In vitro flowering of selected ornamental plants by Mat Taha, R., Hasbullah, N.A., Awal, A.

“…In vitro flowering of three selected ornamental species from Malaysia was studied. …”
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Overlooked flower-visiting Orthoptera in Southeast Asia by Tan, M.K., Artchwakom, T., Abdul Wahab, R., Lee, C.Y., Belabut, D.M., Tan, H.T.W.

“…The study of insect–plant interactions such as flower visitors, pollinators, and florivores, are important for understanding the natural world. …”
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Effect of ethanol on the longevity and abscission of bougainvillea flower by Hossain, A.B.M.S., Boyce, A.N., Majid, H.M.A., Chandran, S., Zuliana, R.

“…The experiment was carried out to study the effect of different concentrations of ethanol on bougainvillea flower vase life and delayed abscission. Young and fresh flowers were harvested from 4-year-old bougainvillea trees randomly. …”
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Influence of ethanol on the longevity and delayed senescence of bougainvillea flower by Hossain, A.B.M.S., Boyce, A.N.

“…The study was carried out to investigate the effect of ethanol (ET) at different concentrations on longevity and senescence delay in bougainvillea flowers. The treatments were water (control), 2, 4, 8, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 70 ET. …”

Physiological changes following pollination of Dendrobium Pompadour flowers by Zuliana, R., Yip, Y.K., Nair, H., Boyce, Amru Nasrulhaq, Chandran, S.

“…One of the most astounding phenomena in many flower species is pollination-induced senescence, where longevity of long-lived flowers is reduced and the functional life of the flowers are terminated. …”

Antifilarial and antibiotic activities of Methanolic extracts of Melaleuca cajuputi flowers by Al-Abd, N.M., Zurainee, M.N., Mansor, M., Hasan, M.S., Kassim, M.

“…We evaluated the activity of methanolic extracts of Melaleuca cajuputi flowers against the filarial worm Brugia pahangi and its bacterial endosymbiont Wolbachia. …”

Investigation of nonlinear optical properties on structures of silver micro-flowers by Zakaria, Rozalina, Mezher, M.H., Chong, W.Y.

“…In this report, we investigated nonlinear optical properties of silver microstructures in flowers like shape (AgMFs). These structures have been fabricated on indium–tin–oxide substrate applying electrochemical deposition technique using three different time depositions of Ag (NH3)2OH to produce different sizes of Ag structures in micron scale size. …”

The Antioxidant and Xanthine Oxidase Inhibitory Activity of Plumeria rubra Flowers by Mohamed Isa, Siti Sarwani Putri, Ablat, Abdulwali, Mohamad, Jamaludin

“…The flower PR-ME contained high amounts of phenol and flavonoid at 184.632 mg GAE/g and 203.2.2 mg QE/g, respectively. …”

Investigation on the Effects of the Formation of a Silver “Flower-Like Structure” on Graphene by Zakaria, Rozalina, Yusoff, S.F.A.Z., Law, K.C., Lim, C.S., Ahmad, Harith

“…In this report, we experimentally investigate the formation of “flower-like silver structures” on graphene. Using an electrochemical deposition technique with deposition times of 2.5 and 5 min, agglomerations of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were deposited on the graphene surfaces, causing the formation of “flower-like structures” on the graphene substrate. …”
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Surface plasmon resonance and photoluminescence studies of Au and Ag micro-flowers by Zakaria, R., Hamdan, K.S., Noh, S.M.C., Supangat, A., Sookhakian, M.

“…The surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and photoluminescence characteristics of gold and silver micro-flowers were compared to those of gold and silver nanoparticles. …”

Micropropagation and Cellular Behaviour Changes During in vitro Flowering of Impatiens balsamina by Mohamed, Normadiha, Taha, Rosna Mat, Razak, Ummi Nur Ain Abdul

“…The effects of GA3 and glutathione on the morphogenesis of this species were also investigated, in order to induce in vitro flowering. It was found that the optimum in vitro plant regeneration was achieved on MS medium supplemented with 1.0 mg L-1 GA3 and in vitro flowering was also obtained from the same medium after 4 weeks of culture. …”

High-quality RNA isolation from pigment-rich Dendrobium flowers by Khairul Anuar, Muhammad Asyraf, Mazumdar, Purabi, Lau, Su Ee, Tan, Tian Tian, Harikrishna, Jennifer Ann

“…Isolation of high-quality RNA from Dendrobium flowers is challenging because of the high levels of pigment, polysaccharides, and polyphenols. …”

Effects of sugars and aminooxyacetic acid on the longevity of pollinated oncidium goldiana flowers by Chandran, S., Zuliana, R., Yip, Y.K., Nair, H., Teo, S.Y., Boyce, A.N.

