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THE STUDY OF HORTICULTURE Horticulture involves six areas of study, which can be grouped into two broad sections - ornamentals and edibles:
Horticulturists can work in industry, government, or educational institutions. They can be cropping systems engineers, wholesale or retail business managers, propagators and tissue culture specialists (fruits, vegetables, ornamentals, and turf), crop inspectors, crop production advisors, extension specialists, plant breeders, research scientists, and of course, teachers. College courses that complement Horticulture are , tissue culture, crop production, Post-harvest Handling , Plant Breeding , Pollination Management , crop nutrition, Entomology , Plant Pathology , economics, and business. Some careers in horticultural science require a masters (MS) or doctoral (PhD) degree. Horticulture takes place in many gardens and plant growth centres. Plants are often grown as seedlings within plant nurseries. Activities in nurseries range from preparing seeds and cuttings to growing fully mature plants. These are often sold or transferred to ornamental gardens or market gardens. HORTICULTURE AND ANTHROPOLOGY The origins of horticulture lie in the transition of human communities from nomadic (" Slash And Burn " areas)McGee, J.R. and Kruse, M. (1986) Swidden horticulture among the Lacandon Maya (29 mins.) . University of California, Berkeley: Extension Media Center. A characteristic of horticultural communities is that useful trees are often to be found planted around communities or specially retained from the natural ecosystem. Horticultural communities may be distinguished from agricultural ones by (1) the small scale of the cultivation, using small plots of mixed crops rather than large field of single crops (2) the use of a variety of crops, often including fruit trees (3) the encouragement of useful native plants alongside direct cultivation (4) continued use of other forms of livelihood. In pre-contact North America the semi-sedentary horticultural communities of the Eastern Woodlands (growing maize, squash and sunflower) contrasted markedly with the mobile Hunter-gatherer communities of the Plains People . In Central America, Maya horticulture involved augmentation of the forest with useful trees such as Papaya , Avocado , Cacao , Ceiba and Sapodilla . In the cornfields, multiple crops were grown such as beans (using cornstalks as supports), squash, pumpkins and chili peppers, in some cultures tended mainly or exclusively by women Thompson, S.I. (1977) Women, Horticulture, and Society in Tropical America. American Anthropologist, N.S., 79: 908-910. GALLERY |
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