Cut flowers.
Overview In most cultures, receiving a red rose would be an occasion to smile. Symbolic of love and passion, the rose is a flower of choice--compared, say, to the poppy, which is the staple funeral flower of England and the gift of which may signify that you...

'Flora Filipina' a huge success.
The Flora Filipina Garden Exhibit, the countryas biggest horticultural event ever, didnat disappoint plant specialists, collectors, hobbyists, landscapers, interior decorators, growers, traders and breeders. This grand affair, held at WOW Philippines Complex in Intramuros, Manila, was jointly sponsored by the Philippine Orchid Society and the Philippine Horticultural...

Green thumbs of Philippine floriculture.
Inside the snug Garden House Restaurant were wreaths of fragrant flowers, hanging pots, and daintily arranged centerpieces of Dutch roses. The setting and venue couldnt have been more suitable to launch the 8th Philippine Floriculture Congress and Exhibit amongst media friends from print and broadcast, hobbyists, entrepreneurs,...

Nissan, Renault ink MoU for plant in Tamil Nadu.
CHENNAI: Nissan Motor and Renault on Friday signed an MoU with Tamil Nadu government as part of their commitment to set up a state-of-the-art automotive facility on 678 acres at Oragadam, near Chennai. They have envisaged a higher investment of Rs 4,500 crore ($1,140 million) over seven...

Guj farmers get future-savvy.
Byline: RR Goswami AHMEDABAD: Majority of the farmers in Gujarat have favoured diversification to hi-tech vegetable cultivation, organic farming and cultivation of herbals and medicinal plants, which can be taken up under contract farming with a buyback arrangement. This has been revealed in the State...

Flowers bring little cheer for floriculturists in 2006 Flowers bring little cheer for floriculturists in 2006.
Byline: Arun Iyer BANGALORE: Ouch! That's the thorn and not the story of the rose. Faced with a sudden ramp-up in capacities amid signs of a global economic slowdown, Indian floriculturists are complaining that 2006 is all set to go down as a year of thorns! ...

Kitchie Benedicto-Paulino: Doing her share for Negros.
She sits on the directors chair, alright, but she is simply one of the boys, so to speak. Clad in denim pants and jacket and a Palos cap, Kitchie Benedicto Paulino directs the video and photo shoot for the forthcoming Lin-ay sang Negros with a firm hand...

Floriculture opportunities here and abroad.
Byline: Kavita Sriram Roses, chrysanthemums, carnations, marigold, jasmine, gerberaseI[logical not] flowers are in demand all year round both in domestic and foreign markets. Prayer, marriage, birth ceremony, expressing love, honoring someone, and even in death rituals flowers are used extensively. Delhi and Mumbai are major...

U.S. specialty crops at a crossroad: hi-tech or else?
Numerous U.S. specialty crops are facing growing domestic and global market pressures that threaten their long-term viability. For instance, Brazilian citrus growers can produce, process, and ship juice to Floridian markets cheaper than Florida growers under the current tariff system. For many growers, labor expenses represent 40 to 60...

Monitoring for exotic Spodoptera species (lepidoptera: noctuidae) in Florida.
The armyworm genus Spodoptera Guenee (Noctuidae: Amphipyrinae) contains 30 species that inhabit 6 continents (Pogue 2002). Species in temperate North America include several agricultural pests such as S. eridania (Stoll) (southern armyworm, Liburd et al. 2000), S. exigua (Hubner) (beet armyworm, Chen et al. 2008), S. frugiperda (J. E....