APPS PORTAL
Nursery Production
Documents
| Title↕ | Description↕ | Updated↓ |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction to Fertigation 2019 | Introduction to Fertigation 2019 | 5 Feb 2026 |
| Growing Bench Design and Installation 2020 | Growing Bench Design and Installation 2020 | 3 Feb 2026 |
| Designing and installing growing beds 2020 | Designing and installing growing beds 2020 | 3 Feb 2026 |
| Tips and tools to make plant protection easier (November 2023) | This Nursery Paper discusses the elements of best practice in plant protection and offers solutions to best practice plant protection challenges. Resources are listed that can provide assistance in implementing best practice in plant protection. | 3 Feb 2026 |
| Supply chain ethical sourcing: What ethical sourcing means for your bottom line (August 2024) | Australian markets are becoming more and more connected to international systems, organisations and influences. It is vital that producers keep up with the constantly shifting expectations of consumers, governments, and the community. Ethical sourcing is an integral part of the supply chain lexicon, and it can impact a business' bottom line. The NIASA Ethical Nursery Stock Specification is a management system that helps you document policies, procedures, and recordkeeping to demonstrate a commitment to your ethical operations. | 3 Feb 2026 |
| 2025 guide to practical plant protection (March 2025) | This Nursery Paper looks at the top challenges facing the greenlife sector, which include upskilling in crop monitoring, improving support and extension services, streamlining crop monitoring and reporting, enhancing your workforce, managing the costs of inspection and surveillance for plant protection, building confidence in biosecurity and navigating regulations. | 3 Feb 2026 |
| How to reduce pest and disease pathways into your nursery (December 2024) | Plant pests are an everyday part of running a plant production nursery. Even the most careful grower can experience an incursion. Managing pathways into to your business is more important than ever with Australia experiencing more and more biosecurity threats each year. This Nursery Paper looks at how pests get in, and the processes of reporting emergency plant pests and implementing a biosecurity system. | 3 Feb 2026 |
| Improving water and energy efficiency in production nurseries (May 2025) | "This Nursery Paper explains the importance of water management in managing a production nursery, and why it makes good business sense to use water wisely and reduce waste. Topics covered include system design and water supply optimisation, metrics in best practice water management, irrigation scheduling and controller technology, disinfestation and recycling, and potential efficiency gains. Aspley Nursery is included as a case study to show how irrigation upgrades can improve energy efficiency and provide cost savings." | 3 Feb 2026 |
| Greenhouse Design Nursery Paper 2005 | Greenhouse design structures vary considerably, from Gableand Sawtooth to Tunnel and Raised Dome options. Inaddition, many environment control options also exist. | 3 Feb 2026 |
| Mitigating Frost Damage Nursery Paper 2010 | Frost damage to nursery crops across Australia is a continuing issue with recent frosting events occurring in previously believed ‘frost free’ areas. | 3 Feb 2026 |
| Whitefly Pest Management Plan for Production Nurseries | Whitefly Pest Management Plan for Production Nurseries | 3 Feb 2026 |
| Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Management of Broad Mite & Cyclamen Mite in Production Nurseries | Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Management of Broad Mite & Cyclamen Mite in Production Nurseries | 3 Feb 2026 |
| Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Edema and Intumescence | Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Edema and Intumescence | 3 Feb 2026 |
| Nutrient Charting Nursery Paper 2003 | Nutrient charting is a powerful tool for managing the nutrition of nursery crops. Even though the procedures are quick, inexpensive and can be done on site, nutrient charting can provide valuable early warning of nutritional disorders. The procedure is based on ‘quick tests’ to interpret key nutritional trends in the plant or growing media, which are easily measured at regular intervals over the life of the crop.This Nursery Paper explains what nutrient charting ISSUE is, the tests involved and how to interpret the results. | 3 Feb 2026 |
| Mycorrhizal and trichodermal associations in nursery plant production | The beneficial interactions between fungi and plants roots are called mycorrhizal associations. In the soil in the ground or in growing media in containers, mycorrhizal fungi link the plant’s roots to the soil/growing media and facilitate the movement of nutrients into the plant’s roots. | 3 Feb 2026 |
| Analysis Sampling Nursery Paper 2011 | Analysing plant tissue, soil, growing media, water and hydroponic solutions produces numerous benefits to the grower: a proven process to achieve much healthier and stronger crop growth with higher yields and added disease resistance; production becomes more efficient as growth improves due to less plant stress and less disease control measures; and minimised crop loss. | 3 Feb 2026 |
