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horticulture: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
American Horticultural Society, North American Horticulture (1982); Liberty Hyde Bailey and Ethel Zoe Bailey, Hortus Third (1976); Thomas H. Everett, New York Botanical Garden Illustrated Encyclopedia of Horticulture, 10 vol. (1980β82); Jules Janick, Horticultural Science, 3rd ed. (1979), and Plant Science: An Introduction to World Crops, 3rd ed. (1981).
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- Geoffrey A.C. Herklots
- Jules Janick
- Patrick Millington Synge
- Roy Perrott
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Social Sciences LibreTexts - What is horticulture? | Oct 08, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Open Library Publishing Platform - Art in Revolution: Nineteenth-Century Visual Culture - Horticulture and Mental Health. | Aug 25, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Insights into Circular Horticulture: Knowledge Diffusion, Resource Circulation, One Health Approach, and Greenhouse Technologies. | Apr 10, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: OpenStax - Introduction to Anthropology - Plant cultivation: horticulture and agriculture. | Jan 17, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: UNESCO-EOLSS - The Development and History of Horticulture (PDF). | Jan 17, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Minnesota Libraries - The Science of Plants - What is horticulture? | Apr 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Biology LibreTexts - Plants for Horticultural Applications. | Apr 14, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Social Sciences LibreTexts - What is horticulture? | Mar 04, 2023 | ||
| Removed media. | Nov 01, 2021 | ||
| Mentioned the Master Gardener program in the U.S. and Canada. | Oct 24, 2019 | ||
| Mentioned the use of ethylene gas in fruit ripening and noted the limited use of organic methods in commercial horticulture. | Oct 24, 2019 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 26, 2019 | ||
| Mentioned the susceptibility to disease in genetically identical horticultural crops. | Aug 26, 2019 | ||
| Mentioned the economic importance of the floriculture industry in Colombia and Ecuador. | Aug 26, 2019 | ||
| Added cross-references throughout. | Aug 26, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Spruce - What Is the Meaning of "Horticulture?". | Aug 20, 2019 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 06, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 31, 2017 | ||
| Changed "The Netherlands" to "the Netherlands." | Sep 15, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: Watch Your Garden Grow - A Guide to Growing, Storing and Preparing Vegetables. | Jun 08, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Watch Your Garden Grow - A Guide to Growing, Storing and Preparing Vegetables. | Jun 08, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Garden Compost. | Jun 05, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Garden Compost. | Jun 05, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Cornell University - Gardening Resources. | Jun 02, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Jul 01, 2004 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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