794-273 Nursery Management I

Credit Points

HECS Band

Coordinator

Prerequisites

Plant Production I and II.

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

The objective of this subject is to extend the participant's ability to:

• explain the key factors in the design of a production nursery;

• describe the organisational and operational activities of a commercial nursery;

• explain the process of introduction of new plant cultivars and the registration of plant breeders' rights;

• describe the techniques in the propagation of indigenous species for re-vegetation establishments;

• outline the operations of specialist plant production crops.

The content includes: Production nursery design, materials handling, alternate and integrated production systems, evaluation and registration of new cultivars, revegetation principles and techniques, commercial production methods of specific crops - cut flowers, turf and viticulture.

Assessment

One examination (60%); one production report (40%).