Corn
This is what corn is commonly called outside the United States.
What is Maize?
This country is the native origin of soybeans.
What is China?
This state is the number one cotton-producing state in the U.S.
What is Texas?
Rice is classified as this type of plant because it thrives in aquatic environments.
What is a hydrophyte?
The main wheat class grown in Louisiana.
What is soft red winter?
The male flower structure of corn located at the terminal end of the plant.
Soybeans are classified as this type of plant based on day length response.
What is a short-day plant?
The pest targeted by Louisiana’s eradication commission established in 1992.
What is the Boll weevil?
This state is the leading rice producer in the United States.
What is Arkansas?
Wheat is classified as this type of plant based on photoperiod response.
What is a long-day plant?
This type of corn has high sugar content and appears translucent and shriveled when dried.
What is Sweet Corn?
Nitrogen-fixing nodules begin developing this many days after germination.
What is 10-14 days?
After pollination, cotton flowers turn this color.
What is pink or purplish?
Flooding rice fields generally changes soil pH by this amount.
What is an increase of 0.5–1.5 pH units?
The ideal planting depth for wheat in Louisiana.
What is 1-1.5 inches?
Corn requires at least this soil temperature to germinate.
What is 50 degrees?
The soybean byproduct commonly added to livestock feed.
What is soybean meal?
Cotton needs this many frost-free days for successful growth.
What is 180-200 days?
The rice planting method where soaked seeds are dropped by airplane.
What is broad-cast water seeding?
This percentage of wheat emerges when planted 2 inches deep.
What is 76%?
By this date, corn yield may be reduced by approximately 30% if planting is delayed.
What is May 1st
The approximate day length soybeans need to flower.
What is 13.5 hours?
This chemical is sprayed before harvest to remove leaves.
What is a defoliant?
The ideal pH range for rice growth.
What is 5.5-6.6?
Wheat helps prevent this environmental problem during winter.
What is soil erosion?