Modeling work related to cut-flower roses

This project involves various components with the final objective of creating a crop simulation model for roses. This model is to have the flexibility to be usable for optimization of rose crop production. My aim is to carry this project out in such a way that useful production tools for growers can be developed and extended to growers even before the complete crop simulation model is finished.

Much of this project was funded by The Joseph Hill Foundation and Roses, Incorporated.

Available at this site are:

DEVELOPMENT OF A CROP SIMULATION MODEL FOR CUT-FLOWER ROSES The text and figures are from a poster presentation at the International Society for Horticultural Sciences in 1991.
Click HERE to see the model simulation of the single-shoot cut-flower rose model. Greenhouse climate data are those actually logged in the greenhouse.Screen shows simulated dry wights of parts of the shoot (FDW=flower, LDW=leaf, SDW=stem, TDW=total shoot) and canopy characterisitcs. (Note this simulation requires a recent version of Netscape (2.02 or later) and will download 198K of stuff - but it's worth the wait).

For more information see GrowerTalks, May 1996, page 42-50

Page under construction - most recent update: September 30, 1996