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Praxis Plant Science Botany

Subjects : praxis, botany
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1. Are the smallest known living organisms that may reporuce and live apart from other living organisms.






2. Soil is undisturbed from harvest to planting - in strips up to 1/3 of the row width.






3. Is an equality in something visually attractive






4. A tomato disorder marked by a black or leathery brown spot on the fruits bottom.






5. Plants retain their leaces all year






6. A protective layer outside the surface of a leaf.






7. Which holds and captures pollen - and the style.






8. Refers to plants with only male or female flower on a single plant such as hollies






9. Increase the roots capacity to absorb to water and nutrients






10. Below the A horizon - the ___ horizon is usually light colored layer - with clay particles having been leached or removed. Contains organic matter as well as iron oxides and aluminum.






11. Flowers with several simple pistils formed






12. Have numerous roots that are branched out.






13. An embryo then develops inside a tissue that is protective and both layers are known as a






14. Refers to woody plants that lse leaves or needle each winter






15. Is a cyclic irrigation application that delivers water to land during a series of on and off time spans known as hydraulic surges.






16. Are groups of plants developing new characteristics that occur naturally though hybridization.






17. How water is used in plants to carry nutrients






18. Formation of buds taking place.






19. A technology for growing plants in nutrient solutions with an artificial medium that providing mechanical support.






20. Should be used when mixed plantings are made during marginal planting periods.






21. Are organisms that can kill or reduce the ability to reporduce in other organisms






22. Is breaking soil out of clods and breaking in finer clumps. Do this after you plow.






23. A stem also has a part known as a ___ - which produces tissue that lengthens the stem






24. Help decrease the amount of excessive nutrients that can enter the water from storm runoff.






25. In a tomato is from a fast uptake of water such as from sownpurs or excessive watering.






26. A process in which nitrogen gas in the atmosphere is converted into ammonia.






27. The part of the system that moves the food is known as the






28. The ___ horizon tops the profile and contains mostly organic matter - with a decomposed vegetation structure that enriches the soil with nutrients and helps it retain moisture.






29. Protect the plant






30. The soils should be avoided because it pushes aggregates together - causing them to eventually break down






31. Always develop from a flower and has at least one ovary that has ripened






32. Refer in botanical use as the edible parts of plant - other than the flower






33. Parent material moved by gravity






34. Full width tilage involving one or more trips during the soil surface is tilled. Done before or during planting.






35. Scarring on the blossom end of a tomato






36. Are tiny leaf openings on the leaf surface - allows plants to release and take in gases - such as carbon dioxide - oxygen - and water vapor






37. Is movement of nutrients to the surfaces of roots through water movement in the soil.






38. Reducing a design to its simplest and most functional form.






39. Are a man made means of treating water through natural processes using plants - animals - microorganisms and the environment itself.






40. Refers to the first name used in binomial nomenclature. Capitalized word that refers to a plant cluster that has similarities that can be recognized easily.






41. The system using two names to identify plants.






42. A cluster or several flowers






43. Support stems






44. Is a hormone for plants and growth regulator






45. Is change that is gradual






46. Uses a variety of combinations to control pest - generally one that does the least harm to the pest of the environment.






47. For each field should then be analyzed based on the soil productivity and management that is intended.






48. Are plants grouped because of its ability to grow in girth






49. Refers to a plant froup with male and female plants occuring on the same plant such as corn and squash






50. Is moving liquid pesticide mixture through a filling hose and into a water source







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