Floriculture deals with:

Question

Floriculture deals with:

1. A. Fruits
2. B. Vegetables
3. C. Flowers (Correct answer)
4. D. Milk

Correct Answer

Option C — Flowers

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is Flowers.

Key Points

• Floriculture is the branch of horticulture concerned with cultivating and marketing flowers and ornamental plants.
• The related terms: pomology deals with fruits, olericulture with vegetables, and dairying with milk.

Additional Information

• The wider family of "-culture" terms recurs in exams: sericulture (silkworms), apiculture (bees), pisciculture (fish), viticulture (grapes), horticulture (garden crops), silviculture (forest trees) and vermiculture (earthworms).
• India's floriculture exports centre on roses, marigolds, jasmine and orchids, with major production in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.
• In Jammu & Kashmir, floriculture underpins the tulip, saffron and lavender economies.