Wikipedia:WikiProject Banksia/Drafts/Cultivation of Banksia

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[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 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, 481–486. Retrieved on 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 on 2006-08-15.