Landscape Design, Installation, and Management | Chapter 8 Know and Understand

Answer the following questions using the information provided in this chapter.

A technique in which a shoot or bud of one plant is inserted into or joined to the stem, branch, or root of another plant is referred to as _____.
Why are plants produced in soilless substrates?
The plant part used for duplication is the _____.
Various materials are added to the base substrate material to adjust the substrate’s _____.
A brown organic material harvested from bogs and used to increase water-holding ability of the substrate is referred to as _____.
A volcanic rock that has a relatively high water content and is used to improve aeration and water retention of a substrate is _____.
An aluminum-iron-magnesium silicate added to substrates to improve aeration is referred to as _____.
A lightweight expanded slate added to substrates to improve water retention, aeration, and nutrient-holding abilities is referred to as _____.
A manufactured amendment in which the nutrient formulation can be designed for specific plant needs is referred to as _____.
Which of the following processes require contributions from male and female plants for fertilization to occur?
Which of the following is a reproduction process in which the progeny is produced from a single organism and has only the genes of that organism?
Which of the following is a reproduction process in which a single cell from each parent divides twice to produce four daughter cells?
Which of the following is a reproduction process in which a cell replicates and divides its nuclear material, and then divides itself into two daughter cells?
What factors can be controlled in greenhouse or nursery production operations?
True or False? Greenhouse plants must be hardened off before they are placed outdoors.
True or False? Most annual bedding plants are grown and sold in individual 3″ round or square pots.
True or False? Larger landscape plants are grown and sold in cell packs.
True or False? The American Standard for Nursery Stock establishes standards for specifying and stating the size of plants and determining relationship between height and caliper.
Which of the following is a low-volume system that uses small tubes and water emitters to water plants?
Which of the following is the binding together of sand, silt, and clay particles?
Which of the following is determined by the different sizes of mineral particles in a soil?
Which of the following is determined by the soil’s composition?
True or False? In a clayey soil, water is tightly held in micropores.
True or False? A tree grown in sandy soil and then planted in a clayey soil will absorb moisture quickly in the macropores.
True or False? A quarantine is used to safeguard against the entry, establishment, and spread of detrimental pests and disease.
The document certifying that the plant is free of pathogens, insects, and weeds and meets all importing and exporting requirements is referred to as a(n) _____.
True or False? Plant patents last for 50 years from the date of application of the patent.

Match the terms to the appropriate descriptions in 28–38.

A plant piece that has been removed from the parent plant and placed in a suitable growing medium until it produces roots.
A vegetative propagation process in which stems that are still attached to the parent plant form roots.
A root that grows from any plant part other than the root.
A vegetative propagation process in which the crown of a plant is separated into smaller pieces that can be planted immediately to produce new plants.
A reproductive method in which plants are manipulated on a cellular level, causing them to duplicate themselves repeatedly and rapidly.
A plant grown from seed in a small container to transplantable size.
A plant with a 1″ to 3″ diameter that is grown for transplanting.
A nursery production system in which an insert pot housing the plant is inserted into a socket pot that may be installed over a drainage system.
A nursery production system in which plants are grown in true soil in an open field.
A nursery production method used to protect the root ball of plants harvested directly from the ground.
A plant variety created by humans.

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