International Provenance Trials of Neem

Revised Procedures and Design in Trial Establishment in the International Neem Network
1. Nursery Phase

Compiled by
Vichien Sumantakul, Thailand - Rajedra B. Joshi, Nepal
Le Dinh Kha, Vietnam - Emilio AA. Rosario, Philippines
E.B. Lauridsen, Denmark




March 1995




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1. Introduction
2. Seed receipt
3. Seed testing
4. Period for nursery operations
5. Type of planting stock
6. Nursery beds, sowing and tending
7. Design and lay-out of nursery beds
8. Labelling
9. Preparing plants for transplanting to the field