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Horticulture

Subject : industries
Instructions:
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1. Career Development Event






2. The practice of growing and suing plants for decorative purposes






3. Type of reproduction using plant parts (but not the reproductive parts)






4. Material used to control nematodes






5. Any material used to provide nutrients that plants need






6. Plants that shed their leaves in the fall






7. One who works for oneself






8. A group of organisms with characteristics that distinguish them from other groups in a genus






9. A bluish-white - highly reactive - metallic element






10. Without the union of male and female sex cells (also referred to as vegetative)






11. Lethal dose






12. A sheet containing information about the safe use of a chemical and the steps to take in case of an accident






13. Material used to kill or repel pests






14. A plant that keeps its leaves year round






15. Heat-treated lava rock that is light weight with low moisture and nutrient-holding capacity






16. Growing media that lack any mineral soil






17. Smaller trees of high ornamental value






18. A substance used to control rodents






19. The reproductive organs of a plant






20. The reproduction of plants by seed - cuttings - budding - or grafting to increase in number - to reproduce






21. The science and practice of growing - harvesting - storing - designing - marketing - and distributing foliage and/or flowering plants






22. A soft - nonmetallic element






23. The manufacture of food by green plants in which carbon dioxide and water are combined in the presence of light and chlorophyll to form sugar and oxygen






24. Structure that has an embryo and a source of stored food contained within a protective coat






25. A chemical element required for plant growth






26. Working for someone else






27. The proportion of sand - silt - and clay in soil






28. Moss plants that grow on heath bogs






29. Woody or herbaceous plant that require some type of support






30. A harvesting technique where a plant is dug keeping a ball of soil around the root system and covering it with burlap to hold the soil and roots together






31. A non-woody plant that dies back to the ground each year






32. A plant that completes its life cycle in two seasons






33. The naming of organisms






34. Plants grown in normal soil in the ground






35. Material used to control undesirable plants






36. Words on a pesticide label used to alert the user to the toxicity of a pesticide (danger - caution - warning - poison)






37. The ability of a plant to withstand hot temperatures






38. The lower part of the pistil that contains one or more ovules or the part in which the eggs are produced and seeds develop






39. A sac-like structure at the top of the stamen that contains pollen






40. The male reproductive parts of a flower






41. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape






42. Supervised agriculture experience






43. An outgrowth from a plant that constitutes part of the foliage and functions primarily in food manufacture by photosynthesis






44. The fusion or joining of a sperm with an egg






45. Using live plants to landscae indoor areas - also known as plantscaping






46. Leaf-like structures located inside the sepals that are often colorful






47. The branch of biology that deals with the forms of organisms






48. The branch of biology that deals with identifying and naming organisms






49. Anything unwanted






50. The female reproductive parts of a flower