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The [[Latin]] words ''hortus'' ([[garden]] [[plant]]) and ''cultura'' (culture) together form '''horticulture''', classically defined as the culture or growing of garden plants.
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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).  
The [[Latin]] words ''hortus'' ("[[garden]] [[plant]]") and ''cultura'' together form '''horticulture''', classically defined as the culture or growing of garden plants.  


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.  
Horticulture involves five areas of study: '''[[floriculture]]''' (which includes production and marketing of [[flower|floral crops]]), '''[[landscape horticulture]]''' (production, marketing and maintenance of landscape plants), '''[[olericulture]]''' (production and marketing of [[vegetable]]s), '''[[pomology]]''' (production and marketing of [[fruit]]s), and '''[[postharvest physiology]]''' (maintaining quality and preventing spoilage of horticultural crops).  


College courses that complement Horticulture are [[biology]], [[botany]], [[entomology]], [[chemistry]], [[mathematics]], [[genetics]], [[physiology]], [[statistics]], [[computer science]], and [[communications]], [[garden design]], [[planting design]]. [[Botany|Plant science]] and horticulture courses include: plant materials, [[plant propagation]], tissue culture, crop production, [[post-harvest handling]], [[plant breeding]], [[pollination management]], crop nutrition, [[entomology]], [[phytopathology|plant pathology]], economics, and business. Some careers in horticultural science require a masters (MS) or doctoral (PhD) degree.
Horticulturists can work in industry, government, or educational institutions. They can be cropping systems engineers, wholesale or retail business managers, [[propagator]]s and tissue culture specialists (fruits, vegetables, ornamentals, and turf), crop inspectors, crop production advisors, extension specialists, plant breeders, research scientists, and of course, teachers.  


== See also ==
Some careers in horticultural science require a masters (MS) or doctoral (PhD) degree.[[Category:Suggestion Bot Tag]]
*[[Agriculture]]
*[[Arborsculpture]]
*[[Espalier]]
*[[History of gardening]]
*[[Planting design]]
*[[Royal Horticultural Society]]
*[[Viticulture]]
 
==External links==
*[http://www.ishs.org ISHS - International Society for Horticultural Science]
*[http://www.wcoh.ac.uk Welsh College of Horticulture]
 
*[http://www.postharvest.com.au Horticultural crop names and alternate names]
*[http://webgarden.osu.edu Horticulture resources]
*[http://www.bl.uk/collections/business/hortindu.html The British Library - finding information on the horticulture industry]
*[http://www.fao.org/hortivar HORTIVAR - The FAO Horticulture Cultivars Performance Database]
 
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[[Category:Botany]]
[[Category:Gardening]]
[[Category:Agronomy]]
 
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The Latin words hortus ("garden plant") and cultura together form horticulture, classically defined as the culture or growing of garden plants.

Horticulture involves five areas of study: floriculture (which includes production and marketing of floral crops), landscape horticulture (production, marketing and maintenance of landscape plants), olericulture (production and marketing of vegetables), pomology (production and marketing of fruits), and postharvest physiology (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.

Some careers in horticultural science require a masters (MS) or doctoral (PhD) degree.

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