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Bulk density, moisture holding capacity, pH, initial nutrient level, aeration or soluble salt characteristics were not consistently related to growth response in 6 commercial growing media. Growth of Tradescantia albiflora Kunth ‘Albovittata’, Hemigraphis alternata (Burm,f.) T. Anderson, Wedelia trilobata(L.) A. S. Hitchc, Peperomia obtusifolia (L.) Dietr., Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. ‘Better Boy’, and Hypoestes phyllostachya Bak. were highly variable among media.
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Optimum shoot development of Epiphyllum chrysocardium Alexand. stem cutting was obtained on a modified half-strength Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with 0.1 mg/liter benzylamino purine (BA). Best rooting occurred after subculturing excised shoots on half-strength MS supplemented with 0.01 mg/liter indolebutyric acid (IBA).
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Susceptible tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) cultivars in coastal Queensland may suffer substantial losses from bacterial wilt [Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith 1896) Smith 1914 biovar III] from late spring to autumn (3). Verticillium wilt (Verticillium dahliae Kleb. race 1) can be a major disease from autumn to early spring. A hybrid cultivar, Redlands Summertaste (1), recently was released and is resistant to bacterial wilt, verticillium wilt, and fusarium wilt [Fusarium oxysporum Schlecht, f.sp. lycopersici (Sacc.) Snyder & Hansen race 1 and 2]. However, although this cultivar has high yields (75 to 92 t·ha–1), the jointed fruit attachment and indeterminate growth habit limit returns to growers who have high labor costs. ‘Redlander’ was developed as an inbred cultivar to provide a locally adapted tomato in which resistances to bacterial, verticillium, and fusarium wilts are combined with good fruit quality, jointless pedicel, and determinate growth habit.