scholarly journals The Other Side of the Story: Greenhouse and Nursery Producers’ Perceptions about Neonicotinoid Insecticides and Pollinator Friendly Labeling

EDIS ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Hayk Khachatryan ◽  
Xuan Wei ◽  
Alicia Rihn
Keyword(s):  
Policy Making ◽  
Ornamental Plants ◽  
Ornamental Plant ◽  
Target Audience ◽  
The Other ◽  
State Agency ◽  
Policy Intervention ◽  
Neonicotinoid Insecticides ◽  
Production Practices ◽  
The U.S

The purpose of this report is to summarize ornamental plant producers’ perceptions about neonicotinoid labeling and anticipated changes in production practices due to neonicotinoids labeling policy intervention. The target audience is industry, state agency, and public stakeholders involved in decisions and policy making related to the use of neonicotinoid insecticides in the U.S. ornamental plants industry.

scholarly journals Ornamental plants in Hungary Part II. Open-ground cultivation

2000 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Ornamental Plants ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
Ornamental Plant ◽  
The Other ◽  
Structure Development ◽  
Plant Cultivation ◽  
Open Ground ◽  
Nursery Production ◽  
Production Value ◽  
Research Centres

The main fields of open ground ornamental plant cultivation in Hungary are: Woody ornamental nursery products (trees, shrubs, conifers) (950 ha cultivation area and 4-6 million plants sold per years.; Rose bushes (around 140 ha and 2-4 million bushes per year); Perennial plants (20-30 ha and 3-4 million plants per year); Dried flowers (200-250 ha of land and a production value of 5-700.000 HUF per year). The paper is discussing in detail the structure, development and tendencies of ornamental nursery production (with figures in tabulated form) and later gives shorter assessments of the present state and perspectives of the other three fields. Finally, a list is given of the Hungarian professional associations and unions, education and research centres involved in ornamental plant growing and trade.  

scholarly journals Pest Management Practices in the US Ornamental Horticulture Industry: Use of Neonicotinoid and Non-Neonicotinoid Insecticides

EDIS ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hayk Khachatryan ◽  
Xuan Wei ◽  
Alicia Rihn
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Resource Economics ◽  
Ornamental Plant ◽  
Neonicotinoid Insecticides ◽  
The Us ◽  
Ornamental Horticulture ◽  
Current Production ◽  
Economics Department ◽  
Xuan Wei ◽  
Production Practices

This article summarizes ornamental plant producers’ current production practices with a specific emphasis on their use of neonicotinoid and non-neonicotinoid insecticides. Written by Hayk Khachatryan, Xuan Wei, and Alicia Rihn, and published by the UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department, July 2021.

Some Ornamental Plant species of Tarai region of Kumaun, Uttarakhand

2014 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-212
Author(s):  
Anjali Mathur ◽  
Hema Joshi
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Ornamental Plants ◽  
Ornamental Plant ◽  
The Other ◽  
Religion And Science ◽  
Number Of Plant Species

The present study was conducted in the central tarai region of Kumaun, Uttarakhand in the year 2008-2011.The study area located in Lalkuan, Kichha and Pantnagar. Sixty three ornamental plant species were found during study period which is also used as utilitarian. The number of plant species which was introduced from the other native places was 47. Ornamental plants play important roles in society, religion and science.

scholarly journals The effects of different factors on propagation by hardwood cuttings of some coniferous ornamental plants

2021 ◽  
Vol 145 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 467-477
Author(s):  
Deniz Güney ◽  
Ibrahim Turna ◽  
Fahrettin Atar ◽  
Ali Bayraktar
Keyword(s):  
Air Temperature ◽  
Cryptomeria Japonica ◽  
Callus Formation ◽  
Ornamental Plants ◽  
Ornamental Plant ◽  
The Other ◽  
Medium Temperature ◽  
Rooting Medium ◽  
Chamaecyparis Lawsoniana ◽  
Hardwood Cutting

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ‘Ellwoodii’, Cryptomeria japonica ‘Elegans’ and x Cupressocyparis leylandii have great importance in terms of usage areas as ornamental plant. The overcoming the problem, that may be encountered in generative propagation of these taxa, using vegetative propagation method are very important for producers dealing with park and garden works. It was investigated that the effects of different greenhouse medium, rooting medium and phytohormones on propagation by hardwood cutting of studied taxa. In this study, three greenhouse medium (Greenhouse-1, 2 and 3 medium), two rooting medium (perlite and peat) and four phytohormones (IBA 1000, IBA 5000, NAA 1000 and NAA 5000 ppm) were selected. The first root and callus formation dates, rooting percentage, callus percentage, root length and the number of roots were determined. The results showed that the highest rooting percentages for C. lawsoniana ‘Ellwoodii’ were obtained as 100% in peat rooting medium (IBA 1000 ppm) at Greenhouse-2 medium and Greenhouse-3 medium and perlite rooting medium (control) at Greenhouse-3 medium. On the other hand, the highest rooting percentages for C. japonica ‘Elegans’ were obtained as 100% in IBA 1000, IBA 5000 and NAA 1000 ppm treatments at Greenhouse-1 medium, while this value for x C. leylandii occurred in NAA 5000 ppm treatment (73.33%) at Greenhouse-2 medium, in perlite rooting medium for both. The conditions required for the best rooting in cutting propagation vary according to the species studied, and generally, auxin applications, rooting medium temperature 5 °C higher than air temperature and use of perlite rooting medium can be recommended.

