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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. Horticulturists work in plant propagation, crop production, plant breeding and genetic engineering, plant biochemistry, plant physiology, and the storage, processing, and transportation of fruits, berries, nuts, vegetables, flowers, trees, shrubs, and turf. They improve crop yield, quality, nutritional value, and resistance to insects, diseases, and environmental stresses. Genetics is also used as a valuable tool in the development of plants that can synthesize chemicals for fighting disease (including cancers).
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).
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.
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Territory Sales Manager (Horticulture Products, Ontario), One-Year Contract Position - Bayer CropScience:.. http://bit.ly/M7QLp #jobs
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Territory Sales Manager (Horticulture Products, Ontario), One-Year Contract Position - Bayer CropScience:.. http://bit.ly/M7QLp #jobs
Territory Sales Manager (Horticulture Products, Ontario), One-Year Contract Position - Bayer CropScience:.. http://bit.ly/M7QLp #jobs
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Territory Sales Manager (Horticulture Products, Ontario), One-Year Contract Position - Bayer CropScience:.. http://bit.ly/M7QLp #jobs
3rd Annual Jewelry/Fine Craft Show: Locally-made goods from area vendors. Sat-Sun, 10a-4p @ Fairmount Park Horticulture Center (Philly)
DistrictInsider (District Insider) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:42:12 -0000
3rd Annual Jewelry/Fine Craft Show: Locally-made goods from area vendors. Sat-Sun, 10a-4p @ Fairmount Park Horticulture Center (Philly)
we've had a productive week here at Horticulture. Hope yours has been, too!
cohorts (Horticulture Mag) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:39:52 -0000
we've had a productive week here at Horticulture. Hope yours has been, too!
Is Alan Titchmarsh to return to Gardeners' World?: Landscape and ...: The horticulture world (and Twitter) .. http://bit.ly/uJEzL
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Is Alan Titchmarsh to return to Gardeners' World?: Landscape and ...: The horticulture world (and Twitter) .. http://bit.ly/uJEzL
New Horticulture mag has fun article on terrariums. Had flashbacks to grade school science projects - great use for old glass cookie jars!
bwisegardens (barbara wise) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:38:35 -0000
New Horticulture mag has fun article on terrariums. Had flashbacks to grade school science projects - great use for old glass cookie jars!
Agribusiness Online Crop Guides - Production and postharvest technical information for individual crops.
Australian New Crops Project - Encouraging the commercialisation of potential new crops (including herbs, spices, and other horticultural crops) in Australia. Includes newsletter and links.
Center for Applied Nursery Research - Performs needs-driven research for the green industry in an operational nursery setting in Georgia. Overview of current projects and past results, staff, and event calendar.
Comprehensive Listing of Alternate and Botanical Names for Horticultural Crops - Sydney Postharvest Laboratory - Searchable by common names, alternate names and botanical names.
Meta Description: [ This listing of horticultural crops is searchable for common names, alternate names and botanical names. Considerable effort has gone into resolving much conflicting information. ]
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Controlled Environment Agriculture Center, University of Arizona - Details of the center, and of growing crops by protected cultivation.
Ecocrop - Database interface that identifies suitable plants for a specified environment, for a defined use, or for a defined description.
Floral and Nursery Plants Research Unit, U.S. National Arboretum - Information on research activities at several locations, development of new plant varieties, and development of new technologies for agriculture, the florist and nursery industries, and home gardeners.
Meta Description: [ Home Page and TOC ]
Floriculture Industry Research and Scholarship Trust (FIRST) - Non-profit group providing research grants and scholarships for the bedding plant and cut flower industries. Includes history, requirements and applications, past recipients.
Meta Description: [ Floriculture Industry Research and Scholarship Trust. Research Grants and Scholarships for the Floriculture Industry. FIRST is a leading organization for funding research and education to improve the production and marketability of plants. ]
Gardenet - Online horticultural information service. Australia.
Hazelnut Production - Plant information and production information with emphasis on Australia.
Henry Doubleday Research Association. - The HDRA researches and promotes organic gardening in the UK.
Meta Description: [ Garden Organic - the working name for HDRA - the organic organisation - organic gardening, farming and food ]
Home Horticulture - Extensive alphabetized listing of horticultural fact sheets and images. Grouped by type of plant and topic. Michigan State University.
Hops Information - Information, including FAQs and research, on growing hops in eastern United States.
Hort Extension - Archive of horticultural information for producers and gardeners from Texas AM and the Texas Extension Service. Features publications, newsletters, information about specific plants, IPM, and master gardener programs.
Meta Description: [ Aggie Horticulture Web Site ]
Horticultural Engineering - Contains information about aspects of engineering, including glasshouse construction and energy conservation, from Rutgers University.
