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Overview of Horticulture Branches

Horticulture is a branch of agriculture that involves the cultivation and growing of plants for consumption, aesthetic, and ornamental purposes. It includes activities like plant propagation, improving plant yields and quality, and protecting plants from pests and environmental stresses. Major types include vegetable growing, fruit production, grape growing, flower cultivation, turf management, tree care, landscape design, and post-harvest management of crops. The goal is to select, produce and care for plants used in gardens, landscaping, and for food.

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Overview of Horticulture Branches

Horticulture is a branch of agriculture that involves the cultivation and growing of plants for consumption, aesthetic, and ornamental purposes. It includes activities like plant propagation, improving plant yields and quality, and protecting plants from pests and environmental stresses. Major types include vegetable growing, fruit production, grape growing, flower cultivation, turf management, tree care, landscape design, and post-harvest management of crops. The goal is to select, produce and care for plants used in gardens, landscaping, and for food.

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  • Introduction to Horticulture
  • Plant Conservation and Related Concepts
  • Etymology of Horticulture
  • Horticulture vs. Agriculture
  • Major Types of Horticulture

Horticulture

 Horticulture is a branch of agriculture.


 It is defined as the applied science of cultivating and
growing plants used for both consumption (စားသုံ းရန်) and
aesthetic (လှ ပစေရန်) or ornamental (အလှ ဆင်ရန်) purposes.
 Horticulture involves plant propagation and cultivation
to improve
the plant growths,
yields,
quality,
nutritional values,
and resistance to insects, diseases,
and environmental stresses.
 It also includes plant conservations,
landscape restoration,
soil management,
landscape and garden designs,
construction and maintenance, and
arboriculture.
plant conservations
landscape restoration
landscape and garden designs
construction and maintenance
arboriculture
 The word “horticulture” is derived from the Latin words
‘hortus’ and ‘cultura’, which mean ‘garden’ and ‘cultivation’.
 In construct to agriculture, horticulture does not include
the intensive crop farming and large-scale crop production
or animal husbandry.
 Additionally, horticulture focuses on
the use of small plots with a wide variety of mixed crops
while agriculture focuses on one large primary crop
at a time.
 The major types of horticulture include
olericulture, (ဟင်းသီးဟင်းရွက်စို က်)
pomology, (အသီးစို က်)

viticulture, (စပျစ်သီးစို က်)


floriculture, (ပန်းစို က်)
turf management, (မြတ်ခင်ပြင်ထိန်းသိမ်း)
arboriculture, (သစ်မာပင်စို က်)
landscape horticulture, and postharvest physiology.
olericulture
pomology
viticulture
floriculture
landscape horticulture
 Olericulture is the vegetable growing, dealing with
the culture of non-woody (herbaceous) plants for foods.
 Pomology or Fruticulture is the production of
fruits and nuts.
 Viticulture is the production of grapes (largely intended for
winemaking).
 Floriculture is the growing and marketing of
flowers and ornamental plants for floristry.
 Turf Management is the production and upkeep of turf,
artificial and live, for use in recreation.
 Sports stadiums, civilian landscaping , and leisure
are among the largest users of turf management services.
 Arboriculture is the cultivation and care of individual trees,
shrubs, vines, and other perennial woody plants,
primarily to maintain individual woody plants and trees
for long-term landscape and amenity (သက်တောင့်သက်သာရှိစေရန်)
purposes.
 Landscape Horticulture is the selection, production and care
of plants used in landscape architecture.
 Postharvest Physiology is the management of
harvested horticultural crops to determine
the best storage and transportation conditions
to optimize shelf life after harvest (Figure 1.9 A to H).

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