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Chapter Outcomes
After studying this chapter, you will be able to:
• Describe the plant sciences: botany, agronomy, horticulture, and forestry.
• Compare and contrast edible and ornamental horticulture.
• Understand organic and sustainable production of crops.
• Discover sources for locally grown food.
• Describe the green industry.
• Discuss the outlook for horticulture careers and list horticultural organizations.
Words to Know
agronomist
agronomy
balled-and-burlapped (B&B)
bare root (BR)
botanist
botany
bramble
community supported
agriculture (CSA)
enologist
ethylene
evapotranspiration
fl oriculture
forest stand
forester
forestry
geocarpy
green industry
hardscape
high-density orchard
horticulture
horticulturist
integrated pest
management (IPM)
interiorscape
interiorscaper
interiorscaping
locavore
nursery
nursery and landscape
industry
olericulture
organic food
ornamental horticulture
perennial
plant science
pomologist
pomology
postharvest
pot-in-pot (PNP)
propagate
senescence
silviculture
sod
sustainable agriculture
tree plot
turfgrass
vegetative
viniculture
viticulture
viticulturist
Before You Read
Look at the Words to Know list above. Write defi nitions for the words you know. Put the
words you cannot defi ne into a separate list. Skim through the chapter and write down
the topics that you think you might know well, and those that you do not know much
about. Once you are fi nished, pair up with another student and share your lists.
The Horticulture
Industry
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