Horticulture encompasses the science, technology, and business of intensive plant cultivation for human use. It includes a variety of specialties such as floriculture, which focuses on the production and marketing of floral crops, and pomology, dedicated to pome fruits.
Horticulture is practiced in many gardens, "plant growth centre's" and nurseries.
They can be cropping systems, engineers, wholesale or retail business managers, propagators, and tissue culture specialists.
Horticulturist can work in industries, government, educational institutions, and private collections.
Post harvest physiology involves maintaining the quality of and preventing the Spoilage of plants and animals.
Oenology includes all aspects of wine and winemaking.
Pomology includes the production and marketing of pome fruits.
olericulture includes the production and marketing of vegetables
Landscape horticulture includes the production, marketing and maintenance of landscape plants.
Floriculture includes the production and marketing of floral crops.
Turf management includes all aspects of the production and maintenance of turf grass for sports, leisure use or amenity use
Arboriculture is the study of, and the selection, planting, care, and removal of, individual trees, shrubs, vines, and other perennial woody plants.
Horticulture involves eight areas of study which are
Arboriculture
Turf management
Floriculture
Landscape horticulture
Oleculture
Pomology
viticulture
Oenology
Postharvest physiology
The word horticulture is modeled after agriculture
It also includes related services in plant conservation, landscape restoration, landscape and garden design/maintenance/construction, arboriculture, horticultural therapy, and much more.
Horticulture is very diverse(unique) in its activities like incorporating plants for food and non food crops.
It is practiced from the level of a garden up to the activities of a multinational corporation.
Horticulture is the Science, Technology, and business involved in intensive plant cultivation for human use.