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Floriculture

Subject : industries
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1. The art and science of growing - harvesting - processing - and marketing flower crops is called






2. Soaking seeds with hard coats in an acid bath would exemplify...






3. Which irrigation system recylces the water or nutrient solution suppplied to plants: capillary mat watering - automatic drip(trickle) system - overhead-hand watering with a wand - ebb-and-flow benches






4. Which of the following is a method of energy conservation that does not require greenhouse modification






5. The rate of respiration in a plant......






6. Which of the following greenhouse covering materials would be suitable to use on a quonset greenhouse






7. If a flower is imperfect - which can it NOT posses at the same time: petals and pistil - pistil and stamens - stamens and sepals - sepals and receptacle






8. Perlite normally is used in the greenhouse industry as...






9. Some of the first greenhouses were devised by the Romans and were called






10. The narrow - aluminum cover used to protect glazing compound and help hold glass in place is called






11. How would the interior of a wholesale greenhouse differ from that of a retail greenhouse






12. What is another way of expressing light?






13. Represents the components of the stamen






14. Which of the following is a pollutant gas that may be produced by improperly functioning unit heater






15. Which of the following is NOT part of the pistil: anther - style - ovary - sitgma






16. An example of a long-day plant would be.....






17. What is the name for the part of the greenhouse where the roof meets the sidewall






18. It is a major benefit from the use of soil-less growing media






19. This is an acceptable method of disinfecting a plastic bedding plant flat.






20. Which of the following is characteristic of monocot plants: leaves with a network of veins - seeds with two cotyledons - flower parts in multiples of 4 or 5 - stems with vascular bundles randomly scattered






21. Which of the following is NOT a function of the root system of a plant: carbon fixation - absorption of nutrients - absorption of water - or anchorage and support






22. It is an organic component of many plant growing media






23. A flower can be incomplete yet __________






24. Which of the following greenhouse fuels is sold/priced by the gallon?






25. In gas-fired unit greenhouse heaters - ......






26. This would first emerge from a seed as it germinates






27. As chemical growth regulators - auxins frequently are used in flower crop production to....






28. This would contain an apical meristem






29. Which of the following greenhouse covering materials would have the longest useful life






30. As a method of energy coservation - double-layer polyethlylene over glass works by