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The State of Queensland, Australia
Department of Primary Industries
Delivery
is limited to North and Latin America
Agrilink
Lettuce Information Kit
The Lettuce Kit
is written for commercial growers, horticultural and pest management consultants
/ suppliers, tertiary and high school students and hobby farmers in Queensland.
The manual discusses
growing all lettuce varieties in the field for all production times. It discusses
the advantages and disadvantages of direct-seeding or using transplants, but
does not discuss how to raise seedlings. This is a specialised business. It
does not have detailed information on hydroponic or organic production systems,
but refers readers to other sources of information.
Apart from variety
recommendations, chemical registrations and timing of planting, most of the
information is useful to lettuce growers throughout Australia.
This kit contains
144 pages, 56 colour photos, more than 26 mono images and drawings and two lift-out
handy guides. The main chapters are:
- Before you
start (6 pages) - includes an introduction to the industry, valuable information
on economics, capital, equipment and labour required and what you can expect
to make.
- Common questions
(8 pages) - answers to the 25 most commonly asked questions including what
varieties to grow, growing, fertilising, irrigation, spraying, disease, pruning,
production and marketing.
- Growing the
crop
(28 pages) - includes deciding when to plant, irrigation systems, selecting
varieties, land preparation, weed control, fertilising, irrigation scheduling,
when to harvest, grading and packing, postharvest disorders and marketing.
- Key issues
(62 pages) - detailed information on important business and management decisions,
seed germination, varieties, nutrition, diseases, irrigation management, organic
and hydroponic production.
- Problem solver
(14 pages) - 56 colour photos of common problems associated with seedlings,
leaves and plants along with recommended solutions.
- Contacts
and references
(20 pages) - organisations, suppliers, information sources and further reading.
- Index
(6 pages) - A to Z index to help you find information quickly.
- Handy Guide
1 (Problem
Solver Handy Guide) - allows selection of appropriate chemicals together with
trade names and withholding periods.
- Handy Guide
2 (Crop
Production Handy Guide) - a yearly calendar for crop management and pest and
disease management.
Price: $81.00 
Lower
Price (plus $30.00 for overseas shipping) 
Delivery
is limited to North and Latin America
Lettuce
| Lychee | Onion
| Potato
Rockmelon-Honeydew | Strawberry
Agrilink
Onion Information Kit
The Onion Kit is
written for commercial growers, horticultural and pest management consultants
/ suppliers, tertiary and high school students and hobby farmers in Queensland.
The kit is about
bulbing onions only; it does not cover growing garlic, shallots or spring onions.
Varietal recommendations are for the milder salad-type onions that are grown
in Queensland, not the more pungent southern bulbing onion. There is a section
on growing your seed, rather than buying in from a specialist nursery. Apart
from varietal recommendations, time of sowing, some disease and pest problems
and chemical recommendations, the kit is for onion growers throughout Australia.
This kit contains
108 pages, 64 colour photos, more than 33 mono images and drawings and two lift-out
handy guides. The main chapters are:
- Before you
start (6 pages) - includes an introduction to the industry, valuable information
on economics, capital, equipment and labour required and what you can expect
to make.
- Common questions
(6 pages) - answers to the 30 most commonly asked questions including what
varieties to grow, growing, fertilising, disease, harvesting and marketing.
- Growing the
crop (28 pages) - includes choosing varieties, getting the crop started,
planting and harvesting times for different locations, ordering seed, planting
density and depth, weeds, irrigation, diseases and pests, nutrition, harvesting,
and drying curing and packing.
- Key issues
(34 pages) - detailed information on growth cycle, bulbing and daylength,
bolting, gross margin, producing seed, details of varieties, nutrition, irrigation
and tensiometers, pests and diseases, and marketing.
- Problem solver
(16 pages) - 50 colour photos of common problems associated with growing onions
along with recommended solutions.
- Contacts
and references
(14 pages) - organisations, suppliers, information sources and further reading.
- Index
(4 pages) - A to Z index to help you find information quickly.
- Handy Guide
1 (Problem
Solver Handy Guide) - allows selection of appropriate chemicals together with
trade names and withholding periods.
- Handy Guide
2 (Crop
Production Handy Guide) - a yearly calendar for crop management and pest and
disease management.
