In this study, plant sales records for a 12-month period ending in 1968 from five British Columbia Lower Mainland nurseries were compiled for analysis of quantities sold of each species, their cash value and nursery size, and the types of customers to whom plants were sold. Landscape projects designed by three Vanouver landscape architects over a two-year period, 1967 - 1968, were studied to learn how plants were being used, and what quantities and species were required for 10 types of landscape situations and six geographic locations. Plants were listed according to quantities sold or specified to show species which were being used in large amounts. Computerized methods of data collecting were employed to test methods of conducting a continuing inventory of plant material requirements and supplies. Sales data from five nurseries were compared to British Columbia Department of Agriculture totals for a similar period of time 1966-1967. On the basis of acreage, the sample was estimated to be 37.8% of the total nursery production for Lower Mainland British Columbia. The projected sample data were comparable to government figures in most plant catagories except for estimates of total sales of roses, rhododendrons and azaleas. This suggests that nurseries specializing in roses, or rhododendrons and azaleas sell a large proportion of these plants. Plants were shipped from the nurseries studied to many types of customers. In the sample it was found that 58.9% of the value of sales were made to purchasers within the immediate area. Shipments to the Prairie Provinces constituted the largest percentage of the value of plants sold outside the Lower Mainland, 13.6% of total value. Large growers within the Lower Mainland purchased a larger proportion of plants sold than any other type of customer, 17.9% of total value. This figure shows the extent of specialization and interdependence of the industry. It also indicates that survey figures based on nursery sales do not give a true estimate of production, as perhaps 20% to 25% of the value of sales represent plants traded within the industry two or more times. Retailers, landscape contractors and large growers in the sample purchased plant material of nearly equal value. The garden centre type of operation appeared to be the major retail outlet purchasing nursery plants from growers, rather than the chain or department store. Distribution figures determined in this survey, however, can only be a small indication of the total picture, since the nurseries tend to be a highly variable group. Data collected from landscape architects' planting plans was analysed in a number of ways: First, plant species were ranked in order of quantities used over a two-year period. Second, the quantities of plants specified for 10 types of landscape projects and for six geographic locations were listed, and the average number of plants used for each type of landscape development was calculated. Third, The frequency of use of various plant species and cultivars was examined. Plants used frequently by three landscape architects were listed, and also plants used by two of the three designers, or by only one designer. It is apparent that the landscape architects made frequent use of a comparatively short list of plants, and that a few species were specified in large quantities for mass-planting effects. Broadleaved evergreens and ground covers were the two plant categories favoured by the landscape architects; quantities specified annually made up a large part of the total Lower Mainland production of these plants, 58.7% and 69.1% respectively. In comparison, the quantities of conifers and trees used by landscape architects was very low, only 5.3% and 2.6% of estimated Lower Mainland production. Most of the plants used in great quantities were specified by all three designers studied, although it was shown that one landscape architect alone can create a big demand for a particular plant when he uses a favourite species frequently. Ways were suggested in which growers and landscape architects may cooperate to introduce new types of landscape plants to the short list of frequently-used species. / Land and Food Systems, Faculty of / Graduate

