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Contents 1 Background 2 Uses 2.1 Cut flower industry 3 Propagation 4 Crop Management 5 Pests and diseases 6 Postharvest handling 7 References

[edit] Background

See also: Banksia

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[edit] Uses

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

[edit] Cut flower industry

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

[edit] Propagation

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

[edit] Crop Management

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

[edit] Pests and diseases

• 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

[edit] Postharvest handling

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

[edit] References

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1. ^ Sedgley, Margaret (1996). "Banksia, Family Proteaceae", in Krystyna A. Johnson and Margaret Burchett (eds): Native Australian Plants: Horticulture and Uses. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press, 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, 410–430. ISBN 0961502703. Retrieved on August 15, 2006. 
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, 481–486. Retrieved on August 15, 2006. 
4. ^ . "Factsheet 24/2000: Commercial revegetation opportunities for the Western Australian wheatbelt: Banksias for cut flower production" (PDF). Agriculture Western Australia. Retrieved on 2006-08-15.