How is the term agriculture different from horticulture?

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Agriculture is the science of growing food crops and rearing animals for farming.
Horticulture is a sub- division of agriculture which deals with plant gardening.
The domain of horticulture includes cultivation, plant propagation, plant breeding etc.
The plants looked at are- vegetables, trees, flowers, shrubs, fruits and nuts.

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