Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) flowers were exposed to 2 μl/l ethylene and examined at intervals to determine the time course of wilting, decrease in water uptake, and increase in ionic leakage in ...

This past weekend I was in church and one of my pastor friends asked me an interesting question about mini roses. One of the characteristics of carnations is some of them look a lot like roses. He ...

References to the plant genus Dianthus go back as far as the Greek botanist Theophrastus. He named these plants from the Caryophyllaceae family “divine flower” (dios = divine plus anthos = flower).