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Horticulturae, Volume 5, Issue 3

September 2019 - 18 articles

Cover Story: A long flowering period, extending from early spring through late fall, and an appealing flower display make Nerium oleander L. (oleander) a valuable ornamental plant and one of the best shrubs for landscaping and xero-gardening projects in semiarid environments. View this paper
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Articles (18)

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
7,352 Views
10 Pages

Improved Propagation and Growing Techniques for Oleander Nursery Production

  • Leo Sabatino,
  • Fabio D’Anna and
  • Giovanni Iapichino

In the first trial, we examined rooting of stem cuttings in relation to number of nodes and indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) treatment in several Nerium oleander clones grown in Sicily. In a second trial, we tested the effect of different forcing dates an...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,118 Views
11 Pages

Little is known about factors affecting anthocyanin biosynthesis in red-fleshed apples (Malus × domestica Borkh.). The objective was to establish the effects of orchard management factors on flesh anthocyanin content of dark-colored (DC) and light-co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,405 Views
13 Pages

Sweet potato cultivars obtained from different nursery farmers were cultivated in an experimental field from seedling-stage to harvest, and the acetylene reduction activity (ARA) of different parts of the plant as well as the nifH genes associated wi...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
7,913 Views
9 Pages

Punicalagin Content and Antifungal Activity of Different Pomegranate (Punica ganatum L.) Genotypes

  • Domenico Rongai,
  • Patrizio Pulcini,
  • Giovanni Di Lernia,
  • Paolo Nota,
  • Pjerin Preka and
  • Filomena Milano

This study investigated the antifungal activity of a number of pomegranate genotypes. Since the main compound of pomegranate extract is punicalagin, an important substance involved in antifungal and antimicrobial activity, we analyzed the contents of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,690 Views
10 Pages

Effect of LED Lighting and Gibberellic Acid Supplementation on Potted Ornamentals

  • Taylor Mills-Ibibofori,
  • Bruce L. Dunn,
  • Niels Maness and
  • Mark Payton

Use of light emitting diode (LED) technology is beginning to replace traditional lighting in greenhouses. This research focused on the effects of LED lighting and gibberellic acid supplementation on growth and flowering of Dahlia spp. ‘Karma Se...

  • Article
  • Open Access
50 Citations
11,185 Views
11 Pages

Lettuce is a cool season vegetable often produced in greenhouses and other protective structures to meet market demands. Greenhouses are being increasingly adopted in warm climate zones where excessive heat often leads to physiological disorders of l...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,303 Views
12 Pages

This study examined how abscisic acid (ABA) and calcium (Ca) concentrations in nutrient solution affect concentrations of mineral nutrients in tomato leaves and fruit. Tomato plants were grown in a greenhouse at 25/20 °C (day/night) under a 16 h phot...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,045 Views
11 Pages

Matrix-assisted laser-desorption and ionization time-of-flight mass spectroscopy (MALDI-TOF MS) is a flexible technique for the analysis of protein-containing biological samples. Simple and inexpensive methods have previously been developed for MALDI...

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Horticulturae - ISSN 2311-7524