Terra Nova Nurseries introduces a brand-new genus, Mukgenia Nova ‘Flame,’ as part of its Sneak Peek variety introductions.

AmericanHort selected six students from across the country to serve as this year’s HortScholars. The competitive application process identifies some of the industry’s brightest young professionals and helps to launch their careers in horticulture by providing education and networking opportunities.

Svensson Executive Vice President, Anders Ludvigson, is on a mission to raise awareness about the need to produce food with less resources by making a film of commercial greenhouses that use his textile products to reduce energy or water consumption.

Hortilux Schréder (Hortilux) will be undertaking the warranty and service work for existing Philips Indal supplemental lighting systems […]

Find out why Futagrow, an ongoing project testing a new type of cultivation in the greenhouse, is nominated for a Greentech Innovation Award.

The Pollinator Partnership’s mission is to promote the health of pollinators, critical to food and ecosystems, through conservation, education, and research.

The HGTV HOME Plant Collection announced Country Raisin’s as a new annuals grower for 2014.

The United States is currently engulfed in one of the worst droughts in recent memory. Data shows more than 30 percent of the country experienced at least moderate drought. Drought Monitor, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the states with the highest levels of severe drought.

The Dümmen Group recently introduced Ignite Research, located in a re-purposed facility at the previous Fides-Oro greenhouse location in Santa Paula, Calif. Dümmen operates breeding trials throughout North America with a variety of growers, and Ignite Reasearch provides it with its own dedicated facility, allowing trials to be completed in California growing conditions.

USDA survey shows fewer bee colony losses in United States. The USDA also announces a fall summit on Bee Nutrition and Forage and launches the Bee Watch website.

Philips and Green Sense Farms usher in new era of indoor farming with LED “light recipes” that help optimize crop yield and quality.

ItSaul Plants’ Coreopsis ‘Electric Avenue’ will soon be promoted under a new name. Mayo Clinic, one of the premier hospital systems in the U.S., has chosen the variety as its ‘Mayo Clinic Flower of Hope.’

The 10th edition of the Flower Trials will be held June 10-13, 2014, and will feature 42 breeding companies — a record number, with Open Days in Holland and Germany.