AN OVERVIEW OF THE NEW ZEALAND CALLA INDUSTRY, RESEARCH DIRECTIONS AND YEAR-ROUND TUBER PRODUCTION DEMONSTRATIONS AT THE NEW ZEALAND NURSERY RESEARCH CENTRE

Using visual aids and accompanying information a presentation was made to introduce delegates to the New Zealand Calla (Zantedeschia) Industry: the people, the cropping situations and the sales statistics; to the calla research community; and to the recent trials carried out at the Nursery Research Centre on year-round tuber production technology.