Authors: Kerry Hunt & Kay Thomas

Published: 2012

Publisher: ABA Books

Format: Paperback

Pages: 94

Suitable: Secondary Agriculture & Horticulture (Year 11)

Student Workbook: Involves knowledge of Horticultural plant management practices and related plant physiology

Horticultural plant management practices are actions carried out by the grower to enhance production. These may include cultivation, training (staking, thinning, disbudding, stopping and pruning), providing shelter, nutrient application, irrigation and weed, pest and disease control (physical, chemical, biological, and Integrated Pest Management (IPM).