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Horticulture
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1. A soft - nonmetallic element
Germination
Phosphorus
Herbicide
Miticide
2. 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
Balled and burlapped
Ornamental tree
Woody Plant
Hazard
3. Fine-grained soil; smallest soil particle
Interiorscaping
Anther
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Clay
4. An award for an individual's SAE
Ovary
Nitrogen
Proficiency
Balled and burlapped
5. A sac-like structure at the top of the stamen that contains pollen
Propagation
Sexual
Anther
Ground cover
6. Woody or herbaceous plant that require some type of support
Vine
Interiorscaping
Fertilization
Stomata
7. A chemical used to kill snails and slugs
Pistil
Growth regulators
Molluscicide
Hardiness
8. Literally means "garden cultivation" - includes the cultivation - processing - and sale of fruits - nuts - vegetables - ornamental plants - and flowers
Dicot
Woody Plant
Germination
Horticulture
9. A plant that produces wood and has buds above the ground that survive winter
Bare root
Woody Plant
Placement
Pest
10. Exposure to danger or harm
Perennial
Hazard
Propagation
Nomenclature
11. A substance used to control rodents
Miticide
Ground cover
Rodenticide
Nitrogen
12. The science and practice of growing - harvestin - handling - storing - processing - and marketing tree fruits
Proficiency
Tree
Ground cover
Pomology
13. A plant that keeps its leaves year round
Stomata
Evergreen
Sepal
Anther
14. Words on a pesticide label used to alert the user to the toxicity of a pesticide (danger - caution - warning - poison)
Molluscicide
Signal words
Herbaceous plant
Nomenclature
15. Reproduction involving the male and female sex cells (pollen and egg)
Phosphorus
Sexual
Floriculture
Vine
16. The science and practice of growing - harvesting - storing - designing - marketing - and distributing foliage and/or flowering plants
Floriculture
Hardiness
Tree
Morphology
17. The chance that an accident might occur during a research project
Risk
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Annual flower
Growth regulators
18. Hormones and synthetic chemicals that inhibit or modify plant growth and development
Root
Growth regulators
LD
Biennial flower
19. A plant that lives for more than two seasons
Nutrient
Propagation
Perlite
Perennial
20. Fine particles of soil; smaller than sand and larger than clay
Insecticide
Hormones
Silt
Fruit
21. Moss plants that grow on heath bogs
Sexual
Nutrient
Monocot
Peat moss
22. A group of organisms with characteristics that distinguish them from other groups in a genus
Soilless media
Species
Fruit
Rodenticide
23. Heat-treated lava rock that is light weight with low moisture and nutrient-holding capacity
Phosphorus
Interiorscaping
Perlite
Clay
24. The lower part of the pistil that contains one or more ovules or the part in which the eggs are produced and seeds develop
Ovary
Molluscicide
Balled and burlapped
Stamen
25. One who works for oneself
Filament
Entrepreneur
Organic matter
Risk
26. An outgrowth from a plant that constitutes part of the foliage and functions primarily in food manufacture by photosynthesis
Organic matter
Leaf
Shade tree
Perlite
27. Chemical messenger substance that affects plant growth
Hormones
Rodenticide
Deciduous
Fungicide
28. Plants that shed their leaves in the fall
Container grown
Deciduous
Sepal
Monocot
29. Heat-treated mica that is light weight with nutrient and moisture-holding capacity
Vermiculite
Bare root
Hormones
Landscaping
30. A single-stem - woody - perennial plant reaching the height of 12 feet or more
Tree
Pistil
Bare root
Placement
31. A variety of control methods - such as cultural - mechanical - biological and chemical - used together to control pests
Safety
Ovary
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Biennial flower
32. The science and practice of installing - maintaining - and using grasses - plants - shrubs - and trees in the landscape
Landscaping
Herbaceous plant
Ornamental horticulture
Fruit
33. Lethal dose
Heat tolerance
Flower
LD
Potassium
34. Stalk - trunk - or branch of a plant; can be vertical or horizontal
Silt
Transpiration
Hazard
Stem
35. A bluish-white - highly reactive - metallic element
Potassium
Morphology
Fertilizer
Vermiculite
36. Closely related organisms of one or more species that are grouped together
LD
Ground cover
Genus
Rodenticide
37. The reproduction of plants by seed - cuttings - budding - or grafting to increase in number - to reproduce
Pistil
Propagation
Fungicide
Vermiculite
38. A non-woody plant that dies back to the ground each year
Bare root
Herbaceous plant
Germination
pH
39. The primary growing point of the stem
Tree
Ovary
Apical meristem
Pollination
40. Large trees with spreading canopies
Herbaceous plant
Hazard
Shade tree
Insecticide
41. The proportion of sand - silt - and clay in soil
Hardiness
Horticulture
Safety
Soil texture
42. Material used to control insects
Insecticide
Nutrient
Soilless media
Vermiculite
43. A substance used to control undesirable fungi
Shade tree
Stigma
Fungicide
CDE
44. 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
Hardiness
Root
Rodenticide
Ornamental horticulture
45. Leaf-like structures located inside the sepals that are often colorful
Molluscicide
Petal
Morphology
Fertilizer
46. Without the union of male and female sex cells (also referred to as vegetative)
Molluscicide
CDE
Asexual
Vegetative
47. 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
Ornamental tree
Photosynthesis
Fertilizer
Safety
48. A state of being free of danger and injury
Variet
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Annual flower
Safety
49. The transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of the flower
Balled and burlapped
Variet
Pollination
Signal words
50. Anything unwanted
Vegetative
Fruit
Interiorscaping
Pest
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