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| How to use the Leafminer Extension Package (VIDEO) | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Webinar - Effective alternatives to neonicotinoid insecticides for Australian production nurseries [VIDEO] | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Webinar - Managing leaf feeding insects and mites | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Application of Herbicides [VIDEO] | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Webinar - Sustainable use of fungicides | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Webinar - Grower Accessible Information Sources [VIDEO] | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Case Study: IPM Workshop [VIDEO LINK] | Our latest case study discusses the benefits of establishing an effective Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program, and how growers and production staff can equip themselves with practical skills to enhance biosecurity and plant health in their businesses. It features entomologist, Andrew Manners from the Queensland Department of Agriculture & Fisheries, with additional insights from industry representatives. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Calibrating Spray Equipment [VIDEO] | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Application of Fungicides [VIDEO] | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Webinar - Advisor Accessible Nursery Information Sources [VIDEO] | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Webinar - Preventing disease in production nurseries | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Smart Technology and Remote Sensing to Improve Nursery Production [WEBINAR] | Funded under the National Landcare program through a Hort Innovation strategic levy funded project, the Smart technology and remote sensing to improve nursery production webinar presents an overview of how remote cameras, water quality sensors, container moisture and leachate sensors installed at the smart production nursery is helping to monitor production processes, automate data collection, enable proactive decision making, and improve production efficiencies. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Buyer Benefits Video [Video] | Buyers reap the rewards of dealing with a business engaged with the Nursery Production FMS programme through professionalism, productivity, profitability and sustainability. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Vegetable Leafminer [VIDEO] | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Webinar - Pesticide Selection for Resistance Management [VIDEO] | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Strategies for management of insects that are not controlled with pesticides [WEBINAR] | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Grafting Techniques Part II [VIDEO] | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Grafting Techniques Part I [VIDEO] | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| 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. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| 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. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| NIASA Video [Video] | The first step in meeting the requirements of the Australian Plant Production Standard (APPS) is gaining Nursery Industry Accreditation Scheme Australia accreditation. NIASA is the cornerstone of APPS and provides a set of guidelines that ensures a business operates according to industry best practice and commits to a continuous improvement cycle. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Selecting Sprinklers for Nursery Production [VIDEO] | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V2SaA-P-Fo&feature=youtu.be | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Drip irrigation in containerised nursery production [Video] | Drip irrigation is an efficient system for applying water to nursery container production. It has the potential to out-perform overhead irrigation systems in achieving optimum plant growth and quality, while minimising water use. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Portable Weight Based Irrigation Scheduling Tool (PWBST) [Video] | Improving the scheduling of an efficient irrigation system provides the best opportunity to achieve savings in total water use without adversely affecting plant growth. Historically growers have selected run times for an irrigation zone or block using their experience.The Portable Weight Based Scheduling Tool has been developed to enable the changes in water content occurring within a container to be seen by recording the weight of the container. This information can then be presented in a form where the changes in moisture in the growing media can be displayed on a graph. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| BioRemedy Water Quality Management [VIDEO] | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Drip Irrigation Layouts & Management [VIDEO] | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Webinar - Waterwork Nursery Irrigation System Design [VIDEO] | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Webinar - Waterwork Irrigation Scheduling [VIDEO] | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Webinar - Managing Drought in Plant Nurseries Workshop [VIDEO] | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Best Management Practice Irrigation Layouts [Video] | An efficient irrigation system is designed to deliver the appropriate volume of water evenly, to meet all plant needs and in the time available. The irrigation system should apply water evenly across the cropping area, apply the correct volume of water often enough to meet plant demands and apply the required water in the time available.Upgrading an existing sprinkler layout or installing a new one to best management practice is one way of improving the water use efficiency of an irrigation system while improving crop growth and profitability. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Podcast - Big Leaf Nursery Part 2 [AUDIO] | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Podcast - Big Leaf Nursery Pt 1 [AUDIO] | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Podcast - Waterworth's Nursery [AUDIO] | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Podcast - Golden Grove Pty Ltd [AUDIO] | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Podcast - Flourish Plants [AUDIO] | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Webinar - Mite Identification and Management [VIDEO] | Dr Andrew Manners provides an in-depth webinar exploring the identification and management of mites in nursery production businesses. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Identifying leaf feeding pests in production nurseries [WEBINAR] | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Application of Insecticides [VIDEO] | This video shows the best practices required to ensure effective application of insecticides. