arboriculture

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Recent Examples of arboriculture That’s why trees really need their canopies during hot summer temperatures, said James Downer, a plant pathologist and horticulturist who teaches arboriculture at Cal Poly Pomona and just retired from the Ventura County UC Cooperative Extension office. Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023 One of the fastest growing areas has been utility arboriculture, which involves managing trees near power lines and other infrastructure. Marguerite Holloway, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2020 Trees with structural defects cannot withstand wind gusts of more than 50 miles per hour, said Kristina Bezanson, an arboriculture and urban forestry lecturer at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. BostonGlobe.com, 18 Oct. 2019 Bill Fountain, University of Kentucky professor of arboriculture, and others suggested less drastic cutting or rethinking the locations of lights and cameras. James Bruggers, The Courier-Journal, 14 Dec. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arboriculture
Noun
  • The estate is farmed with a deep commitment to agro-ecology, which includes zero herbicides, zero insecticides, extensive cover crops, agroforestry, beehives, nesting boxes, and the planting of more than 1,500 trees.
    Emily Cappiello, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The following year, the agroforestry practice grew bolder, welcoming poplar and pomegranate trees into the mix and stretching across three hectares — agroforestry counting for 0.6 hectares, classic monoculture for 2.4 hectares.
    Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 13 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • York studied mathematics and agronomy at South Dakota State University.
    Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2026
  • As a corn plant grows, the leaves unroll to reveal the tassel, the part that sheds pollen, explained Mark Licht, an associate professor of agronomy and an extension cropping systems specialist at Iowa State University.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Tim Johnson is senior director of horticulture at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
    Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Erik Draper is and assistant professor and commercial horticulture educator at Ohio State University Extension.
    Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • These companies run the gamut of sectors from agribusiness to publishing, financial services to manufacturing.
    Francesca Cassidy, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Brazil Iran has found a stable Latin American trading partner in Brazil, with trade relations fueled by agribusiness.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 13 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Wolf, now 65, joined Virginia Tech in 1986, soon after completing his doctoral work in pomology (the science of growing fruit) and viticulture (the science of growing grapes) at Cornell University.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2022
Noun
  • The gardening tasks for the cultivation of 30 vegetables are laid out month by month.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 24 Jan. 2026
  • His careful protection and cultivation of those seedlings into the sapling stage would have been a sure victory.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • According to the agency, the fish, originally imported from Asia in the 1970s for aquaculture, escaped into Midwestern waterways decades ago and have since spread rapidly.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
  • That would mean viruses are essential to a food web that drives a vast global fisheries and aquaculture industry producing nearly 200 million metric tons of seafood.
    Joshua Weitz, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2026

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“Arboriculture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arboriculture. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.

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