Ag Quizbowl Set 4

Vegetative part removed from the parent plat and managed so it will regenerate itself.

Pairs of genes that are alike

Pairs of genes that are different.

Decay into soil-building materials and nutrients

A seed sprouting or starting to grow

Soils deposited by ice.

Refers to the selling of animals directly to processors by the producer.

Mating of animals that are related

Projects that improve beauty, convenience, safety, value, or efficiency learned outside of the regularly scheduled class

Less available than needed for optimum growth

The term applied to the relationship of the host, pathogen, and the environment in disease development.

Forages that have been cut and dried to a low level of moisture, used for animal feed.

The amount of a product wanted at a specific time and price.

Less available than needed for optimum growth.

Strip of grass growing in the low area of a field where water can gather and cause erosion.

The science of producing, processing, and marketing fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plants.

Any edible material used for animal feed.

Green pigment in leaves.

The process of treating animals for external parasites by walking or swimming them through a medicated bath.

Removing moisture with heat.

A chemical change that results in gas release

Moisture in the air.

The flowers and ultimately the seed area of the plant

Cross between a stallion and a jennet.

A measurable change in an amount over time or distance.

Natural layer of organic matter on the surface of soils

Lift into position

Plant or animal offspring from crossing two different species or varieties.

A species of animal in or on which diseases or parasites can live.

Person who inspects the food for freshness, size, and quality.

Soild body waste.

Plant materials with high moisture content such as pastures and root plants.

Resting stage, no active growth

Taking a product from the plant where it was grown or produced.

The main component of the skeletal system.

A rabbit cage or house

The process of administering drugs by needle and syringe.

A skin disorder caused by the deficiency of riboflavin, niacin, or biotin.

The brain and the spinal cord.

Neither gene expresses itself to the exclusion of the other.

Land created when soil is deposited by water at the mouth of a river.

Modified leaf that is often brightly colored and showy

A compound that does not contain carbon.

The process for treating udder problems through the teat canal.

Plants that lost their leaves every year.

Soil group within a class designated by a small letter.

A turfgrass that grows in clumps.

Point where each additional unit of input decreases the output or returns

Organizations that provide opportunities for leadership development and skill development

Layer (think layer of soil)

Process in which many countries became self-sufficient in food production.

A device for drying food

Length of pregnancy

Animal food.

Picking the best parents for the next generation.

Lamb less than three months old.

Female reproductive cells.

Simple sugar and the building blocks for other nutrients.

A non-nutritive substance added to feed to improve growth, increase feed efficiency, or maintain health.

Crossing a purebred male with a grade female

Silage made from forages dried to 40 to 55 percent moisture.

Nutrients that have 2.25 times as much energy as carbohydrates.

Evergreen trees with needlelike leaves.

Plant kept for aroma, medicine, or seasoning.

A person who shoes horses.

Material inside of bones that makes blood cells.

The art of riding and knowing the needs of the horse.

Soil located near the surface that is made up of desirable proportions of mineral and organic matter.

Special cage or pen used for swine to give birth in.

Wood's resistance to compression.

Skin or covering of a wheat kernel.

Place or box in which bees are kept

Yellowing of the leaf.

A shield-shaped cut made about halfway through the wood around the leaf and the axial bud.

Removal of soil to form relatively narrow and deep trenches known as gullies.

Member of the horse family 14.2 or more hands tall.

Plants that lose their leaves every year

New wheat plant inside the kernel.

Remove or shorten tails of certain animals.

Place where eggs are hatched.

Water that flows from the land to oceans and contains little or no salt.

Dividing the carcass into smaller cuts

Deoxyribonucleic acid

Money or property

Female of the swine family that has not given birth.

To place a substance under the skin to improve growth of animals.

Mixed into the soil by spading, plowing, or discing.

Swine more than four months old.

Decay into soil-building materials and nutrients.

Use of electronics and ultra-modern equipment to perform tasks and control machinery and processes.

Materials that destroy infective agents such as bacteria and viruses.

Chemicals that regulate many of the activities of the body.

Crop grown for its edible seeds.

Enlarged thyroid gland caused by a deficiency of iodine.

Sensitive and discriminating taste in food preferences

Person or business storing food for transport to regional markets.

Name given to a pesticide by a recognized committee on pesticide nomenclature.

Heart, liver, and gizzard of poultry

Provide long-term credit for agriculture.

Usually forms very hard lumps or clods when dry; plastic when wet.