Hort 1001 Lecture 1

Front 1

Horticulture

Back 1

Intensive management with fewer acres, higher value per acre, ornamentals and whole foods (in grocery stores).

Front 2

Agronomy

Back 2

Extensive production with more acres, lower human input per acre, lower value per acre, animal feed, and industrial food ingredients including oil, protein sugar and starch.

Front 3

Forestry

Back 3

Focuses on trees for building materials, pulp and paper.

Front 4

Agriculture

Back 4

Encompasses horticulture and agronomy.

Front 5

Can the same plant species be considered horticultural and agricultural?

Back 5

Yes

Front 6

Plant Propagation

Back 6

Making many plants from a select few.

Front 7

Plant Science

Back 7

Examines how a plant is put together and how those parts work together in a biological system.

Front 8

Floriculture

Back 8

Production and marketing of plants valued for their flowers.

Front 9

Landscape Horticulture

Back 9

Production, marketing and maintenance of plants used in designed and managed landscapes.

Front 10

Olericulture

Back 10

Production and marketing of plants or plant parts valued for culinary use as vegetables.

Front 11

Pomology

Back 11

Production and marketing of plants or plant parts valued for their culinary use as fruits.

Front 12

Post Harvest Management

Back 12

Practices that maintain quantity and prevent spoilage of harvested horticultural plants or plant parts during storage and transportation.

Front 13

Breeding and Genetics focus on

Back 13

Developing new cultivated varieties (cultivars) of plants for production.

Front 14

Asexual Reproduction

Back 14

Causing new plants to arise from plant parts like leaves, stems, roots, and storage organs like tubers or rhizomes.

Front 15

Sexual Reproduction

Back 15

Making new plants from spores or seeds.