scholarly journals THE GEOPHYTE, TM - A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR BULBOUS, TUBEROUS, AND HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL PLANTS

HortScience ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 484a-484
Author(s):  
A. A De Hertogh ◽  
C. Noone ◽  
A. Lutman
Keyword(s):  
Information Access ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Cut Flowers ◽  
Production Methods ◽  
Potted Plants ◽  
Species Origin ◽  
Commercial Cultivars ◽  
General Aspects ◽  
Herbaceous Perennial ◽  
Botanical Classification

Much information has been accumulated on various aspects of ornamental geophytes. This knowledge has been published in research articles and bulletins, books, extension publications, etc. Thus, it is scattered and not easily accessible. The Geophyte TM software program was developed to aid in information access and transfer. It has been designed for IBM compatible systems. There are 7 major parts in each database. They are: 1- General Aspects (species origin, botanical classification, common names, etc), 2- Flowering Requirements, 3- Production Information (production countries and acreage, major commercial cultivars, production methods, etc.), 4- Gardening Information (soil types, light, planting info, cultivar performance data, etc.), 5- Forcing Information (commercial cut flowers, potted plants, homeowner forcing), 6- References, and 7- In-House Information, a slot allowing the user to insert specific information on the genera provided.

scholarly journals Exogenous 5-azaCitidine accelerates flowering and external GA3 increases ornamental value in Iranian Anemone accessions

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vahideh Yari ◽  
Zeynab Roein ◽  
Atefeh Sabouri
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Flower Longevity ◽  
Cut Flowers ◽  
Stem Height ◽  
Flowering Stage ◽  
Potted Plants ◽  
Dormancy Period ◽  
Treatment Conditions ◽  
Number Of Leaves ◽  
Pre Treatment

AbstractThe Anemone genus is a tuberous geophyte which undergoes a dormancy period during unfavorable environmental conditions for growth. Five species of the Anemone genus naturally grow in several regions of Iran. The diverse uses of Anemone in gardens for landscaping, cut flowers, and potted plants indicate its high ornamental potential. Its dormancy and flowering are influenced by various factors. The present paper was conducted to explore the flowering behavior of Anemone accessions in response to different pre-treatments. For this purpose, tubers of 18 Anemone accessions (A. coronaria and A. biflora) were collected from natural regions of six provinces in Iran. These tubers were subjected to different conditions of non-chilling (20 °C, 90 days), chilling (4 °C, 90 days), GA3 (150 mgL-1; 24 h), and 5-azaCitidine (5-azaC; 40 µM; 24 h) prior to the cultivation. Most of the accessions were able to enter the flowering stage without chilling. The shortest period for the sprouting of tubers (16.89 ± 7.83 days) belonged to 5-azaC pre-treatment. In addition, this treatment accelerated the flowering time (about 30 days earlier) and diameter of the stem, bud, and flower. Morphological characteristics, such as stem height, number of leaves, bud, and petal and the longevity of flowers on the plant were significantly affected by GA3 pre-treatment. Our results indicated a positive correlation between flower length, stem height, and stem diameter with flower longevity under different pre-treatment conditions. The present study demonstrated that accessions Anm3, Anm12, and Anm18 had ornamental values higher than the population mean across four conditions.

scholarly journals Access to patient oriented information—a baseline Endo-ERN survey among patients with rare endocrine disorders

Endocrine ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 542-548
Author(s):  
Violeta Iotova ◽  
Camilla Schalin-Jäntti ◽  
Petra Bruegmann ◽  
Manuela Broesamle ◽  
Johan De Graaf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Information Access ◽  
Baseline Survey ◽  
Endocrine Disorders ◽  
Age Difference ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Advocacy Groups ◽  
Educational Materials ◽  
Reference Centre ◽  
Patient Advocacy Groups

Abstract Aim To perform a baseline survey on condition-specific information access among patients/parents/caregivers with rare endocrine disorders (RD) in Europe. Methods Electronic invitation to participate in a survey (19 questions) was sent to 120 patient advocacy groups (PAGs), and further distributed to 32 European countries. Results A total of 1138 respondents from 22 countries (74% women), aged between 1 year (parents) and 70 years, participated. The Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy and France had highest participation rates. All Main Thematic Groups (MTGs) were represented; the adrenal (32%), pituitary (26%) and thyroid (22%) were the most common. The majority of the respondents got information from their endocrinologist (75%), PAGs (37%) and expert reference centre (22%); 95% received information in their mother tongue. Leaflets (70%), infographics (65%), webinars (60%) and Internet films (55%) were preferred ways of learning. Respondents relied mostly on materials by PAGs and alliances (79%), rather than from specific international RD sites (15%). Fifty-six percent used Facebook, and 37% other social media, with a significant age difference (<40/>40 years) among non-users, 19% vs. 36%, p < 0.0001. Of all, 685 answered questions on informational materials for children−79% wanted materials that can be used by the children themselves. There was significant age difference (<40 years/>40 years) in the willingness to help create new educational materials; 49% vs. 34%, p < 0.001. Conclusions Our current patient information access survey provides a sound basis for further planning and execution of educational and teaching activities by Endo-ERN.

scholarly journals Aspects of nanomaterials for civil and military applications. Part 1. Origins, characteristics and fabrication methods

2020 ◽  
pp. 5-16
Author(s):  
Zenon Foltynowicz ◽  
Bogdan Czajka ◽  
Andrzej Maranda ◽  
Leszek Wachowski
Keyword(s):  
Production Methods ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Nano Scale ◽  
Military Applications ◽  
Highly Dispersed ◽  
General Aspects

The study presents general aspects of highly dispersed nano scale materials including their origins, structure, classification, properties and production methods. In the last two decades, the unique properties and phenomena observed for those material has revolutionized the industry with a significant increase in research and the scope of practical applications of nanotechnology in every aspect of our lives.

Evaluation ofCurcumaas potted plants and cut flowers

2006 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Mark Roh ◽  
Roger Lawson ◽  
Jong Suk Lee ◽  
Jeung Keun Suh ◽  
A. Richard Criley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cut Flowers ◽  
Potted Plants

PERSONALIZING THE SOURCE SELECTION AND THE RESULT MERGING PROCESS

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (02) ◽  
pp. 331-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
SAMIR KECHID ◽  
HABIBA DRIAS
Keyword(s):  
Information Retrieval ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Retrieval System ◽  
Information Source ◽  
Information Access ◽  
Information Retrieval System ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Distributed Environment ◽  
Source Selection ◽  
User Query

The World Wide Web knows an incessant and very fast development. Currently, finding useful information on the Web is a time consuming process. In this paper, we present PIRS a personalized Information Retrieval System in a distributed environment. Most prior research in distributed information access focused on selecting and merging information that has the most relevant content according to the query but ignored the user's specific needs. The underlying idea is that different users have different backgrounds, goals and interests when seeking information and thus, the same query may cover different specific information needs according to who emitted it. However, with the ever expanding Web, users are faced with a huge number of information resources. Consequently, such query-based information access strategies lead to inaccurate query results. PIRS extends the state of the art in a Web-based information retrieval system in distributed environment. First, it develops models for representing both user and information source using feature based profiles. Second, PIRS expands a user query according to his profile. Third, it develops algorithms for source selection and results merging that personalize the computation of the relevance score of a document in response to the user's query. PIRS has been experimented with several known information source. The experimental results obtained show the effectiveness of our approach.

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