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AGRN 1000 Final

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show an area in the plant where sugars are needed. May be a an area where the plant is growing such as a root, stem, flower, or fruit  
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Photoperiod   show
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Pistil   show
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Vernalization   show
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show food conducting tissue. Can move in any direction  
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Xylem   show
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show the configuration of crop leaves in the field • Prevents sunlight from hitting soil • Prevents sunlight from reaching weeds • We want lead canopy to grow as rapidly as possible  
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What material is routinely added to soils to adjust pH level (generally added to acid soils to increase pH, and thus lower [H] in the soil)? +   show
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why are plants green   show
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show lodging: the tendency for a plant to become top-heavy and fall over. Caused by excess fertilizer, water, high plant population, insects, disease, or genetic factors  
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Briefly the role of photoperiod sensitivity in crop adaptation in a north-south vs. east-west direction, especially as it applies in a historical   show
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show there is a linear relationship between these. As the leaf area index and % solar interception go up, so does the dry matter. A study in the 1960's found that my decreasing row spacing you could achieve more solar interception and more dry matter  
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Legume   show
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Cross-pollinated crop   show
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C4 Plant Species   show
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Modified Stem   show
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show • H+ • Ca++ • K+  
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show nitrogen and magnesium  
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show water  
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show goes up at the pH goes up  
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show is directly related to soil pH  
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Hydroscopic soil water is   show
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Soil water-holding capacity (the ability of a soil to absorb and hold water) is mainly dependent upon   show
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In a given soil, the most variable of the four major components are   show
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show stems  
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Essential flower parts include the   show
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A vegetatively-growing crop plant is subjected to a 13.5 hour photoperiod, which is increased by 1/2 hour each week. When the photoperiod reaches 15 hours, the plant starts to flower. This plant species would be   show
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Water loss through the leaves is part of a plant process known as   show
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show Net assimilation rate  
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Photosynthesis takes place in specialized structures called chloroplasts, while respiration takes place in specialized structures called   show
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show light and dark reactions  
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show 2.6 to 4.0  
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show biomass (plant and animal tissues)  
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show asexual propagation  
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show blues and reds  
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show nodes  
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The most important crop families, in terms of food production, are   show
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Crop plants thought to have originated in southwest Asia (present-day Iraq) include   show
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Earth's human population   show
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The best explanation for man’s sudden shift from hunting and gathering to an agriculture- based society is   show
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Crop   show
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show growing food (animals and plants) just to feed you and your family, not for commerce. Animals were probably domesticated first.  
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show moving as resources were depleted (no land ownership)  
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show producing enough to use of profit/trade/ you need to develop systems of storage, currency, transportation, and written communication.  
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show like rangeland for cattle or dryland wheat production. inputs are low, not a lot of potential profit  
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Intensive Agriculture   show
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Early Crops of Southwest Asia (Iraq)   show
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show rice, sugarcane, coconut, tea, citrus, and soybean  
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Early Crops of the Americas   show
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Early Crops of Africa   show
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show english clergyman that developed an equation between food and population. believed our population will grow to a point where it will strip the food resources and famine will occur  
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What portion of the Earth is land?   show
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show flowering plants, appeared in the early cretaceous  
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Monocot   show
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Dicot   show
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Poaceae   show
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Fabaceae   show
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show night shade family example: potato, pepper, tomato, tobacco  
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Taproot   show
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Fibrous roots   show
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show one of the 3 main plant organs. function to absorb water and nutrients  
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show refers to calcium ions, phosphates, or nitrogen, NOT FOOD. plants manufacture food through photosynthesis  
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legumes   show
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show grass with a hollow stem like rice  
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show grasses with a solid stalk  
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Nodes   show
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Stolons   show
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Rhizomes   show
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show major organ of asexual reproduction. it is the junction between the roots and the upper part of the plant  
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show major organ of asexual reproduction. white potato are tubers  
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show organ of asexual reproduction, basically a compressed stem with fleshy leaf tissue. example: onion  
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show similar to a bulb but has less leaf tissue  
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Apical Dominance   show
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show prevents lateral node production, but as the plant grows taller, the less effective the hormone is so you see lateral growth, thus the Christmas Tree shape. even if you bend the plant over this will still occur  
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show the tendency for a plant to become top heavy and fall over. this can be caused by excess fertilizer, water, high plant population, insects, disease, or genetic factors  
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Functions of Stems   show
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Leaf Canopy   show
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show prevents sunlight from hitting soil, prevents sunlight from reaching weeds.  
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Leaf Area Index (LAI)   show
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Functions of Leaves   show
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Vascular Tissue   show
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show 6CO2 + 12H2O --Sunlight and Chlorophyll --> C6H12O6 + 6 H2O  
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Dark Reactions   show
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show 1. CO2 2.H20 3. Light (frequency and intensity) 4. Temperature 5. Carbohydrate translocation 6. Leaf Age  
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show 1. Increase LAI (decrease row spacing) 2. Plant Genetics 3. Planting Date 4. Plant Nutrition 5. Pest Control  
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show process of obtaining energy from organic materials. provides energy for cell division, elongation, and other metabolic processes  
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show occurs in the presence of oxygen. C6H12O6 --> 6CO2 + H2O + 40ATP  
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show occurs in the absence of oxygen C6H12O6 --> 2C2H5OH + 2 CO2 + 2H2O + 2ATP produces ethyl alcohol and occurs in the cytoplasm  
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show occurs in chloroplasts and requires light. but is considered to be a detrimental process, does no contribute to the growth of the plant. caused by rubisco  
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show or RuBP, stands for ribulose biphosphates carboxylase oxygenase. it is an enzyme  
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Transpiration   show
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show how sucrose gets from the production site (source) to the place where it is needed (sink)  
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Corolla   show
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Calyx   show
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show Stamen, Filament, Anther  
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show Pistil, stigma, style, ovary  
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show one that has all the parts  
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Incomplete Flower   show
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show has both male and female parts  
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Imperfect Flower   show
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Monoecious   show
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Dioecious   show
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show vegetative and reproductive  
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Photoperiod   show
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show flower in response to shortening photoperiod. flower after summer solstice (july)  
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show flower in response to lengthening photoperiod. flower after the winter solstice. cool season plants that are fall planted and spring harvested  
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show they don't care what the photoperiod is. during domestication we bred out the photoperiod response. MORE VALUABLE  
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Soil Components   show
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Organic Matter   show
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Mineral Matter   show
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show fine sand/sand, silt, clay  
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show a function of particle size  
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Soil Pore Size   show
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Litter   show
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show first stage of decay of organic matter  
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Humus   show
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Gravitational Water   show
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Capillary Water   show
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Hydroscopic Water   show
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show all pores are filled with water, much of which is gravitational  
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show all gravitational water is gone  
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Wilting Point   show
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show 6.0 to 7.3 ( a little bit acidic)  
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Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC)   show
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show the amount of water needed to create a certain amount of dry matter. C4 plants are more efficient with water use than C3 plants  
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show humid  
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The water-use efficiency ratio for crop plants can best be described as the ratio between amount of water used and   show
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Insect, disease and weed pests are best managed using a system of biological, cultural, chemical, and other tools otherwise known as   show
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The primary function of sulfur in plant metabolism is   show
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show introduction, selection and hybridization  
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