HORTICULTURE
HORTICULTURAL
HORTICULTURE
THE STUDY OF HORTICULTURE
HORTICULTURE LINKS
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HORTICULTURE
Horticulture is the industry and science of plant
cultivation including the process of preparing
soil for the planting of seeds, tubers, or
cuttings.
Horticulturists work and conduct research in the
disciplines of plant propagation and cultivation,
crop production, plant breeding and genetic
engineering, plant biochemistry, and plant
physiology.
The work basically involves fruits, berries,
nuts, vegetables, flowers, trees, shrubs, and
turf. Horticulturists work to improve crop
yield, quality, nutritional value, and
resistance to insects, diseases, and
environmental stresses.
Horticulture usually refers to gardening on
a smaller scale, while agriculture refers to
the large-scale cultivation of crops. The
word is composite, from two words, horti,
meaning grass, originating in the Greek,
meaning the same (grass) and the word
"culture".
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THE
STUDY
OF
HORTICULTURE
Horticulture involves Eight areas of study,
which can be grouped into two broad sections,
ornamentals and edibles:
Arboriculture
is the study of, and the selection, planting,
care, and removal of, individual trees, shrubs,
vines, and other perennial woody plants.
Floriculture
includes the production and marketing of
floral crops.
Landscape horticulture
includes the production, marketing and
maintenance of landscape plants.
Olericulture
includes the production and marketing
of vegetables.
Pomology
includes the production and marketing
of fruits.
Viticulture
includes the production and marketing
of grapes.
Oenology
includes all aspects of wine and
winemaking.
Postharvest physiology
involves maintaining the quality of
and preventing the spoilage of
horticultural crops.
Horticulturists can work in industry, government
or educational institutions or private collections.
They can be cropping systems engineers, wholesale
or retail business managers, propagators and tissue
culture specialists (fruits, vegetables, ornamentals,
and turf), crop inspectors, crop production advisers,
extension specialists, plant breeders, research
scientists, and of course, teachers.
Horticulture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horticulture
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HORTICULTURE
HORTICULTURAL
LINKS
Animals and Horticulture
http://heathrowspecialneedscentre.org/visitors
Animal Science & Horticulture
https://rainbowacres.com/animal-science-horticulture/
British Library finding information on the horticulture industry
http://www.bl.uk/collections/business/hortindu.html
Global Hort
http://www.globalhort.org
History of Horticulture
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/history/default.html
HORTICULTURE
https://www.encyclopedia.com/plants-and-animals/agriculture-and-horticulture/horticulture/horticulture
Horticulture Information & Resource Library
http://hin.com.au
Horticulture Magazine
http://www.hortmag.com/
HORTIVAR The FAO Horticulture Cultivars Performance Database
http://www.fao.org/hortivar
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International Society for Horticultural Science ISHS
http://www.ishs.org/
The Institute of Horticulture
http://www.horticulture.org.uk/
Planning a Pollinator Garden
https://kidsgardening.org/lesson-plans-planning-a-pollinator-garden/
Plant and Soil Sciences eLibrary
http://passel.unl.edu/
The Royal Horticultural Society
http://www.rhs.org.uk/
Trends in Horticulture
http://www.joncoedesign.com/trends/horticulture_trends.htm
Why Horticulture?
https://horticulture.umn.edu/students/why-horticulture
What is a
Horticulturalist?
https://www.environmentalscience.org/career/horticulturalist
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American
Society for Horticultural
Science (ASHS)
https://ashs.org/
International
Society for
Horticultural Science
https://www.ishs.org/
Horticulture
Magazine
https://www.hortmag.com/
The National
Regenerative Agriculture Day
https://www.nationalregenerativeagricultureday.com/
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Agriculture
Scholarships
https://www.scholarships.com/financial-aid/college-scholarships/scholarships-by-major/agriculture-scholarships/
CABI
https://www.cabi.org/
AGRICOLA
AGRICultural OnLine Access
NAL
National Agricultural Library
https://agricola.nal.usda.gov/help/aboutagricola.html
AGRIS
International Information System
for the Agricultural Science
and Technology
http://agris.fao.org/agris-search/index.do
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AGRICOLA
https://agricola.nal.usda.gov/
National Agricultural Library
https://data.nal.usda.gov/
PESWIKI
https://peswiki.com/
Horticulture and Soil Science Wiki
http://horticultureandsoilscience.wikia.com/wiki/Horticulture_and_Soil_Science_Wiki
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The Encyclopedia of Life
http://eol.org/
Garden sharing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_sharing
Seed swap
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seed_swap
Feedipedia
http://www.feedipedia.org/
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