From seed to seedling

Having a sturdy seedling is the key to having a strong plant, and this eminently practical Vegetable seedling production manual discusses current technologies for the production of healthy and vigorous transplants. It includes examples of how to use locally available materials and substrates. The manual aims at disseminating vegetable seedling production technology as a means of improving cost-effectiveness in vegetable nursery management and promoting the use of improved vegetable cultivars. Vegetable seedling production manual FAO Plant Production and Protection Papers No 155. 1999. 84 pp. ISBN 925104385x US$ 22 E 25.80 FAO Sales and Marketing Group Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy. Fax: +39 06 57 05 33 60 Email: publications-sales@fao.orgVegetable seedling production manual FAO Plant Production and Protection Papers No 155. 1999. 84 pp. ISBN 925104385x US$ 22 E 25.80 FAO Sales and Marketing Group Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy. Fax: +39 06 57 05 33 60 Email