Branches of Horticulture
The production and cultivation of fruit and nut crops
What is Pomology
Means pleasing in appearance or beauty
What is aesthetics
Plants produce oxygen and remove __________ from the atmosphere
What is carbon dioxide
The industry responsible for the planting and cultivation of plant products including:foods such as fruits, vegetables, grains, landscape plant, and plants used in manufacturing
It also generates more than $150 billion in the United States
What is the plant production industry
Means beauty or pleasing to the eye
What is aesthetics
The production, distribution, and processing of flowers and foliage plants.
What is Floriculture
Means of refreshment or diversion, a hobby
What is recreational
Provides plants the following benefits:
stability, nutrients, and oxygen
What is soil
________ is conducted through studies allow scientists from around the world to seek new pathways to enhance and document the impact of horticulture. It also shows the relationships between humans and the plant world
What is research
The means of refreshment, diversion or hobby
What is recreational
The production of vegetable food crops.
What is Olericulture
Type of plant that provides beauty and emotion
What is a flower
Plants are a food source for many ________
What are animals
processors, distributors, garden centers , nurseries, florists, teaching are all jobs in the ______ field of horticulture
What is related products and services
Provide or assist in a cure, curative
What is therapeutic
The production and use of plants to beautify the environment
What is Landscape Horticulture
Plants that are produced by hobbyists and large scale operators to provide food for families
What are garden plants
Plants provide protection to the soil, slow down water as it flows over the land, hold the soil in position, and break the impact of raindrops before they hit the soil. All of this impacts what environmental factor
What is erosion
______ and ________ of horticulture products are part of a lucrative international business structure that generates more $55.5 billion in the United States
What is sales and marketing
The process by which the surface of the earth gets worn down
What is erosion
Involves large groups of plants used in medicine and veterinary practice for therapeutic and preventative purposes
What is Medicinal Horticulture
Plants that provide shade, create windbreaks, reduce pollution and improve appearance of buildings and landscapes
What are trees
Grassy strips in fields help reduce _______ by slowing water rates in vegetated areas
What is runoff
quality control inspector, landscape service, garden center management, food processing, and orchard or greenhouse management are all jobs related to what field of horticulture
What is the plant production industry
The process in which goods and services are produced, sold, and bought
What is economics