Ingram McCall’s research while affiliated with North Carolina State University and other places

... Sunbright Supreme plants giving, more compact plants without any loss of their quality because diameter of their inflorescence was not affected. Besides, Ahmad et al. (2014) on potted sunflower, zinnia, impatiens, marigold and petunia, mentioned that PP-333 applied as drench or foliar spray at various concentrations reduced plant height and diameter, fresh and dry weights and total water use for all species. On containerized Arundina graminifolia orchid, Wanderley et al. (2014) declared that CCC at 2000, 4000 and 6000 ppm concentrations had no effect on the final height and No. shoots, whereas PP-333 at a concentration of 5 ppm was effective in controlling plant height and branching, but higher concentrations (10 and 20 ppm) were toxic to the plants. ...

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A TRIAL FOR PRODUCTION OF THE DWARF YELLOW SAGE (LANTANA CAMARA L. CV. FLAVA)

... It is important to research the postharvest care and handling of new crops throughout the horticultural distribution chain, especially vase life, for consumers to get high-quality and long-lasting products (Anderson 2006;Teixeira da Silva 2006). Various cut flower genera have been found to respond differently to types of holding mixtures and hydrating solutions (Clark et al. 2010;Dole et al. 2009;Hunter 2013). Different postharvest holding periods and temperatures can also have significant effects on vase life, as well as leaf and flower chlorosis in specialty cut flowers such as Daucus carota (Kargakou and Darras 2022). ...

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The Effect of Oasis® Floral Foam on the Postharvest Performance of Perennial Flax Cut Flowers

... The color of hydrangea sepals varies depending on the concentration of aluminum in the soil. In cultivating the hydrangea cultivar 'Hot Red', the pH of medium leachate that was not treated with AS was 4.7, but the pH of medium leachate treated with 3 g⋅L -1 of AS was reduced to 3.5, making the color change to blue (Landis et al., 2021a). ...

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Control of Sepal Color and Growth of ‘Pink Ari’, ‘Morning Star’, and ‘Green Ari’ Hydrangeas by Aluminum Sulfate Treatment

... which have blue sepals, as the aluminum concentration increased, the soil pH decreased and the sepal color turned deep blue (Landis et al., 2021b). Schreiber et al. (2011) surveyed the aluminum content according to the color of hydrangea sepals: 0-10 μg/g for red sepals, 1-40 μg/g for purple ones, and 40 μg/g or more for blue ones, suggesting that the critical aluminum content required to change red sepals to blue is about 40 μg/g. ...

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Control of Sepal Color and Growth of ‘Pink Ari’, ‘Morning Star’, and ‘Green Ari’ Hydrangeas by Aluminum Sulfate Treatment

... Plant tissue analysis has been extensively utilized to evaluate the nutritional status of a crop, determine essential nutrient sufficiency levels, and develop recommendations for fertilizer rates (Bryson & Mills, 2015;Cockson et al., 2019). Given the popularity of lettuce, other researchers have published the deficiency symptoms and the nutrient concentrations at which these deficiencies appear for several lettuce cultivars (Bryson & Mills, 2015;Henry et al., 2018;Veazie et al., 2022). Once these nutri-ent ranges have been established, it is up to individuals to correctly interpret the results. ...

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Developing supervised machine learning algorithms to classify lettuce foliar tissue samples into interpretation zones for 11 plant essential nutrients

... Prof. Blaauw (Alsheikhly, 2019), Dahlia × hybrida cvs. Hypnotica, Cherish Pink and Goldalia Scarlet (Henry et al., 2020), Hippeastrum cv. Red Lion (Inkham et al., 2022) and tuberose (Castañeda-Saucedo et al., 2023). ...

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EFFECT OF CHEMICAL FERTILIZATION AND FOLIAR SPRAYING WITH AMINO ACIDS MIXTURE ON FLOWERS QUALITY, BULBS AND BULBLETS PRODUCTIVITY OF HIPPEASTRUM VITTATUM PLANTS

... Notably, under treatment with 15 g of AS, the plant height was significantly reduced, to 14.6-20.1 cm, and the mortality ratio also increased significantly, to 20-75%. When 'Early Blue Rose' hydrangea was treated with 0-40 g of AS per pot with a diameter of 15cm, the plant height was reported to decrease significantly, from 27 cm to 16 cm, while the plant width was reduced from 40 cm to 26 cm (Landis et al., 2019). In addition, when hydrangea cultivars 'Curly Sparkle' and 'Hor Tivoli' were treated with AS, the dry weight of the plants was decreased by 29% and 51%, respectively, under treatment with 15 g of AS compared to control, and the size of inflorescence was also significantly reduced (Landis et al., 2021a, b). ...

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Control of Sepal Color and Growth of ‘Pink Ari’, ‘Morning Star’, and ‘Green Ari’ Hydrangeas by Aluminum Sulfate Treatment

... The economic concern for optimizing cannabinoid production relies on optimizing floral can limit nutrient uptake of many macronutrients (including nitrogen [N], phosphorus [P], potassium [K], calcium [Ca], sulfur [S], and magnesium [Mg]) due to aluminum (Al) and hydrogen (H) binding to the cation exchange sites (Malkanthi et al., 1995). Similarly, soilless substrate pH levels below 5.0 result in increased micronutrient availability that can lead to Fe and Mn toxicity (Whipker, Owen, et al., 2019). In the production of greenhouse crops, managing container substrate pH is a major nutritional challenge (Argo & Fisher, 2002). ...

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Impact of substrate pH and micronutrient fertility rates on Cannabis sativa

... ii Henry et al. (2018). iii Henry et al. (2019). iv Meng et al. (2020). ...

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A Data-driven Approach for Generating Leaf Tissue Nutrient Interpretation Ranges for Greenhouse Lettuce

... Chen et al. (2017) quantified plant growth response to N and P concentrations but did not report the corresponding tissue nutrient concentrations for all essential plant nutrients. Henry et al. (2019) found three coleus cultivars reached the greatest size with N concentrations of 75 to 300 mg�L −1 supplied by a 13 N-0.86P-10.8K fertilizer when applied at every irrigation, while 400 mg . ...

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