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Nursery manual for native plants: A guide
for tribal nurseries - Volume 1: Nursery management
Dumroese, R. Kasten; Luna, Tara; Landis, Thomas D., editors. 2009. Nursery manual for native plants: A guide for tribal nurseries - Volume 1: Nursery management. Agriculture Handbook 730. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 302 p.
In 2001, the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), through its Virtual Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetics Resources (RNGR), invited Native Americans from across the United States to attend the Western Forest and Conservation Nursery Association annual meeting. About 25 tribal members, representing 20 tribes, attended the meeting at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. The following year, a similar meeting was held in Olympia,Washington, and tribal members initiated a Tribal Nursery Council and requested that RNGR facilitate the organization. During 2003, RNGR requested information from 560 tribes across the United States, seeking specific information on tribes' needs for native plants, facilities, training, and so on. Results from the responding 77 tribes were incorporated into the Tribal Nursery Needs Assessment. Based on the results of that questionnaire, and input from tribal members attending the 2003 Intertribal Nursery Council meeting in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, it was agreed that a nursery handbook was needed. That fall, planning began for writing the manual, loosely based on Agriculture Handbook 674, The Container Tree Nursery Manual, but with special attention to the uniqueness of Native American cultures.
Keywords: nursery, native plants, Virtual Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetics Resources (RNGR), Tribal Nursery Council
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Contents
PDF File Size: 85 K1. Planning A Native Plant Nursery
Kim M. Wilkinson and Thomas D. Landis
PDF File Size: 1.6 MB2. The Target Plant Concept
Thomas D. Landis
PDF File Size: 2.8 MB3. Planning Crops and Developing Propagation Protocols
Douglass F. Jacobs and Kim M. Wilkinson
PDF File Size: 1.6 MB4. Propagation Environments
Douglass F. Jacobs, Thomas D. Landis, and Tara Luna
PDF File Size: 3.8 MB5. Growing Media
Douglass F. Jacobs, Thomas D. Landis, and Tara Luna
PDF File Size: 2.2 MB6. Containers
Tara Luna, Thomas D. Landis, and R. Kasten Dumroese
PDF File Size: 3.3 MB7. Collecting, Processing, and Storing Seeds
Tara Luna and Kim M. Wilkinson
PDF File Size: 2.4 MB8. Seed Germination and Sowing Options
Tara Luna, Kim Wilkinson, and R. Kasten Dumroese
PDF File Size: 2.2 MB9. Vegetative Propagation
Tara Luna
PDF File Size: 3.5 MB10. Water Quality and Irrigation
Thomas D. Landis and Kim M. Wilkinson
PDF File Size: 2.5 MB11. Fertilization
Douglass F. Jacobs and Thomas D. Landis
PDF File Size: 1.5 MB12. Hardening
Douglass F. Jacobs and Thomas D. Landis
PDF File Size: 1.7 MB13. Harvesting, Storing, and Shipping
Thomas D. Landis and Tara Luna
PDF File Size: 2.6 MB14. Beneficial Microorganisms
Kim M. Wilkinson
PDF File Size: 2.3 MB15. Holistic Pest Management
Thomas D. Landis, Tara Luna, and R. Kasten Dumroese
PDF File Size: 1.5 MB16. Nursery Management
Kim M. Wilkinson
PDF File Size: 1.8 MB17. Discovering Ways To Improve Crop Production and Plant Quality
Kim M. Wilkinson
PDF File Size: 1.1 MB
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Publications: Nursery manual for native plants: A guide for tribal
nurseries - Volume 1: Nursery management
Electronic Publish Date: June 23, 2009
Last Update: April
21, 2011