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?

Biology Zoology Botany

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

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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.

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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

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Durham Bulls Park 13.

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Squirting Cucumber 16.

Amorphophallus Lily- means, looks like a … 17.

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Pistachio Tree 20.

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