scholarly journals Curriculum Development and Training on Flowers and Ornamental Plant Production Practices in Rural Senegal with Winrock International and the USAID Farmer-to-farmer Program

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-24
Author(s):  
John L. Griffis
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Ornamental Plants ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Ornamental Plant ◽  
Plant Production ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
Public Parks ◽  
Production Practices ◽  
Rural Training

In most highly developed countries, landscaping and ornamental plants are routine components of the urban environment. However, in many Third World countries, this is not the situation outside of the larger cities. Landscaping and ornamentals are associated with hotels, public parks, offices, government buildings, and wealth; they are not significant commodities in rural settings. However, as urban areas in these countries—such as Senegal—expand and modernize, there is an increased demand for ornamental plants. Senegal’s urban population has almost doubled during the past five decades, increasing from 23% in 1960 to 43% in 2013. New jobs and sources of income are available for individuals who are properly trained in ornamental plant production and maintenance. Senegal has several rural training centers where some courses in agronomy and vegetable production are taught, but ornamental plant production is not included in the curriculum. This U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Farmer-to-Farmer project was conducted at one of those rural training centers at Djilor to introduce ornamental horticulture into the curriculum and to make students aware of ornamental plant production practices and the opportunities available to them if they become involved in a horticulture business.

scholarly journals U.S. States’ fiscal constraints and effects on budget policies

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-113
Author(s):  
Mario Iannella
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
The Other ◽  
Institutional Framework ◽  
Major Category ◽  
Fiscal Constraints ◽  
General Part ◽  
The U.S ◽  
The Way

Abstract The article looks at fiscal constraints adopted by the U.S. States. It questions the ability of those rules to determine sound budgetary policies. To assess this point it analyses, in the general part, the major kind of constraints so far adopted. Of each major category the focus is upon institutional weaknesses that create the room for the adoption of circumventing practices. The following section focuses instead on three case studies, to show examples of the way in which the constraints influenced policy-making without mining the ability of government to adopt unbalanced budgetary policies. The weaknesses are combined with the adoption of a deferential approach by the Courts that generally legitimized the accounting devices adopted by the States. The outcome is a system in which budget policies are influenced by several factors that go beyond the institutional framework. On the other side, legal boundaries create distortions and unwanted effects in policies implemented by the States.

Life Beyond 1MeV

1980 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 30-33
Author(s):  
K.H. Westmacott
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Past Experience ◽  
The Other ◽  
Good Case ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The U.S

Life beyond 1MeV – like life after 40 – is not too different unless one takes advantage of past experience and is receptive to new opportunities. At first glance, the returns on performing electron microscopy at voltages greater than 1MeV diminish rather rapidly as the curves which describe the well-known advantages of HVEM often tend towards saturation. However, in a country with a significant HVEM capability, a good case can be made for investing in instruments with a range of maximum accelerating voltages. In this regard, the 1.5MeV KRATOS HVEM being installed in Berkeley will complement the other 650KeV, 1MeV, and 1.2MeV instruments currently operating in the U.S. One other consideration suggests that 1.5MeV is an optimum voltage machine – Its additional advantages may be purchased for not much more than a 1MeV instrument. On the other hand, the 3MeV HVEM's which seem to be operated at 2MeV maximum, are much more expensive.

scholarly journals Campaign Finance Regulations and Public Policy

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
MARTIN GILENS ◽  
SHAWN PATTERSON ◽  
PAVIELLE HAINES
Keyword(s):  
Government Policy ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Campaign Finance ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Synthetic Control ◽  
Synthetic Control Method ◽  
Citizens United ◽  
Independent Expenditures ◽  
American Elections ◽  
The U.S

Abstract Despite a century of efforts to constrain money in American elections, there is little consensus on whether campaign finance regulations make any appreciable difference. Here we take advantage of a change in the campaign finance regulations of half of the U.S. states mandated by the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision. This exogenously imposed change in the regulation of independent expenditures provides an advance over the identification strategies used in most previous studies. Using a generalized synthetic control method, we find that after Citizens United, states that had previously banned independent corporate expenditures (and thus were “treated” by the decision) adopted more “corporate-friendly” policies on issues with broad effects on corporations’ welfare; we find no evidence of shifts on policies with little or no effect on corporate welfare. We conclude that even relatively narrow changes in campaign finance regulations can have a substantively meaningful influence on government policy making.

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