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WRP technical assistance is provided at no cost to our clients, funded by government-sponsored grants, contracts, and private contributions.No publisherfeatureLinkLebude and Fulcher (eds.). 2015. Pest Management Strategic Plan for Container and Field-Produced Nursery Crops in FL, GA, KY, NC, SC, TN, and V A.
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A Pest Managment Strategic Plan (PMSP) collaborative effort from the Southern Nursery Integrated Pest Management (SNIPM) working group that contains key pest profiles for insects, plant diseases, and weeds. There are scouting and monitoring techniques listed, cultural practices discussed, and beneficial insects included for preventing pests in field and container production of ornamentals. This is a revision of the 2011 PMSP funded by the Southern IPM Center, without whom this wonderful publication or SNIPM would not exist. No publisherfeatureFileAll Videos
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No publisherfeatureCollectionYeary, Fulcher, and Leib. 2016. Nursery Irrigation: A guide for reducing risk and improving irrigation.
http://www.nurserycropscience.info/water/system-design-and-management/efficiency/fulcher-irrigation-bmp-manual.pdf/view
Whitney Yeary, Amy Fulcher, and Brian Leib. 2016. University of Tennessee. PB 1836. Nationally award winning publication contains everything you need to know about source water quality, strategies to use less water while watering, improving plant growth, using fewer inputs, and great success stories of implementation of these concepts in nurseries. Find it at https://extension.tennessee.edu/publications/Documents/PB1836.pdf.No publisherfeatureFileStanley, J. 2012. Using leaching fraction to maximize irrigation efficiency. IPPS-SR.
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Jane Stanley, of Saunders Brothers, Inc., measures leaching fractions in containers by weight using a scale, then uses that information to adjust irrigation run time. With little technological input ( a scale), Stanley, demonstrates the practical application and success of scheduling irrigation in a nursery. Excellent reference presented at the International Plant Propagators Society, Southern Region meeting.. Can be found here: http://ipps-srna.org/pdf/2012Papers/3C-Stanley-Jane.pdf.No publisherfeatureFileFlorida Grades and Standards Fifth Ed. 2015
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Excellent reference for determining quality of trees, palms, shrubs, conifers, and wetlands mitigation plants. Florida passed these standards through their legislation in 1955 and this is the 5th edition of the manual. Find it here: http://www.freshfromflorida.com/Divisions-Offices/Plant-Industry/Business-Services/Florida-Grades-and-Standards-for-Nursery-Plants-2015No publisherfeatureFileManaging Cover Crops - Part 1
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No publisherfeatureVideo fileManaging Cover Crops - Part 2
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No publisherfeatureVideo fileWarsaw et al. 2010. Water conservation, growth, and water use efficiency of containergrown woody ornamentals irrigated based on daily water use.
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Excellent technical article on using the amount of water plants use daily as the amount of water they receive as irrigation. Most plants were same size as control, yet used less water, so plants were grouped according to water needs.
Warsaw, A.L., R.T. Fernandez, B.M. Cregg, and J.A. Andresen.
HortScience 44:1308–1318. 2009. No publisherfeatureFile