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Horticulture | Definition, Types, Techniques, Uses | Britannica How do horticulturists propagate plants? What are some common challenges horticulturists face with pests and diseases? How does climate influence horticultural practices? What are some sustainable horticultural practices? How has technology impacted modern horticulture?
horticulture summary | Britannica Two important horticultural techniques are training (changing a plant’s orientation in space) and pruning (judicious removal of plant parts), used to improve the appearance or usefulness of plants
Horticulture - Propagation, Plant Breeding, Cultivation | Britannica Horticulture - Propagation, Plant Breeding, Cultivation: Propagation, the controlled perpetuation of plants, is the most basic of horticultural practices Its two objectives are to achieve an increase in numbers and to preserve the essential characteristics of the plant
Primitive culture - Horticulture, Societies, Subsistence | Britannica Among horticultural peoples with chiefdoms, the chief’s ancestors, in time, become gods The most remote ancestors, the founders of the chiefly lineage, are the most important gods; more recent ancestors and those of related but collateral lines have a lesser status
Horticulture - Breeding, Cultivation, Plant Genetics | Britannica Plant breeding, the systematic improvement of plants through the application of genetic principles, has placed improvement of horticultural plants on a scientific basis The raw material of improvement is found in the great variation that exists between cultivated plants and related wild species
Horticulture - Gardening, Landscaping, Plant Care | Britannica The design and planning of landscapes has become a distinct profession that in many cases is only incidentally horticultural Landscape architecture in its broadest sense is concerned with all aspects of land use
Horticulture - Education, Research, Plants | Britannica Although much research is carried out on horticultural food crops, there has been an increasing emphasis on ornamentals Horticultural research is also conducted by private companies among the seed industry, canning and processing firms, and private foundations and botanical gardens
Horticultural society | primitive culture | Britannica In primitive culture: Horticultural societies Primitive agriculture is called horticulture by anthropologists rather than farming because it is carried on like simple gardening, supplementary to hunting and gathering
Royal Horticultural Society | British organization | Britannica There are similar organizations in other European countries The American Pomological Society, dedicated to the science and practice of fruit growing, was formed in 1848 The American Horticultural Society, established in 1922, is devoted largely to ornamentals and gardening The American Society…
Vegetative reproduction | Description, Types, Horticulture, Examples . . . Vegetative reproduction, any form of asexual reproduction occurring in plants in which a new plant grows from a fragment of the parent plant or grows from a specialized reproductive structure, such as a stolon, rhizome, tuber, corm, or bulb Learn about natural and horticultural vegetative reproduction