Ornamental Production
Fruit Production
Vegetable Production
Postharvest
Sustainable Horticulture
100
This type of ornamental production is usually concerned with woody plant material
What is nursery production
100
This is the term to describe the study of fruit culture
What is pomology
100
This term describes the science of growing herbaceous vegetable plants for food
What is olericulture
100
This is the amount of postharvest losses that are seen of horticultural products in developed countries
What is 5% to 25%
100
This is what the three P’s of sustainable horticulture stand for.
What is people, planet, profit
200
A small plant sold in 100s per tray established from cuttings
What is a liner
200
This type of fruit can ripen off the plant and when maturing produces a burst of CO2 and ethylene
What is climacteric fruit
200
These are the environmental conditions (temperatures) that warm-season vegetables thrive in.
What is daytime temperatures of 65F-90F and nighttime temperatures >55F
200
In general, these are the two environmental conditions that promote nutrition losses (and deterioration in general).
What is high temperatures and low relative humidity
200
These are two solutions to mitigate soil erosion.
What is no-till and cover crops
300
These are 2 advantages to growing nursery stock in containers (compared to growing directly in ground)
What is: easily moved; control media/nutrition; less injury from harvest; better post-plant survival
300
Large bodies of water influence local climates this many miles inland.
What is 30 miles inland
300
These are the two reasons for establishing a vegetable field using transplants (compared to using seed).
What is poor germination and uniform crop
300
This is the maturity versus quality compromise.
What is best eating is when the product is fully mature, but shipping is worse.
300
These are two solutions to mitigate water quantity in agriculture.
What is drip irrigation and mulching
400
These are the 3 advantages to using pot-in-pot production compared to using pots above-ground.
What are: root temperature protection; no tipping over; less irrigation
400
This is the time of year that most fruit plants are planted
What is the dormant season
400
This type of growth is what is promoted when using high amounts (not damaging) of fertilizer on a vegetable crop.
What is leafy growth or prevent fruit formation
400
This is the appropriate temperature to store temperate and tropical crops postharvest.
What is 33F-35F (temperate) and 50F-55F (tropical)
400
These are three reasons that IPM is used by horticultural growers.
What is: balanced ecosystem; pesticide resistance; save money; healthy environment; public image
500
This type of plant spacing in a greenhouse when plants are just starting out has the most labor costs, but least heating costs
What is pot-to-pot spacing
500
This term describes slightly cutting a grapevine through the phloem so that some downward flow of sugars is blocked.
What is girdling
500
These type of crops can tolerate partial-shade conditions in production
What is leafy or root vegetables
500
The appropriate relative humidity to store most crops at postharvest
What is 85% to 90%
500
These are the five principles of IPM.
What is: Identify; Monitor; Establish action threshold; Control tactics; Document results
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