Meta Description: [ Horticultural engineering blends agricultural engineering, plant science, computer science, and control theory to produce effective and efficient plant growing systems, whether in high-tech greenhouses or low-tech row cover systems ]
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Horticulture Research International - Principal UK organisation tasked with carrying out horticultural research and development and transferring the results to industry. Site provides details of research across horticultural sectors.
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Horticulture Research International Association - Research for commercial horticultural businesses. UK based body with individual and corporate membership.
Horticulture Resources - Information about the horticultural technology with links to the Journal of Applied Horticulture, and horticultural societies.
Meta Description: [ A comprehensive site featuring new varieties, techniques, symposia/seminars, information technology, books/publications related to horticulture, Journal of Applied Horticulture, links, mango varieties, cultivation, botany, cultivars, cultivation, diseases and pests, postharvest , technology, bi... ]
Horticulture Solutions Series - A collection of short notes on a number of horticultural topics.
Institute Economics in Horticulture - German research institute based at Hanover University. Site in German and English.
Institute of Vegetables and Ornamental Crops - The Institute carries out basic and applied research supporting the sustainable production of vegetable and ornamental plants and the rational use of natural resources. Located approximately 20 km south of Berlin, the Institute was a research center for vegetable crops since 1925. Grossbeeren/Erfurt e.V. (Germany).
International Cultivar Registration Authorities - Information on the distinct authorities, how to chose and register a name, symposia and calendars.
Meta Description: [ The ISHS, dating from 1864 and formally constituted in 1959, has more than 6500 members representing 146 countries. It is the world's leading independent organization of horticultural scientists and publisher of Acta Horticulturae, Chronica Horticulturae, and Scripta Horticulturae ]
International Society for Horticultural Science - Includes general and specific scientific information, links to journals, events calendar.
Meta Description: [ The ISHS, dating from 1864 and formally constituted in 1959, has more than 6500 members representing 146 countries. It is the world's leading independent organization of horticultural scientists and publisher of Acta Horticulturae, Chronica Horticulturae, and Scripta Horticulturae ]
Maca - Information on the cultivation of Lepidium meyenii, or Maca.
NC State Horticulture - Teaching, research, and outreach in horticulture, including basic biology, ecology, production and use of horticultural products.
NSW Department of Primary Industries: Horticulture - Australian government agency provides information on home and commercial horticulture of fruit, vegetable, and ornamental crops, with an extensive list of articles on many topics.
PlantAmnesty - Information on quality gardening and landscaping practice, especially with regard to pruning of shrubs and trees.
Meta Description: [ Join PlantAmnesty in preserving plants and trees in our urban ecology by promoting quality gardening and landscaping practice. ]
Plantscope - Searchable database of ornamental and fruit crops, offering photos and characteristics of a large number of plants traded in the Netherlands. English/Dutch/German.
Sydney Postharvest Laboratory - Serving the fresh fruit and vegetable industry, for matters including evaluation of postharvest technologies, storage and handling software, assistance with commercialization, patents, expert testimony, and cargo loss. Located in Sydney, Australia.
Meta Description: [ Extensive fruit & vegetable storage and handling information, postharvest horticulture links, Optimal - fruit & vegetable storage program, alternate crop and botanical names, seasonal availability of fruit, vegetables and flowers, information sheets, current programs ]
Technical Manual on Small-Scale Processing of Fruits and Vegetables - Examines the socioeconomic benefits and effects on rural development of small agroindustrial enterprises in Latin America and the Caribbean. Used as a guide for the activities that the United Nations FAO carries out in these areas.
The American Society for Horticultural Science - Promotes and encourages scientific research and education in horticulture within the United States and throughout the world. Publisher of HortScience, HortTechnology, and the Journal of ASHS.
The Center for Urban Horticulture - Conducts research, teaching, and public service on the selection, management and role of plants and ecosystems in the urban environment. At College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle.
Meta Description: [ The University of Washington Botanic Gardens sustains managed to natural ecosystems and the human spirit through plant research, display, and education ]
The Horticultural Taxonomy Group - Gives the history of HORTAX, an association of taxonomists and horticulturists interested in the classification and nomenclature of cultivated plants, member information and links to the archives of HORTAX News.
Meta Description: [ A small committee of plant taxonomists and horticulturists based in the British Isles and having a professional interest in the classification and nomenclature of cultivated plants ]
Traditional Pacific Island Crops - AgNIC guide to web resources. Includes information on cultivation, marketing, harvest, nutrition, recipes, and trade associations
Meta Description: [ AgNIC guide to Web resources on traditional Pacific Island Crops; includes information on cultivation, marketing, harvest, nutrition, recipes, and trade associations ]
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Upasi Tea Research Foundation - Information on tea cultivation and growing in the south of India.
Weed Control in Nursery Crops - Discussions on weed control, weed identification, and herbicide management in nursery crops. From Oregon State University.
Yosef Mizrahi's Homepage. - Biological and horticultural aspects of wild and rare fruit and nut trees of warm climates. Biology of cacti. Abnormally-ripening-fruit mutants.
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