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Uncover the world of horticulture with three major plant sciences - Forestry, Agronomy, and Horticulture. Learn about the purpose of growing plants, including Olericulture, Pomology, Viticulture, Floriculture, Turfgrass, and Nursery care. Discover the difference between fruits and vegetables, and delve into specialized areas like viticulture and floriculture. Explore the cultivation of trees, shrubs, and ornamental grasses in the nursery, along with tips on maintaining home lawns and athletic fields. Botanists study plant growth, while horticulturists like Coraline's dad cultivate plants. Dive into applied plant science and identify the horticultural science behind plant pictures. Join us on a journey through horticultural wonders!
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Divisions of Horticulture 2.01 It’s Awesome!
Purpose for which it is grown • Plants are classified into the three sciences based upon the purpose for which the plants are grown! This is the Boy Scout Merit Badge for Plant Science.
Biology • What is it?
Zoology Botany Biology
Botany • Three major plant sciences • Forestry • Horticulture • Agronomy
Agronomy • Row crops • Crops that need to be processed • Soy, wheat, rice, tobacco, cotton
Forestry • Growing trees for tree products • Paper, cut timber, you name it!
Horticulture • Garden Cultivation • Plants grown for beauty or for fresh food (sometimes they are processed, but can be eaten raw) • Flowers, vegetables, turfgrass, fruits, nuts
Horticulture • Six studies of plants • Olericulture • Pomology • Viticulture • Floriculture • Turfgrass • Nursery
Olericulture • Vegetables and herbs
Pomology • Fruit and nut crops
Difference between a vegetable and fruit • Botanically- according to botany, anything with a seed is a fruit structure • Horticulturally- fruit is determined by what part of the meal it is from- desserts are fruit, salads are vegetables, etc.
Nursery • Trees, shrubs, perennials, ornamental grasses
Floriculture • Flowers that are grown for cut flower arrangements or grown for flower beds
Viticulture • Grapes that are grown for juices and wine • Vitus vinifera- Latin for meaning vine of life • A glass of juice or wine a day keeps you healthy!
Turfgrass • The cultivation of grass- not weeds! • Home lawns • Athletic fields • Facilities
GO MSU • Go see Coraline, her dad went to Michigan State University for horticulture… Yeah! • Botanist: studies plant growth • Horticulturist: cultivates plants (like Coraline’s Dad and me!)
Which Applied Plant Science? • Remember, the PURPOSE for which the plant is grown determines which of the following plant sciences the plant is: • Forestry • Agronomy • Horticulture • Example- maple trees: grown for the wood is forestry, grown for landscape is horticulture
How much maple syrup does a maple tree make anyway? • Depending on the sweetness of the sap, it can take anywhere from 25-75 gallons of raw sap to make a gallon of finished syrup. The usual amount is about 40 gallons of sap to one gallon of syrup. Each tap into a tree will yield about 10 gallons of slightly sweet sap over a period of the 4-5 week sugaring season. This 10 gallons of sap, when boiled down, will yield approximately one quart of finished maple syrup. 2.
Which Horticultural Science? • Which of the six horticultural sciences is each of these pictures? • Landscape/Nursery • Olericulture- herbs and vegetables • Pomology- fruits and tree nuts • Floriculture • Turfgrass • Viticulture- grapes for juice and wine
