What's the difference between agronomist and horticulture?

Agronomist


Definition:

  • (n.) One versed in agronomy; a student of agronomy.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Hermitage, a solicitor, and Middleton, an agronomist with extensive experience in Africa , planned to make the 216 hectares (533 acres) of prime farmland their home and business.
  • (2) However while breeders and agronomists have been utilizing heterosis as a means of improving crop productivity, the biological basis of heterosis remains unknown.
  • (3) Quinoa growers have "westernized their diets because they have more profits and more income," a Bolivian agronomist involved in the quinoa trade told The Guardian.
  • (4) We think we can do that with nitrous oxide.” Aiming to combat crop loss as well as pollution Shannon Gomes is an agronomist in Decora, Iowa - corn country.
  • (5) As a corporate agribusiness we implemented 2 models: 1) We had a team of agronomists working with farmers on land preparation, pre-planting herbicides, planting and basal fertilizer application until harvest to ensure that chemicals were used in acceptable quantities.
  • (6) Photograph: SwamFarm This is the aim of SwarmFarm, a company that grew from the desire of Andrew and Jocie Bate, grain growers from central Queensland, and the agronomist and horticulturalist Neville Crook to use latest technology to enhance farming productivity.
  • (7) A one semester course (54 hours) was given to 22 students of the 7th semester of Agronomy and two Ecuatorian agronomists (with AID scholarships).
  • (8) Local agronomists and retailers have advised farmers for years to apply more nitrogen to drive up yields, and some corn farmers spend as much as $200 per acre on fertilizer.
  • (9) Therefore, the improvement obtained on the bean-grain quality will be measured through the interaction established among the different disciplines, such as geneticists, agronomists and scientists in food science and nutrition.
  • (10) Every kilogram of beef we consume, according to research by the agronomists David Pimental and Robert Goodland, requires around 100,000 litres of water.
  • (11) It sends farmers and agronomists daily email updates and allows them to retroactively explore field histories.
  • (12) But then again, there is not much about the past nine weeks that either the 63-year-old agronomist or his 27-year-old daughter could have predicted in a trip that saw a "real Devon country girl" turned into the public face of Greenpeace's Arctic 30 campaign.
  • (13) We only have five years to achieve clean water and safe toilets for all Read more Alipio Canahua, an agronomist working with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), says that the ancient agricultural system, which could date back 3,000 years, actually creates its own microclimate.
  • (14) The bulk of its grants for agriculture are given to organisations in the US and Europe,” said agronomist Henk Hobbelink, a co-founder of Grain.
  • (15) Hugh Mowat, M&S Agronomist, said: "This new technology is a win-win for our customers – not only will their strawberries taste better for longer, but we really hope it will help them to reduce their food waste as they no longer need to worry about eating their strawberries as soon as they buy them."
  • (16) Alain Rival, senior agronomist and research director at Cirad, says: “The first thing is to transform RSPO Principles and Criteria into law, then put enough resources to ensure enforcement of these laws on the ground.
  • (17) This year, the company launched the first commercial rendition of Adapt-N, with farmers and agronomists in 25 states using the tool to manage tens of thousands of acres of corn.
  • (18) No pets, no kids, no flights: how readers are reducing their carbon footprint Read more “The commodities most harmed by climate change will be those which cannot adapt, like the olive grove or the vineyard,” said Ana Iglesias, agronomist engineer at the Technical University of Madrid and one of the Spanish researchers who contributed to the latest UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) report.
  • (19) In conclusion, the program is an important contribution to the education of agronomists in a new conception of their role in regard to improvement of the nutritional status and quality of life of the rural population.
  • (20) We are just entering our second harvest using the biodigester, but in the first year our calculations show that the system reduced the levels of contamination by 81.3%”, says Marvin Mairena, Sebastián’s younger brother and the co-operative’s agronomist.

Horticulture


Definition:

  • (n.) The cultivation of a garden or orchard; the art of cultivating gardens or orchards.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) For services to Horticulture and Land-Based Education.
  • (2) Pressure was growing, especially on thousands of suppliers of horticulture such as fruit and vegetables, because they often had direct relationships with the big food retailers, said Kendall.
  • (3) Today beside of the very important gibberellic acid (GA3) other gibberellins such as GA4 and GA7 are of significance for agriculture and horticulture.
  • (4) This new mechanisms can help to destroy fungi and parasites in dermatology, agriculture, horticulture and cultivation of decorative plants without side effects on the host.
  • (5) S. subglobosa should be considered in bamboo-associated and horticultural injuries.
  • (6) "If growers cannot get the required labour, evidence suggests that a replacement SAWS would help horticulture thrive in the long run, but it is ultimately for the government to decide if this sector is a priority."
  • (7) Ministers have been criticised for being slow to act, after the Horticultural Trade Association asked the then Labour government to ban ash imports in 2009 .
  • (8) As bioinsecticides in pest control in horticulture, agriculture and forestry.
  • (9) Initial tests indicate that even the more stable compounds are degraded rapidly in soil, so if the trials at present in progress reveal no toxicological or environmental hazards, within a few years synthetic pyrethroids should be available to control a wide range of domestic, veterinary, horticultural, agricultural, and forest pests at low rates of application.
  • (10) The Royal Horticultural Society put out guidelines for domestic gardeners to save water, such as mulching and improving the soil by digging in large amounts of compost or other organic matter.
  • (11) 2009 The Horticultural Trades Association warns the government that the fungus, now widespread in Denmark, could spread to the UK, and calls for an import ban.
  • (12) There’s a five-acre vegetable plot and heritage orchard to test your horticultural knowledge.
  • (13) Formerly director of Horticulture and Learning, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
  • (14) The trade and investment minister, Andrew Robb, highlighted the benefits set to flow for Australian farmers, saying the deal would eliminate prohibitive tariffs on beef, sugar, dairy, wheat, wine, horticulture and seafood.
  • (15) There are reasons why I should say yes.” The Name of the Rose A thorny foreign policy issue arose after Thatcher approved a request from the German horticultural industry to name a rose in her honour.
  • (16) Ben Raskin, head of horticulture at the Soil Association, said that the weather conditions have been particularly bad for organic farmers.
  • (17) TreeHouse has developed several vocational and leisure pathways to provide our older pupils with experience, including horticulture, performing arts, catering and hospitality, retail and enterprise, digital media, and sports and leisure.
  • (18) An epidemiological survey was conducted after the observation of 4 cases of acute brucellosis in an horticultural school.
  • (19) Murray-Darling water buybacks capped at 1,500 gigalitres as bill passes Senate Read more It is understood Joyce wants the South Australian Liberal senator Anne Ruston, who was sworn in as the assistant minister for agriculture and water resources, to focus on fisheries, forestry, horticulture and wine, rather than water.
  • (20) Virological investigations, using poliovirus type I, were carried out on the detection of enterovirus and their persistence in the chemical sludge from a tertiary treatment process, which could be suitable for agricultural and horticultural applications.--A comparison of six eluents showed that tryptose phosphate broth yielded best results allowing approximately 30% overall recovery with the method described.

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