Nursery and Flower Grower

The Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) is an important invasive pest for California, and is established in much of California's coastal and some inland areas where nursery products are produced. It is a federally and state regulated pest in many ornamental and fruit crops.

In this last post on liverwort biology and management, we look at some key management strategies and why they can be effective. Reduce overhead splashing water and flooding pots Remember from previous posts that there are over 100 gemmae clones in each gemma cup ready to be splashed out and moved.

Spores are key to the success of the liverwort Spores are derived from sexual recombination, which provides the mechanism for new adaptations to the nursery and greenhouse environment. A single female reproductive structure produces thousands of spores. They are very tiny (less than 3.

Liverworts do not have the typical propagules associated with other common weeds. They don't have seeds or asexual propagules such as rhizomes and stolons that can spread and establish as new plants.

Liverwort (Marchantia polymorpha) is a tenacious weed that is well known to Central Coast nursery growers.