Online issue of Plant Journal - April, 2011

The online version of the April 2011 issue of the Plant Journal is available as well as prior issues.

Link to the Plant Journal.

Arizona Master Gardener Manual - Online

The online version of the Arizona Master Gardener Manual is available at this link: Arizona Master Gardener Manual.

An essential reference for gardening in the United States desert southwest. Produced by the Cooperative Extension, College of Agriculture, The University of Arizona.

An online Market Information database is available for queries via the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research. The online tool allows the user to set Market regions, crop and date filters.

The tool is accessible at this link: http://www.iihr.res.in/frmMarketInformation.aspx

Below is a sample screenshot of the Market Information tool (click on image to see larger image).

The Department of Plant Sciences at UC Davis has an online look-up tool accessing its Rooting Database.
Users can search by Genus or Cultivar and retrieve rooting information for that plant.

Link: http://rooting.ucdavis.edu/Pchome.htm

Sample of data returned on search:

Name        : Abelia grandiflora                                                                                              
Cultivar    : Edward Goucher                                                                                 
Cutting Type: Softwood, terminal or subterminal
Age-Stage   : [
When taken  : July
Medium      : Perlite or well drained medium
Auxin       : Hormex - full strength
Structure   : mist
Bottom Heat : NoBottom Heat .
% Rooting   : 100%
Time to root: 4 weeks
Care        : [
Location    : Honolulu, Hawaii.
Reference   : Oka, P. 1978. Propagation of Abelia grandiflora 
              Edward Goucher. The Pl. Prop. 24(1):4-5.  ]

Online Guide for Plant Physiology Textbook

An online guide is available for the 5th edition of Plant Physiology textbook by Lincoln Taiz and Eduardo Zeiger. The online guide contains Topics, Essays, Study Questions and Readings.

Links:
Online Guide: http://5e.plantphys.net/index.php
Textbook: http://www.sinauer.com/detail.php?id=8667

Current and archived copies of the monthly journal - Plant Physiology are available online:
http://www.plantphysiol.org/content/by/year

Online testing now available for the Arborist Certification Exam!!!

Click here (Online Testing Sites) to see the locations in your state, or click here (http://www.isa-arbor.com/certification/resources/PearsonVUE_CertTestCenters.pdf) to be connected to the complete listing of testing sites. Please note – once you complete your application for online testing, you will receive information on how to take the exam. Remember to sign-up with the International office! Any questions, please call 888-472-8733.

Chicago senior community's garden gets help online

By Whitney Woodward Special to the Tribune
Residents with dementia at Chicago's Norwood Crossing senior community will have a new therapeutic garden to tend next year, thanks to supporters who read about the program online and then made financial contributions. In about two months, the non-profit raised more than $4,600 -- nearly half the cost of the garden -- through a Web site that helps connect potential contributors with non-profit organizations."These people would read our story and were touched by what we do," said Laura Curley, the executive director of the Norwood Life Care Foundation, which supports projects at the residential community. "They wanted to see it happen." Read more>

Bellingham flower shop uses coupons to help online shoppers 'Surf Local'

ISABELLE DILLS - THE BELLINGHAM HERALD

Each week The Bellingham Herald takes a closer look at a business. This week: Johnson's Flower Shop.

What's new: Johnson's Flower Shop recently started a campaign called "Surf Local," which encourages online shoppers to buy flowers locally.

Owner Katie Caroline said the campaign was started because her store receives orders from flower shops outside of Whatcom County even though the customers come from Whatcom County.

When she sees those types of orders, Caroline said she sends that customer a $5 coupon to encourage him or her to shop at Johnson's for the next purchase. A commission goes to the flower shop where the order is placed, so the money that local residents are spending is not staying in the county; it's going elsewhere, Caroline said.

What it does: Johnson's Flower Shop is a full service florist which offers a wide variety of gourmet baskets, plants, tropical flowers roses and more.

Ownership: The owner of the store is Katie Caroline, but she's better known as "K.C."

Marketplace: Caroline said her store receives orders from all over the world. Through the store's Web site, she has received orders from as far away as Italy and Israel.

Read more:

Trade Publications - Online

C & P Press Bluebook
GrowerTalks, Green Profit, FloraCulture International
Thompson Publications
Sunset Publications
Pacific Coast Nurseryman