Nurseries best practice guide
Kauri risk management guide for nurseries.
Strict protocols for the growing and production of Kauri are an important part of protecting Kauri from the pathogen Phytophthora agathidicida (PA), which causes the fatal condition known as kauri dieback disease. The National Plan for Kauri includes rules for anyone growing Kauri in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Guidelines for plant nurseries
This document provides best practice guidelines to help nurseries comply with the rules of the National Plan for Kauri growers and manage the threat of their Kauri crops becoming infected with PA and subsequently spreading it with plants to customers and to out-plantings.
Rule 3 of the National Plan requires that Kauri plants or trees must be grown according to a Kauri plant production plan if they are going to be moved off the property from which they were grown.
These guidelines will help nurseries who are not part of Plant Pass to develop their production plan and meet the requirements of Rule 3. (Nurseries that are Plant Pass certified to the Plant Pass Core Standard and the PA (Kauri) Schedule will automatically comply with Rule 3.)