HORT Test 1: Week 1.1 Flashcards
(30 cards)
What is horticulture derived from?
Latin words hotus (garden) and cultura (cultivation)
Hoticulture is the art and science of….
Cultivating crops
What kind of science is horticulture?
An applied plant science (like agronomy and forestry)
What kind of science is botany?
A “pure plant science”
Horticulture is the branch of agriculture concerned with the cultivation of which garden plants?
fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamentals.
What king of industry is horticulture and what does it include?
It is a very diverse industry, which includes production, harvesting, postharvest handling, agro-processing, transportation, marketing, and support service activities in every country of the world.
What can gardening help?
Gardening can help reduce stress and improve mental clarity while also helping to prevent everything from coranary disease to colon cancer.
What does the horticulture sector impact?
- The lives of essentially every person on earth.
- The primary impact is in the form of food to provide calories and nutrition required to sustain one’s life.
What are the horticulture crop sectors?
- Olericulture (vegetable crops)
- Pomology (fruit crops)
- Floriculture (flower crops)
What does the Ornamental Crop Production include?
- Nursery Industry
- Greenhouse Industry
- Landscape Architecture, Design, Installation and Maintenance
- Arboriculture
- Seed production
- Turf Production
- Gold course and Athletic Feilds
- Interiorscape Industry
- Florist and Cut Flower Production
Horticulture crop production encompasses a wide range of production technologies such as?
-Low-input subsistence level production of staple crops
- High technology computerized hydroponic culture
Horticulture crop production ranges from:
- Low-density, open field, rain-fed plantings
- High-density, micro-sprinkler irrigated plantings
- protected structure plantings with drip irrigation
What is the range of production methods?
- 7% of commercial fresh produce is grown organically in the U.S.
- Over 10% organic fruit and vegetable production in Switzerland and Austria
Horticulure Crop production activities:
Numerous value-added business activities are generated from horticultural crop production
- Planting Stock
- Land Preparation
- Soil Fumigation
- Irrigation
- Fertilizers
- Pollination
- Pesticides
-Machinery and Equipment - Harvest Aides
-Packing Equipment - Packaging
- Cooling Equipment
- Cold Storage Facilities
- Transportation
- Marketing
What is prioritized in many countries?
Development of Export Oriented Horticulture Crop Production
What does horticulture crop marketing include?
Involves a wide range of domestic and export market channels:
- Wholesale
- Retail
Examples of various horticulture food products: Fresh vs. Processed
Fresh:
Fresh-cut
Processed :
Frozen
Canned
Dried
Chips
Pickled
Preserves
Juice
Sauce
Approximately ____ of world fruit production and _____ of world vegetable production is sold in international markets
10%, 4%
Why do many countries depend on agriculture?
They depend on agriculture for their exported earnings and have diversified non-traditional (horticulture crops)
How are horticulture crop exports important?
They have become increasingly important source of employment and foreign exchange.
What is the world’s leading food crop?
What is the worlds leading vegetable crop
What is the worlds leading fruit crop?
What do millions of people obtain by primary and secondary jobs in the horticulture sector?
The people obtain economic benefit from being employed in primary and secondary jobs in the horticulture sector.
