As more new plants are released targeting disease and/or abiotic stress management, the hort industry will be tasked to explain the meaning of resistance and tolerance to consumers.
Excess nitrogen levels result in undesirable shoot growth and increased susceptibility to insect pests, affecting the growth and quality of many crops.
AmericanHort’s Horticultural Research Institute has launched a web-based series that will feature key findings designed to help greenhouse businesses grow.
Scholarships are a great way to foster and develop the next generation of industry leaders, and there have been a couple recent developments in this area.
Ralstonia solancearum, a federal quarantine pest, was recently confirmed in a single geranium variety in a greenhouse in Michigan. It is the first confirmed case in the U.S. since 2004.
The horticulture industry generates one third of both all specialty crop revenue, yet it receives only 12% of federal funds earmarked for specialty crops.
The Horticultural Research Institute has announced a wide range of research projects, from innovations in crop protection to emerging pest issues, that will be funded in 2019.
