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	ERS/USDA Briefing Room - Floriculture Crops: Background
		Nursery crops, as distinguished from floriculture crops, are woody perennial plants, such as ornamental trees, shrubs, and vines that are primarily used for landscaping.
		Floriculture crops are normally not thought of as agricultural commodities because they are not harvested as food or used for food processing.
		In summary, of the total $15 billion of greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture crops sold in 2002, 48 percent are nursery crops and 44 percent are floriculture crops.
	www.ers.usda.gov /Briefing/floriculture/Background.htm (2346 words)

	Migration News
		USDA reported that floriculture and nursery crop sales were $5.4 billion in 2005 in the 36 major producing states; the two sectors are sometimes called the ornamental horticulture industry.
		The 2002 Census of Agriculture estimated a total $15 billion of greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture crops sold in 2002, including $6.7 billion or 44 percent floriculture crops, $7.2 billion or 48 percent nursery crops, and $1.2 billion or eight percent food crops such as tomatoes grown in greenhouses.
		Floriculture is the cultivation of ornamental and flowering plants, often in greenhouses or other covered areas, while nursery crops are woody perennial plants that are typically grown in the open field or in containers.
	migration.ucdavis.edu /rmn/more.php?id=1187_0_5_0 (606 words)

	Floriculture Program
		Floriculture science is based on the fundamental biology of the crops.
		Floriculture courses are designed to allow students to practice these skills in a supportive setting that is relevant to situations that will be faced as employees of the industry.
		The primary responsibility of OSU Floriculture Extension is to serve as a bridge between the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science and the Ohio commercial floriculture industry by developing two-way channels of communication.
	www.hcs.ohio-state.edu /hcs/PC/programs/FLORICULTURE.html (2906 words)

	ERS/USDA Briefing Room - Floriculture Crops
		Over the past decade, floriculture and nursery crops have been one of the fastest growing U.S. agricultural sectors.
		Floriculture and Nursery Crops Outlook projects current year sales and prices of cut flowers, flowering plants, and bedding plants.
		Floriculture and Nursery Crops Yearbook provides grower sales receipts, quantity sold, and trade data for cut flowers, flowering plants, bedding plants, and foliage plants from 1992 onward.
	www.ers.usda.gov /Briefing/floriculture (266 words)

	How to develop floriculture? -DAWN - Business; August 07, 2006
		Of the total floriculture trade, cut-flowers sales account for 50 per cent and plants 41 per cent; bulb and cut foliage make up rest of nine per cent.
		In Pakistan, floriculture is viewed as a lucrative enterprise for poverty alleviation.
		Floriculture industry needs technical assistance in sectors like improvement in planting material, seed production and provision of controlled environment and infrastructure for post harvest care.
	www.dawn.com /2006/08/07/ebr6.htm (635 words)

	Domain - Floriculture [ NZQA ]
		People credited with this unit standard are able to: assemble packs for floriculture; pack the product; close and stack packed containers; complete documentation; and carry out general packhouse duties.
		People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of post harvest treatments needed for floriculture crops; select post harvest treatments; and apply post harvest treatments.
		People credited with this unit standard are able to: recognise named pests, diseases, and beneficial predatory or parasitic organisms; monitor organism numbers; and select agrichemicals to rectify an imbalance in the pest-to-predator or -parasite ratio.
	www.nzqa.govt.nz /framework/explore/domain-full.do?frameworkId=75616 (608 words)

	EPA: Pesticides - PESP: Reducing Pesticide Use by Floriculture Professionals in the Inter Mountain Western Region of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The floriculture industry is one of the most rapidly growing components of agriculture in the United States.
		The overall objective for this project is to develop and implement educational and training tools for the floriculture and greenhouse industry specific to the inter mountain western region of the United States describing IPM practices that focus on reduction on the reliance of pesticides, which are easily adaptable to the greenhouse industry.
		The second objective will be the development of specific guidelines for the floriculture and greenhouse industry for calibration and conversions for of pesticide application equipment specific to the floriculture and greenhouse industry.
	www.epa.gov /oppbppd1/PESP/regional_grants/2004/r8-2004.htm (3205 words)

	Floriculture -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Ornamental horticulture consists of floriculture and landscape horticulture.
		Each is concerned with growing and marketing plants and with the associated activities of flower arrangement and landscape design.
		It was named for Joel R. Poinsett, who popularized the plant and introduced it to floriculture while he was U.S. minister to Mexico in the late 1820s.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9311277?tocId=9311277 (573 words)

	NC State Commercial Floriculture-Floriculture Information Center
		We are currently updating this site, so please check back often to see what is new.
		Please select either a Crop or a Floriculture Topic from the menus below:
		PGRCalC is a spreadsheet that calculates plant growth regulator mixing rates and solution costs.
	www.ces.ncsu.edu /depts/hort/floriculture (43 words)

	Floriculture Genomics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		By the end of the project, we hope to have sequenced and characterized a majority of the genes that are expressed in Petunia flowers.
		The ability to have a computer-driven floriculture genetics database combined with the ability to determine the genetic expression patterns of thousands of genes at a time will provide floriculture geneticists with unprecedented numbers of options for understanding their genetic systems.
		It is one of the objectives of this research to develop this database as a Floriculture resource around which to build future collaborative research.
	www.endowment.org /projects/2003/clark.htm (2553 words)

	Scholarship Requirements & Application - Floriculture Industry Research and Scholarship Trust (FIRST) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		is proud to offer 28 distinct scholarships geared toward students pursuing careers in all aspects of the floriculture industry; including production, research, business, marketing, and public gardening.
		John Holden had a long, helpful career at Ball Seed Co. and was active in the BPI trade association since its inception, attending the very first “pre-BPI” conference in 1968.
		This award is intended to develop knowledgeable, creative individuals to improve the floriculture industry.
	www.firstinfloriculture.org /schl_req_app.htm?id=285 (1882 words)

