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COURSE STRUCTURE
The course is divided into eleven lessons as follows:
1. Introduction to the Nursery Industry: production systems, transport regulations, PVR
2. Plant Identification and Taxonomy: systematic botany, plant families, leaf and flower parts
3. Nursery Structures and Buildings: greenhouse management, structures for nurseries
4. Potting Mixes: U.C. soil mixes, understanding soils, growing media
5. Seed Propagation: quality, sources, storage, germination treatments
6. Cutting Propagation: stock plants, hormones
7. Other Propagation Techniques: tissue culture, division, separation, layering, grafting
8. Plant Nutrition in the Nursery: nutrition management,
9. Pests and Diseases Control: hygeine
10. Other Nursery Tasks: nursery irrigation, modifying plant growth
11. Marketing and Sales: sales methods
Course Duration: 100 hours
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