what is horticulture crops
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Horticulture is the agriculture of plants, mainly for food, materials, comfort and beauty for decoration.Horticulturists apply knowledge, skills, and technologies to grow intensively produced plants for human food and non-food uses and for personal or social needs. Their work involves plant propagation and cultivation with the aim of improving plant growth, yields, quality, nutritional value and resistance to insects, diseases and environmental stresses. They work as gardeners, growers, therapists, designers, and technical advisors in the food and non-food sectors of horticulture.
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Horticulture Crops:
- The horticulture crops include the cultivation of fruits and vegetables.
- Loamy is the most suitable soil for growing horticulture crops.
- They are zaid seasonal crops or they can also grow in any season.
- India produces both types of horticulture crops, tropical as well as temperate fruits.
- Generally, most of the fruits are plantation crops.
Some fruits growing areas in India are :
- Mango - Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana and West Bengal.
- Banana - Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Mizoram and Karnataka.
- Apple - Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh.
- Grape - Meghalaya
- Orange - Nagpur and Meghalaya.
- Lichi - Bihar and Uttar Pradesh
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