Price: $81.00 Lower
Price (plus $30.00 for overseas shipping) Delivery
is limited to North and Latin America
Agrilink
Potato Information Kit
The Potato Kit
is written for commercial growers, horticultural and pest management consultants
/ suppliers, tertiary and high school students and hobby farmers in Queensland.
The kit concentrates
on tubers for the fresh market; it does not discuss processing potatoes because
these varieties are grown under different production systems. Apart from variety
recommendations and chemical registrations and timing of planting, most of the
information is useful to potato growers throughout Australia.
This kit contains
132 pages, 70 colour photos, more than 16 mono images and drawings and two lift-out
handy guides. The main chapters are:
- Before you
start
(8 pages) - includes an introduction to the industry, valuable information
on economics, capital, equipment and labour required and what you can expect
to make.
- Common questions
(10 pages) - answers to the 45 most commonly asked questions including what
varieties to grow, growing, fertilising, irrigation, disease, production and
marketing.
- Growing the
crop
(32 pages) - includes selecting varieties, seed sources, land preparation,
crop management, diseases and pests, weeds, and harvesting and marketing.
- Key issues
(40 pages) - detailed information on important business and management decisions;
vegetative and tuber growth, gross margin, selecting and storing seed, details
of varieties, nutrition, irrigation and tensiometers, and marketing trends.
- Problem solver
(22 pages) - 55 colour photos of common problems associated with leaves, stems,
tubers and plants along with recommended solutions.
- Contacts
and references
(16 pages) - organisations, suppliers, information sources and further reading.
- Index
(4 pages) - A to Z index to help you find information quickly.
- Handy Guide
1 (Problem
Solver Handy Guide) - allows selection of appropriate chemicals together with
trade names and withholding periods.
- Handy Guide
2 (Crop
Production Handy Guide) - a yearly calendar for crop management and pest and
disease management.
Price: $81.00 Lower
Price (plus $30.00 for overseas shipping) Delivery
is limited to North and Latin America
Lettuce
| Lychee | Onion
| Potato
Rockmelon-Honeydew | Strawberry
Agrilink
Rockmelon & Honeydew Information Kit
The Rockmelon &
Honeydew Kit is written for commercial growers, horticultural and pest management
consultants/suppliers, tertiary and high school students and hobby farmers in
Queensland.
Apart from variety
recommendations and timing of planting, most information is useful to growers
throughout Australia, particularly those in the Hunter Valley in New South Wales
and northern Australia. Chemical recommendations apply only to Quensland.
This kit contains
148 pages, 61 colour photos, more than 40 mono images and drawings and two lift-out
handy guides. The main chapters are:
- Before you
start (8 pages) - includes an introduction to the industry, valuable information
on economics, capital, equipment and labour required and what you can expect
to make.
- Common questions
(10 pages) - answers to the 42 most commonly asked questions including what
varieties to grow, growing, fertilising, irrigation, bees and pollination,
disease and marketing.
- Growing the
crop (44 pages) - includes land preparation and laying out the fields,
choosing varieties, planting, management of runners to fruit set, nutrition,
irrigation, weed control, and harvesting, grading and marketing.
- Key issues
(46 pages) - detailed information on important business and management decisions,
gross margin; using container-grown transplants; details of 16 varieties;
main planting times according to district; importance of pollination; nutrition,
irrigation, pests and diseases; alternatives to methyl bromide; and postharvest
handling and quality management
- Problem solver
(16
pages) - 59 colour photos of common problems associated with seedlings, leaves,
plants and fruit along with recommended solutions.
- Contacts
and references (18
pages) - organisations, suppliers, information sources and further reading.
- Index
(6 pages) - A to Z index to help you find information quickly.
- Handy Guide
1 (Problem
Solver Handy Guide) - allows selection of appropriate chemicals together with
trade names and withholding periods.
- Handy Guide
2 (Crop
Production Handy Guide) - a yearly calendar for crop management and pest and
disease management.
Price: $81.00 Lower
Price (plus $30.00 for overseas shipping) Delivery
is limited to North and Latin America
Agrilink
Strawberry Information Kit
The Strawberry
Kit is written for commercial growers, horticultural and pest management consultants
/ suppliers, tertiary and high school students and hobby farmers in Queensland.
