Are you looking for additional resources?
Then, you´ve come to the right place because I´ve got a great collection of reference material and information that I´ve gathered from different sources over the years.
Roy's Hort file has everything from plant profiles to recommended CD-ROMs and books. So feel free to explore the file anytime. I hope you discover what you´re looking for!
This page contains a series of clickable headings that reveal links to resources.
Use the folling links to skip directly to each heading:
Weeds
Pests, diseases and disorders
Recognise plants, products, treatments and services
Plant specimens
Garden design and landscape
Plant damage
Sampling
Management strategies
Health, safety, hygiene and sanitation
Methods for controlling and monitoring pest, diseases and disorders
Conducting experiments
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Need to review your plant knowledge? Then spend some time looking at the these resources.
Check out these resources for collecting plant specimens and getting the right permits so you can collect it.
Make sure you get a copy of the abbreviated version of the Nursery and Garden Industry Australia Guidelines. These 'best practice' strategies for production nurseries and manufacturers of growing media. Other strategies include environmental audits and water retention efficiency.
Learn how to reduce disease and save on control costs by implementing hygiene, sanitation, healthy and safety standards, procedure and protocols in the workplace.
Discover the range of biological, mechanical and chemical methods to control and monitor pests, diseases and disorders.
Don't be put off by the fact that this is an aquaculture resource because it covers the basics of setting up a fair trial to collect meaningful results. Make sure you explore the simple demonstration showing the main ideas, terms and definitions and planning process.
The Water-wise Garden. Colourful water-wise gardening - guide to creating year round colourful gardens using little water, 1st edn [CD-ROM], The Water-wise Garden, Adelaide.
172 cards divided into three packs - tropical, sub-tropical and temperate. Available from the National Weeds Strategy web site (see web links for details).
Use the following search engines to carry out searches on the World Wide Web. The Australian site is excellent for resources.
Explore a range of pests, diseases and disorders that cause plant health problems.
