Agriculture
The sports area that is roughly equal to one acre of land
A football field
A commonly used method for growing plants in a water based mineral solution
Hydroponics
This is the year UIUC was founded
1867
The year the Morrow Plots were established
1876
Plants reproduce using these two common reproductive units
Seeds and spores
This state produces the most horseradishes in the nation
Illinois
This is a term used to describe a person who studies and grows grapes for the purpose of making wine
Viticulturalist
This is UIUC's rank something something public universities
12th
The number of departments housed by the College of ACES
8
This famous botanist, through his experiments with pea plants, established the fundamental principles of heredity and provided the basis for our understanding of inheritance
Gregor Mendel
This US President established the Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 1862
Abraham Lincoln
This practice can help improve air quality and increase food production in cities
Urban Gardening
The amount of acres that the UIUC campus covers
6,370
The two years during which Turner Hall was remodeled
2015 and 2018
What winged nocturnal insects have white flowers evolved to primarily attract?
Moths
The plant family that apples, pears, peaches and strawberries all belong to
The Rose family (Rosaceae)
This subset of horticulture deals with the production of fruits and nuts
Pomology
UIUC had the 4th largest public university library in the nation, housing this many items
24 million
In 1953, a UIUC botany professor discovered the gene that created this common supermarket item
Supersweet corn
During the spring, Moso bamboo (Phyllosthachys edulis) can grow up to these many inches per hour
1.5 inches
A healthy milking cow drinks these many gallons of water per day
30-50 gallons
This is a practice often used in drier climates to reduce or eliminate water use
Xeriscaping
6 (1949, 1951, 1952, 1989, 2005, 2026)
This area, currently managed by Campus Recreation, was originally established for research and demonstration purposes
Illini Grove
The leaves of this this unusual plant, found exclusively in the Namib desert of southwestern Africa, do not stop growing throughout its lifespan
Welwitschia