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The global flower and ornamental market has grown rapidly in recent years, with the market forecasted to exceed $75 billion by 2029. However, despite being in a position of strength, the sector faces a series of challenges, including the need to reduce its high production costs and environmental impact, whilst also mitigating the effects of climate change-induced weather on plant growth and flowering.
Advances in ornamental horticulture provides a useful overview of the current status of the sector and the practices which can be implemented to improve its sustainability and profitability. The book highlights recent advances in breeding techniques to optimise product quality, the economic and environmental contribution of ornamental crops, as well as the range of integrated management techniques used to prevent and/or control pest, disease and weed outbreaks.
This book builds on a successful earlier volume published by Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing: Achieving sustainable cultivation of ornamental plants (2020).
Dr Teresita D. Amore is an Associate Professor in the Department of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, USA. Her main research interests focus on breeding and genetics of orchids and anthurium, tissue culture and floral arts and she has published extensively in these areas. Dr Amore has participated in several projects, including the USDA-NIFA Hatch grant Varietal Improvement of Tropical Ornamentals with Focus on Anthuriums and Dendrobium Orchids for the Hawaii Floriculture Industry (2016-2021) in which she acted as principal investigator. Dr Amore has also previously served as a guest editor for a special issue of Horticulturae (Breeding, Genetics and Genomics of Ornamental Plants).
Part 1 Physiology and breeding
- 1.Advances in plant tissue culture techniques in ornamental crop cultivation: Margherita Beruto, formerly Regional Institute for Floriculture, Italy;
- 2.Advances in conventional breeding approaches for ornamental crops: James E. Keach, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, USA;
- 3.Genome editing in ornamental crops: Martina Juranic, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands;
Part 2 Cultivation techniques
- 4.Advances in irrigation techniques in ornamental crop cultivation: M. J. Sánchez-Blanco, CSIC, Spain;
- 5.Advances in protected cultivation of ornamental crops: Kent Kobayashi, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, USA;
Part 3 Abiotic and biotic stresses
- 6.Advances in abiotic stress management in ornamentals: Daniela Romano, University of Catania, Italy;
- 7.Integrated pest management in ornamental cultivation: Shimat Joseph, University of Georgia, USA;
- 8.Integrated disease management in ornamental cultivation: Fulya Baysal-Gurel, Tennessee State University, USA;
- 9.Developing disease-resistant and pest-resistant cultivars: Krishna Bhattarai, Texas A&M University, USA;
- 10.Integrated weed management in ornamental cultivation: Sushil Grewal, Michigan State University, USA;
Part 4 Postharvest
- 11.Factors affecting the postharvest quality of ornamental crops: Fisun Gürsel Çelikel, Ondokuz Mayis University, Turkey;
- 12.Economics and marketing of ornamental crops: Charlie Hall, Texas A&M University, USA;
Part 5 Case studies
- 13.Sustainable cultivation of orchids: Bijaya Pant, Tribhuvan University, Nepal;
- 14.Sustainable cultivation of hydrangeas: Lisa Alexander, US National Arboretum, USA;
- 15.Sustainable cultivation of cacti and succulents: Domenico Prisa, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), Italy;