英语中对"horticulture"的基本定义是"Horticulture(Latin:hortus(gardenplant)+cultura(culture)) is classically defined as the culture or growing of garden plants. Horticulturists work in plant propagation, cropproduction, plant breeding and genetic engineering, plant biochemistry, plant physiology, and the storage, processing, and transportation of fruits, berries, nuts, vegetables, flowers, trees, shrubs, and turf. They improve crop yield, quality, nutrition alvalue, and resistance to insects, diseases, and environment alstresses. Genetics is alsoused as avaluable tool in the development of plants that can synthesize chemicals for fighting disease(includingcancers)."