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Unit: Greenhouse Operation and Management

Unit: Greenhouse Operation and Management. Scope and development of greenhouse Industry. 1) What are the four areas of horticulture?. Horticulture- Cultivation of plants and Vegetables Floriculture- Flowers (cut flowers, bedding plants, foilage plants, potted pplants) Olericulture- Vegetables

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Unit: Greenhouse Operation and Management

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  1. Unit: Greenhouse Operation and Management Scope and development of greenhouse Industry

  2. 1) What are the four areas of horticulture? • Horticulture- Cultivation of plants and Vegetables • Floriculture- Flowers (cut flowers, bedding plants, foilage plants, potted pplants) • Olericulture- Vegetables • Ornamental Horticulture- plants grown for their beauty ( annuals, perennials, shrubs, ground cover, landscaping) • Pomology- fruit and nuts

  3. 2) How has the greenhouse industry developed throughout history? • Roman Emperor Tiberius (30 AD) built specularia

  4. More details • In the 13th century, Dominican monk Albertus Magnus tried to force flowers to bloom out of season. • 1599 first working greenhouse was built in Holland • Andrew Faneuil built the first greenhouse in the U.S. in 1737 • By the 1950s improvements and transportation allowed growers to reach broader markets • In 1960 greenhouse was made from plastic and galvinized steel. • Missouri Botantical Gardens - 1960

  5. 3)What are the recent changes in the greenhouse industry? • Growing structures • Coverings • Equipment • Growing methods • Plant Varieties • Biotechnology

  6. 4) What is the economic importance of the greenhouse industry? • Missouri statistics *Value from growers grossing $10,000 or more 41.6 million *Value from growers grossing $100,000 or more = 34.3 million

  7. Missouri Rankings • 26th- nationwide in floriculture production • 28th – nationwide in ornamental horticulture • 28th – nationwide in pomology • 31st – nationwide in commerical vegetable production

  8. The rest of the country • The wholesale value of floriculture production grossing $100,000 or more was $4.7 Billion nationwide

  9. Leading States – top 5 • Calfornia- 20% • Flordia-18% • Michigan • Ohio • Texas

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