| Nursery Production FMS Case Study 2010 | Operating under the Nursery Production Farm Management System (now the APPS) | 3 Feb 2026 |
| High Health Grafting and Budding | High Health Grafting and Budding | 3 Feb 2026 |
| Biological Control in Production Nurseries Nursery Paper 2022 | This Nursery Paper investigates the use of biological control methods for the management of insect and mite pests in the production of nursery crops. | 3 Feb 2026 |
| Irrigation and Drainage Management Plan (IDEMP) | The Irrigation and Drainage Management Plan (IDEMP) package has been developed to assist nursery managers in completing their own IDEMP using data from the business site. This resource will help to assess your production nursery and identify potential areas or equipment that can be upgraded to improve efficiency and reduce irrigation operating costs and increase water security. | 3 Feb 2026 |
| Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Managing Predator and Parasite Populations in Production Nurseries | Pest and Disease Fact Sheet - Managing Predator and Parasite Populations in Production Nurseries | 3 Feb 2026 |
| Nursery Hygiene Nursery Paper 2004 | Many production nurseries fail to regularly reviewhygiene standards and as a result underlying and insidious problems are not obvious until it is too late. Hygiene problems in propagation can easily affect plants for their entire life. Preventing the spread of plant pathogens results in fewer pest and/or disease problems and a reduced need for using pesticides. | 3 Feb 2026 |
| Hygiene And Sanitation Surfaces Nursery Paper 2000 | General nursery hygiene procedures in the past have been based on information derived from scatteredsources and were generally not tested on the range of pests and diseases relevant for the Australian nursery industry. A research project commissioned by NIAA and HRDC has defined the disinfection methods that will ensure clean working surfaces in the nursery. These procedures will also be used for NIASA accreditation | 3 Feb 2026 |
| Calibrating pH and EC meters | PH and Electrical Conductivity (EC) meters are extremely useful pieces of equipment used to measure and monitor basic chemical characteristics of water and growing media. | 3 Feb 2026 |
| Plant photosynthetic growth and photomorphogenesis under LED lights | Plant photosynthetic growth and photomorphogenesis under LED lights | 3 Feb 2026 |
| Nursery tree stock inspection and verification procedure (September 2021) | Tree stock inspection procedures assist production nurseries by establishing and maintaining nursery industry best practice. Procedures ensure stock can be graded accurately, with reduced waste and therefore greater profitability. The procedures outlined can be used to demonstrate to clients the implementation of rigorous production processes. This Nursery Paper outlines the key steps to implementing inspection procedures and can be adopted by any production nursery. | 3 Feb 2026 |
| Grafting Techniques Part I [VIDEO] | No description provided. | 27 Jan 2026 |
| Managing weeds in production nurseries [Video] | Weeds or pest plants can have serious economic, environmental and social impacts. Weeds can reduce crop growth, compete for nutrients, water and light, harbour insect pests and pathogens, damage the aesthetics of the plant, reduce the ability to apply crop amendments, and can be one of the most significant input costs to production. | 20 Jan 2026 |
| BioSecure HACCP Personal Disinfestation Procedure [Video] | Hygiene procedures are paramount for the control of plant pests, pathogens and weeds in any production nursery, greenlife market and growing media manufacturer. Effective hygiene and disinfestation protocols must be developed for the successful control of biosecurity issues, in high risk production situations. | 20 Jan 2026 |
| Plant production potting [Video] | The potting operation is a major component of most production nursery operations. Increasing the overall efficiency of the potting process can free up resources for use in other parts of the business and improve plant quality. This video describes the different potting methods used in the nursery industry. | 20 Jan 2026 |
| BioSecure HACCP Disinfestation Procedures [Video] | Hygiene procedures are paramount for the control of plant pests, pathogens and weeds in any production nursery, greenlife market and growing media manufacturer. Effective hygiene and disinfestation protocols must be developed, to successfully control biosecurity issues in high risk production situations. | 20 Jan 2026 |
| Nursery work flow efficiency [Video] | To achieve maximum efficiency within a potting operation and to minimise production bottlenecks, the ‘work flow’ process from potting to plant placement must be efficient. This video highlights the areas that could be considered when making improvements to the overall productivity of the plant setting out operation. | 20 Jan 2026 |
| HIA / HAL-Nursery Industry Annual Reports [LINK] | HIA / HAL-Nursery Industry Annual Reports [LINK] | 20 Jan 2026 |
| Nursery Papers [LINK] | Nursery Papers [LINK] | 20 Jan 2026 |
| Grafting Techniques Part II [VIDEO] | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |