Plant Careers
Someone who arranges and cuts flowers
What is a florist?
The top layer of soil
What is topsoil?
What is N-P-K?
The outermost part of a seed
What is the seedcoat?
Altering the DNA makeup of an organism
What is genetic engineering?
A specialist in soil and crop sciences
What is an agronomist?
Sphagnum moss will decompose and become this
What is peat moss?
What is dried cow manure, bone meal, or blood meal?
The primary function of a flower
What is seed production?
A crop that was genetically engineered to contain a protein increasing resistance to herbicides
What is roundup ready soybeans?
A federal employee that inspects harvested grain crops
What is a federal grain inspector?
A mica type mineral used for starting plant seeds and cuttings
What is vermiculite?
This specific organic fertilizer is high in phosphorus
What is bone meal?
The part of a flower that matures into fruit
What is the ovary?
A microorganism inserted into corn to make it more resistant to insects
What is Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis)?
A professional trained in the art and science of arranging land and objects upon it
What is a landscape architect?
When a substance has a pH greater than 7
What is alkaline?
The amount (in lbs) of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium in a 500 lb bag of fertilizer with an NPK value of 15-20-10
What is 75 lbs N, 100 lbs P, 50 lbs K?
A root system where one root is much larger and pronounced than all the others
What is a tap root?
A crop that was genetically engineered to have a longer shelf life
What is the delayed ripening tomato?
a person who develops new plants through selection, hybridization, etc
What is a plant breeder?
Add this to soil or growing media to lower its pH
What is sulfur?
The method of placing fertilizer in banks 8 inches from the row of growing plants
What is side-dressing?
Tissue in a plant stem that brings water up to the leaves
What is xylem?
the use of a very small actively growing part of a plant to produce a large number of new plants
What is tissue culture/micropropagation?