental Crops

This paper reviews the global status of phytoplasma disease associated with different ornamental crops. This paper investigated phytoplasmas, an equally important group of pathogens that severely harm the growth and marketing properties of ornamental plants, lowering their commercial worth. In this paper, number of ornamental plants was found to be infected with 'Ca. Phytoplasma' species and treatment techniques were adapted using tetracycline insecticides for elimination and emission of phytoplasmas.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document