The efficiency of a tree improvement program can be greatly affected by the degree of seed efficiency in the nursery. The gains from tree improvement can be 50% greater from a nursery with 90% seed efficiency than from a nursery with 60% seed efficiency. However, because the nursery and tree improvement are usually operated by different divisions, the goals of the nursery manager may not includ...

Landis, T.D.; South, D.B., tech. coords. 1997. National proceedings: Forest and Conservation Nursery Associations—1996. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-389. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 282 p. This proceedings is a compilation of 51 papers that were presented at the regional meetings of the forest and conservation nursery associations...

General Practitioners catering for Service families need to be aware of the multiple influences on patients consultation. The children who attend frequently are those who have already been ill and those that attend a nursery school. The mother is influential if she has had experience in looking after children, if she has had employment out of the home and if her formal education was poor. The p...

Following a previous work, concerning the energy audit of a nursery school belonging to the public building park of the town of Palermo, some further analyses have been conducted. These mainly refer to the environmental performances of the school that are assessed with regards to different interventions involving the envelope (the glazed part, particularly) and the surrounding spaces. The inter...

During the preschool years assessment is an on-going process, ideally in a nursery school with specially trained staff. In doubtful cases the child may start in a special school and be promoted to an ordinary school. The responsibility for placing a child in an ordinary school is a serious one because failure can be a searing experience for the child. A child who has to be transferred from a no...

reL ainEven where families from outdated, unhygienic buildings have been OUsed, play problems may remain unsolved, for the construction of more more skyscraper flats involves their own very special difficulties and gers for young children at play. ?T.'s survey of Nursery Education ^Additional state nursery schools are one answer, but a survey of "The e ?f Nursery Education"* published in Januar...

After an outbreak of flavobacterium meningitis in the newborn nursery of the University Hospital, an investigation was carried out to determine the possible sources of this organisms in the nursery. Various serotypes of the organism were recovered from a variety of sources such as wash basins, sinks, suction apparatus, and disinfectants in the nursery as well as the neighbouring wards. Colonisa...

Phytophthora is a genus of destructive plant pathogens. Certain species are damaging to native ecosystems, forestry, and the horticultural sector, there evidence their dissemination in imports. Horticultural nurseries central nodes trade previous studies have found high diversity associated with nursery stock. It was subsequently hypothesized that green waste disposal sites could harbour divers...