The effect of water stress on the growth, landscape performance, and plant-water relations of four ornamental ground cover species (gray santolina, Santolina chamaecyparissus; dwarf rosemary, Rosemarinus officinalis; Chihuahuan Desert lantana, Lantana velutina; and prostrate germander, Teucrium chamaedrys) was investigated for a twoyear period. Plants were established in a drip irrigated field and subjected to four soil moisture regimes (-1, -5, -10, and -15 bars), monitored by neutron probe. While water stress reduced vegetative covers, shoot growths, heights, and fresh and dry weights of the plants, species response to water deficit varied greatly. Minimum amounts of water required for growing each species were determined. Germander was found to be the most drought tolerant, followed by santolina, rosemary, and lantana in decreasing order. In earlier treatment period, adequately watered plants showed better aesthetic appeal and landscape performance than the plants grown under a high soil moisture tension. However, the effect of water stress on plants' landscape performance was less evident as plants became more established. In all species tested, with an exception of germander, leaf water, osmotic, and turgor potentials of nonstressed plants were higher than those of severely stressed plants. Using the pressure-volume technique, apoplastic water was found to contribute a significant proportion of the total tissue water content. The dilution of symplastic water by apoplastic water during osmotic potential determinations was found to be the major cause of the frequently observed negative turgidity. Methods for correcting for these apoplastic dilution effects were suggested. Osmotic potentials at full and zero turgor, symplastic water contents, changes in water, osmotic, and turgor potentials relative to changes in cell water content (Blifler diagrams), and cell wall elasticity varied significantly with species and treatments. Water stress caused a reduction in total chlorophyll and carotenoids concentrations and in the chlorophyll/ carotenoids ratio, without changing chlorophyll a/chlorophyll b ratio in plant tissues. Leaf reflectances to incident light as measured at 400 to 700 nm were found to differ substantially by species but not by treatments. No consistent correlations were found to exist between leaf pigment content and each of dominant wavelength, brightness, and the purity of leaf color.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:22:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2007-04-04Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:07:48Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 kim_cy_me_jabo.pdf: 275914 bytes, checksum: 304bed0ffaa5815f8dfed55af4a289db (MD5) / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) / O estudo visou analisar a influência dos alimentos na larvicultura de Betta splendens quanto a sobrevivência e a qualidade da água. Ele foi realizado em laboratório situado na Piscicultura Talarico por um período de 30 dias entre os meses de março e abril de 2006. Duas mil larvas foram distribuídas em 20 aquários (0,4mX0,4mX0,4m), divididos em quatro tratamentos com cinco réplicas cada. Os tratamentos foram diferenciados quanto à alimentação (náuplios de artêmia, gema de ovo cozida, ração em pó e sem adição de alimento), oferecidos quatro vezes ao dia e com reajuste da quantidade de alimento oferecida a cada três dias. Cada tratamento era composto de 100 larvas com idade de três dias, obtidas após homogeneização de diversas ninhadas. Foi realizada uma amostragem inicial das larvas para posterior comparação do desempenho produtivo. Amostras de água foram coletadas para análises de nitrogênio e fósforo total. Durante o experimento ainda foram analisadas as variáveis temperatura, pH, condutividade elétrica e oxigênio dissolvido. A partir dos resultados obtidos, foi possível observar que a sobrevivência das larvas alimentadas com artêmias foi maior e o seu aporte de nitrogênio e fósforo menor, sendo que as demais apresentaram dados de sobrevivência insatisfatórios e alta liberação de nitrogênio e fósforo na água. / The study aimed to analyze the influence of food in Betta splendens’s hatchery on fry survival rate and quality of the waste water. It was developed in Talarico’s fish farm laboratory during a period of thirty days between March and April, 2006. Three different feed had been chosen (artemia nauplii, cooked egg yolk, a flour ration and starving), fed four times per day. Every three days, the amount of food offered was readjusted. Two thousand larvae (three days old) have been distributed in 20 aquariums (0,4mX0,4mX0,4m), divided in four treatments with five replicates each. The larvae were taken after homogenization of diverse hatches. An initial sample of larvae was taken for posterior comparison of their performance. Water samples had been collected for analyses of total nitrogen and phosphorus. During the experiment this following parameters have also been analyzed: temperature, pH, electric conductivity and dissolved oxygen. Results have shown that larvae fed with artemia nauplii presented the best survival rate and lesser release of nitrogen and phosphorus. The other treatments presented unsatisfactory survival rate and high release of nitrogen and phosphorus in the water.