“…Several observations were made in this experiment such as the total weight loss and water uptake of flowers, petal colour changes and pH of different solutions. …”

Experimental and theoretical studies on interaction of hybrid 'micro-flowers like structures on graphene by Rozalina, Z., Law, K.C., Yusoff, S.F.A.Z., Lim, C.S.

“…We report experimentally and theoretical studies of formation in hybrid of silver (Ag),micro-flowers like structures' in graphene. An agglomeration silver nanoparticles were deposited on graphene surfaces using electrochemical deposition technique and thus formed the 'micro-flowers like structure'. …”
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Impacts of shading on flower formation and longevity, leaf chlorophyll and growth of bougainvillea glabra by Saifuddin, M., Osman, Normaniza, Hossain, A.M.B.S.

“…In addition, more than 30% shading led to stop up flower initiation completely. Hence, it is suggested that 0% shading can be applied to maintain frequent flower initiation and flower longevity. © 2010 Asian Network for Scientific Information.…”

Effects of sugars and aminooxyacetic acid on the longevity of pollinated Dendrobium (Heang Beauty) flowers by Chandran, S., Toh, C.L., Zuliana, R., Yip, Y.K., Nair, H., Boyce, A.N.

“…The inclusion of AOA into solutions resulted in low pH and contributes to better water uptake and delayed turgor loss in flowers. …”
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Effects of sugars and amino-oxyacetic acid on the longevity of pollinated Dendrobium Pompadour flowers by Razali, Zuliana, Yip, Y.K., Nair, H., Boyce, Amru Nasrulhaq, Somasundram, Chandran

“…Experiments were carried out to investigate the effects of different types and concentration of sugars and aminooxyacetic acid (AOA) and their combination in extending the vase-life of pollinated Dendrobium Pompadour flowers. The results obtained showed that the most effective treatments in extending the vase-life of pollinated Dendrobium Pompadour flowers and delaying the post-pollination symptoms were 0.05 mM AOA and the treatment which combined 0.05 mM AOA with 4 glucose. …”

Effects of sugars and aminooxyacetic acid on the longevity of pollinated Oncidium Gower Ramsey flowers by Chandran, S., Zuliana, R., Yip, Y.K., Nair, H., Boyce, Amru Nasrulhaq, Tiew, Y.N.

“…The effects of sugars and aminooxyacetic acid (AOA) on the vase life of pollinated Oncidium Gower Ramsey flowers were investigated in this study. AOA was found to be an effective ethylene inhibitor as holding solutions containing 0.5 mM of AOA considerably prolonged the vase life of the flowers. …”

Sugar and Surfactant-Assisted Synthesis of Mg(OH)2 Nano-flower and PVA Nanocomposites by Asgari-Vadeghani, T., Ghanbari, D., Mozdianfar, M.R., Salavati-Niasari, M., Bagheri, S., Saberyan, K.

“…Flower-like, nanoparticle and nano-plate of magnesium hydroxide were synthesized by a water precipitation reaction at room temperature. …”

Genome Sequence of “Anthococcus,” a Novel Genus of the Family Streptococcaceae Isolated from Flowers by Chuah, Li Oon, Yap, Kien Pong, Thong, Kwai Lin, Liong, Min Tze, Ahmad, Rosma, Ahamed Kamal, Shamila Syuhada, Rusul, Gulam

“…Here, we report the draft whole-genome sequence of “Anthococcus,” a novel genus of the family Streptococcaceae isolated from fresh flowers of a durian (Durio zibethinus) tree. The draft genome of Anthococcus sp. strain DF1 contains 2,157,756 bp, with a G+C content of 33.0%.…”
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