Tillage - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Cultivated Forage plants that are seeded and/or grown using agricultural practices such as tillage, irrigation, and fertilization Why are cultivated forages important? comprise the majority of nutrients fed to domestic livestock including cattle, sheep, and horses What is considered herbage? leaves, stems, roots, and seeds of non-woody species Pasture forage grazed by livestock Hay dry form of forage produced by harvesting fresh herbage Silage Wet form of forage pro

Control weeds and aerate soil - Answer-Tillage is primarily used for which of the following? 20 to 40 percent - Answer-How much of the earth's land surface is covered with grasslands? Provide very important habitat for wildlife Filter runoff from precipitation Build deep and rich soils Store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere - Answer-Select all the services grasslands provide Forest and desert - Answer-Grasslands typically exist between which of the following? Lasting effects fr...

DucksUnlimitedFinalTestsExamwith137Questions and Correct Answers. Tillage is primarily used for which of the following? - Correct Answer Control weeds and aerate soil How much of the earth's land surface is covered with grasslands? - Correct Answer 20 to 40 percent Select all the services grasslands provide - Correct Answer Provide very important habitat for wildlife Filter runoff from precipitation Build deep and rich soils Store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere Grasslands typic...

Herbicide Certification- "Ohio Pesticide Applicator Study Guide- Core" Part 2 Rated A+ Which of the following would be considered the most difficult pest control goal? A. Prevention- keeping a pest form becoming a problem B. Suppression- reducing pest numbers to an acceptable level C. Eradication- destroying an entire pest's population D. All of the above are impossible goals C Prevention and suppression are common goals. Eradication is a difficult goal to achieve, especially...

Weed management Strategies - o mechanical - tillage, mowing, flooding. o cultural - rotation, competition. o Biological - bugs o chemical - herbicides Growth Regulator Herbicides - Selective, Translocate Example: 2,4-D

SCSC 311 EXAM 2 ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT What is the most important disease of rice world wide - Answer- blast Conservation tillage - Answer- Conserves soil Reduces weed control options Which of the following common functions of tillage for cotton is/are not usually true for peanuts - Answer- -Shatters hard pans -Incorporates fertilizer -Maintains soil surface residue to control erosion during the growing season Which of the following is a result in Ca deficienc...

- Absorb raindrop impact - Absorb flow impact energy - Slow runoff velocity - Reduce runoff amounts - Increase soils resistance to erosion 5 ways of controlling hillslope detachment - Vegetation - Straw mulch - Other mulch Materials - Rolled erosion control practices - Hydro Apllications types of materials that absorb raindrop impact - Inhibits rill formation because it forces the flow to spread out. - Causes the flow to change direction which prevents rill formation by ...

Which plant species, when present, mot likely indicates that the pasture is rangeland pasture? little bluestem which of the following is the most specific level of classification? genus After getting your seed tested, you find out that a high percent of seed did not germinate because of physiological dormancy. What could be a cause of physiological dormancy? hormonal inhibition What are the conditions which would most likely suggest that a farmer should consider a no-plow system of reduced ti...

QAL - Plant Agriculture Category Exam Questions and Answers What ways do non-chemical pest control methods work with an organism's biology? - Answer-Understanding the life-cycle and natural habitat or predators can aid in non- chemical pest control by mimicking natural events or minimizing populations by avoiding creating the perfect timing or environment for pest populations How does planting transgenic crops affect a pest management plan targeting insects or mites? -Answer-You may need...

Horticulture 100 Exam 1 Questions and Answers 100% CorrectHorticulture 100 Exam 1 Questions and Answers 100% CorrectHorticulture 100 Exam 1 Questions and Answers 100% CorrectHorticulture 100 Exam 1 Questions and Answers 100% CorrectWhat is horticulture? - ANSWER-the art or practice of garden cultivation and management. Latin words "hortus" (garden)and "colere" (to cultivate) horticulture vs agriculture - ANSWER-Agronomic Crops •Large-scale production (large acreages)•Less-intensive ...