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What is Horticulture?
Horticulture is the culture of plants for food, comfort, and beautification In Latin, horticulture means garden culture. The field of science that deals with the cultivation of horticultural plants is known as horticulture science.
What is Horticulture?
Botany is the study of plants and their processes. As in other areas of agriculture, technology has found its way into horticulture. Horticulture technology is the application of science to horticulture.
What is horticulture?
The horticulture industry is the combination of scientific, technological, and production activities that ensure the satisfaction of the consumer.
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Landscape Design Wholesale Growers Turf Maintenance Landscape Maintenance Forestry Fruit and Vegetable Production Landscape Architecture Interiorscape Turf Management Business and Financial Management Retail Industry Landscape Construction Floral
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What is horticulture and how does it relate to science and technology? What are the three major segments of the horticulture industry?
Why is the olericulture industry important? Olericulture is the area of horticulture that involves the production of vegetable food crops. Vegetables are not only important to our daily nutrition, but they are also important to the U.S. agricultural economy.
The National Agricultural Statistics Service reports that in 2004 floriculture crops were worth $5.2 billion on the wholesale market. California, Florida, Michigan, Texas, and New York led the nation in wholesale floriculture production.
Nursery production involves growing plants in containers or fields. Plants can be grown from seeds, cuttings, or grafts.
Jobs and occupations in nursery production supervisor include propagator, inventory manager, field supervisor, manager, salesperson, sales manager, and shipping.
Pomology and olericulture Production varies according to the crop being raised and where it is being raised. Examples of jobs and occupations in food crop production include manager and field technician. Marketing is also important in the food crop production industry. Examples of jobs and occupations in the food crop marketing industry include sales agent and broker.
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landscape technician equipment operator.
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Why is the horticulture industry popular? Why is the ornamental horticulture industry important? Why is the olericulture industry important? Why is the pomology industry important?
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What are skills you need in order to be successful in a horticulture career?