Resource Book on Horticulture Nursery Management

Unit 6: Mass Production of Nursery Plants-1
Index
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Content
6.2.1 Mass Scale Nursery Plant Production
6.2.2 Plant Propagation Structures in Plant Nursery
6.2.3 Input Management in Mass Plant Production
6.2.4 Production and Hardening in Plant Production
6.2.5 Quality Standards in Nursery Plants
6.3 Glossary
6.4 Point to Remember
6.5 Self Check Questions
6.6 Do It Yourself
6.1 Introduction
Nursery is a selected site having a well-defined boundary, where fruit, flower,
vegetable or forest plant species and their cultivars are maintained and multiplied using
various propagation techniques and methods. The importance of mass production of
nursery plants is to distribute healthy, pest and disease-free plant material amongst the
masses that have little knowledge about the techniques of raising plants. To multiply and
introduce exotic species. Some important nursery species do not seed every year. These
species can only be raised by collecting seeds in the seeding year. These seeds are then
sown in the subsequent years. Mass production of nursery plants is the surest method of
artificial regeneration on poor and barren sites. Nursery grown fruit, vegetable, flower
and forestry plants can be a replaced in case of casualties.
At the end of this unit, you will be able to know and understand:
� The criteria for selection of nursery site and the various nursery operations
essential in nursery management.
� Different types of plant propagation structures and other important inputs used in
nursery management.
� Importance and benefits of hardening of nursery plants and the quality parameters
used for selection of nursery plant.
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