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Orientador: João Batista Kochenborger Fernandes / Banca: Teresa Cristina Ribeiro Dias Koberstein / Banca: Fernando André Salles / Banca: Fabiana Pilarski / Banca: Elisabeth Criscuolo Urbinati / Resumo: O presente estudo tem o objetivo de avaliar a viabilidade técnica e econômica do policultivo do peixe ornamental acará-bandeira Pterophyllum scalare e do camarão-marinho Litopenaeus vannamei em viveiros em sistema semi-intensivo de produção. Os dois primeiros capítulos apresentam um panorama do aquarismo e da aquicultura ornamental e da situação da aquicultura no estado do Rio Grande do Norte e o potencial para o policultivo com espécies ornamentais e camarão. Foram realizados dois experimentos no Setor de Aquicultura da UFERSA, o primeiro comparou as duas espécies produzidas em monocultivo e em policultivo e o segundo avaliou o policultivo de ambas, com os peixes sendo produzidos em gaiolas de 1m3 ou soltos em viveiros de 15m2. Os resultados do primeiro estudo indicam que a presença de camarões no viveiro prejudicou o desempenho dos peixes, mas o desempenho do camarão não foi afetado pela presença do peixe, indicando que o policultivo pode ser realizado pelo carcinicultor sem prejuízos. Os resultados do segundo experimento permitem concluir que a melhor estratégia de produção para o policultivo é produzir os peixes em gaiolas e os camarões soltos, pois as duas espécies apresentam melhor desempenho nesta situação / Abstract: This study aims at evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of polyculturing the ornamental fish Freshwater Angelfish Pterophyllum scalare and Pacific White shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei in a semi-intensive system in earthen ponds. Chapter I and II presents a general overview of aquarium keeping and ornamental aquaculture and the state of aquaculture at Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil, justifying the potential of the proposed system. Two experiments were performed in the Laboratory of Aquaculture of the Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido - UFERSA. The first trial (Chapter III) compared both species produced in mono and polyculture and the second (Chapter IV) compared the polyculture with fish produced caged and uncaged. Both experiments were performed in 15 m2 ponds. First trial results show that Angelfish was negatively affected by the presence of L. vannamei, but the inverse was not true, so the polyculture can be adopted by the shrimp producer without prejudice. The second trial shows the best strategy is to produce both species polycultured with caged fish, as both species are benefited with that / Doutor

Orientador: João Batista Kochenborger Fernandes / Banca: Marta Verardino De Stéfani / Banca: Sérgio Fonseca Zaiden / Resumo: O acará-bandeira é uma espécie ornamental nativa da bacia amazônica que se destaca por ser um dos mais belos, mais vendidos e também mais populares peixes de aquário de águas tropicais. Atualmente é uma das espécies ornamentais produzidas em cativeiro. O objetivo do presente estudo foi avaliar o desempenho de juvenis de acará-bandeira submetidos a três níveis de alimentação (3, 6 e 9% do peso vivo por dia) e duas freqüências alimentares (uma e duas vezes ao dia). A investigação foi conduzida com peixes pesando 0,7-1,2 g e 1,3 a 1,7 g durante 84 dias. Utilizou-se uma dieta peletizada com 32% de proteína bruta e 4.185 kcal/kg de energia bruta. Os peixes foram alojados em caixas plásticas de 60 litros (15 peixes por caixa), com aeração e aquecedor com termostato para o controle da temperatura. Empregou-se um delineamento em esquema fatorial 3x2. Os dados foram analisados usando ANOVA (duas vias) e teste de Duncan para comparação das médias, com 5% de probabilidade. Os peixes submetidos à taxa de arraçoamento de 3% e 6% do p.v./dia consumiram 64% e 34% menos ração (4,71±1,07g e 8,89±2,11g, respectivamente) em relação àqueles que receberam 9% do p.v./dia (12,97±2,63g). Peixes arraçoados com 3% do p.v./dia apresentaram melhor conversão alimentar (2,97±0,52) em relação aos outros tratamentos (P<0,05). Peixes alimentados com 6% p.v./dia apresentaram um ganho de peso 21% maior (2,28g±0,86) que animais alimentados com 3% do p.v./dia (1,63g±0,48). A pior taxa de crescimento específica foi apresentada nos peixes que receberam o alimento na proporção de 3% do p.v./dia (1,14±0,27%/dia). Peixes alimentados duas vezes por dia apresentaram consumo da ração 17% maior e o ganho de peso 21% maior que aqueles que foram alimentados uma vez ao dia. A sobrevivência não diferiu entre os tratamentos. Neste estudo concluiu-se que... