Horticulture

Horticulture

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

Industry: Plants

Contributors in Horticulture

Horticulture

The macronutrients calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), and sulphur (S). Calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), and sulphur (S) are called secondary nutrient elements because they are essential to plant growth but ...

Sclerenchyma

Plants; Horticulture

The sclerenchyma tissue is composed of thick-walled cells. They may be either elongated and tapering fibre cells or shorter stone cells. The filled compact cells found in many fruit skins, nut ...

Saturated soil paste

Plants; Horticulture

A particular mixture of soil and water commonly used for measurements and for obtaining soil extracts. At saturation the soil paste glistens as it reflects light, flows slightly when the container ...

Secondary roots

Plants; Horticulture

As the plants grows, branch roots develop on this primary root. They are called secondary roots and generally grow outward and downward from where they emerge from the primary root.