THE SCIENCE, CULTIVATION, PROCESSING, STORAGE AND MARKETING OF HERBS AND VEGETABLES.

THE PRODUCTION, PROCESSING AND MARKETING OF FRUITS AND NUTS.

APPROXIMATELY __________ OF U.S. LAND IS USED FOR VEGETABLE PRODUCTION.

A _____________________ STUDIES PLANT SCIENCES AND IS SOMETIMES CALLED A PLANT SCIENTIST.

THE NURSERY AND LANDSCAPE INDUSTRY IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE GREEN INDUSTRY.

FOLIAGE PLANTS ARE GROWN PRIMARILY FOR THEIR ______________.

IF YOU WANT TO GROW ORGANIC VEGETABLES IN THE UNITED STATES, WHICH GROUP AWARDS YOU A CERTIFICATION TO DO SO?

FOR THIS TYPE OF FARMING OPERATION, A GROWER SELLS "SHARES" TO THE PUBLIC THAT REPRESENT BOXES OF SEASONAL VEGETABLES AND FRUIT THAT ARE DELIVERED TO THE CUSTOMER.

WHICH ORGANIZATION IN DEARBORN COUNTY PROVIDES HORTICULTURAL INFORMATION FREE OF CHARGE TO YOU?

THIS ORGANIZATION IN DEARBORN COUNTY OFFERS COST-SHARE PROGRAMS TO DEARBORN COUNTY RESIDENTS.

INDIANA RANKS IN THE TOP 5 FOR PEPPERMINT AND SPEARMINT PRODUCTION.

______________________ ARE PLANTS GROWN TO PROVIDE FLAVORINGS TO FOODS.

VEGETATIVE AND ASEXUAL PLANT PROPAGATION ARE 2 TERMS WHICH DESCRIBE THE SAME THING.

______________________ PLANTS ARE PLANT MATERIAL KEPT SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROPAGATION.

THE TYPE OF CUTTING BEST PERFORMED WITH A SNAKE PLANT WOULD BE _______________ CUTTINGS.

MR. JOHNSON'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THE LENGTH OF YOUR STEM CUTTINGS IS AT LEAST __________ INCHES LONG?

A FORM OF ASEXUAL PROPAGATION THAT ALLOWS STEMS THAT ARE STILL ATTACHED TO THE PARENT PLANT TO FORM ROOTS.

A CUTTING OF SOFT, SUCCULENT, NEW GROWTH FROM A SHRUB OR TREE WOULD BE A __________________ CUTTING.

FLOWER BUDS SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM A HERBACEOUS STEM CUTTING.

BLOOMED FLOWERS SHOULD BE KEPT ON A HERBACEOUS STEM CUTTING.

WHEN TAKING A STEM CUTTING LOWER LEAVES SHOULD ________________________.

_____________________ are specialized stems that grow horizontally above ground and form new plants.

DIVISION IS A SLOW PROCESS AND IS USED BY MANY HOME GARDENERS.

I HAVE LOCATED A PLANT IN MY LANDSCAPE TO DIVIDE. IT IS A HOSTA. WHAT WOULD BE MY NEXT STEP?

PICTURED IS AN EXAMPLE OF A MODIFIED STEM WITH A SHORT, FLESHY BASAL PLATE FROM WHICH ROOTS GROW. WHAT IS IT?

PICTURED IS A PHOTO OF A MODIFIED ENLARGED STEM THAT HAVE BECOME SPECIALIZED TO BE UNDERGROUND STORAGE ORGANS. WHAT IS IT?

PICTURED IS A MODIFIED STEM STRUCTURE THAT GROWS HORIZONTALLY BELOW OR NEAR THE SOIL SURFACE. WHAT IS IT?

This part of a graft is a young shoot or twig of a plant.

NAME THIS PLANT THAT WE HAVE TAKEN MANY CUTTINGS FROM.

SEEDS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR GENETIC VARIATION OF A SPECIES.

SEEDS ARE FORMED AS A RESULT OF THE FERTILIZATION PROCESS.

The process by which seeds begin to grow.

LIVING SEED IS KNOWN AS ______________ SEED.

I PLANTED 50 SEEDS AND 42 OF THEM GERMINATED. WHAT IS MY GERMINATION PERCENTAGE?

WHICH OF THE 4 CONDITIONS LISTED BELOW IS NOT NEEDED FOR SEEDS TO GERMINATE?

A saturated seedbed has plenty of oxygen available for seeds to germinate.

SEEDS HAVE A PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATION THAT ALLOWS THEM TO DELAY SEED GERMINATION.

IN NATURE, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DOES NOT CAUSE SEED COATS TO BREAK DOWN SLOWLY OVER TIME

PHYSICALLY REMOVING PART OF A SEED COAT TO ALLOW IMBIBITION OF WATER IS CALLED ___________________.

SEED COATS ARE CHIPPED OR WEAKENED BY RUBBING WITH SANDPAPER, SCRAPING OR CRACKING IS KNOWN AS __________________________ SCARIFICATION.

GOOD SEEDBEDS SHOULD BE WELL DRAINED.