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Webinar - Insects and pesticides [VIDEO] | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Coir properties [Video] | Coir, coir fibre pith or coconut fibre is a one hundred percent natural, sustainable and renewable product. Coir is a ‘peat like’ byproduct produced from the processing of coconut husks, and is composed of the fibrous material found between the hard, internal shell and the outer coat of a coconut. Coir is lightweight, retains moisture and is an affordable growing media substrate or component for adding to growing media blends, producing stronger, healthier and more fibrous root systems. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Conducting an Irrigation System Catchcan Assessment Video [Video] | An efficient irrigation system operating to industry best practice provides an opportunity to obtain real operational and economic benefits.An efficient overhead irrigation system should apply the water at the appropriate application rate. evenly across the crop and apply water evenly accross the production area, minimising dry spots.The performance of an overhead irrigation system can easily be evaluated by conducting a simple catch can assessment. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Growing Media pH and EC Testing Video [Video] | Knowing the pH and Electrical Conductivity or EC of your growing media can help you to grow better and more consistent crops. Testing procedures aren’t difficult and can be done at minimal cost. This video shows a process for carrying out a practical on-site pH and electrical conductivity test on growing media. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Growing Media Air Filled Porosity Testing Video [Video] | Plant roots require air as well as water to remain healthy. The amount of air held within a growing media is referred to as Air filled porosity or AFP . Testing procedures for AFP aren’t difficult and can be done at minimal cost with simple equipment built from readily available materials and a little bit of time. This video shows a process for carrying out a practical on-site air filled porosity test on growing media. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Growing Media Wettability Testing Video [Video] | The ability of a growing media to take up water effectively once it has dried out is critical to the growth of plants and the ability of the media to become wet again. This is known as wettability. Testing for wettability isn’t difficult and can be done at minimal cost with some basic equipment and a little bit of time. This video shows a process for carrying out a practical on-site wettability test on growing media. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Growing Media Water Holding Capacity Testing [Video] | Knowing the amount of water held within a growing media, referred to as Water Holding Capacity (WHC) of your growing media can help you manage irrigation scheduling more effectively and ensure plants have adequate moisture. Testing for Water Holding Capacity isn’t difficult and can be done at minimal cost with some basic equipment and a little bit of time. This video shows a process for carrying out a practical on-site water holding capacity test on growing media. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Introduction to Smart Farming [WEBINAR] | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Aspley Nursery Energy Savers Case Study [Video] | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Webinar - Energy Efficiency in Nursery Pumping [VIDEO] | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Irrigation Drainage & Energy Management Plans (IDEMP) [Video] | Improving water use efficiency in a production nursery begins with having a clear understanding of the infrastructure and practices currently in place. Irrigation, Drainage and Energy Management Plans, or IDEMPs, describe the infrastructure and management practices in operation at a business, and outline opportunities, suggestions and designs for on-farm improvements, to ensure the business remains profitable and sustainable into the future. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| EcoHort Video [Video] | EcoHort is the nursery industry specific Environmental Management System (EMS) providing a systematic approach for businesses to assess their environmental and natural resource management responsibilities as part of their daily business management. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Webinar - Leafspots and Fungicides [VIDEO] | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Webinar - Comparing Fungal and Bacterial Leaf Spots [VIDEO] | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Webinar - Managing root rot pathogens in production nurseries | Presented by Dr Andrew Manners, Senior Entomologist with the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, this is part of a series of webinars delivered as part of the Australian Nursery Levy funded research and development program Building the resilience and on-farm biosecurity capacity of the Australian production nursery industry. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Webinar - Virus Identification and Management [VIDEO] | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Webinar - Identifying Pests and Beneficial Insects and Mites [VIDEO] | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Managing Footwear [VIDEO] | This video from Biosecurity Queensland depicts a range of options for managing footwear on farm. Aimed at the Banana sector the inforamtion can be readily adapted to a production nursery situation. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Pocket Diagnostics Kits Video [Video] | A Pocket Diagnostic Kit is a rapid and cost effective plant disease diagnostic tool. The kits are simple to use and designed for use in-field giving quick answers in 3-10 minutes. Over 20 pathogens of economic or notifiable status are covered. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Managing Leaf Feeding Insects and Mites | This video is a component of the Building the Resilience and On-farm Biosecurity Webinar Series. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Webinar - Phytotoxicity: How is it caused and how can it be managed [VIDEO] | https://youtu.be/RmJoe9Bh9RI | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Karen Brock - 2020 TAS AgriFutures Rural Women's Award Winner [VIDEO] | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Case Study - Touchwood Nursery | This case study discusses the value of adhering to best practice plant protection programs such as NIASA, and provides practical guidance for how this could enhance customer confidence and drive greater business outcomes. It features John McDonald, National Biosecurity Manager, GIA and Ben Archibald, owner, Touchwood Nursery | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Case Study - Benara Nurseries | Our latest case study discusses how research-based information delivered through the nursery levy funded marketing programs, can improve customer relationships and drive greater business results. It features Benara Nurseries’ sales and marketing manager, Carol Fudge and Director, Gavin James. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Cameron's Nursery - Water management [VIDEO] | No description provided. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Case Study - Oasis Horticulture | The nursery industry is vulnerable to natural disasters. This case study discusses the importance of implementing risk mitigation strategies to build resilience and ensure business continuity. It features David Jakobs, CEO, Oasis Horticulture, and Kerry Battersby, Recovery and Resilience Manager, NGIQ. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Scotsburn Nursery - EcoHort Case Study [VIDEO] | Scotsburn Nursery - EcoHort Case Study [VIDEO] | 7 Dec 2025 |
