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Background

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Uses

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  • cultivated for sale in nursery industry, and for sale of cut flowers to florists.
  • favoured species?

Cut flower industry

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  • how big is the cut flower industry
  • where does the industry operate
  • where are its markets
  • competition?

Propagation

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  • seed
  • cuttings
  • tissue culture
  • grafting
  • budding
  • cloning
  • breeding and selection strategies
    • cultivars

Crop Management

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  • aspect, soil, climate
  • plant spacing and layout
  • irrigation
  • fertilising
  • pruning
  • flower induction

Pests and diseases

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  • diseases
    • dieback
    • canker (cryptodiapothe, Diplodinia, Zythiostroma, Botryospharia)
    • corky bark
    • flower blight
    • shoot tip blight
    • anthracnose
    • silverleaf
    • armillaria rot
    • white root rot
    • verticillium wilt
    • damping off
    • bacterial leaf spot
    • root knot
  • pests
    • tunnelling moth larvae
    • other flower and leaf predators
    • seed predators
    • witch's broom mite
    • red spider mite
    • birds
    • kangaroos, bandicoots
  • competition from weeds

Postharvest handling

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  • harvesting method
  • drying
  • dying
  • disinfestation
  • packaging, transport
  • marketing

References

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  1. ^ Sedgley, Margaret (1996). "Banksia, Family Proteaceae". In Krystyna A. Johnson; Margaret Burchett (eds.). Native Australian Plants: Horticulture and Uses. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press. pp. 18–35. ISBN 0868401595.
  2. ^ Leonhardt, K. W. and Richard A. Criley (1999). "Proteaceae floral crops: Cultivar Development and Underexploited Uses". In J. Janick (ed.). Perspectives on new crops and new uses. Alexandria, Virginia: ASHS Press. pp. 410–430. ISBN 0961502703. Retrieved 2006-08-15.
  3. ^ Sedgley, Margaret (2004). "Banksias". In Keith Hyde (ed.). The New Rural Industries: A Handbook for Farmers and Investors. Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation. pp. 481–486. Retrieved 2006-08-15.
  4. ^ "Factsheet 24/2000: Commercial revegetation opportunities for the Western Australian wheatbelt: Banksias for cut flower production" (PDF). Agriculture Western Australia. Retrieved 2006-08-15.