SOIL IN A GOOD SEEDBED SHOULD HAVE GOOD CONTACT WITH THE SEEDS PLANTED IN THEM.

WITH A RAISED GARDEN BED LIKE WE HAVE AT ECHS, WHAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WOULD NOT BE NEEDED TO HELP PREPARE THE SEEDBED?

WHICH TEMPERATURE IS MORE IMPORTANT WHEN DECIDING THE CORRECT TIME TO PLANT SEED?

SOME SEEDS ARE PRE-TREATED WITH CHEMICAL FUNGICIDES TO MINIMIZE DISEASE RISKS.

TYPICALLY THE LARGER THE SEED, THE __________________ IT SHOULD BE PLANTED.

SEEDS PLANTED TOO ______________________ WILL COMPETE FOR LIGHT, WATER AND NUTRIENTS.

SEEDS PLANTED TOO _______________________ ALLOW FOR WEED GROWTH AND WASTE SPACE.

THE BEST PLACE TO FIND SEED DEPTH AND SEED SPACING INFORMATION IS ON THE SEED PACKET ITSELF.

MATURE SEEDS COME FROM UNRIPENED FRUIT.

SEEDS SHOULD BE HARVESTED BEFORE THEY DISPERSE NATURALLY.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBES THE BEST TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT TO STORE SEEDS?

THE "DOOMSDAY" SEED VAULT IS LOCATED IN THIS COUNTRY

A MAIN GOAL OF THE WORLD SEED BANK IS TO STORE SEEDS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO USE.

SEEDS THAT FLOAT ARE USUALLY NOT VIABLE.

SEED PACKETS DO NOT PROVIDE INFORMATION ON SEED PLANTING DEPTH OR SPACING OF ROWS.

WHEN PREPARING A GARDEN BED TO PLANT SEED, ROCKS AND CLODS OF SOIL SHOULD BE REMOVED.

IMBIBITION IS,

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A FUNCTION OF PLANT ROOTS?

THESE ROOTS GROW DIRECTLY DOWNWARD.

THIS ROOT SYSTEM IS SHALLOW AND DENSE

WHAT TYPE OF ROOTS ARE IN THE PHOTO?

STEMS CONDUCT WATER AND NUTRIENTS.

A STEMS GROWING POINT IS A _______________.

____________________________ ARE FOUND AT THE SHOOT TIP.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT ONE OF THE TWO PARTS OF A LEAF?

LEAVES ARE ATTACHED TO A PLANT IN ONE OF 3 WAYS. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BELOW IS NOT ONE OF THEM?

SIMPLE LEAVES HAVE ________________ LEAF BLADE(S).

COMPOUND LEAVES HAVE 2 OR MORE BLADES KNOWN AS ___________________________.

WHAT TYPE OF LEAF IS IN THE PHOTO?

NAME THE TYPE OF LEAF.

NAME THE TYPE OF LEAF.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT ONE OF THE 4 MAIN PARTS OF A FLOWER?

THE FEMALE PARTS OF A FLOWER.

THE MALE PARTS OF A FLOWER

WHICH PART OF THE PISTIL RECEIVES POLLEN FROM THE ANTHER?

THIS PART OF THE STAMEN PRODUCES POLLEN.

A ______________________ SURROUNDS AND PROTECTS THE FLOWER BUD.

COLLECTIVELY, SEPALS ARE KNOWN AS THE ______________.

STAMINATE FLOWERS CONTAIN ONLY THE ANTHER AND FILAMENT.

______________________________ PLANTS HAVE MALE AND FEMALE FLOWERS ON THE SAME PLANT.

THE 4 MAIN PARTS OF A FLOWER ARE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING EXCEPT THIS.

A FRUIT IS A MATURE ____________________________.

THE PURPOSE OF A FRUIT IS TO PROTECT THE SEED AND TO AID IN ___________________________________.

CHERRIES, PEACHES, PLUMS AND OLIVES ARE EXAMPLES OF ____________________________.

THE PINTO BEANS SHOWN HERE ARE THIS TYPE OF DRIED FRUIT.

MAPLE

THE SWEDISH NATURALIST THAT STARTED THE SCIENTIFIC NAMING OF PLANTS.

THE NAME THAT MOST PLANTS GO BY.

SOME PLANTS HAVE MANY COMMON NAMES.

DICOT PLANTS POSSESS __________ COTYLEDONS.

A ________________ is a subset of organisms within a family that share similar characteristics.

What should always be done with the first letter of a genus?

A river birch has the scientific name of Betula nigra. What is the genus in that scientific name?

A ____________________ is the 2nd half of a binomial name of a plant species.

WHAT IS THE SPECIFIC EPITHET OF THE RIVER BIRCH TREE? IT HAS THE BOTANICAL NAME OF BETULA NIGRA.

THE RED SUNSET CULTIVAR OF THE RED MAPLE WOULD BE WRITTEN THIS WAY.

A __________________________ key is a tool that gives users paired choices, called couplets.

A Japanese Maple has the botanical name of Acer palmatum var. atropurpureum. What does VAR. stand for?