HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
FUNDAMENTALS OF HORTICULTURE
Question
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Area of horticulture that involves fruit and nut production
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Pomology
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Olericulture
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Floricultre
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Horticulture
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Olericulture: the production of vegetables. Pomology, also called fruticulture: the production of fruits and nuts.
Detailed explanation-2: -Pomology (from Latin pomum, “fruit, ‘’ +-logy) is a branch of botany that studies fruit and its cultivation. The term fruticulture-introduced from Romance languages (all of whose incarnations of the term descend from Latin fructus and cultura)-is also used.
Detailed explanation-3: -The word horticulture is derived from two Latin words (hortus[garden]+cultura [culture]), and is defined as “the art and science of growing fruits, vegetables, herbs, nuts and ornamental plants (trees, shrubs, flowering plants and turf).”
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