Quiz Bowl Extended Practice 1

What do you call the process of scratching the seed to allow germination?

Denitrification is carried out by:

The main source material for phosphate fertilizer is:

You are applying a pesticide to a triangular area that has a base of 60 feet ad a height of 30 feet. What is the area?

What is the name of K2O

Is corn photoperiod sensitive?

Another name for Potash Rock is:

What is not an essential element for plants?

Synthetic auxins are absorbed through foliage and roots and then are translocated by xylem and phlem to where?

What does it mean if a seed has vigor?

Allelopathy is:

A chelate formulation is often used for foliar application of:

Branched-chain amino acid inhibitors are used for a quick outcome.

Approximately how many different herbicide chemical forms are on the market today?

2-4,D was developed in secret during World War II

What year was the first soybean inoculant marketed?

In the plant, potassium acts to:

An insect's head is specialized for these two things

On the insect’s leg, what does the tibia lie between

What is the common name for nitrogen gas?

Biochar is:

Microbial biomass:

The form of nitrogen most susceptible to leaching is:

What term refers to the point when the grass seedhead just starts to come out of the stem?

What do you call the diffusion of water vapor from the air spaces inside the leaf to the air surrounding the leaf?

Imbibition means that a seed:

Urea fertilizer contains what percent of N?

Laser Induced Flouresence is used to estimate:

A compound that is frequently used to chelate micronutrients is:

A farming practice to increase soil organic matter is:

Stick insects belong to which order of insects?

The Humongous Fungus is located in:

In which time period did tank mixed herbicides become widely used on farms?

What is the main differential difference between the southern and western corn root worm (AKA Cucumber Beetles)?

What plant hormone has hasten ripening?

What is the number one cause of herbicide resistance?

What Is the purpose of a Spiracle to an insect?

Structure in chloroplast that absorbs light and produces chemical energy:

What are the six master horizons?

What causes grass tetany?

Which of the following is a correct list of all plant essential elements?

Which of the following is Not a beneficial insect?

What does GPS stand for?

Latin name of Cotton?

Mowing as a weed control practice acts to:

Does adding K increase or decrease a plants ability to survive in the winter?

Most mineral phosphate fertilizers are made from:

What is the primary sensory organ on an insect?

Where can you not find bees?

Maze patterns in hardwoods are the result of larva from what group of insects?

The Rearing of Bees is called what

What is the Thorax specialized for?

Which chlorophyll is the primary pigment for absorption of light by plants?

What is the longest growing season number for soybeans?

What are the three main parts of an insect?

The abdomen is specialized for these two things.

Between what pH are nutrients most available

Gas that inhibits growth; increases respiration to speed fruit ripening:

pH dependent charge:

What category of forages comprises of buds, twigs, and leaves?

Salt index refers to:

What is the scientific name for orchard grass?

A fertilizer form that can have excessive heavy metal content is: