Innovations in Present Nursery Production of Conventional Planting Stock

Nursery production is likened to a subsystem of the total reforestation system. The inputs to the nursery subsystem are categorized as environment, management, raw material, the production process, research and development and finally, quality control.The various input fields are considered in some detail for innovations which can lead to improvement in quality and economies in production as well as point the direction for future research effort.In order to close the loop on the system and provide the necessary feedback of information from planting projects close liaison must be maintained by co-ordinators.The ultimate criterion for measuring success of the total system is the cost per established tree. The co-ordinators must balance the quality of stock versus production cost interaction in the nurseries against this criterion in order to maintain an efficient total system.