Lettuce
Cucurbits
Insects 1
Insects 2
Brassica & Miscellaneous
100
What is the most important characteristic we consider when choosing a lettuce variety?
Heat tolerance / bolt resistance
100
What are 3 ways to tell if a watermelon is ripe?
A hollow sound when it is thumped, yellow spot where it was touching the ground, dry brown tendril where the fruit is attached to the main stem.
100
What are the 3 main body parts of an insect?
Head, thorax, abdomen
100
Give an example of a physical barrier used for insect management.
Row covers, netting, plastic lined trench for Colorado potato beetles.
100
How is cauliflower blanched and what does self blanching mean?
It is blanched by covering the developing heads by tying some of the leaves over the head. Self blanching is when the leaves grow over the heads and cover them without needing to tie them.
200
Why and how is endive blanched?
It is covered to keep it out of the sun because that makes it less bitter and gives it an attractive yellow-green or white color.
200
How can you tell if a cucurbit flower is male or female?
Female flowers have a miniature fruit at the base of the flower. Male flowers have a thin stalk.
200
What are the stages of simple metamorphosis?
Egg, nymph (several instars), adult.
200
Why is Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) a very good pesticide?
It is very specific; it is only toxic to caterpillars.
200
What happens to broccoli heads when the weather is too hot?
The heads will become irregular and leaves will grow up through the head.
300
What are advantages of one cut / easy leaf lettuce varieties?
Compared to baby lettuce, it is quicker and easier to harvest, weed control is easier, the leaves are less delicate making them more resistant to damage and giving them a longer shelf life. Compared to full size heads, the leaves stay small so they easily fit in a salad bowl.
300
What is the difference between musk melon and cantaloupe.
In the United States, cantaloupe is a musk melon that does not have sutures.
300
What are the stages of complete metamorphosis.
Egg, larva, pupa, adult.
300
Match the pictures to the correct insect Order: Hymenoptera bees & wasps, Coleoptera beetles, Lepidoptera butterflies & moths
Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera
300
What is the scientific name of the order of insects that includes butterflies and moths?
Lepidoptera
400
What are 2 other crops in the same family as lettuce?
Endive, escarole, radicchio, whitloof chicory, Italian dandelion
400
What does full slip mean when applied to a melon?
When the melon is ripe, the stem separates from the melon with slight sideways pressure.
400
Give 2 ways in which managing the environment can help manage insect pests.
Plant flowers to attract beneficials. Put up bird & bat houses. Crop rotation. Diversity of crops & other plants. Banker plants. Supplemental food for beneficials. Mulch.
400
Match each picture to the correct insect order. Coleoptera beetles. Diptera flies & mosquitos. Neuroptera lacewings & antlions
lacewing larvae, beetle larvae, Syrphid fly (also called hover fly or sweat bee)
400
What can you do so the sprouts on Brussels sprouts grow to a uniform size all the way up the stalk?
Top the plant. Cut off the top of the plant a month before harvest, removing the growing point and eliminating apical dominance.
500
Name and describe 3 types of lettuce.
Crisphead (iceberg) forms a tight head. Butterhead forms a loose head with tender buttery texture. Bibb lettuce is like butterhead but the leaves don't curl over themselves to make a head. Leaf lettuce does not form a head. Summer crisp is more heat tolerant than other types and may form a loose head of thick crisp leaves. Cos (romaine) forms a tall head with thick crisp leaves. One cut or Easy Leaf is a type of leaf lettuce where the leaves stay relatively small.
500
What is the species name of zucchini?
Cucurbita pepo
500
What is the order of insects commonly called that has mouth parts that are like a straw (piercing & sucking)?
True bugs (Hemiptera)
500
What is the distinguishing feature of insects in the order that includes beetles?
Hard outer wings that cover the delicate inner wings when at rest.
500
When light comes, darkness has to disappear. The Age of Enlightenment and the age of ignorance are like light and darkness, and the rules guiding life in these two ages are as different as those available in light and darkness. That is why we can expect great changes in all areas of society. - Maharishi
Contrast how the rules in conventional ag are different from the rules in regenerative ag.
There are many possible answers: Microbes cause disease vs microbes are necessary for maximum plant health. Plants only take up soluble nutrients vs plants can obtain nutrients in many ways, including soluble, from mycorrhizal fungi, rhizophagy, etc.