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The two major exporting countries of floral crops to the United States
are __________ and __________ .
Ans: Colombia, Equador
What group of floral products compensated for the loss of cut flower
production during the1970s and 1980s when imports replaced most of
domestic production?
Ans: foliage plants
What is the major flowering pot plant produced in the United States
today?
Ans: orchid
Infrastructure
Ans: the basic physical and organizational structures and
facilities (i.e. buildings, roads, and power supply) needed for
the operation of a society or enterprise.
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Cut cultivated greens
Ans: includes all cultivated decorative foliage cut from growing
plants that are used as fresh-cut decorative foliage and are
produced under cover or in field operations.
Floriculture
Ans: The art and science of growing and utilizing plants valued
for their aesthetic characteristics other than woody plants used
in outdoor landscapes.
Bedding plants
Ans: a wide range of plants that are propagated and culture d
through the initial stages of growth by commercial growers and
then sold for use in outdoor flower and vegetable gardens.
Propagative material
Ans: stems, leaves, seeds, roots, rootstock, etc.
Flowering potted plants
Ans: greenhouse crop plants grown in a pot and sold in the
flowering state.
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Information infrastructure
Ans: refers to communication networks and associated
software that support interaction among people and
organizations. It is computers, televisions, telephones, ra dios,
and other products that people will employ to access the
infrastructure.
Cut flowers
Ans: (fresh flowers) flowers marketed after being cut from
commercial crops.
It is cheaper to produce flowers outdoors than in greenhouses. Why
haven't the outdoor flower production areas of Florida and California
replaced all of the greenhouse production areas of the rest of America?
Ans: The market demand for quality and continuous supply
cannot be entirely met through outdoor production.
The trend occurring in the number of greenhouse producers and their
size in the United States today is that they are becoming fewer in
number but larger.
Ans: True
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