| 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. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Preparing A Bait Video [Video] | Preparing A Bait Video [Video] | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Biosecurity Champions - Implementing a Plant Production System Reduces Biosecurity Risks – Marlborough Nursery (QLD) [VIDEO] | Marlborough Nursery (QLD) shares their experience in reducing their biosecurity risk and exposure through a 360° video telling the story through their eyes and sharing the belief and benefits associated with implementing and adopting a strong on-farm biosecurity program and how it helps manage plant pests and increases their ability to detect emergency plant pests early. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Biosecurity Champions - Recovering from an Emergency Plant Pest Incursion – Trandos Hydroponic Growers, based in Perth (WA) [VIDEO] | Trandos Hydroponic Growers, based in Perth (WA), were significantly challenged during the incursion response to Tomato potato psyllid (TPP) from 2017 to 2019 with lost market access and reduced business opportunities until they turned it around through a structured biosecurity system and ‘Pest free Place of Production’ Certification. Danny Trandos walks you through this high health production nursery detailing how they mitigate biosecurity risk in this 360° video. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Biosecurity Champions - Biosecurity is a system – Pohlmans Nursery [VIDEO] | Pohlmans Nursery, based in the Queensland Lockyer Valley, have been an early adopter of the industry plant protection and biosecurity program (BioSecure HACCP) and have reaped the operational, efficiencies and financial rewards that underpin a productivity gain in the hundreds of thousands of dollars per year at the same time proactively addressing their overall biosecurity risk. The productivity gains associated with a structured plant protection program, for an average Australian production nursery, can amount to $60,000/year. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| BioSecure HACCP Video [Video] | BioSecure HACCP is the Nursery Industry specific biosecurity module that helps protects businesses by systematically assessing on-farm biosecurity, and establishing effective internal quarantine processes for imported and exported plant material. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| BioSecure HACCP Water Testing [Video] | Knowing the pH and Electrical Conductivity or EC of your irrigation and drainage water can help you to grow better and more consistent crops. Testing procedures aren’t difficult and can be done at minimal cost. This video shows a process for carrying out a practical on-site pH and electrical conductivity test on water. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| 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. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| BioSecure HACCP End Point Despatch Inspection Procedure [Video] | Inspecting crops prior to despatch is critical to the smooth operation of a BioSecure HACCP system. This video describes a systematic procedure to ensure, as much as possible, that plants, growing media, plant containers and packages despatched from a business are free of pests, diseases and weeds. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| BioSecure HACCP Site Surveillance Procedure [Video] | Site surveillance of production nurseries, greenlife markets and growing media manufacturers is a risk assessment process designed to identify production risks including; pest populations, diseases, weed growth, erosion and infrastructure failure. This video is a practical demonstration of a site surveillance procedure applied on a production nursery. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| BioSecure HACCP Vehicle Inspection Procedure [Video] | All vehicles entering the nursery production area can be a potential biosecurity risk. To mitigate this risk, entry should be restricted to all but essential vehicles.Any vehicle required to enter the nursery production area should be thoroughly inspected at a designated vehicle inspection point by following the BioSecure HACCP vehicle inspection procedure. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| BioSecure HACCP Import Inspection Procedure V2 [Video] | Inspecting plant material upon arrival at a production nursery is critical to the smooth operation of a BioSecure HACCP system.This video describes a systematic procedure to ensure, as much as possible, plants, growing media, plant containers and packages imported into a production nursery, are free of pests, diseases and weeds. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| BioSecure HACCP In line Despatch Inspection Procedure [Video] | Inspecting crops prior to despatch is critical to the smooth operation of a BioSecure HACCP system.This video describes a systematic procedure to ensure, as much as possible, that plants, growing media, plant containers and packages despatched from a business are free of pests, diseases and weeds. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| BioSecure HACCP Crop Monitoring Procedure [Video] | Crop monitoring is the systematic observation and inspection of crops that enables a business to manage a biosecurity risk. To aid in identifying biosecurity risks a monitoring plan must be devised for each growing area and motherstock production area within the nursery. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| BioSecure HACCP Sticky Traps [Video] | Sticky traps are a valuable aid in monitoring crops to detect early pest invasions, or to demonstrate property freedom of flying insects. Sticky traps record and highlight the activity of these flying insect pests. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| 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. | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Pohlmans - BioSecure HACCP Case Study [VIDEO] | Pohlmans - BioSecure HACCP Case Study [VIDEO] | 7 Dec 2025 |
| Nursery Production Farm Management System Video [Video] | Every business faces risk, but not every business faces their risk. The Nursery Production Farm Management System (FMS) is designed assist production nurseries, greenlife markets and growing media manufacturers in planning their future through risk analysis and action planning. | 7 Dec 2025 |