Rose torture: severe heat in Texas yields better varieties for research
At least one person admits that the extreme heat in Texas this year was beneficial.
At least one person admits that the extreme heat in Texas this year was beneficial.
Plants & Animals
Dec 12, 2011
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The leaves and petals of roses are valued for their medicinal and aesthetic uses around the world. A new study identified specific phenolic compounds found in the petals of indigenous rose species and compared them with the ...
Plants & Animals
May 27, 2014
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Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Beltsville, Maryland and their colleagues have discovered why a mite is causing extensive damages to the nation's $250-million-a-year rose industry and why it's so hard to ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 9, 2019
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A tiny mite carried through the wind is threatening to take down the $400 million rose industry, and researchers from California to Pennsylvania are starting a five-year study to stop it.
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Oct 6, 2014
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It's late autumn, and most of the blossom-laden plants that colored summer are fading.
Plants & Animals
Nov 4, 2014
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