HORTICULTURE

CONTENTS
 DEFINATION & ETYMOLOGY

 SCOPE
ARBORICULTURE
TURF MANAGEMENT
FLORICULTURE
LANDSCAPE HORTICULTURE
OLETRICULTURE
POMOLOGY
VITICULTURE
OENOLOGY
POSTHARVEST PHYSIOLOGY
 HISTORY

 ORGANISZATION
 DEFINATION & ETYMOLOGY

HORTICULTURE can be Defined as the culture

of plants, mainly for food, materials, comfort
and beauty.

The word horticulture is modeled

after agriculture,and comes from the
Latin hortus "garden" and cultūra "cultivation"
from cultus.
 THE MAJOR AREAS OF
HORTICULTURE
ARBORICULTURE
TURF MANAGEMENT
FLORICULTURE
LANDSCAPE HORTICULTURE
OLETRICULTURE
POMOLOGY
VITICULTURE
OENOLOGY
POSTHARVEST PHYSIOLOGY
 ARBORICULTURE
Study of, and the selection, plant, care, and
removal of, individual trees, shrubs, vines, and
other perennial woody plants.

The science of arboriculture studies how

these plants grow and respond to cultural
practices and to their environment.
 TURF MANAGEMENT
Includes all aspects of the production and
maintenance of turf grass for sports, leisure use
or amenity use.

Turf management involves the professional

maintenance of landscapes. Turf managers are
responsible for preserving the beauty of lawns
and recreational ground coverings. They use their
knowledge of grass, irrigation, pesticides and
growing conditions to keep fields and lawns
healthy and green.
 FLORICULTURE

Includes the production and marketing of

floral crops. Study of flower cultivation.
The development, via plant breeding, of new
varieties is a major occupation of
floriculturists.
 LANDSCAPE HORTICULTURE
Includes the production, marketing and
maintenance of landscape plants.
 OLETRICULTURE

Includes the production and marketing

of vegetables.
Olericulture is the production of plants for use
of the edible parts.
It encompasses crop establishment,
including cultivar selection, seedbed
preparation and establishment of vegetable
crops by seed and transplants.
 POMOLOGY
Includes the production and marketing of
fruits.
The goals of fruit tree improvement include
enhancement of fruit quality, regulation of
production periods, and reduction of
production cost. One involved in the science of
pomology is called a pomologist.
 VITICULTURE
Includes the production and marketing
of grapes.
Duties of the viticulturist include monitoring
and controlling pests and diseases, fertilizing,
irrigation, monitoring fruit development
and characteristics, deciding when to harvest,
and vine pruning during the winter months.
 OENOLOGY
Includes all aspects of wine and winemaking.

The English word oenology derives from the

word oinos, "wine" and the suffix –
logia "study of" from the Ancient Greek
language.
 POSTHARVEST PHYSIOLOGY
Involves maintaining the quality of and
preventing the spoilage of plants and animals.

In agriculture, postharvest handling is the

stage of crop production immediately
following harvest, including cooling, cleaning,
sorting and packing.
 HISTORY
Horticulture has a very long history. The study
and science of horticulture dates all the way back
to the times of Cyrus the Great of ancient Persia,
and has been going on ever since, with present-
day horticulturists such as Freeman S. Howlett
and Luther Burbank.

The practice of horticulture can be retraced for

many thousands of years. The cultivation of taro
and yam in Papua New Guinea dates back to at
least 6950–6440 cal BP.
Horticulture primarily differs from agriculture
in two ways. First, it generally encompasses a
smaller scale of cultivation, using small plots
of mixed crops rather than large fields of
single crops. Secondly, horticultural
cultivations generally include a wide variety of
crops, even including fruit trees with ground
crops.
 ORGANIZATION
The oldest Horticultural society in the world,
founded in 1768, is the Ancient Society of York
Florists. They still have four shows a year in
York, UK.

The professional body representing

horticulturists in Great Britain and Ireland is
the Institute of Horticulture (IOH). Also, the
IOH has an international branch for members
outside of these islands.
 The Australian Society of Horticultural Science was
established in 1990 as a professional society for the
promotion and enhancement of Australian
horticultural science and industry.

 The National Junior Horticultural Association (NJHA)

was established in 1934 and was the first organisation
in the world dedicated solely to youth and horticulture.
NJHA programs are designed to help young people
obtain a basic understanding of, and develop skills in,
the ever-expanding art and science of horticulture.
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