• Horticulture is the branch of agriculture concerned with intensively cultured plants directly used by man for food, medicinal purposes and aesthetic gratification.
• It is the cultivation, production and sale of vegetables, fruits, flowers, herbs, ornamental or exotic plants.
TYPES OF HORTICULTURE
• Pomology: Planting, harvesting, storing, processing, and marketing of fruit and nut crops.
• Olericulture: Producing and marketing vegetables.
• Arboriculture: Study, selection and care of individual trees, shrubs or other perennial woody plants.
• Ornamental Horticulture: It has two subparts-
ฮฟ Floriculture: Production, use and marketing of floral crops.
ฮฟ Landscape Horticulture: Production and marketing of plants used to beautify the outdoor environment
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