2018–2019 Florida Citrus Production Guide: Citrus Black Spot by Megan M. Dewdney, Timothy S. Schubert, Mark R. Estes, Pamela D. Roberts, Natalia A. Peres

“…Black spot can affect all commercial citrus species and cultivars commonly grown in Florida. This 7-page fact sheet is part of the 2018–2019 Florida Citrus Production Guide. …”
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RESEARCHING ECOLOGICAL VARIABILITY OF AGRONOMIC TRAITS IN POTATO VARIETIES WHEN THEY ARE INTRODUCED INTO SEVERE ENVIRONMENTS OF THE ALTAI MOUNTAINS by T. A. Streltsova, A. A. Opleukhin, N. A. Okasheva

“…The trials were performed for 31 potato cultivars of various maturity groups. They made it possible to identify varieties most suitable for cultivation in the areas of testing, with high levels of productivity and stable manifestation of this trait under different weather conditions. …”
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Pollination of Citrus Hybrids by Stephen H. Futch, L.K. Jackson

“…Cross-pollination with compatible cultivars is necessary for adequate fertilization and seed production. …”
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Bacterial Blight of Ficus elastica Caused by Xanthomonas by E. Vanessa Campoverde, Aaron J. Palmateer

“…In the summer of 2010, leaf blight cases were reported on several Ficus elastica cultivars in Homestead nurseries. Symptoms somewhat resembled those caused by Xanthomonas campestris p.v. fici, but this pathogen has never been reported to occur on Ficus elastica. …”
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Citrus Fruit Pigments by Fariborz Habibi, Ali Sarkhosh, Jeongim Kim, Muhammad Shahid, Fred Gmitter, Jeffrey Brecht

“…The peel and flesh pigmentation of different citrus species and cultivars ranges from green, to yellow, orange, pink and red. …”
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Pollination of Citrus Hybrids by Stephen H. Futch, L.K. Jackson

“…Cross-pollination with compatible cultivars is necessary for adequate fertilization and seed production. …”
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Cultural Guidelines for Commercial Production of Interiorscape Hedera by Jianjun Chen, Dennis B. McConnell, Kelly C. Everitt

“… This article is intended to describe common species and cultivars grown in the foliage plant industry, provide guidelines for their culture and interior use, and list physiological problems that may be encountered during production and interiorscape use. …”
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Yellow Pitahaya (<i>Selenicereus megalanthus</i> Haw.): The Less Known of the Pitahayas by Daniel Valero, Alex Erazo-Lara, María Emma García-Pastor, Pedro Antonio Padilla-González, Vicente Agulló, Fátima Badiche El-Hiali, María Serrano

“…Most of the investigations on pitahaya were conducted with red cultivars, while the research on yellow pitahaya (<i>Selenicereus megalanthus</i> Haw.) is very scarce. …”
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Cultural Guidelines for Commercial Production of Interiorscape Hedera by Jianjun Chen, Dennis B. McConnell, Kelly C. Everitt

“… This article is intended to describe common species and cultivars grown in the foliage plant industry, provide guidelines for their culture and interior use, and list physiological problems that may be encountered during production and interiorscape use. …”
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Warm Climate Production Guidelines for Angelonia by Richard Schoellhorn, Erin Alvarez

“… Angelonia is a popular warm-season annual that has a renewed interest for growers and consumers due to the development of several new cultivars. It is excellent for use in the landscape and in large containers, and is becoming more popular for cut flower use. …”
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Bacterial Blight of Ficus elastica Caused by Xanthomonas by E. Vanessa Campoverde, Aaron J. Palmateer

“…In the summer of 2010, leaf blight cases were reported on several Ficus elastica cultivars in Homestead nurseries. Symptoms somewhat resembled those caused by Xanthomonas campestris p.v. fici, but this pathogen has never been reported to occur on Ficus elastica. …”
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Considerations for Selection and Use of Ornamental Grasses by Mack Thetford

“…The availability of a large number of species and cultivars makes these plants very versatile with many potential uses in the landscape. …”
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Warm Climate Production Guidelines for Angelonia by Richard Schoellhorn, Erin Alvarez

“… Angelonia is a popular warm-season annual that has a renewed interest for growers and consumers due to the development of several new cultivars. It is excellent for use in the landscape and in large containers, and is becoming more popular for cut flower use. …”
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Management of Nematodes and Soil Fertility with Sunn Hemp Cover Crop by Zane Joseph Grabau

“…It is popular as a green manure in many tropical and subtropical areas in the world, and is also valued because it suppresses weeds, slows soil erosion, and reduces root-knot nematode populations. Recently, as cultivars adapted for seed production in the southeastern United States have been introduced, there is a growing interest in rotating sunn hemp with agronomic crops in the southern United States and in using sunn hemp as a summer cover crop in Florida and other southeastern states. …”
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Techniques for Melon Grafting by Wenjing Guan, Xin Zhao

“…Cost, along with the desire to customize scion cultivars and the need to produce organic transplants, has led many small and organic growers to choose to graft plants by themselves. …”
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Considerations for Selection and Use of Ornamental Grasses by Mack Thetford

“…The availability of a large number of species and cultivars makes these plants very versatile with many potential uses in the landscape. …”
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Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Propagation by Jeff Wasielewski, Carlos F. Balerdi

“…Cloning fruit trees is important because it allows different cultivars to be preserved over time. This new 7-page publication of the UF/IFAS Horticultural Sciences Department explains both sexual and asexual propagation techniques, why they are used, and what type of propagation is best for which species of tropical fruit. …”
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The line Rico is the earliest maturing accession in the VIR collection of spring bread wheat by B. V. Rigin, E. V. Zuev, A. S. Andreeva, Z. S. Pyzhenkova, I. I. Matvienko

“…Rifor lines can compete in productivity with commercialized wheat cultivars.…”
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Quality Assessment of Young Sparkling Wines of Crimean Indigenous Grape Varieties by Igor P. Lutkov, Alexander S. Makarov, Natalia A. Shmigelskaya

“…However, indigenous Crimean cultivars could increase the output of high-quality original beverages if a proper technology was introduced. …”
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Effect of Combined Urea and Calcium Nitrate Application on Wheat Tiller Development, Nitrogen Use Efficiency, and Grain Yield by Chao Wang, Haixing Cui, Min Jin, Jiayu Wang, Chunhui Li, Yongli Luo, Yong Li, Zhenlin Wang

“…The effects of N source treatments on two wheat cultivars, the multi-spike Shannong 28 (SN28) and the large-spike Tainong 18 (TN18), were investigated. …”
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