The kit is useful
to strawberry growers throughout Australia, except for some varietal recommendations,
time of planting and chemical registrations. A section on hydroponics and organic
growing presents the core information only, but there is a good list of contacts
and references for these alternative production systems. For organic growers,
alternatives to chemicals are mentioned where relevant throughout the kit.
This kit contains
160 pages, 97 colour photos, more than 55 mono images and drawings, a 4 page
colour variety selector and two lift-out handy guides. The main chapters are:
- Before you
start (8
pages) - includes an introduction to the industry, valuable information on
economics, capital, equipment and labour required and what you can expect
to make.
- Common questions
(8 pages) - answers to the 31 most commonly asked questions about growing
strawberries, including runners, prices, hydroponics and organic production.
- Growing the
crop
(42 pages) - includes preparing land, choosing varieties and ordering runners,
getting ready for planting, bed forming, fumigation, covering plants to extend
fruiting, ratooning, crop management until harvest, picking and grading, and
interstate quarantine.
- Key issues
(58 pages) - detailed information on important business and management decisions,
variety and day length, runner maturity, gross margin, selecting varieties
(colour pictures of the 12 best varieties), nutrition and sap testing, irrigation
and tensiometers, Integrated Pest Management, alternatives to methyl bromide,
and hydroponics and organic growing in brief. Includes a variety selector
with photos of 12 varieties commonly grown.
- Problem solver
(18 pages) - 77 colour photos of common problems associated with leaves, flowers,
fruit and plants along with recommended solutions.
- Contacts
and references (20 pages) - organisations, suppliers, information sources
and further reading.
- Index
(6 pages) - A to Z index to help you find information quickly.
- Handy Guide
1 (Problem
Solver Handy Guide) - allows selection of appropriate chemicals together with
trade names and withholding periods.
- Handy Guide
2 (Crop Production Handy Guide) - a yearly calendar for crop management
and pest and disease management.
Price: $81.00 Lower
Price (plus $30.00 for overseas shipping) Delivery
is limited to North and Latin Americ
Agrilink
Lychee Information Kit
The Lychee Kit
is written for commercial growers, horticultural and pest management consultants/suppliers,
tertiary and high school students and hobby farmers in all states of Australia.
The information is primarily for Queensland but would suit growers in northern
New South Wales and areas with similar climates. Apart from chemical registrations,
most information is relevant to all growers throughout Australia. The main production
areas are coastal north Queensland and the Atherton Tableland, Yepoon, Rockhampton
and Bundaberg in central Queensland, the Sunshine Coast in southern Queensland
and northern New South Wales. About 50% of production is in north Queensland,
40% in southern Queensland and 10% in New South Wales.
This kit contains more than 230 pages, 90 colour photos, more than 100 mono
images and drawings, a 4 page colour variety identifier and two lift-out handy
guides. The main chapters are:
- Before you
start (12 pages) - includes an introduction to the industry, valuable
information on economics, capital, equipment and labour required and what
you can expect to make from a typical orchard.
- Common questions
(12 pages) - answers to the 45 most commonly asked questions including what
varieties to grow, growing, fertilising, irrigation, spraying, netting, pest
management, postharvest and marketing.
- Growing the
crop (64 pages) - includes setting up an orchard, preparation of land,
drainage, irrigation systems, selecting varieties, planting, fertilising,
shaping, weed control & mulching, pest and disease management, fruit disorders,
pruning & canopy management, harvesting, packing, marketing, quality management.
- Key issues
(98 pages) - detailed information on important business and management decisions,
propagation, varieties, irrigation management, nutrition, netting, windbreaks,
topworking, postharvest handling, marketing, exporting.
- Problem solver
(18 pages) - 81 colour photos of common problems associated with leaves, trees,
trunks & branches and fruit along with recommended solutions.
- Contacts
and references (32 pages) - organisations, suppliers, information sources
and further reading.
- Index
(10 pages) - A to Z index to help you find information quickly.
- Handy Guide
1 includes a problem solver for pests & diseases and trade names and
registration status of recommended chemicals.
- Handy Guide
2 includes a yearly calendar for crop management and pest and disease
management.
- Variety identifier
(4 pages) - includes 14 colour photos of fruit varieties and 4 photos of tree
growth stages.
Price: $117.00 (plus $30.00 for overseas shipping)
Lettuce
| Lychee | Onion
| Potato
Rockmelon-Honeydew | Strawberry
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