The 2020 California Spring Trials (CAST) may be cancelled as an in-person event, but several leading plant breeders are turning CAST into a virtual experience. Here’s what some of them are doing.
Ball’s partnership with Southeast Asian-based AGA Agro will boost the company’s marigold offerings, while Syngenta is enhancing its poinsettia portfolio.
The companies’ breakthrough high-quality genome sequence and assembly of I. walleriana should lead to more efficient breeding and identification of disease resistance markers for important industry solutions.
On Day 5 of the California Spring Trials, the Greenhouse Grower team hit the Southern California Trials and saw a multitude of new introductions and exciting programs.
Ball Horticultural Company has purchased the assets of Newflora LLC, which included the master license to sell an extensive line of garden and potted rose offerings throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Under the direction of co-chairs Paul B. Redman of Longwood Gardens and Anna Ball of Ball Horticultural Company, the “Seed Your Future” initiative is designed to combat declining awareness of horticulture while promoting it as a viable career choice.
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