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Horticulturae, Volume 11, Issue 6

June 2025 - 151 articles

Cover Story: There is little tea (Camellia sinensis) production in the United States due to limited propagation knowledge. We tested time of year for collecting tea cuttings in western Washington, U.S.A., and the section of the shoot and the number of nodes per cutting for successful propagation using cv. Minto Pacific. Tea cuttings were collected from late September through early and were divided into top, middle and bottom sections. After 5 months, survival of was 86% to 97%, and was similar for all shoot sections in year 1 (94%), and was greatest for the top shoot section (93%) in year 2. The survival of one, two and three node cuttings was 100% in year 1 and 87% in year 2. Overall, plant growth was greatest for cuttings collected in early September through late October and for the shoot mid-section, and was similar for all node cuttings. View this paper
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Articles (151)

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,420 Views
15 Pages

Peanut and Pecan Nut Shell Extracts Reduced Disease Incidence and Severity Caused by Grey Mold in Postharvest Strawberries

  • Gisela M. Seimandi,
  • Laura N. Fernández,
  • Verónica E. Ruiz,
  • María A. Favaro and
  • Marcos G. Derita

Postharvest fungal infections, particularly by Botrytis cinerea, can cause up to 50% losses in fruits and vegetables, and the overuse of synthetic fungicides has led to resistant pathogen strains. We hypothesized that hexane (Hex) and methanolic (MeO...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,253 Views
17 Pages

In Vitro Plant Regeneration and Bioactive Metabolite Production of Endangered Medicinal Plant Atractylodes lancea (Thunb.) DC

  • Chengcai Zhang,
  • Xiaoyu Dai,
  • Qi Li,
  • Yang Ge,
  • Chuanzhi Kang,
  • Dehua Wu,
  • Jiahui Sun,
  • Yiheng Wang,
  • Zekun Zhang and
  • Sheng Wang

The rhizome of Atractylodes lancea (Thunb.) DC. is a traditional Chinese medicine used extensively owing to its antimicrobial properties. It is utilized to treat nyctalopia and problems related to the gastrointestinal tract. However, its yield is lim...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,255 Views
20 Pages

Design of and Experiment with Physical Perception Pineapple Targeted Flower Forcing-Spraying Control System

  • Sili Zhou,
  • Shuang Zheng,
  • Ye Dai,
  • Ganran Deng,
  • Guojie Li,
  • Zhende Cui,
  • Xilin Wang,
  • Ling Li,
  • Fengguang He and
  • Bin Yan
  • + 4 authors

Induction in pineapples requires the targeted delivery of specific chemical solutions into the plant’s central core to enable batch management, a task currently reliant on manual operation. This study addressed this challenge by analyzing the p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
872 Views
19 Pages

Genome-Wide Identification and Comprehensive Characterization of Luffa Sucrose Phosphate Synthase Gene Family and Revealing LaSPS3/4’s Role in Drought Resistance

  • Xiaocheng Tian,
  • Jianting Liu,
  • Guoliang He,
  • Fei Yan,
  • Hanyi Wang,
  • Liujing Huang,
  • Yeqiu Yin,
  • Shaolong Sun,
  • Chongjian Ma and
  • Guoping Wang
  • + 2 authors

Sucrose phosphate synthase (SPS) is a rate-limiting enzyme in plant sucrose biosynthesis. However, the SPS gene family in luffa remains unidentified, and its functional involvement in sugar metabolism is unexplored. Here, we present the first genome-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
794 Views
17 Pages

Amorphophallus konjac is an economically important horticultural crop, valued for its corms as both a traditional medicine and a food source. The auxin transcription factor (ARF) family plays pivotal roles in auxin signaling and the processes of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,362 Views
14 Pages

Characterization of the Glutamate Decarboxylase (GAD) Gene and Functional Analysis of DlGAD3 in the Accumulation of γ-Aminobutyric Acid in Longan (Dimocarpus longan Lour.) Pulp

  • Weilin Wei,
  • Tingting Zhang,
  • Yongping Chen,
  • Ziqi Zhou,
  • Wenbing Su,
  • Qizhi Xu,
  • Yaling Zhang,
  • Shaoquan Zheng,
  • Jimou Jiang and
  • Chaojun Deng

γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is a four-carbon non-protein amino acid, with many regulatory effects in humans. It aids in regulating blood glucose levels and pressure and is widely recognized for its ability to promote cognitive balance through th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,240 Views
21 Pages

Toona sinensis (A. Juss.) Roem, classified under the Toona genus of the Meliaceae family, is a fast-growing, woody species endemic to China, valued as both a vegetable crop and medicinal plant. Its seeds achieve rapid germination through a cascade of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,293 Views
23 Pages

The Sustainability of Rosa rugosa Thunb. Under Climate Change Conditions: A Study of Morphological Variability in Urban Areas

  • Jelena Čukanović,
  • Sara Đorđević,
  • Djurdja Petrov,
  • Mirjana Ocokoljić,
  • Radenka Kolarov,
  • Milana Čurčić and
  • Mirjana Ljubojević

Urban stressors intensified by climate change affect plants in terms of growth, vitality, and ornamental value. This study examines how different light availability (full sun, partial shade, and shade) affect the development, fruit morphology, and pl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,082 Views
16 Pages

Effect of Storage Conditions on the Quality Attributes of UV-C Light-Pretreated Plums (Prunus salicina cv. “Moscatel”)

  • Paola Hernández-Carranza,
  • María Nüzhet Trejo-Salauz,
  • Raúl Avila-Sosa Sánchez,
  • Diana Milena Torres-Cifuentes,
  • Carolina Ramírez-López,
  • Irving Israel Ruiz-López and
  • Carlos Enrique Ochoa-Velasco

Plums are one of the most important stone fruits worldwide. Surprisingly, the effect of UV-C light on improving their bioactive compounds and its effect during storage has not been explored. This research aimed to assess the effect of UV-C light on t...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
997 Views
12 Pages

UPLC-QTOF-ESI-MS/MS-Based Comparative Study of Phytochemicals in Sapindus mukorossi

  • Neil Patrick Uy,
  • Hak-Dong Lee,
  • Jajung Ku,
  • Kyung Choi and
  • Sanghyun Lee

This study examined the phytochemical compositions of ten Sapindus mukorossi samples from two regions in Korea: Suwon and Daegu. The Folin–Ciocalteu method was used to calculate the total polyphenol content (TPC). Among all extracts tested, lea...

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