Rick Grazzini, Greenhouse Grower’s 2024 Industry Achievement Award winner, is responsible for some of the market’s most popular varieties.

The Duna ColorBlast portulaca collection will be organized by Plant Source International, Quality Cuttings Team, and Vivero International.

The Firefly Petunia, a bioluminescent plant from Light Bio, earned its spot in the “Outdoors” section of TIME’s “Best Inventions of 2024.”

American Floral Endowment’s next Grow Pro webinar covers the benefits and applications of tissue culture programs in greenhouse operations.

This year, there were nine roses that were recognized as award winners by the AGRS national testing program.

BioWorks adds Ron Ostrander as Director of Horticulture Sales and Distributor Relations, IPG adds Lisa Hilgenberg as Plant Trial Manager, and Kientzler adds Nathan Sell as Commercial Director.

Scientists at the University of Florida IFAS hope the genome will lead to plant breeders developing sterile lantana varieties.

To align with its mission, the AFE has revealed its slate of funding for new and continuing 2024-2025 research projects.

AmericanHort is actively assisting affected plant breeders, distributors, growers, and retailers as the genetically modified petunia regulatory response […]

Now that the initial shock of genetically engineered petunias is wearing off, breeders continue testing for tainted stock and look toward the future. On the consumer side, uncertainties remain.  

On May 2, 2017, USDA-APHIS was informed that an orange petunia variety was potentially genetically engineered and had been imported and moved interstate without required authorization by APHIS. This led to testing of numerous petunia varieties, which confirmed this particular variety and several others are genetically engineered, and meet the regulatory definition of a regulated article under APHIS regulations. APHIS continues to work with the industry to ensure unauthorized GE petunias are not distributed in the United States.

AmericanHort’s key role interfacing with the USDA on the recall of genetically modified petunias has helped the horticulture industry rapidly address the problem. Senior Vice President Craig Regelbrugge talks about recent updates, the impact on the industry, and where it goes from here.