Using composts at nurseries
"Natural Suppression of Plant Diseases:
A Research Update"
2007   (pdf file 42 KB)
Presentation at annual "Nursery Short Course" (Abbotsford, BC)
B.C. Landscape Nursery Trades Association and
B.C. Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Les composts en pépinières
"La suppression naturelle des maladies:
Une mise-à-jour technique"
2008   (pdf file 305 KB)
Présentation à
"Journée des producteurs en pépinières" (Drummondville, QC)
Institut Québécois du Développement
de l'Horticulture Ornamentale

Mulches for nursery container production
"Non-chemical weed control
with mulches and disks for nursery container production"
2006   (pdf file 216 KB)
Poster presentation at the
Canadian Weed Science Society annual meeting (Victoria, B.C.)

Herbicide flumioxazin for nurseries
"Flumioxazin, a new herbicide for pre-emergence control
of groundsel, bittercress and liverwort
in nursery container production"
2006   (pdf file 187 KB)
Poster presentation at the
Canadian Weed Science Society annual meeting (Victoria, B.C.)

Mycorrhizal fungi in propagation
"Mycorrhizal Fungi:
Impact of Commercial Products in Nursery Propagation"
2006   (pdf file 1272 KB)
Presentation at the Western Chapter (Vancouver, BC)
International Plant Propagators Society

Fertilisation of conifers
"Fertilization programs for conifer plants"
2005   (pdf file 36 KB)
Presentation at the annual meeting (Beaverdell, BC)
Okanagan-Shuswap Christmas Tree Association

Mycorrhizal products
"Perspectives on the use of commercial mycorrhizae products
in nursery production"
2003   (pdf file 38 KB)
Presentation at "Growers Short Course" (Burlington, ON)
Landscape Ontario Association

Indicator plants
"Using Plant Phenology
to Monitor Insect Pests of Landscape Plants"
2002   (pdf file 211 KB)
Published by the B.C. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
in Nursery & Landscape Pest Management & Production Guide

Pests in the Okanagan
"Monitoring calendar for insect pests of ornamental plants
in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia"
2001   (pdf file 269 KB)
Published by the B.C. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
in Nursery & Landscape Pest Management & Production Guide

Fire blight
"Fire Blight and Other Diseases of Malus"
2000   (pdf file 200 KB)
Presentation at "Meeting-in-the-Mountains" (Kananaskis, AB)
Landscape Alberta Nursery Trades Association

Compost for nurseries
"The Preparation and Use of Compost in Nurseries
for Container Media and Field Production"
1999   (pdf file 991 KB)
Presentation at Nursery Growers Short Course (Chiliwack, BC)
B.C. Landscape Nursery Landscape Association and
B.C. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food