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 Ornamental Horticulture- plants grown for their beauty ( annuals, perennials, shrubs, ground cover, landscaping) Pomology- fruit and nuts

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

More details In the 13 th century, Dominican monk Albertus Magnus tried to force flowers to bloom out of season 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

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

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

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

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

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