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Horticulture industry

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The horticulture industry embraces the production, processing and shipping of and the market for fruits and vegetables. [1]

36 relations: Agribusiness, Agrochemical, Apple, Banana industry, Berry, Blast chilling, Cabbage, Chiquita Brands International, Citrus, Del Monte Foods, Dole Food Company, Dried fruit, Drupe, Fertilizer, Floriculture, Fruit, Guava, Horticulture, Industrialisation, Intensive farming, Irrigation, Juice, Labelling, Lychee, Onion, Packaging and labeling, Potato, Refrigeration, Seed, Shelf life, Sugar industry, Sweet potato, Tamarillo, Tomato, Value chain, Vegetable.

Agribusiness

Agribusiness is the business of agricultural production.

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Agrochemical

An agrochemical or agrichemical, a contraction of agricultural chemical, is a chemical product used in agriculture.

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Apple

An apple is a sweet, edible fruit produced by an apple tree (Malus pumila).

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Banana industry

The banana industry is an important part of the global industrial agrobusiness.

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Berry

A berry is a small, pulpy, and often edible fruit.

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Blast chilling

Blast chilling is a method of cooling food quickly to a low temperature that is relatively safe from bacterial growth.

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Cabbage

Cabbage or headed cabbage (comprising several cultivars of Brassica oleracea) is a leafy green, red (purple), or white (pale green) biennial plant grown as an annual vegetable crop for its dense-leaved heads.

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Chiquita Brands International

Chiquita Brands International Sàrl, formerly known as Chiquita Brands International Inc., is a Swiss producer and distributor of bananas and other produce.

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Citrus

Citrus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the rue family, Rutaceae.

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Del Monte Foods

Del Monte Foods, Inc (trading as Del Monte Foods) is a North American food production and distribution company headquartered at 3003 Oak Road, Walnut Creek, California, USA.

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Dole Food Company

Dole Food Company, Inc. is an American agricultural multinational corporation headquartered in Westlake Village, California.

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Dried fruit

Dried fruit is fruit from which the majority of the original water content has been removed either naturally, through sun drying, or through the use of specialized dryers or dehydrators.

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Drupe

In botany, a drupe (or stone fruit) is an indehiscent fruit in which an outer fleshy part (exocarp, or skin; and mesocarp, or flesh) surrounds a single shell (the pit, stone, or pyrene) of hardened endocarp with a seed (kernel) inside.

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Fertilizer

A fertilizer (American English) or fertiliser (British English; see spelling differences) is any material of natural or synthetic origin (other than liming materials) that is applied to soils or to plant tissues to supply one or more plant nutrients essential to the growth of plants.

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Floriculture

Floriculture, or flower farming, is a discipline of horticulture concerned with the cultivation of flowering and ornamental plants for gardens and for floristry, comprising the floral industry.

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Fruit

In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) formed from the ovary after flowering.

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Guava

Guavas (singular guava) are common tropical fruits cultivated and enjoyed in many tropical and subtropical regions.

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Horticulture

Horticulture is the science and art of growing plants (fruits, vegetables, flowers, and any other cultivar).

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Industrialisation

Industrialisation or industrialization is the period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial society, involving the extensive re-organisation of an economy for the purpose of manufacturing.

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Intensive farming

Intensive farming involves various types of agriculture with higher levels of input and output per cubic unit of agricultural land area.

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Irrigation

Irrigation is the application of controlled amounts of water to plants at needed intervals.

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Juice

Juice is a drink made from the extraction or pressing of the natural liquid contained in fruit and vegetables.

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Labelling

Labelling or labeling is describing someone or something in a word or short phrase.

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Lychee

Lychee (variously spelled litchi, liechee, liche, lizhi or li zhi, or lichee) (Litchi chinensis) is the sole member of the genus Litchi in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae.

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Onion

The onion (Allium cepa L., from Latin cepa "onion"), also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable that is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium.

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Packaging and labeling

Packaging is the science, art and technology of enclosing or protecting products for distribution, storage, sale, and use.

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Potato

The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial nightshade Solanum tuberosum.

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Refrigeration

Refrigeration is a process of removing heat from a low-temperature reservoir and transferring it to a high-temperature reservoir.

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Seed

A seed is an embryonic plant enclosed in a protective outer covering.

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Shelf life

Shelf life is the length of time that a commodity may be stored without becoming unfit for use, consumption, or sale.

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Sugar industry

The sugar industry subsumes the production, processing and marketing of sugars (mostly saccharose and fructose).

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Sweet potato

The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the bindweed or morning glory family, Convolvulaceae.

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Tamarillo

The tamarillo is a small tree or shrub in the flowering plant family Solanaceae (the nightshade family).

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Tomato

The tomato (see pronunciation) is the edible, often red, fruit/berry of the plant Solanum lycopersicum, commonly known as a tomato plant.

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Value chain

A value chain is a set of activities that a firm operating in a specific industry performs in order to deliver a valuable product or service for the market.

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Vegetable

Vegetables are parts of plants that are consumed by humans as food as part of a meal.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horticulture_industry

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