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Texas Certified Nursery Professional Manual (TCNP Manual)

Description
The TCNP Manual is the study guide for the Texas Certified Nursery Professional exam and a resource book for the nursery/landscape company. Contents include:

Section I The Retail Nursery Business
Sales and Service
Display

Section II - Basic Botany
How Plants Grow
Plant Nomenclature

Section III - Plant Care and Maintenance
Soils and Growing Media
Plant Nutrition
Plant Pests
Pest Controls
Disease Identification and Control
Weed Identification and Control
Pruning
Plant Propagation

Section IV - Plant Materials
Trees and Shrubs
Vines and Groundcovers
Landscape Color
Turfgrass
Interior Plants

Section V - The Home Landscape
Landscape Design
The Home Orchard
The Home Vegetable Garden

Glossary

Appendices
Calculations and Conversions
Diagnosing Plant Problems
Diseases, Insects, Weeds
Charts for Foliage, Herbs, Trees, Shrubs, Vines & Groundcover
Summary of Texas Laws and Regulations

Color Photos of Diseases and Insects
Grades and Standards Manual
Outstanding Texas Landscape Plants brochure
Outstanding Texas Landscape Color brochure

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