CH AP TE R 1 IN TRO DU CT IO N
HORTICULTURE • • • •
Originated from Latin hort us = garden colere = to cultivate Hort ic ultu re = garden cultivation
• Horti cul tur e is branch of the
broad fie ld o f agric ultu ra l p lant scie nces besides forestry and crop science.
• Pl ant Science – horticulture, agronomy, forestry, plant pathology, entomology food science. • Horti culture includes the cultivation, processing and sale of fruits nuts, vegetables, ornamental plants and flowers.
Horticulture industry consist of four major divisions : •
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POMOLOGY
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The science and practice of growing, harvesting, handling, storing, processing and marketing FR UIT S.
OLE RICU LT URE
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The science and practice of growing, harvesting, storing, processing and marketing VEGETA BL ES
FLO RICU LT URE
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The science and practice of growing, harvesting, storing, designing and marketing FLOW ER IN G PL ANTS
LAN DS CAPE AND N URS ERY INDU STRY
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The science and practice of propagating, growing, installing, maintaining and using grasses, annual plants, shrubs and trees in the LA NDSC APE.
Additional specialized areas include: a)
Seed productio n
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Related o ccupation
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science and practice of producing, processing,selling hi gh-qual ity seed crops for use in growing a wide range of horticultural crops that grows true from seed.
• Those areas that provide products and ser vices necessary in the production of horticultural crops such include (ferti lizers, pes ticide, contai ners, machi nery) and servi ces (educati on and research )
Importance o f recreat ional horti culture and landscape… . 1.
Es thet ic val ue
The use of plants for its beauty. Seen through the sculpture and carving at the cave walls -
-The use of plants for decoration and the outdoors is the culture of the royal families and the form of park and recreational places such as Taj Mahal showed the love and power of person. -The recreational landscape can give: • • • •
The peaceful to our mind Relaxing and reduce our bored Screening the bad area such as dam area from the public. The beauty of the building, stores, bus stand, hotels etc
2. En vir onmental •
-The rapid development and unplanned town or city can give the disadvantages to our environment such as water and air pollution, sound pollution, flash flood, and the concrete forest which lost the natural beauty of the town.
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Plants can recovered this conditions by:
5. Plants can absorbed the carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide which produced by vehicles and factories. Plants on the other hand produced oxygen for the human and animal respirations. 6. Plants can reduce the soil erosion in the area which exposed to the heavy rain. Plant canopy and the roots can hold the soil from erosion. 7. Plants can reduce the climates especially the high temperature in the big city. 8. Plants can give the shade from the sun 9. Plants can be functions as screening materials from the noise and light. 10. Plants can give the home to the animal such as birds.
3. Psyc holo gy • -Talbott et al (1976) showed that the flowering plants can give the positive effect to the behavior of psychiatric patients. The flowers in the dining hall make the patients more active to talk, stay longer in the dining hall and eat more.
4. Ec onomy •
The demand to the recreational and landscaping plants increase when: 1. The development and growth of big cities parallel to the development of economic of the country. 2. Ability to buy the decorative plants increase depends to the increasing of the economy and the cost of living of their peoples. 3. The cautiousness of reduction of environmental quality due to the pollution and traffic jam of the unplanned city 4. The government policies that are formed purposely to increase the beauty of the environmental, public areas and the conditions of the living area.
Th e future o f the horticultu re in dust ry: 1. Production of horticulture crops/marketing 2. Service industry 3. Teaching and extension work 4. Research • • • • • •
Mist propagation Plant growth regulator/rooting hormones Weed control Mechanical harvesting Extended storage life of food/packaging Biological pest/disease control