Plant Science CH21 Oats Rice

Botanical name for oats

• Hordeum vulgare
• Avena sativa
• Oryza sativa
• Secale cereale

Oats make a great companion crop with forage grasses

• true
• false

#1 Use of Oats

• livestock feed
• cereal
• oatmeal
• aveeno cosmetics

Oats are _____ sensitive to poor soil conditions than wheat & barley

• less
• more

Oats grown on sandy (course-textured) soils need more _____.

• moisture
• rain
• sun
• wind

Oats need _____ water for growth than other small grains.

• more
• less

Oats will yield _____ than other small grains with less sunshine.

• more
• less

Type of weather causing more diseases in oats.

• hot, humid
• hot, dry
• cool, humid
• cool, dry

Too much N causes plants to be soft and tender. Why is this bad in oats?

• causes lodging
• causes stems to break
• causes plants to fall over
• causes plants to develop small heads

In order to plant early spring oats, the field soil must be _____.

• Cool
• Well-drained
• plowed
• fine-textured