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Types of Horticulture
Anatomy of Stems, Leaves, and Roots
Photosynthesis and Respiration
Temp, Air, Water, and Light
Pest Management
100
The culture of plants for food, comfort, and beauty.
What is Horticulture?
100
The first root to come out of a seed
What is Primary Root?
100
The process by which a plant converts sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into water, sugar, and oxygen
What is Photosynthesis?
100
Water vapor in the air
What is Humidity?
100
A living organism that can cause injury or loss to a plant
What is a Pest?
200
Includes designing landscape plans and the maintenance of landscapes
What is Landscape Horticulture?
200
Specialized stem made of a short, flat stem with many fleshy leaves attached (Onions are examples)
What is a Bulb?
200
The process by which the chemical bonds in sugar molecules are broken to release energy
What is Respiration?
200
A plant that flowers when nights are longer than 12 hours
What is a Short-Day Plant?
200
Chemicals used to control pests and diseases
What are Pesticides?
300
The production, transportation, and use of flowering or foliage plants.
What is Floriculture?
300
Single dominant vein in the middle of the blade
What is Midrib?
300
Small green structures in the plant cell that hold pigment and trap sunlight
What are Chloroplasts?
300
Condition when a plant does not receive enough water
What is Wilting?
300
Roundworms that may live in the soil or water, within insects, or as parasites of plants or animals
What are Nematodes?
400
The branch of horticulture that cultivates vegetables
What is Olericulture?
400
Cells on the inside of a stem that carry water and minerals up from the root
What is Xylem?
400
Second stage of photosynthesis
What is Carbon Dioxide Fixation?
400
The ability of a plant to withstand low temperatures
What is Hardiness?
400
An organism composed of nucleic acids surrounded by protein sheaths
What is a Virus?
500
The application of science to horticulture
What is Horticulture Science?
500
Location on the stem where leaves and buds are attached
What are Nodes?
500
Principle form in which food is stored for plants
What is Starch?
500
Illustration that reflects a rating of summer heat based on the average number of days above 86F
What is the Plant Heat-Zone Map?
500
Pest management strategy that uses a combination of best management practices to reduce pest damage with the least disruption to the environment
What is Integrated Pest Management?