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Write an essay about your understanding of our First Quarter topic about Horticulture in not less than 150 words. “Horticulture”

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Answered by shristi7002
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Horticulture is the science and art of the development, sustainable production, marketing and use of high-value, intensively cultivated food and ornamental plants. Horticultural crops are diverse, including: Annual and perennial species, Fruits and vegetables, Decorative indoor plants and.

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The horticulture industry consist of four major divisions: PROMOLOGY- The science and practice of growing, harvesting, handling, storing, processing, and marketing tree fruits.

The horticulture industry can be divided into three areas: pomology, olericulture, and ornamental horticulture. Pomology is the planting, harvesting, storing, process- ing, and marketing of fruit and nut crops. Olericulture includes the planting, har- vesting, storing, processing, and marketing of vegetable crops.

Horticulture gives more return than the field crops, the horticultural crops are important as its nutritional element is high, the fruits and vegetables gives enough nutrition and vitamins. The crops are sustainable for small and marginal farmers.

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Answered by silleairam
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Answer:

Horticulture is the science and art of the development, sustainable production, marketing and use of high-value, intensively cultivated food and ornamental plants.  

Horticultural crops are diverse, including:

  • Annual and perennial species,
  • Fruits and vegetables,
  • Decorative indoor plants and
  • Landscape plants.

Horticulture also contributes to quality of life, and the beauty, sustainability and rehabilitation of our environment and the human condition. Plants, crops and green spaces sustain and enrich our lives by providing nutritious food, enhancing the beauty of our homes and communities and reducing our carbon footprint. Environmental horticulture provides a range of green career paths including in greenhouse production, wholesale brokers, commercial nurseries, garden centers, florists and landscape design and construction firms. There are also green jobs in private and community gardens, municipal parks and state or national reserves.

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