HORTICULTURE

HORTICULTURE SCIENCE

GENERAL AGRICULTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
by which name is specialised cultivation of fruits and vegetables known?
A
Sericulture
B
Horticulture
C
Pisiculture
D
None of these
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Horticulture is divided into the cultivation of plants for food (pomology and olericulture) and plants for ornament (floriculture and landscape horticulture).

Detailed explanation-2: -Horticultural crops include fruits, vegetables, medicinal, aromatic, and ornamental plants. These crops are important dietary nutritional components and sources of medicines and aroma along with significant esthetic values for human beings.

Detailed explanation-3: -Olericulture: the production of vegetables. Pomology, also called fruticulture: the production of fruits and nuts. Viticulture: the production of grapes (largely intended for winemaking). Floriculture: the production of flowering and ornamental plants. More items

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