References for Production Nursery Operators

The following is a listing of some of the standard publications on production and pest management in the nursery. Other than University Extension and USDA publications, most of these books can be ordered through your local bookstore. Those books which are available through the American Nurseryman's Publishing Company have been identified with (AN). This has been done for the sake of convenience since their catalog is most comprehensive with regard to industry publications; it is not meant to imply endorsement of AN Publishing Co. as other book distributors also handle some of these publications.

Nursery Management

General

Beginning in the Nursery Business. 3rd Ed. 1985. J.J. Pinney and R.D. Pinney. (AN)

Nursery Management. 1994. John Mason. (AN)

Nursery Management: Administration and Culture. 3rd Ed. 1994. H. Davidson, R. Mecklenburg and C. Peterson. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. (AN)

Nursery Production, Second Edition, Student Version. 1989. Penn State, Pub.# AGIM-203

Production of Landscape Plants. 1989. C.E. Whitcomb. Lacebark Inc., P.O. Box 2383, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74076 (AN)

The Greenhouse and Nursery Handbook. 1992. Francis X. Jozwik. Andmar Press, Casper, WY (AN)

Business and Finance

Costs of Establishing and Operating Container Nurseries Differentiated by Size of Firm and Species of Plant in USDA Climatic Zone 6. R.D. Taylor, H.H. Kneen, D.E. Hahn, and E.M. Smith. Southern Cooperative Series Bulletin. Ohio Ag. Res. And Dev. Center, Wooster, OH 44691-6900

Costs of Establishing and Operating Field Nurseries by Size of Firm and Species of Plant in USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 5 and 6. 1986. R.D. Taylor, H.H. Kneen, E.M. Smith, D.E. Hahn, and S.Uchida. Southern Cooperative Series, Bulletin 315. Ohio Ag. Res. and Dev. Center, Wooster, OH 44691-6900.

Financing Your Business. 1993. F. Ross. Pub. #A-40140. American Association of Nurserymen, 1250 I Street, N.W. Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005.

Starting a New Business in Massachusetts: All the Basic Facts You Need to Know. Massachusetts Office of Business Development, 100 Cambridge St., Boston, MA 02202 (617-727-4005).

The Legal Guide for Starting and Running a Small Business, Vol. 1. 3rd ed. 1997. Fred S. Steingold. (AN)

Container Production

Best Management Practices: Guide for Producing Container-Grown Plants. 1997. Southern Nurserymen's Association. 1000 Johnson Ferry Road, Suite E-130, Marietta, GA 30068-2100

Container Nursery Design. 1986. B.L. Appleton. (An)

Media and Mixes for Container Grown Plants. 1988. A.C. Bunt. Routledge Chapman and Hall, New York, NY.

Plant Production in Containers. 1989. C.E. Whitcomb. Lacebark Publications, Stillwater, OK. (AN)

The Container Tree Nursery Manual, Vol.2. Containers and Growing Media. 1990. T.D. Landis, R.W. Tinus, S.E. McDonald and J.P. Barnett. U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Ag. Handbook 674. (USDA)

The Container Tree Nursery Manual, Vol.4. Seedling Nutrition and Irrigation. 1989. T.D. Landis, R.W. Tinus, S.E. McDonald and J.P. Barnett. U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Ag. Handbook 674. (USDA)

The Container Tree Nursery Manual, Vol.5. The Biological Component: Nursery Pests and Mycorrhizae. 1990. T.D. Landis, R.W. Tinus, S.E. McDonald and J.P. Barnett. U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Ag. Handbook 674. (USDA)

Plant Propagation

Plant Propagation: Principals and Practices. 6th ed. 1997. H.T. Hartmann, D.E. Kester and F.T. Davies Jr. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ. (AN)

Plant Propagation Practices. 2nd ed. 1985. J.S. Wells. American Nurseryman Publications, Chicago, IL (AN)

Plants from Test Tubes: An Introduction to Micropropagation. 3rd ed. 1996. L. Kyte and J. Kleyn. Timber Press, Inc., Portland, OR (AN)

Practical Woody Plant Propagation for Nursery Growers. Vol.1. 1986. B. MacDonald. Timber Press, Inc., Portland, OR (AN)

Seeds of Woody Plants in North America. 1992. J. A. Young and C. G. Young. Dioscorides Press, Portland, OR. (AN)

The Complete Book of Plant Propagation. 1997. J. Arbury and R. Bird. Taunton Press, Inc., Newton, CT (AN)

The Reference Manual of Woody Plant Propagation: From Seed to Tissue Culture. 1987. M.A. Dirr and C.W. Heuser Jr., Varsity Press, Watkinsville, GA (AN)

Tissue Culture Technique for Horticultural Crops. 1989. K.C. Torres. Chapman and Hall, New York, NY (AN)

Soils/Fertility

Fertile Soil: A Grower's Guide to Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers. 1990. R. Parnes. Ag Access Corp., Davis, CA. (AN)

Fertilizing Landscape and Field Grown Nursery Crops. 1989. Ohio State, Pub. 238 X.

Fundamentals of Soil Science. 8th Ed. 1990. H.D. Foth. John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY.

