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Scope of Horticulture Training Australia Horticulture can be described as the industry and science of cultivating plants.

It is different from agriculture in a sense that it uses a smaller scale of cultivation and smaller plots of mixed crops, instead of a large field of single crop and the cultivation of a wider variation of crops, which usually includes trees. The horticulture industry is diverse and widely spread across the world. It supports over 100 types and in categorized into 21 commodity groups. In Australia, this industry includes two commodity groups, namely annual and perennial horticulture. Annual horticulture involves beans and peas, brassicas, cucurbits, leaf vegetables, melons, nurseries, onions and garlic, peppers, potatoes, root vegetables, sweet corn and tomatoes. While perennial horticulture includes asparagus, bananas, berry fruit, citrus, nuts, pome fruit, pyrethrum, stone fruit and tropical fruit. Horticulture industry is distributed across all the Australian states and is mainly found near major river systems or irrigation developments. It is practiced in areas that experience heavy rainfall as well as in areas that are have reliable water supplies. Temperature for growing horticultural crops ranges from warm frost free winters for tropical fruits, to cool frequent winter frosts for growing citrus and pome fruits. In todays scenario, the horticulture industry has also started competing with sugar industries in certain areas, for the productive soil and water resources. In Australia, over 93,000 people have been employed in this industry. The largest horticultural production is mainly found in the temperate slopes and plains agroecological region (AER), especially in the lower Murray-Darling basin. Production yields are higher for perennial crops in this area, while, yield for annual crops, is higher in the wet temperate coastal AER. The largest production perennial crops is found in the wet subtropical coastal region, which includes Rockhampton, Bundaberg, Maryborough and Wandoan areas and the upper Murray-Darling Basin area. The horticulture industry has a vast scope in Australia. These days many companies and intstitutions offer horticulture training Australia, in order to help people make the most out of this industry. In case you are looking for highly efficient horticulture training Australia, visit OGroup MGMT. The company has a strong background in the recruitment and employment of labour in high-turnover industries in Australia, including manufacturing, agriculture, and horticulture. For a period of over 7 years, OGroup MGMT has inducted over 35,000 people through its businesses namely, CPE Rural, 740 Park Pty. Ltd., Working Holidays Down Under, and the Park Consulting Group. In 2010, thefirm launched its own internal Training Room with an aim to deliver, access, and monitor employee compliance. The horticulture training courses offered by the company are highly reliable and have been designed to add value to people interested in or who are already working in the industry. For more information, please browse through http://www.otrain.com.au

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