Open AccessTropical Foliage Plant Development: Origin of New Cultivars
Author(s) -
Richard J. Henny,
Jianjun Chen
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
edis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2576-0009
DOI - 10.32473/edis-ep356-2008
Subject(s) - cultivar , tropics , biology , geography , tropical fruit , botany , agroforestry , horticulture , ecology
ENH-1092, a 5-page illustrated fact sheet by R.J. Henny and J. Chen, describes three avenues for new tropical foliage plants to enter the commercial trade — plant acquisition and collection from the wild, selection of natural or induced mutations, and hybridization — and how new introductions are evaluated. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Environmental Horticulture, January 2008.ENH1092/EP356: Tropical Foliage Plant Development: Origin of New Cultivars (ufl.edu)