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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"cut flowers"”.
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A vágott virág tartósságát növelő eljárások hatásvizsgálata szegfű és rózsa esetén = The impact assessment of procedures, which increase the vase life of cut flowers, in the case of carnation and rose flowers
Alapvető célom volt a vágott virágok tartósságának növelése, ezen belül pedig: 1. Saját készítésű vágott virág tartósító oldatok összeállítása és hatásának összehasonlítása a kereskedelmi tartósítószerekével. 2. A különböző ideig, és eltérő hőmérsékleten elvégzett 1-MCP kezelés hatásának …
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DEHYDRATION AND MICROBIAL IMPACTS ON WATER UPTAKE AND POSTHARVEST QUALITY OF CUT LILY
… plays a vital role in postharvest physiology of cut flowers. There are several factors affecting water uptake of cut flowers, including aspiration into the xylem and bacterial occlusion. While numerous studies have focused on water balance with cut flowers, few of them have focused on cut Lilium. …
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Pre- and Postharvest Practices for Optimizing the Postharvest Quality of Cut Sunflower, Dahlia, and Delphinium
… was to identify practices by which specialty cut flower growers can extend the vase life of cut delphinium, sunflower, and dahlia. Experiments investigated the effects of nitrogen fertilization rate on delphinium 'Guardian Mix' and the effects of deficit irrigation on delphinium 'Guardian …
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Exposition des travailleurs aux résidus de pesticides sur les fleurs coupées et sur les produits horticoles
… florists to pesticide residues present on cut flowers was studied. A survey of florists reveals that, despite a fairly long work period, they do not protect themselves enough from contact with residues. The analysis of residues on cut flowers most sold in Belgium has shown that they are …
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Marketing Effects on Consumer Retention and Expenditures in Central Kentucky and North Central Tennessee Floral Industry
… mass-markets that are able to buy and sell fresh-cut flowers at low prices in bulk. Mass-markets offer little or no design or other services. Consumers find it convenient to order flowers online through wire services, paying large fees to order flowers. Order gatherers pose as local floral shops …
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Botanical Biopolitics: The Sociopolitical Lives of Flowers in Victorian Britain
… contemporary critical plant studies, I turn to flowers as the part of vegetal life most readily philosophised during the nineteenth century. Flowers during this period took on an absurd weight of meaning-making, used to symbolise emotion, store memories, speak of God, and teach lessons of moral …
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Genetic variation in tolerance of cold storage
Thesis (M.S.)--Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science. Dept. of Horticulture, 1956
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Sunflower, Helianthus annus L., Cut Flower Variety Trial
… as an ornamental potted plant and as a cut flower in the florist industry. The objectives of the present study were: 1. To evaluate diverse cultivars of sunflower for their performance under field and greenhouse conditions. 2. To explore the potential of sunflower in the local florist …
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Leydi’s world : a feminist commodity chain analysis of the cut-flower industry and its women workers in Cayambe, Ecuador
… The thesis finds that women’s experiences in the cut-flower industry are varied and nuanced, representing both positive, empowering aspects as well as negative, exploitative aspects. These experiences are raced, gendered, classed, and aged, very much shaped by hierarchies of power that echo the …
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Biophilia and Wellbeing: A multi-method study on indoor plants, mental health, and prosocial behaviour
… indoor plants over artificial alternatives or cut flowers. This dissertation elucidates the unique benefits of indoor plants compared to views of outdoor nature. Scattering indoor plants brings nature indoors and may enhance nature connection through three-dimensional interaction. Furthermore, …
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Using Plant Growth Regulators to Improve the Quality of Containerized Herbaceous Peony
… both in gardens and the landscape as well as for cut flowers. Peonies require a chilling period to break dormancy but not for flower bud differentiation. For all studies discussed in this dissertation, two peony cultivars, Sarah Bernhardt and Inspecteur Lavergne, small (3–5 eye) crowns from …