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Horticulturists can work in industry, government, or educational institutions. 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 advisors, extension specialists, plant breeders, research scientists, and of course, teachers. | Horticulturists can work in industry, government, or educational institutions. 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 advisors, extension specialists, plant breeders, research scientists, and of course, teachers. | ||
siness. Some careers in horticultural science require a masters (MS) or doctoral (PhD) degree. | |||
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Revision as of 08:02, 15 December 2006
The Latin words hortus (garden plant) and cultura (culture) together form horticulture, classically defined as the culture or growing of garden plants. Horticulture involves five areas of study. These areas are floriculture (includes production and marketing of floral crops), landscape horticulture (includes production, marketing and maintenance of landscape plants), olericulture (includes production and marketing of vegetables), pomology (includes production and marketing of fruits), and postharvest physiology (involves maintaining quality and preventing spoilage of horticultural crops).
Horticulturists can work in industry, government, or educational institutions. 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 advisors, extension specialists, plant breeders, research scientists, and of course, teachers.
siness. Some careers in horticultural science require a masters (MS) or doctoral (PhD) degree.
See also
- Agriculture
- Arborsculpture
- Espalier
- Garden design
- History of gardening
- Planting design
- Royal Horticultural Society
- Viticulture
External links
- Horticultural crop names and alternate names
- Horticulture resources
- The British Library - finding information on the horticulture industry
- HORTIVAR - The FAO Horticulture Cultivars Performance Database
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