BOTANY

BOTANY

HORTICULTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The science and practice of growing, harvesting, storing, processing and marketing vegetables is:
A
floriculture
B
pomology
C
olericulture
D
horticulture
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Olericulture is the science and practice of growing, harvesting, storing, processing, and marketing vegetables. It derived from the Greek language.

Detailed explanation-2: -Floriculture is the science and practice of growing, harvesting, storing, processing and marketing flowering plants.

Detailed explanation-3: -Olericulture is the science of vegetable growing, dealing with the culture of non-woody (herbaceous) plants for food.

Detailed explanation-4: -Olericulture is a branch of horticulture concerned with the production, storage, processing, and marketing of vegetables or the farming of plants for use of edible parts. It is the science of growing vegetables and non-herbaceous plants for food.

Detailed explanation-5: -Horticulture is divided into the cultivation of plants for food (pomology and olericulture) and plants for ornament (floriculture and landscape horticulture).

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