Horticulture

Horticulture

Of or pertaining to the business, science, and technology of intensely cultivating plants for the use of humans.

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Parallel venations

Plants; Horticulture

The veins running parallel to each other from the base of the blade to the tip, such as grasses, corn, lilies, bananas, etc., is parallel venation. In some of these parallel designs the veins run ...

Organic farming

Plants; Horticulture

A system of farming or home gardening which utilises organic wastes and composts with minimal or no use of commercial fertilisers and pesticides.

Ornamental horticulture

Plants; Horticulture

The branch of horticulture specialising in the areas of floriculture, turfgrass management, nursery stock production and landscaping.

Orthophosphate

Plants; Horticulture

A salt of orthophosphoric acid such as ammonium, calcium or potassium phosphate. Each molecule contains a single atom of phosphorus.

Parent material

Plants; Horticulture

The unconsolidated mass of rock material (or peat) from which the soil profile develops.

Overhead irrigation system

Plants; Horticulture

An irrigation system that sprays water into the air above plants.

The secondary tissues in woody plants involve the cambium and cork cambium layers. The cambium tissues contain xylem and phloem tissues but in a different position than in the primary tissues. The ...