Abstract: The invention relates to a method for accelerating the time to flowering of a plant and/or for increasing the amount of flowers and/or fruits produced by said plant of the family rubiaceae, the method comprising providing a plant seed or plant part which is capable of regeneration, cultivating the same to a stage in which a cultivated shoot is obtained that comprises a fork from which an orthotropic shoot and at least two plagiotropic branches have developed, pruning the cultivated shoot at said fork by removing at least the orthotropic shoot and maintaining at least one plagiotropic branch to obtain a pruned shoot, cultivating the pruned shoot until flowers form on the at least one plagiotropic branch to obtain a flowered shoot.

Abstract: A container for a powder material includes an inner portion in the form of a flange (13), and a peelable sealing membrane sealingly attached onto the flange (13) via a peripheral sealing cord (27). The sealing membrane also has at least one pull tab (23) so as to enable the peeling thereof relative to the flange (13) by breaking down the sealing cord (27). The flange (13) has at least one passageway (18) for circulating gas; the passageway (18) is to be sealed by the attached sealing membrane and is located opposite the pull tab (23) so as to release the internal excess pressure from the container (3) upon the initiation of the peeling of the sealing membrane. The container is particularly useful for eliminating, or at least reducing, the splatter of the packaged material.