Choose your favorite variety in the Readers’ Choice Best of the Rest category. Voting open from June 11 to 17.

Industry members are invited to attend a July 28 meeting to discuss horticultural lighting standards for light-emitting diodes (LEDs), facilitated by Michigan State University (MSU). The two-hour roundtable discussion will take place during the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) annual meeting in Orlando, Fla.

This is the first article in a two-part series featuring research from Purdue University that focuses on energy-efficient production of cold-tolerant bedding plants.

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

Specialty agriculture has an enormous role to play in improving pollinator health. Here is what growers can expect to see from government agencies and industry associations.

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 2014 Seeley Summit, “Water: Horticulture’s Next Game Changer,” will highlight strategies to address water scarcity in your business, and provide opportunities to learn and develop a multi-faceted approach to tackling this issue.

Two new salvia varieties are now available exclusively to growers from the Southern Living Plant Collection and Sunset Western Garden Collection.

A retractable roof greenhouse enables Lucas Greenhouses to start and finish part of its spring crop earlier and provides a superior production environment into the fall.

The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistical Service (NASS) recently released the results of the 2012 Census of Agriculture, the first to capture the fallout of the Great Recession. While some sectors of agriculture are showing recovery, the horticulture industry is not nearly as fortunate.

In line with a growing trend among forward-thinking greenhouse farm operators, Clean Fresh Food of Wisconsin installed energy-efficient greenhouse lighting to achieve healthy, year-round crop growth.

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.

This is the second article of the four article series highlighting the production and use of pine wood chips as aggregates in greenhouse substrates.