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____ The Hatch Act of 1887 is responsible for:

A. the agriculture experiment station programs in each state

B. new plant variety patent laws

C. the establishment of major universities in each state

D. the agencies that monitor plant seed certification in each state

____ Corn was first cultivated in:

A. Asia B. Mexico

C. Africa D. Europe

____ A plant that completes it’s life cycle in one season is a:

A. annual B. cool season

C. biennial D. perennial

____ If the high and low temperatures yesterday were 80 and 60 F, the DD60 is:

A. 0 B. 5 C. 10 D. 20

____ Which of the following is an example of a cereal crop?

A. cotton B. rapeseed

C. soybean D. rice

____ Which of the following is both a fiber and an oilseed crop?

A. soybean B. corn

C. sunflower D. cotton

____ A term relating plant survivability in cold weather is:

A. vernalization B. resiliency

C. hardiness D. freeze value

____ An example of a plant Family in the binomial system is:

A. ‘Armor A47G7’ B. Leguminosae

C. Angiospermae D. Zea mays

____ An example of a registered cultivar in plant classification is:

A. Leguminosae B. ‘Armor A47G7’

C. Glycine max D. Monocotyledonae

____ An example of a ‘value added’ use of a field crop is:

A. animal feed for field corn B. soybean meal for soybeans

C. cotton thread for cotton D. ethanol from corn

____ Early evidence supports that the first crops cultivated were:

A. beans B. cereals

C. apples D. cotton

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1. Why is agronomy, and growing field crops, both a science and an art? (10 pts)

Science dictates the genetic, technology, and marketing advances and achievements while ‘art’ is the scientifically based design of crop management and marketing systems for specific situations.

____ The scientific name of field corn is:

A. Oryza sativa B. Zea mays

C. Glycine max D. Ida dunno

____ The scientific name of soybeans is:

A. Oryza sativa B. Zea mays

C. Glycine max D. Ida dunno

____ The scientific name of rice is:

A. Oryza sativa B. Zea mays

C. Glycine max D. Ida dunno

____ For any region, the growing season is defined roughly as:

A. 100 to 220 days B. frost to frost

C. daylight to dark D. 365 days minus latitude

____ A field that is USDA Land Class IIw has:

A. no limitations for continuous row crop farming

B. severe limitations for continuous row crop farming due to erosion hazards

C. severe limitations for continuous row crop farming due to wetness hazards

D. slight limitations for continuous row crop farming due to wetness hazards

____ Southeast Arkansas, with an average of 54 inches rain/year, is classified as:

A. arid B. semi-arid

C. sub-humid D. humid

____ Most of the growing regions of the mid-west and southeastern U.S. is in:

A. tropic climate B. temperate climate

C. sub-tropic climate D. sub-artic climate

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____ An example of a ‘bramble’ crop is:

A. soybean B. sweet potato

C. alfalfa D. blackberry

____ A ‘sentinel’ crop is a small patch of a crop planted to:

A. trap insect pests before the main crop

B. protect the soil until a desired crop can establish itself

C. monitor for outbreaks of insect or disease pests

D. protect the soil in the winter and add organic matter

____ An example of a small grain cereal crop is:

A. wheat B. soybean

C. corn D. alfalfa

____ Ovules, when fertilized, develop into:

A. seeds B. anthers

C. ovaries D. pistols

____ Spontaneous generation of seeds without any fertilization is called:

A. stamengenesis B. anthesis

C. apomixis D. self-pollination

____ Pollen grains are located in the:

A. pistol B. anthers

C. ovary D. stigma

____ A potato is vegetatively propagated by a:

A. aerial bulblet B. tuber

C. tuberous root D. bulb

What are five tips you can give that would help a new farmer establish a strong, healthy stand of a row crop like corn? (10 pts)

Examples: - soil test - choose high yielding variety for region, look at University

variety trials, - prepare a well granulated seed bed - use Certified treated seed -

plant at the right time of year - make sure equipment is in working order and calibrated.

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Matching. Cellular functions. (8 pts)

_G___ chloroplasts A. cell wall synthesis sites

_C___ mitochondria B. intra-cellular space

_I___ endoplasmic reticulum C. respiration site

_A___ golgi bodies D. contain DNA

_D___ nucleus F. contain chromesomes

__B__ middle lamella G. photosynthesis

_H___ cell walls H. support

_D___ chromesomes I. protein synthesis site

____ Tissue areas in plants that are active in mitosis are called:

A. xylem B. ribosomal

C. meristematic D. schlerenchyma

____ Thick, hard-walled cell tissue of plants are called:

A. epidermal B. schlerenchyma

C. parenchyma D. meristematic

____ The very first plant part that emerges from a germinating seed is the:

A. root radicle B. embryonic leaf

C. cotyledonary node D. endosperm

____ A ‘hybrid’ variety of a crop is one that is the result of:

A. crossing of two different varieties B. a self-pollinated cross

C. vegetative cell culture D. DNA engineering

____ An example of a monoecious plant species is:

A. soybean B. corn

C. wheat D. rice

____ Plants that have very distinct vegetative and reproductive growth stages are:

A. warm season B. dioecious

C. monoecious D. determinates

Matching. Plant breeding and genetics lingo.

_3___ haploid 1. chemical that can produce a 4n plant

__1__ colchicine 2. breeding two different plants

_5___ tetraploid 3. 1n chromesome number

__4__ gene 4. smallest unit of DNA causing a trait

__2__ crossing 5. 4n chromesomes

LIST. List five examples of how plant species can reproduce vegetatively, naturally or artificially induced. (5 pts)

bulbs, bulblets, tubers, rhizomes, stolons, tillers, cuttings, tissue culture, others