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Morel and their efforts to become a more sustainable company

"When ecology fits in with economy, it’s a win-win situation"

For over a century, Morel has been breeding cyclamen and sustainability has always been a subject high on their priority list. For over the last 30 years now, this French…

Taiwan Floriculture Development Association

Impact of COVID-19 on the Taiwanese floriculture industry

The local government of Taiwan is seeking ways to prop up Taiwan’s floriculture industry, which has been dealt a heavy blow by the COVID-19 pandemic. Taiwanese floriculture…

Grace Hanna, Westerlay Orchids on online sales:

US (CA): "This experience demonstrated how valuable a secondary sales channel can be"

Even though COVID-19 created, and maybe still creates, tough times for many companies, it also offered companies new insights and opportunities. California Orchid nursery…

Progeny Breeding celebrates 10th anniversary

The flower industry has a collection of unique and inspiring stories about how, through time, and along the whole supply chain, with passion and commitment, it has developed…

Considerations when automating your horticultural facility

In a constant search for achieving more efficient processes, automated environmental controls have proven to be key for horticultural facilities as they help…

September 15 – 18, 2020

International Floriculture Expo organizes online IFE Floral Connect

The International Floriculture Expo is one of the largest B2B floral events in North America and will be held virtually this year. Under the name IFE Floral…

Juan David Lecuona reflecting on the year so far

Colombia: 250+ Deliflor varieties blossom at Delishow 2020

Next week, Chrysanthemum Week will be held where several breeders in Colombia will showcase their varieties. One of the breeders participating is Deliflor, presenting more…

Special Energy

Ignasi Such

'Trees haven't seen water in over 40 days'

Egyptian farmers fear impact of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

At the moment, Egyptian horticultural growers are afraid that a dam Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile, the Nile's main tributary, could add to the severe…

Heliospectra

Heliospectra releases Half Year Report January-June 2020

Heliospectra presented its Half Year Report for January-June 2020. Net sales amounted to KSEK 19 874 (16 744) which means an increase of 19% compared to last year. Of the…

SNA’s Sidney B. Meadows Fund awards $18,000 in scholarships

The Sidney B. Meadows Scholarship Fund, created in 1989 by the Southern Nursery Association (SNA), has announced the names of twelve students from nine…

Goeff Hansen, MGGC:

"Continue to keep your employees and customers safe during these tough times"

"We have received word from the attorney representing us that the judge has denied our request for a Temporary Restraining Order", writes Goeff Hansen,…

Agronomy

Supplementary light source affects growth and development of carnation ‘Dreambyul’ cuttings

Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) is a major floricultural crop, cultivated widely for cut flowers. A study was conducted to determine the optimal supplementary light…
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Bloom in a Box

Ireland: Bloom in a Box flourishing on the back of patented flower gifting idea

‘A welcome twist on the age-old tradition of giving flowers’ is how Bloom in a Box founder Aveline O’Sullivan describes her business, which has flourished as people have tried…

APS

Development of a reverse genetic system for studying rose rosette virus in whole plants

Rose rosette virus (RRV) is a negative-sense RNA virus with a seven-segmented genome that is enclosed by a double membrane. Researchers constructed an unconventional…

Ray Austin welcomed to BioSafe Systems team

BioSafe Systems welcomes Ray Austin to the team, a soil treatment specialist based out of Florida. Ray comes with extensive experience as an agricultural…

HTA AGM 2020 Goes Virtual

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) will take place ‘virtually’ this year.  The online meeting will be conducted via webinar on 16 September 2020…

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Taiwan to send seeds to outer space

Taiwan is to send plant seeds to outer space for the first time in October to observe how the space environment affects their genetic makeup, the National Space Organization…

USDA restricts PACA violators in Florida, New York and Texas

As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the…

EU urges Boris Johnson to take ‘unique and highly attractive’ offer

Brexit uncertainties still loom over UK importers and exporters

As UK and European negotiators are meeting today for another round of Brexit trade talks, all stakeholders hope the two sides will reach a deal by October 31.…

Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden

China: World's oldest Alpine plants found in Hengduan Mountains

In a study published in the journal Science, researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences showed that the alpine flora of…

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