Modern Nursery Management

Contents 1 Introduction and classification of nursery 2 Registration of nursery and nursery act 3 Nursery site selection method and criteria 4 Establishment of a nursery 5 Propagation materials 6 Plant growing containers 7 Fumigation practices of nursery 8 Tools and accessories for nursery 9 Structures for model nursery 10 Chemical for nursery use 11 Use of hormones for plant propagation 12 Management of nursery plants 13 Methods of propagation 14 Sexual seed propagation 15 Vegetative propagation 16 Raising plants from seed 17 Potting and reporting 18 Polybag nursery 19 Plug tray nursery 20 Ornamental plants nursery 21 Marketing management of nursery plants 22 Start a nursery business 23 Strategies for nursery business 24 Economics of small scale nursery Glossary References Subject index Earlier nursery raising was done by unskilled people simply through their experience But now with the advent of new technology in horticulture Modern Nursery Management is a skill oriented business it has been undertaken scientifically and technically and can give promising returns As there a dearth of easy understandable and concise matter on Nursery Management this book on Modern Nursery Management has been framed by the authors Authors have tried completely to explain the various types of nursery and how a new comer in the nursery raising business can get the nursery registered in new era of hi-tech horticulture and IPR This book provides information concerning site selection methods of nursery; various propagation materials which can be used including media containers tools accessories chemicals etc; nursery management; various methods of plant propagation; seedling management looking into the need of making nursery management as a business elaborated chapters on strategies for nursery business has been added 404 pp.…