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

A chemical analysis of soil composition, usually intended to estimate availability of plant nutrients but also including measurements of soil acidity or alkalinity and physical measurements of soil ...

Soil moisture tension

Plants; Horticulture

The force by which moisture is held in the soil. It is a negative pressure and may be expressed in any convenient pressure unit. Tension does not include osmotic pressure values.

Stamens

Plants; Horticulture

Inside the petals are slender filament stalks or stamens. These stalks have pollen bearing anthers at their apex or head. The pollen grains cause fertilisation which initiates the development of ...

Soil moisture stress

Plants; Horticulture

The sum of the soil moisture tension and the osmotic pressure of the soil solution. It is the force plants must overcome to withdraw moisture from the soil.

Strip fertilisation

Plants; Horticulture

Fertiliser applied in surface bands that may be incorporated by tillage or remain on the soil/residue surface.

Solenoid valve

Plants; Horticulture

An electrically activated valve used to control water flow in irrigation systems.

Rejuvenate

Plants; Horticulture

Restore youth; a mature plant, having completed its life cycle (flowering), may be stimulated by a new 18 hour photo period, to rejuvenate or produce new vegetative growth.