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Horticulture
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1. Plants with two cotyledons - flower parts usually in multiples of four or five - true secondary growth - vascular bundles arranged in a ring in the stem
Peat moss
Vine
Dicot
Phosphorus
2. The branch of biology that deals with identifying and naming organisms
Pollination
Risk
Taxonomy
Germination
3. The lower part of the pistil that contains one or more ovules or the part in which the eggs are produced and seeds develop
Cellular respiration
Nutrient
Ovary
Sand
4. A variety of control methods - such as cultural - mechanical - biological and chemical - used together to control pests
Sexual
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Ornamental horticulture
Potassium
5. A substance used to control rodents
Species
Perennial
Rodenticide
Ground cover
6. Reproduction involving the male and female sex cells (pollen and egg)
Phosphorus
Sexual
Monocot
Woody Plant
7. Heat-treated lava rock that is light weight with low moisture and nutrient-holding capacity
Asexual
Risk
Field grow
Perlite
8. Lethal dose
Germination
Root
LD
Cultivar
9. A plant that lives for more than two seasons
Filament
Perennial
Hormones
Landscaping
10. The practice of growing and suing plants for decorative purposes
Ornamental horticulture
Fruit
Interiorscaping
Growth regulators
11. The female reproductive parts of a flower
Pistil
Dicot
Interiorscaping
Entrepreneur
12. The beginning of growth from a seed
Shrub
Woody Plant
Germination
Cellular respiration
13. Material used to control mites
Asexual
Miticide
Silt
Olericulture
14. Contains all three of the primary fertilizer nutrients (nitrogen - phosphorus - and potash)
pH
Complete fertilizer
Root
Leaf
15. Without the union of male and female sex cells (also referred to as vegetative)
Hardiness
Shade tree
Field grow
Asexual
16. A plant that keeps its leaves year round
Stigma
Evergreen
Pomology
Anther
17. The branch of biology that deals with the forms of organisms
Vermiculite
Morphology
Evergreen
Variet
18. Supervised agriculture experience
Cultivar
SAE
Stem
Genus
19. Material used to control nematodes
Propagation
Nematocide
Leaf
Pesticide
20. The primary growing point of the stem
Seed
Vegetative
Apical meristem
Fruit
21. A bluish-white - highly reactive - metallic element
Potassium
Photosynthesis
Flower
Signal words
22. Smaller trees of high ornamental value
Ornamental tree
Potassium
Deciduous
Landscaping
23. Largest soil particle; hard - granular rock; finer than gravel and coarser than dust
Insecticide
Sand
Fungicide
Nomenclature
24. An outgrowth from a plant that constitutes part of the foliage and functions primarily in food manufacture by photosynthesis
Leaf
Ground cover
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Pistil
25. The science and practice of growing - harvesting - storing - designing - marketing - and distributing foliage and/or flowering plants
Floriculture
Petal
Horticulture
Miticide
26. Moss plants that grow on heath bogs
Interiorscaping
Propagation
Fertilizer
Peat moss
27. The reproduction of plants by seed - cuttings - budding - or grafting to increase in number - to reproduce
Dicot
pH
Fertilizer
Propagation
28. The specialized organelle in green plants in which photosynthesis takes place
Horticulture
Chloroplast
Pollination
Soil texture
29. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Dicot
pH
Insecticide
Landscaping
30. Material used to control undesirable plants
Nematocide
Herbicide
Anther
Stigma
31. Anything unwanted
Pest
Silt
Soilless media
Taxonomy
32. The tube in the pistil that leads from the stigma to the ovary and through which pollen reaches the ova and egg
Complete fertilizer
Style
Photosynthesis
Asexual
33. An award for an individual's SAE
Woody Plant
Proficiency
Sand
Peat moss
34. A substance used to control undesirable fungi
Seed
Fungicide
Petal
Soil texture
35. Plants that are grown in manmade containers - such as clay or plastic pots or hanging baskets
Container grown
Species
Biennial flower
Stem
36. The fusion or joining of a sperm with an egg
Fertilization
Cultivar
Asexual
Landscaping
37. Odorless - colorless nutrient needed for plant life
Root
Anther
Nitrogen
Olericulture
38. Chemical messenger substance that affects plant growth
Flower
Pest
Hormones
Miticide
39. The proportion of sand - silt - and clay in soil
Cultivar
Insecticide
Vegetative
Soil texture
40. Material used to control insects
Insecticide
Organic matter
Stem
Risk
41. Fine-grained soil; smallest soil particle
Pesticide
Perennial
Clay
Nutrient
42. Fine particles of soil; smaller than sand and larger than clay
Shade tree
Silt
Stigma
Risk
43. Using indoor plants (also commonly referred to as "houseplants") to decorate or improve aesthetics inside a home or commerical building
Interiorscaping
Annual flower
Safety
Miticide
44. Structure found at the top end of the pistil that contains a sticky surface on which pollen can be caught
Stigma
Field grow
Apical meristem
Nutrient
45. A group of organisms with characteristics that distinguish them from other groups in a genus
Species
Landscaping
Placement
Flower
46. Woody or herbaceous plant that require some type of support
Vine
Biennial flower
pH
Landscaping
47. Hormones and synthetic chemicals that inhibit or modify plant growth and development
Pest
Fungicide
Annual flower
Growth regulators
48. Plants grown in normal soil in the ground
pH
Vegetative
Field grow
Cultivar
49. Green leaf-like structure on the exterior of a flower
Clay
Sepal
Nitrogen
Pollination
50. The lower portion of a plant that bears neither leaves nor reproductive organs and that mostly develops underground and anchors the plant; the hairs absorb water and mineral nutrients
Insecticide
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Root
Anther
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