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CARNATIONS OF THE FUTURE
Article number
141_1
Pages
17 – 24
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Abstract
Breeders must base their estimates of future needs on present trends and present problems.
Major objectives are: to widen the range of colors and shapes of flowers, to reduce production costs, to improve yield distribution and raise yield levels sufficiently to make a one year cropping cycle a practical proposition, to reduce costs of disease control and disease prevention and to improve resistance to storage and transport.
Exploiting the variation within the genus Dianthus leads to a whole range of new types.
In combination with modern horticultural techniques, these are likely to fulfill many of the above objectives.
Major objectives are: to widen the range of colors and shapes of flowers, to reduce production costs, to improve yield distribution and raise yield levels sufficiently to make a one year cropping cycle a practical proposition, to reduce costs of disease control and disease prevention and to improve resistance to storage and transport.
Exploiting the variation within the genus Dianthus leads to a whole range of new types.
In combination with modern horticultural techniques, these are likely to fulfill many of the above objectives.
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Authors
L.D. Sparnaaij, J.F. Demmink
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