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Feshwater angelfish, native from Amazon Basin, is an ornamental specie highlighted for its beauty. It's one of the most sold and popular tropical aquarium fish. Today plenty of color strains and fins pattern are available. The aim of this study was evaluated the performance of juveniles freshwater angelfish with three feeding level (3, 6 and 9 % of body weight per day) and two feeding frequencies (once and twice a day) during 84 days. Fish were separated in two blocks of weight (0,7-1,2 g and 1,3 a 1,7 g). They were fed a diet containing 32% Crude protein and 4185 kcal/kg gross energy. Fish were stocked in 60 litters plastic tanks (15 fish each) with constant aeration and termostat with electric heater. An randomized blocks design with a factorial 3x2 scheme was used. Data were analyzed using ANOVA (two-way) and Duncan test for means comparison (a=5%). Fish feeding 3 and 6 % BW/day consumed 64 and 34% less feed (4.71±1.07g e 8.89±2.11g, respectively) comparing with fish feeding 9%BW/day (12.97±2.63). Fish receiving 3% showed best feed convertion ratio (2.97±0.52). Fish receiving 6% showed a weight gain 21% bigger (2.28±0.86g) than fish feeding 3% (1.63±0.48g). Worst specif growth rate was obtained in fish feeding 3% (1.14±0.27 %/day). Fish feeding twice a day showed feed consumption 17% higher and weight gain 21% bigger than those feeding once a day. Survival was not different among treatments. It's concluded the best performance is with fish feeding twice a day 6%BW/day. / Mestre

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Estes materiais são utilizados como rochas ornamentais e a determinação das correlações existentes entre essas características têm fundamental importância na investigação do desempenho e da durabilidade da rocha na função que lhe é destinada. Em se tratando de rochas de composição granítica, os resultados obtidos foram comparados àqueles estabelecidos pelas normas ABNT NBR 15844 (brasileira) e ASTM C 615 (americana). Segundo a NBR 15844 da ABNT, os ensaios necessários para a caracterização de rochas com finalidade ornamental são: análise petrográfica, índices físicos, resistência à flexão, resistência ao impacto de corpo duro, resistência à compressão, congelamento e degelo conjugados à compressão, desgaste Amsler e dilatação térmica, embora nem todos tenham sido realizados para os vários tipos de rochas estudados. Problemas técnicos impediram algumas análises. Os resultados dos materiais cinzas, independentemente de sua origem, são compatíveis com aqueles preconizados pela NBR 15844 e ASTM C 615, entretanto, os de coloração amarela apresentam valores muito próximos dos limites das normas. Isto pode ser explicado a partir da cor que é indício de processos de alteração, principalmente de minerais ferromagnesianos, (oxidação, hidroxidação, hidratação) que modificam as características de resistências dos materiais através de aumento de porosidade e absorção de água aparentes. Sabe-se que o aumento de porosidade diminui a resistência à compressão e consequentemente a resistência à tração (flexão). A maioria dos litotipos estudados apresentam valores adequados para utilização como material ornamental, com restrições para os litotipos de coloração amarela, que necessitam de impermeabilização quando de seu uso em áreas úmidas. Observa-se ainda que uma análise petrográfica/mineralógica mais aprofundada dos litotipos é recomendada para a previsão e aferição das propriedades físicas e mecânicas, bem como a correlação dos mesmos, com outros ensaios tecnológicos não apresentados neste trabalho para os litotipos estudados. / This work consists in the evaluation of the results obtained through petrographic analysis and technological tests of seven gray and yellow lithotypes from Espirito Santo, (Cinza Andorinha, Cinza Corumbá, Arabesco and Santa Cecília) and Brazil Northeast (Cinza Pocinhos, Cinza Corumbá and Amarelo Ipanema). These materials are used as ornamental rocks and the existing correlations among these traits have fundamental importance in performance and durability researches from the rock for the function which is intended. When it comes to rocks of granitic composition, the results obtained were compared to those established by the standards ABNT NBR 15844 (Brazilian) and ASTM C 615 (American). According to NBR ABNT 15844, the necessary tests for characterization of rocks with ornamental purpose are: petrographic analysis, physical indexes, flexural strength, impact resistance of hard body, compressive strength, freezing and thawing combined to compression, wear Amsler and thermal expansion, although not all of them have been carried out for the various rock types studied. Technical problems prevented some analysis. The results of grey materials, independently, are compatible with those recommended by NBR 15844 and ASTM C 615, however, the yellow rocks values are very close to the limits of the rules. This can be explained from the color that is indication of change processes, mainly ferromagnesian, mineral (rust, hidroxidation, moisturizing) that modify the resistance characteristics of materials through increased porosity and water absorption. It is known that the increase of porosity decreases the compressive strength and tensile strength (bending). Most of the lithotypes studied present suitable values for use as ornamental material, with restrictions to the lithotypes of yellow colour, in need of proofing when its use in humid areas. Note that further petrographic/mineralogical analysis of lithotypes is recommended for the prediction and measurement of physical and mechanical properties, as well as the correlation of the same with other technological tests presented in this work to the lithotypes.

