Summer 2014 New Publications
Compiled by Steve Tjosvold
New Publications from UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
Container Nursery Production and Business Management Manual
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Twenty chapters in five broad sections cover topics from nursery site selection to crop production, water management to business and labor management, along with pest, weed, and disease management. This easy-to-use manual contains the photos, tables and clearly written text that make UC ANR's publications the go-to references industry professionals rely upon.
Chapters include:
Nursery Site Selection and Development
Plant Growing Structures
Mechanization and Automation
Soils and Container Media
Nutrition and Fertilization
Irrigation Management Practices
Controlling Runoff and Recycling Water, Nutrients, and Waste
Plant Propagation
Controlling Plant Growth
Diagnosing Plant Problems
Integrated Pest Management
Plant Diseases
Insects, Mites, and Other Invertebrate Pests
Integrated Weed Management
Vertebrate Pest Management
Invasive Pests
Business Management
Marketing Considerations
Increasing Labor Productivity
Editor: Julie Newman
Publication Number 3540
Currently at a promotional price of $32.00
http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/Details.aspx?itemNo=3540