COLLEGE STATION — The U.S. cut flower industry all but wilted over the past 20 years, but much of the loss stems from lack of progress, which could blossom under more university research, according to Jim Daly, keynoter at the Ellison Chair in International Floriculture lecture at Texas A&M University.
“Floriculture in the last 20 years changed more than it changed over the previous several hundred years,” said Daly, vice president of Smith-Oasis-Floralife grower global operations and corporate research in Walterboro, South Carolina.
The Ellison lecture series is an annual event to explore current trends and issues in the floriculture industry worldwide, according to Dr. Charlie Hall, professor of horticulture and Ellison chairholder.
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