UC Nursery and Floriculture Alliance

Best Management Practices Programs for CA Nurseries: Review and Outlook (San Marcos)

Center for Applied Horticultural Research
2280 Tamara Lane
San Marcos CA 92084

January 9, 2013
10:00 am – 1:30 pm

Moderator: James Bethke, UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor, San Diego and Riverside Counties

Continuing Education Units approved: DPR 2 "other"
CCA units requested

The California Department of Food and Agriculture, US Department of Agriculture APHIS and the National Plant Board in partnership with the California Association of Nurseries and Garden Centers (CANGC) and the University of California Nursery and Floriculture Alliance (UCNFA) are sponsoring a workshop to:

1. Review the benefits of best management practices (BMP’s) programs to the nursery industry
2. Share an example of a BMP program (components)
3. Educate nursery growers on National Ornamental Research Site at Dominican University of California (NORS-DUC)
4. Review current status of the CANGC BMP grant for multiple plant pests in CA
5. Provide update on the National Plant Board’s Systems Approach for Nursery Certification program

A nationwide movement has increased the focus on “clean stock production” in the interest of preventing the spread of diseases and pests through nursery stock. Various states across the US are meeting to develop programs and guidelines for their own states and the National Plant Board, working with USDA, are also meeting regarding a possible national program for all states. CDFA is encouraging a voluntary program designed to allow California nurseries to develop a program specific to their individual needs regarding diseases and pests.

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