Wikipedia:WikiProject Banksia/Drafts/Cultivation of Banksia

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Background
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Uses

 * cultivated for sale in nursery industry, and for sale of cut flowers to florists.
 * favoured species?

Cut flower industry

 * how big is the cut flower industry
 * where does the industry operate
 * where are its markets
 * competition?

Propagation

 * seed
 * cuttings
 * tissue culture
 * grafting
 * budding
 * cloning
 * breeding and selection strategies
 * cultivars

Crop Management

 * aspect, soil, climate
 * plant spacing and layout
 * irrigation
 * fertilising
 * pruning
 * flower induction

Pests and diseases

 * diseases
 * dieback
 * canker (cryptodiapothe, Diplodinia, Zythiostroma, Botryospharia)
 * corky bark
 * flower blight
 * shoot tip blight
 * anthracnose
 * silverleaf
 * armillaria rot
 * white root rot
 * verticillium wilt
 * damping off
 * bacterial leaf spot
 * root knot
 * pests
 * tunnelling moth larvae
 * other flower and leaf predators
 * seed predators
 * witch's broom mite
 * red spider mite
 * birds
 * kangaroos, bandicoots
 * competition from weeds

Postharvest handling

 * harvesting method
 * drying
 * dying
 * disinfestation
 * packaging, transport
 * marketing