Orientadora: Lúcia Helena Sipaúba Tavares / Banca: Odete Rocha / Banca: João Batista Kochenborger Fernandes / Resumo: Este trabalho foi conduzido no Laboratório de Peixes Ornamentais, do Centro de Aquicultura da UNESP (CAUNESP), Campus de Jaboticabal, SP e avaliaram dois tipos de alimentação para o peixe ornamental mato grosso Hyphessobrycon eques, (Steindachner, 1882). Foram utilizados o alimento inerte (ração) e o alimento vivo (zooplâncton) associados à biomassa de microalgas constituída por Chlorophyceae Ankistrodesmus gracilis (Reisch) Korsikov e Haematococcus pluvialis Flotow na forma liofilizada e cultura viva. Em relação aos resultados do primeiro capítulo referente ao alimento inerte, ocorreram diferenças significativas (p<0,05) na coloração dos peixes, com valores mais elevados para a cor amarela (+b*) e o brilho (Cab*) para as dietas com adição de biomassa de microalgas (AI+H, AI+H+A, AI+A) do que a dieta controle (AI). Apesar da dieta AI+H ter promovido coloração mais intensa para os valores de (b*) e (Cab*) (p<0,05) ao mato grosso H. eques quando comparada à dieta controle, a quantidade de 0,15% de inclusão das microalgas A. gracilis e H. pluvialis ao alimento inerte, ainda não foi suficiente para incrementar a cor do peixe, principalmente a coloração vermelha. Em relação ao segundo capítulo referente ao alimento vivo, indicou nenhuma preferência do mato grosso H. eques para as espécies planctônicas em ambos os tratamentos alimentares (p>0,05) e ocorreram diferenças significativas (p>0,05) para o desempenho zootécnico. Os resultados obtidos permitem concluir que o mato grosso aceita dietas que contenham zooplâncton e microalgas, porém a associação de ambos promoveu maiores resultados de crescimento, sendo esta dieta eficaz como fonte de alimento / Abstract: Current assay, performed in the Ornamental Fish Laboratory of the UNESP Aquiculture Centre (CAUNESP), Jaboticabal SP Brazil, evaluated two types of feed for the ornamental fish Hyphessobrycon eques, Steindachner, 1882 (popularly called mato grosso), with inert (meal) and live food (zooplankton) associated with lyophilized and live microalgae biomass Chlorophyceae Ankistrodesmus gracilis (Reisch) Korsikov and Haematococcus pluvialis Flotow. The first chapter related to inert feed. Significant differences (p<0.05) were reported for pigment analysis with higher rates for yellow (+b*) and brightness (Cab*) for diets with the addition of micro-algae biomass (AI+H, AI+H+A, AI+A) than those in control (AI). Although diet AI+H have promoted more intense pigment for the values of (b*) and (Cab*)(p <0.05) to H. eques when compared to the control diet (AI), the amount of 0.15% inclusion of micro-algae A. gracilis and H. pluvialis to inert feed has not been sufficient to enhance the pigment of fish, especially the red pigment. Compared to the second chapter for the live food showed no preference of the H. eques for the different plankton species in the two treatments (p>0.05) and zootechnical performance results revealed significant differences (p<0.05). The ornamental fish H. eques accepts zooplankton and microalgae diets, but the association of both provided better growth results and shows a more efficient diet as feeding source / Mestre

As its title implies, this work concerns an examination of extensive ornamental gardening at three notable Highland estates. The Introduction sets the context for extensive gardening in Scotland by highlighting some eighteenth century perceptions of the 'English Garden' in Britain and in Europe before considering what, for some sections of the aristocracy, may well have been an acceptable approach to laying-out grounds in Scotland during the early part of the century. The first chapter outlines the contribution made by notable Scots to an age remembered for its significant advances in agriculture, architecture and the related arts. Chapter Two records the development of the grounds and gardens at Inveraray from the 1720's until the time of the third Duke of Argyll. The third and fourth chapters examine the development of the second Duke of Atholl's pleasure grounds at Blair and Dunkeld. Chapter Five outlines the evolution of the gardens and grounds at Taymouth from about 1720 until the later years of the third Earl of Breadalbane. The Epilogue provides a brief summary of the gardening achievements of these magnates and records the unexpected significance of exotic expression in their garden art.

Thesis (M.S. - Plant Sciences)--University of Arizona, 1984. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 47-51).