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Showing posts with label Horticulture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Horticulture. Show all posts

Oct 9, 2010

Horticulture

Horticulture involves six areas of study.
These areas are:
1-floriculture (includes production and marketing of floral crops),

2-landscape horticulture (includes production, marketing and
maintenance of landscape plants),

3-olericulture (includes production and marketing of vegetables),

4-pomology (includes production and marketing of fruits),

5-postharvest physiology (involves maintaining quality and preventing spoilage of horticultural crops),

6-Arboriculture the study and selection, planting, care, and removal of individual trees, shrubs, vines, and other perennial woody plants.