The word horticulture comes from two Latin words which mean “garden” and “culture.” Horticulture is the art and science of growing and handling fruits, nuts, vegetables, herbs, flowers, foliage plants, woody ornamentals, and turf.
Horticulture is the branch of agriculture. Horticulture is the science or art of cultivating fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants. It also includes conservation of plants, restoration, landscape, design and construction. Horticulturists apply their skills, knowledge and technology to intensively produce plants for personal or social needs. The work of an horticulturist includes propagation of plants and cultivation. Their main aim is to improve plant growth, yield, nutritional value, quality and resistance to insects and diseases. Horticulturists work as gardeners, growers, therapists, designers and technical advisors in sectors of horticulture.
The Five Sub-Fields of Horticulture
Horticulture can be further categorized into five distinct disciplines:
- Floriculture pertains to producing and marketing flowers.
- Olericulture pertains to producing and marketing of vegetables.
- Pomology pertains to producing and marketing of fruits
- Landscape horticulture is about producing, marketing, and maintaining landscape plants.
- Post-harvest physiology pertains to prevent the produce from spoiling prematurely.
USEFUL READINGS
- Area and Production of Horticulture Crops
- High Density and Meadow Orcharding of Guava (Courtesy CISH,Lucknow)
- MANAGEMENT & REJUVENATION OF SENILE ORCHARDS (Courtesy NHM)
- MISSION FOR INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT OF HORTICULTURE Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) (Courtesy MIDH)
- MISSION FOR INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT OF HORTICULTURE OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES April, 2014 (Courtesy DAC)
- एकीकृत बागवानी विकास मिशन (हिंदी), 2014 (Courtesy DAC)
- Organic Farming System - An Integrated Approach for Adoption under National Horticulture Mission (Courtesy NHM)
- List of Processable varieties developed for different horticultural crops by ICAR institutes (Courtesy NHM)
- Statewisehorticulture Status (Courtesy NHM)
- IPM Schedule for Vegetables (Courtesy NHM)
- IPM Schedule in Citrus Crops(Courtesy NHM)
- IPM Schedule in Fruit Crops (Courtesy NHM)
- IPM Schedule in Guava (Courtesy NHM)
- IPM Schedule in Mangao (Courtesy NHM)
- IPM Schedule in Vegetable Crops (Courtesy NHM)
