University rankings for 2011 • League Table, ranking UK universities by assessing their performance in nine quality factors • Create your own customized league table • 62 subject tables 2011, ranking the universities within individual subjects.
Horticulture
Management: The
art and science of plant cultivation is what is referred to by horticulture.
With research areas covering subjects from genetic engineering to crop
production this is a vast area of study as well as a very important one. With
climate change holding an ever more important place in how we feed populations and
maintain agricultural industries, the work of the horticulturalist is
essential. Moving into this sphere could see you working to improve the
nutritional value of crops, increase plants' resistance to insects, tackling
environmental issues, increasing crop yields, tackling quality issues, or
tackling disease, amongst others > .
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