	A History of Minnesota Floriculture
		The University of Minnesota, including the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, is committed to the policy that all persons shall have equal access to its programs, facilities, and employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status, or sexual orientation.
		However, individual segments of floriculture are sometimes presented for a series of years for smoother reading.
		The University of Minnesota Extension Service is committed to the policy that all persons shall have equal access to its programs, facilities, and employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status, or sexual orientation.
	www.extension.umn.edu /distribution/horticulture/DG6642.html (552 words)

	The RCE Floriculture Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		This page is under construction to provide timely cultural information to assist the commercial producer of floriculture commodities.
		If you are a commercial floriculture producer or enthusiastic hobbyist this page may have information of interest to you.
		Information is also obtained from Rutgers University research and teaching faculty, extension professionals at other land grant institutions, and knowledgable professionals in the floriculture industry.
	aesop.rutgers.edu /~floriculture (226 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Reports from Michigan's 862 commercial growers ($10,000 or more in gross sales) showed an estimated wholesale value of $235 million for all surveyed floriculture crops, up 11 percent from last year.
		This estimate includes summarized sales data as reported by growers with $100,000 or more in sales plus a calculated wholesale value of sales for operations with sales from $10,000 to $99,999.
		The value of sales for growers below the $100,000 level was estimated by multiplying the number of growers in each size group by the midpoint of each dollar range.
	www.nass.usda.gov /mi/stats99/florcult.htm (591 words)

	Floriculture and Nursery Crops
		Greenhouse and nursery crops are the fourth largest crop group based on farm cash receipts.
		U.S. sales of floriculture crops accounted for $6 billion in 2004.
		Leading floriculture states in value are California, Florida, Michigan, Texas and Ohio.
	www.agmrc.org /agmrc/commodity/specialitycrops/floriculture (836 words)

	FIRST in Floriculture - Floriculture Industry Research and Scholarship Trust (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		is a nonprofit organization with over 40 years' experience serving the floriculture industry.
		On the academic level, we provide scholarships for horticulture students and research grants for educators studying topics of use to the greenhouse industry.
		funds research and education in floriculture to improve the production and marketability of plants.
	www.firstinfloriculture.org (114 words)

	floriculture
		It looks individually at red mustard, potherb mustard, mustard-spinach, forage kales, swiss chard, and ornamental cabbage and kale, and provides information on germination and plug culture, spacing, irrigation, fertilisation, temperature, growth regulators, and insects and diseases.
		Written by Brian E. Whipker, Floriculture Extension Specialist, et al., this fact sheet provides information on growing ornamental cabbage and kale as a floricultural crop.
		Written by Brian E. Whipker, Floriculture Extension Specialist, et al., this fact sheet provides information on growing outdoor chrysanthemums as a floricultural crop.
	agrifor.ac.uk /browse/cabi/f57c2954852ec058a061f61d52475292.html (1176 words)

	GrowerTalks
		How a tank mixture can give you better efficacy with this product and others, too.
		The iPhone and Floriculture What an exclusive phone and flowers have in common.
		While the Cynic rafts the Colorado River, a few of his literary heroes volunteered to write most of this month's column.
	www.growertalks.com (235 words)

	Floriculture
		Commercial Floriculture and Nursery Information From Ministry of Ag for British Columbia, Canada, full text articles on running a commercial floriculture bus.
		NCSU Floriculture From North Carolina State University, full text on many items on management of floriculture.
		Ohio State University Floriculture Updates for the floriculture industry, primarily aimed at the Ohio businesses.
	web1.msue.msu.edu /msue/iac/florflor.html (1000 words)

	Gardening and Horticulture [encyclopedia] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The science of horticulture is closely intertwined with the science of botany, the study of plant biology.
		Among the sub-categories of horticulture are floriculture (growing flowers), olericulture (growing vegetables), pomology (growing fruit), viticulture (growing grapes for wine) and landscape gardening.
		The division of plant cultivation into the disciplines of horticulture, agronomy and forestry came out of the manorial system of Europe's Middle Ages.
	artzia.com /Recreation/Outdoor/Garden (1333 words)

	FNGLA -Floriculture Field Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Hosted by FNGLA’s Floriculture Division and the University of Florida, this 2-day event takes place in Gainesville, FL and provides a variety of opportunities to receive the latest information in the floriculture industry.
		Some focus areas include new crops and results from the research of the field trials provided by the university.
		For further information regarding this annual seminar, contact Julie Markowitz at the FNGLA office, 800.375.3642 or by email, jmarkowitz@fngla.org.
	www.fnga.org /flori-seminar/gen-info.asp (108 words)

	Amazon.com: Floriculture: Principles and Species: Books: John M. Dole,Harold F. Wilkins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Covers all crop species and incorporates current and historic information from both the United States and international floriculture.
		For those involved in floriculture crop production and greenhouse management/operations.
		Features extensive tables (e.g., on propagation, production temperatures, tissue nutrient analysis, plant growth regulators, postharvest ethylene sensitivity, harvest stage, and storage temperatures of hundreds of species).
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0133747034?v=glance (999 words)

	About SAF- The American Academy of Floriculture (AAF) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Established in 1965, the American Academy of Floriculture (AAF) recognizes industry members that meet the Academy's high standards of service to their industry and community.
		Nomination and acceptance into the Academy is open to qualified persons in all segments of the industry.
		Click here to complete an Online Application Form for induction into the American Academy of Floriculture.
	www.safnow.org /about/aaf.cfm (94 words)

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