Scientific Study of Horticulture: A Lucrative Earth in Future

Nature has offered the flowers with the most varied combinations of colour and structure, which is evolutionary conserved feature for pollination via other animals. Not only insects or lower vertebrates, flower also attracts human being too. Such realization is the founding stone for the study stream ‘Horticulture’. In horticulture, people can relate the study with the mesmerized options like art, science, technology, and commercial aspects. Horticulture basically follows the principle of botanical science and in a wide spectrum it covers the care and commercial promotion of fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, herbs, sprouts, mushrooms, algae, flowers, seaweeds, grass and ornamental trees etc. The said all the parts are essentially the subject matter of horticulture. Several protective measures are associated with the scientific study of horticulture, which includes plant conservation, landscape restoration, landscape and garden design, construction, and maintenance, and arboriculture. Growing with urbanization, horticulture practice through space managed approaches are the only options for future production of flowers and other plant based products. Several studies have shown that alteration in climate is going to change the vegetation distribution throughout the globe. Hence research and studies on horticulture and allied subjects are the only hope for a lucrative earth in future. The Journal of Horticulture publishes the latest findings in horticulture and associated fields. The current issue of the Journal of Horticulture presents a few findings which can be incorporated in culture strategies to yield better crops. Conant et al. [1] observed that, the microbial bio stimulant, Mammoth PTM could be seamlessly incorporated into the Cannabis sativa culture, resulting in a 16.5% increase in bud yields. Akram et al. [2] found that, application of 100 kg ha-1 Phosphorus and 120 kg ha-1 Potassium to the chili plants resulted in optimal plant height; increased number of branches, leaves, flowers, and fruits per plant; enhanced fruit length, girth, and weight; enhanced seed weight and Phosphorus percentage. Lungo [3] conducted a study on the origin of grapevines, where grapevine varieties are annotated in history with their names and not by a generic reference notation. Ali and Mehmood [4], performed micro-propagation of Banana in Pakistan. Thanaa et al. [5] investigated the outcomes of foliar application of Moringa oleifera leaf extract in Hollywood plum, and identified it to have positive effects on the plant parameters such as yield and fruit weight.