Definition and Branches of Horticulture
Definition of Horticulture:
Horticulture may be broadly defined as the Science and art of growing fruits, vegetables and flowers and crops like spices condiments and other plantation crops.
It is a science of cultivation of Garden plants.
The word Horticulture in derived from the Latin word Hortus meaning enclosure (garden) and culture – meaning, cultivation,. Thus Horticulture mans culture or cultivation of garden crops.
Branches of Horticulture:
Horticultural Science is the most distinct branch of Agricultural Sciences and call be divided into four different branches as follow.
A) Main Branches:
Sr. No. | Branch | Description |
1. | Pamology | It deals with cultivation of fruit crops. |
2. | Olericulture | It deals with cultivation of vegetable crops |
3. | Floriculture | It deals with cultivation of ornamental flowers and land scaping. |
4. | Fruit and | It deals with the principles of fruit and vegetable preservation. |
B) Sub Branches:
1. Plantation and Medicinal plants.
2. Ornamental Gardening
3. Landscape gardening and
4. Nursery plant production