Managing Cover Crops Profitably. 1992. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program

Soils: An Introduction to Soils and Plant Growth. 6th ed. 1990. R.W. Miller and R. L. Donahue. (AN)

Water Management

Trickle Irrigation In The Eastern United States. 1985. NRAES-04

Pest Management

Diseases

Compendium of Rhododendron and Azalea Diseases. 1986. ed. by D.L. Coyier and M.K. Roane. The American Phytopathological Society.

Compendium of Rose Diseases. 1983. R.K. Horst. The American Phytopathological Society.

Disease Control in the Nursery. 1987. Ohio State, Pub 227 X

Diseases of Trees and Shrubs. 1987. W. Sinclair, H.H. Lyon and W.T. Johnson. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY. (AN)

How to Identify Rhododendron and Azalea Problems. 1987. Washington State University, Pub.# 1229

Management of Woody Ornamentals and Shade Tree Diseases in the Landscape and Nursery. 1991. Penn State, Pub.# AGRS-25

Management of Turfgrass Diseases. 2nd ed. 1993. J. Vargas, Jr. Lewis Publishers (121 South Main St., P.O. Box 519, Chelsea, MI 48118)

Scouting and Controlling Woody Ornamental Diseases. 1992. Penn State, Pub.# AGRS-62 ($7.00).

Westcott's Plant Disease Handbook. 5th ed. 1990. C. Westcott; rev. by R.K. Horst. Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York, NY (AN)

Insects

Alternatives in Insect Management: Biological and Biorational Approaches. 1992. Univ. of Illinois, Pub. # NCR-401

Coincide: The Orton System of Pest Management. 1989. D.A. Orton. Plantsmen's Publications, Flossmoor, IL (AN)

Insect and Mite Control on Woody Ornamentals and Herbaceous Perennials. 1989. Ohio State Extension Service, Pub 219 X

Insects that Feed on Trees and Shrubs. 2nd ed. 1991. W.T. Johnson and H.H. Lyon. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY. (AN)

Weeds

Common Weeds of the United States. 1971. USDA-ARS. Dover Publications, 180 Varick St., NY, NY 10014.

Controlling Weeds with Fewer Chemicals. 1992. Staff of New Farm Magazine.

Handbook for Integrated Control of Turfgrass and Ornamentals. 1994. Leslie, A.R. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, FL,. 600 p.

Herbicide Handbook of the Weed Science Society of America. 6th ed. 1989. N.E. Humburg et. al. Weed Science Society of America, Champaign, IL.

Weed Identification Fact Sheets, Set 1. 1986. Penn State, Pub.# AGRS-47

Weed Identification Fact Sheets, Set 2. 1986. Penn State, Pub.# AGRS-48

Weeds Of The North Central States. 1981. University of Illinois Pub # B772.

Weeds of the Northeast. 1997. Uva, R.H., J.C. Heal and J.M. DiTomaso. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY.

Weeds of the United States, CD-ROM. 1995. Southern Weed Science Society. WSSA, 1505 West University Ave. Champaign, IL 61821

General

Diseases and Pests of Ornamental Plants. 5th ed. 1978. P.P. Pirone. John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY. (AN)

Herbicide Injury to Trees and Shrubs: A Pictorial Guide to Symptom Diagnosis. 1988. J.F. Derr and B.L. Appleton. (AN)

IPM Training Manual for Nursery Growers. 1992. S. Daar, H. Olkowski and W. Olkowski. BIRC (P.O.Box 7414, Berkeley, CA 94707)

Miscellaneous

American Standard for Nursery Stock. 1997. American Association of Nurserymen. 1250 I Street, N.W., Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005 (AN)

Designing Facilities for Pesticide and Fertilizer Containment. 1991. Penn State, Pub.# MWPS-37

How to Calibrate Your Boom Sprayer. 1983. Penn State, Pub.# L339.

Pesticide Sprayers for Small Farms. 1988. Penn State, Pub.# MD317

Pole and Post Buildings. 1984. NRAES-01

Sources of University Publications

Ohio State Ohio Agricultural Education Curriculum Materials Service, Room 254 2120 Fyffe Road, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1010 (614-292-4848).

Penn State Publications Distribution Center, The Pennsylvania State University 112 Agricultural Administration Building, University Park, PA 16802 (814-865-6713).

Washington State Extension Publications, Cooper Publications Bldg. Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-5912.

University of Illinois Office of Agricultural Communications and Education, Information Services 69-C3 Mumford Hall, University of Illinois, 1301 West Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801 (217-333-2007).

American Nurseryman Publications American Nurseryman Publishing Company 77W. Washington St., Suite 2100, Chicago, IL 60602-2904 (1-800-621-5727) Catalog available: http://www.amerinursery.com

American Phytopathological Society Publications The American Phytopathological Society 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul, MN 55121-2097 http://www.shopapspress.org

NRAES Publications Natural Resource, Agriculture, and Engineering Service 152 Riley Robb Hall, Cooperative Extension, Ithaca, NY 14853-5701 (607-255-4080) http://www.nraes.org/publications

SARE Publications Northeast Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program Hills Building, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405-0082 (802) 656-2630

U.S.D.A. Publications Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office Washington, DC 20402-9325 (Credit cards accepted.)

Ronald F. Kujawski, UMass Extension Educator
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