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Oral Session 6—Ornamental Plant Breeding Moderator: Daniel F. Warnock 18 July 2005, 4:00–6:00 p.m. Room 107
from March to June on long raceme inflorescences. It is an important ornamental plant, planted primarily in pots and hanging baskets, at the front of flower borders, and in rock gardens; it is also highly effective as groundcover. In Spain, Alyssum is
NASS, 2010 ). Products in this sector include flowering annuals (ornamental plants primarily used in outdoor landscapes) and selected food-producing plants such as vegetable transplants (e.g., tomato, pepper, and squash) and herbs (e.g., basil, parsley
quality, little information is available on effects of turfgrass fertilizer formulations on ornamental plants or the effects of ornamental fertilizer formulations on turfgrass. In a nutrient management study comparing St. Augustinegrass and a mixed
Lotus ( Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.), also called Asian lotus, is an aquatic herbaceous perennial plant. N. nucifera has an extremely long history in cultivation as a vegetable, medicinal, and ornamental plant in Eastern countries ( Wang and Zhang
color. The leaves are fleshy, alternately arranged, cylindrical, green, and do not have a superficial white powder coating. Potted sedum plants are used for ornamental purposes. The species is also used in landscaping rock gardens, roof gardens, and as a
ornamentals ( Boland and Hall, 1994 ). Gleason et al. (2009) listed over 30 genera of herbaceous perennials and Daughtrey et al. (1995) reported 10 genera of common flowering potted plants that are susceptible to S. sclerotiorum . Boland and Hall (1994
growth habit, ornamental plants traditionally have either been pruned or treated with growth regulators ( Cameron et al., 2004 ). Therefore, reclaimed water may play an important role for landscape irrigation where the supply of high-quality water is
japonica , Gardenia jasminoides , and Impatiens balsimina ( Bretschneider, 1898 ). A frustratingly slow, and far from methodical, introduction of plants from eastern Asia continued such that by the end of the 18th century, relatively few ornamentals were
light interception and, thus, indirectly affect photosynthetic capacity at the whole plant level. Crop morphology. Spectral manipulation could maximize biomass production; however, especially in ornamental production, compact plants with fine