Essential Elements
This group of nutrients includes nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.
Primary Macronutrients
This organic material is made by decomposed plant parts like leaves and stems.
Compost
A fertilizer labeled 10-10-10 is considered this kind of fertilizer.
Complete fertilizer
IPM stands for this.
Integrated Pest Managment
These unwanted plants compete with crops for nutrients and space.
Weeds
These three elements—C, H, and O—are considered non-mineral elements.
Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen
Legumes add significant nitrogen to soil because they can do this.
Fix nitrogen
Fertilizer spread uniformly over a plot is applied using this method.
Broadcasting
This IPM concept refers to taking action only when pest levels get too high.
Action Threshold
Insects with puncturing and sucking mouthparts use this feeding method.
Piercing & Sucking
Nutrients like calcium, magnesium, and sulfur belong to this category.
Secondary Macronutrients
Plant residues high in carbon (like wood chips) cause this temporary nutrient issue.
Nitrogen deficiency
Soluble fertilizers are applied to plants in this form.
Liquid solution
These four letters represent the steps: Prevention, Avoidance, Monitoring, and Suppression.
PAMS
This group of pests includes microscopic roundworms that damage plant roots.
Nematodes
Nutrients needed in very small amounts, such as zinc and boron, are called this.
This type of fertilizer comes from plant or animal sources.
Organic fertilizer
Applying fertilizer in bands beside seed rows is called this.
Banding
Checking areas regularly using tools like traps, soil samples, and observation is called this.
Scouting
Fungi cause over half of all plant diseases. Name one example of a fungal disease symptom.
Mildew, rusts, rots, wilts
Plant roots absorb nutrients from the soil primarily in this form.
Ions in soil solution
This organic waste product from wastewater treatment can be used on golf courses and forests.
Biosolids
This method distributes fertilizer through irrigation systems.
Fertigation
This is considered the #1 problem in pest treatment when done incorrectly.
Pest Identification
Snails and slugs belong to this group of pests.
Mollusks